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so he wants arabic names, i want "american" names as well as a chinese name. he is completely against the idea of using two middle names. as a compromise, we would do a simple arabic name that my very very asian father can pronounce. when i say very very asian, i'm talking the man still has trouble saying my name and its Julie. he just calls me by my chinese name.

actually, we kinda agreed with would be -

Arabic Chinese (or vietnamese since those can be spelled a little easier) Surname

now here's my problem...coming up with simple arabic names that my father can say and that people would pronounce correctly with relative ease. (my SO has an arabic name that well, no one pronounces properly. not even me. i know how to but im so used to using his nickname that its pointless)

I've got plenty of girl names - Leyla, Inara, Kadira, Azra, Aneesa

but not very many boy names...Aden, Samir, Radi

we would like names that are a little less uncommon than Mohommed and Hakeem (although my father can pronounce Hakeem thanks to Hakeem Olajawon)

anyone have ideas? thoughts? criticisms of the names we have picked?

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[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Yeah, unfortunately all the Arabic guys I know are Ahmed, Mohammed, Hussein, or Abdul. All extremely common. :-\

Someone in one of the comments down there mentioned Khalid, which I really like, but that might be too common as well.