Muslim Baby Girls’ name – Tips and info for your princess’ name

When a Muslim baby child is born, I believe the name given to a baby girl should be good, beautiful and righteous. So, What is the parameter for taking the “name”?

Well, there are several imperative cases to be given a thought. First, it is used to be given in Arabic name. Commonly, a prophet’s name or a combination of names of God (Asmaul Husna) may work.

The second one, another practice is to give a name from history or older traditional names. Believers consider the name will have a significant impact on the girl's life.

The last one is the meaning of the names. It is important to consider the connotation behind your baby girl's name. It is not only be something she will carry with her for the rest of her life, but also conveying religious beliefs as well.

Let just take a look for several names below:

1. Maya means "beautiful princess or mother". The name of Maya originnally come from the Arab region. If you wish your baby girl to be the most beautiful and divine women of the land or a good mother, it will definitely fit.

2. The popular names in the Muslim community are Leila and Leyla. Tracing the roots of the names, both of them mean "night". It could have the other meaning of “dark beauty” that parents believed that the carrier of the name will grow up to be a beautiful girl.

3. Naimah means "peace and calm". It is the usual name that is bestowed especially in times of war.

4. Zahara is an excellent baby girl name, means "a flower in bloom".

5. The name Shakirah has a meaning "one who is grateful". Whoaa, I think every parent must be grateful to have such a baby girl as Shakirah.

6. Can you guess what the name Jasmin is referring to? Yeah, - it means "the jasmine flower".

7. Another name that might be a bit obvious is Aliyah, having the meaning of "praised and noble". Aliyah is considered to be a form of Allah, which is a religious name that has a very deep connotation and commands respect.

8. Aaliyah is commonly found within the Muslim community with the meaning of going up (or someone always aiming for top).

9. Arabian babies are looked upon as kings and queens as their life figures. The Queen’s name like Salma, which has translated to “whole and grand” is a good reference for baby’s name.

10. Mona, having the meaning of "little noble one".

11. Aida, which means a princess. The names come with an air of royalty. Commonly, Muslim parents take the name with the intention to influence their child's destiny

12. Kahara means "one who is dear". It would be a perfect name for parents who want to convey their deep and abiding love for their child.

13. If parents are having the enchantment by the deep soulfulness of their baby girl's eyes, they could call her Naina, which means "eyes".

14. The culture of Arabian has also contributed baby names in history. Muslim parents takes the names like Adhara and Suhayl, as they are the names of stars discovered by Muslim astronomers.

15. Some other popular baby Muslim girl names include Malika (means Queen), and Nahla which means honeybee. Last one, the name Elma, simply enough, means "apple".

Choosing the best baby Muslim girl names might be a tough decision, as all of the names sound so melodic, and they all have beautiful meanings.

When you are considering which name to be given to your precious one, focus not only the meaning for you at this point in your life, but on the impact upon her lifetime stages.

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Useful hints in Searching names for Muslim Baby Boy

In the mid of pregnancy, searching names hunt is usually began for their newborn baby. Parents are fighting for the most unique and distinct one from usual names. Assuming your future baby is a boy and you are muslim parents, then you will need religious male names to call your baby.

Those names can be derived from names of heroes and characters, aesthetically appealing and suits the character which you want to see in your child.

Understanding Muslim as the combination where intellect and the quest for knowledge, parents should looked upon it as one of the most important qualities a man can posses. For this reason, a wide range of given names should represent aspects of wisdom and good deeds.

Topping the list for the best names for Muslim baby boys' names, are names which imply servitude to Allah. Muslim takes this as a tradition back to the days of the Prophet and be supported by the Hadith.

Muslim belief is dividing names into three categories: Preferable names, Permissible names and forbidden names (called: haram). You can see the details as below:

1. Starting with the preferable names, it is best for muslim to name their male children using the prefix: Abdul (meaning: servant of) together with one of the names of Allah. Any of the 99 holy names may be used. Some examples include: Abdulrahman, Abdulaziz, Abdallateef, Abdallah and Abdelmajid.

A good reference of baby names is including names of Prophets, Scholars, Martyrs and great leaders.
Hmm, If I may suggest you, you can also consider one of the most common muslim names in the world, Muhammad. The names is taken to honor the Prophet and is very desirable, despite the fact that it does not come into the category of names denoting servitude to Allah.

Wanna something different? Natural environment of Arab gulf, the birth place of Islam can be a reference too. The sun, deserts, and the open wilderness and isolated water points are symbolized profusion and beauty.

The astronomy advancement can also contributute names for your baby boy. Given similar names is treated as honoring their contributions in popular use. For example: Tariq, an extremely popular boy name that means morning star. Hala, which means moon and Alya meaning sky. They are all very popular names in the muslim world.

2. The names is considered to be strictly prohibited (called haram) if it has no designation of servitude. Taking the example of Al-Malik, Al-Aziz or Al-Ahad would be strictly prohibited.


In fact, those names above may be used as first names if the prefix "Al" (meaning: the) is dropped. Therefore, names such as: Malik, Ra'ouf, Hakeem and Majid may be used as your baby names.

Parents put lots of efforts in finalizing the baby boy names. But it’s worth. The name you choose should reflect the character and wisdom wishes of your child. Be wise in choosing the right name, my friends..

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Picking the muslim name? Don’t take it before you read this!

If you are muslim, baby names certainly are considered to be important to convey the religious beliefs in the names of their children.

It is an obligation upon the parents that their child be given a good name. Some hadeeth lead to a clue that the child is to be named on the seventh day,  and should be get along with Aqeeqah (shaving of the head and animal sacrifice).

The Prophet was given a lead to name children on the day of their birth, as proven in the narrations. It is suggested to name the child before the seventh day. If the baby doesn’t have the name on7th day, then the naming should be done on the 7th day at the latest.

Below are the basic guides on choosing Muslim or Islamic names for your baby:

1. It is never suggested to use name Allah for your baby. Allah’s name can be used to be a part of a longer name. What about the prophet? Hmm, Prophets’ names  are always a good reference in the manner that reflects servitude to Allah.

2. When observing the names, explore the deeper meaning of it. Put deep thought on what it symbolizes. It is recommended to put your wishes along with the meaning of the names..

3. Honoring someone through the name is considered a good reference too. Naming a child after his father is always a wonderful source.
Early ancestors who shared a lot of good deed along the life should be a good  reference. The newer generation can carry their ancestor’s names and the deeds into the baby’s name.

4. Inserting names like 'Abdullah' and 'Abdurrahman'should be great for baby names. But It is forbidden to use Abdul (meaning 'slave of') to any other names except for the 99 names of Allah and Abdullah (meaning 'slave of Allah'). Consider also to use 'Harits' and 'Hammam'.

5. It is not recommended for you to use the name of 'Harb' and 'Murrah'. The name like 'Barrah' is forbidden as Muslim baby name.

6. It is prohibited to use boy's names for a girl, and vice versa. You should give the names suit to the gender.

7. In searching the best names, avoid names with  improper meanings or no meaning at all.  Using the names of bad rulers like Fir'aun, Hamman is not suggested.

Taking devil names or even angels can not be used as reference.

The names of disgusting animal like pig, names that are opposite to all goodness is not suggested for your baby names.

It is not recommended to use non-Muslim's names.

8. It is advised not to use a very long names. It will harden people to remember it. After you choose it, try to spell it. Is it pronounce easily by others? Does it pronounce the same way as in Arabic so that it wouldn't change the meaning of the word?

Choosing Muslim baby names doesn't have to be difficult! Take the time to discuss the name with muslim friend, family, and also your religious leaders. Learning about many figures, their deeds, and share the meaning in your baby’s name. Don’t get stress, have fun in searching it, my friend..

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Giving the characters of great woman figures in bible for your girl

Many parents believe the chosen name will reflect upon their child's life and character, hence parents might choose a name associated with great virtues in the history such as the Theresa, Mary, Rachel, or Ruth.

Christian parents  usually take the Biblical girl baby names as their preference. They put the deep meaning to the baby girl who bears them. Parents, it is about to give the name that has been known for centuries, and was given by adoration as the meaning behind it.

Biblical girl baby names are an excellent choice if you are eager to have a baby name that denotes what a unique and precious child she really is!

The biblical name’s advantage is the ability to become very recognizable. The Bible is the biggest source of baby names in the world, and so you can imagine that every name in there has been bestowed more than a 100 times! That means that the names will be popular for centuries - if not always easy to pronounce or have a deep meaning in it.

There are several clues that needs to be observed before picking the biblical name for your girl:
1.    Are you confuse to search which good names to pick? Parents, you just have to take a peek in the Bible for some ideas. Take the time to learn about the biblical figure: the character, what they did in life, the faith, the strong identity that differentiate the figure from others. Combine it with your wish for your daughter.
2.    Several names don’t derived from the bible but have religious meaning. Put also your consideration to the names like Faith, Holy, Fidelity, Charity, Hope and Grace. They can be a good reference too for your baby names.

Mostly you can find the great woman virtues derived from Old Testament, so let’s begin to observe the following names below (in alphabeticals order) for your baby girl:

Abigail (Avigail) – means 'father's joy'. Wife of King David. A woman of beauty and intelligence. She is one of the four most beautiful woman in the world (according to the Gmara).

Athalia – She is the Queen of Yehuda in years 842 until 836 B.C.

Bethany – means 'house of figs'. It was the place where Lazarus, Mary, and Martha lived.

Beulah - means 'the married one'. It is also a place and is used to refer to heaven.

Candace – means 'brilliant, white, or clarity'. She was a powerful queen of Ethiopia.

Deborah – means 'bee'. She was a strong prophetess who helped to win an important battle.

Delilah - means "beautiful temptress". It was the name of Samson's lover in the Bible.

Elizabeth – means 'consecrated to God. She was John the Baptist's mother.

Esther – means 'a star'. She was a queen who saved the Hebrew people from mass slaughter.

Eve – means 'life giver'. She was the first woman appeared in the Bible same time as Adam did. Parents usually adopt it for their first new born baby girls.

Hannah – means 'grace of God'. She is the mother of Samuel, the great prophet. 

Leah - means 'light of the sun'. Leah was Jacob's first wife. She is is the mother of six out of the twelve sons of Jacob.

Lydia – means 'from Lydia'. She was one of the Apostle Paul's converts. It is also the name of a place in Asia minor.

Mary - means 'bitter or sea of sorrow'. It is most commonly associated with the mother of Jesus Christ.

Na'ama – means pleasant one. She was the wife of Noah, builder of the arc.

Naomi – means 'pleasant'. Naomi was Ruth's mother-in-law.

Orpah - means  "a fawn or a lively maiden"

Rachel – means 'a ewe'. She was the favorite wife of Jacob and Joseph's and Benjamin mother.  Rachel is considered mother of sons, the mother of the Israeli tribes.

Rebekah (Rivka-Hebrew)-means 'a knotted cord'. She was Isaac's wife.

Ruth – means 'companion'. She was the daughter-in-law of Naomi and the wife of Boaz.

Sarah – means 'princess'. She was Abraham's wife.

In searching the best biblical names for the newbaby girl, studying  the characters is important. Though it will consume your time, but it’s worth. The character you choose will mirror into the baby and will be carried forever during her lifetime.

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Baby Names based on Old Testament – Bible. Categorizing Names by the Characters and Meaning.

Hmm,  I think the Christians would prefer to choose biblical names, for not only admitting their religious and spiritual meaning, but also turns into a sort of “blessing” for the newly born. Even the Bible says in Proverbs 22:1 "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.

Speaking of the Bible, the greatest book is a top place to find meaningful Bible baby names that come from different stories and origins. Parents can choose either from the Old Testament or in the New Testament for their reference..This time we will discuss about baby names from Old Testament first..

As known, The first few books of the Old Testament are rich in names of individuals, characters and events that established the roots of Christianity in places such as Israel and Egypt.

In fact, after the Reformation, in the 16th and 17th centuries, Old Testament baby names has boomed in popularity. The reason was that people turned against the Catholic Church and parents stopped giving their children Christian names.

Choosing the best one is certainly confusing. What parents need to do is to associate your child's name with the meaning & parents’ level of hope. Below are the great references for your baby names based on Old Testaments in alphabeticals order:

Adam – means ‘red earth’. The name derives from the Hebrew word “Adama”.He is the first man existed on Earth. This name is usually chosen for their first new born baby boy.

David – means ‘beloved’. David was a leading character who was described in the Bible as a man after God's own heart. David was perhaps the most greatest king of Israel.

Daniel - means "God is Judge" Daniel was a prophet in the Bible that has escaped unharmed from the lion's den. His faith stayed true to the Lord.

Elisha - means "God is Salvation"

Ethan - means 'firm, steadfast'.

Ezra – means ‘the helper’

Gabriel - means 'God is my strength'. He is one of God's top level angels.

Gideon - means "'a mighty warrior'. In the Bible, Gideon was a general and a judge. He helped deliver the Israelites from the Midians and lead his men into victory.

Isaac – means ‘laughter’ as to be happened as Sarah laughed when she heard the angels tell Abraham that she would have a son in her old age. Isaac was the promised miracle child of Abraham and Sarah.

Jacob – means  'holder of the heel' as he came out holding Esau's heel. He was the younger twin son of Isaac.

Jesse – means 'God's gift’. He was the father of King David.

Jonathan - means “God Gave". In the bible, Jonathan was the son of King Saul. Jonathan has shown his solidarity to David and become the true friend of David.

Joel – means 'the Lord is God'. He was a minor prophet in the Old Testament.

Jonah – means 'a man of peace'. He was the runaway prophet who has warned the people of Ninevah about God's anger and coming judgment.

Joseph – means 'God will increase'. He was the favored son of Jacob. Another was Jesus' adopted father.

Joshua - means 'God is salvation'. He has led the Israelites into the Promised Land.

Micah – means  'humble'. He was a minor prophet in the Old Testament.

Michael – means 'like the Lord'. He is one of the archangels of the Lord.

Nathan – means 'gift of God'. was the prophet who gave King David God's message.

Samuel - means "Heard by God." The biblican Samuel was a great prophet in the Old Testament and dedicated his whole life to the Lord.

Solomon – He was King David’s son. He was well known by for his wisdom so that’s perhaps why some of the parents want to use this name to baptize their babies just because this name represents a person with great judgment, great wisdom and also great power.

Seth – means 'the appointed one'. He was the third son of Adam and Eve. 

Zacharias – means 'remembered by the Lord'. He was John the Baptist's father.

As you can see, there’s quite an excessively selection of biblical baby names. Biblical baby names from the Old Testament are a part of the culture & history. These names and their meanings contains world history and go back far beyond recorded history.

Well, choose your baby names carefully, my dear friends. Taking biblical Baby names will refer to the characters of deep spirituality & commitment to your faith.

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Don’t decide your baby names before you see this!

Searching baby names is considered important as this can be taken to the first gift that parents give to their newborn babies.

Parents should take it as crucial matters when decide on baby’s name as the baby is supposed to carry it with him/her through lifetime.

It is important for parents to reconsider several things before set their minds to specific names. Inspiration can be drawn from various influences in their lives.

Environment plays a vital role in determining baby names. Naming it to family religion, personal beliefs, and education, you may find that your baby names should fit them to avoid any unnecessary impacts in the future.

Some parents are taking celebrities name for their babies. Another parents are giving their hopes and dream in the baby’s name. Indeed, the journey of searching the best name for babies can be considered as one of initial part of  becoming parents.

Generated into details below, you can find several things to be considered in searching the best baby names for your newborn baby:

1. Culture and origin of the family sometimes denote to the baby names. People from across the different parts of the world have their own different concepts when it comes to identify the best names to be applied.

2. Country, nationality, and heritage are also playing roles as well. It locates the person where one is residing. Asian parents will most likely have Asian Names for the babies such as Kwok Chang, Michiko Yamashita, Raam Singh.

Babies with names such as Budi,  Arif and Hariyanto are from Indonesian origin and most likely are born from parents with indonesian heritage and influence.

Some of these names connote a certain wish in it; example: Arif means wisdom and Budi refers to Budi Baik that means good deed.

It is rarely to happened that American babies will have Indian names except the parents inherit Indian blood from their ancestors.  It is called the factor of multi-cultural heritage.

Babies born to parents of different nationalities may have unique names or have names that combine the cultures of both parents, giving rise to name combinations. Example is a baby who is half Chinese and half Indonesian may be named Haryanto Chang.
Another example is the name Timothy Yasuhito Leung which may belong to a baby with multi-cultural heritage such as American, Japanese, and Chinese.

Variations may slight happened but one will most likely identify the culture of the person based on the name.

3. Religion is also taking influence in searching baby names. Different religions share different stories. In these stories, there are many different characters based on the beliefs. Each of these characters have different names that stand for different things.

A baby girl named after the Muslim name Fatimah most likely have Muslim parents. Babies with the name of Peter, Matthew, John are most likely to have Catholic parents. Parents’ belief or religious orientation can be factors to determine baby names.

4. In searching baby names, parents usually carries some purpose in it. Normally, many parents are searching their babies names that reflect their own hopes and dreams.
For example, a parent may name the baby David which are a great king and loyal to the Lord.  In the baby names, parents put their dream for the babies that someday the babies will become a great man (as great as David) and loyal to the Lord.

5. Some parents live in the modern society where they lives in. They may deeply penetrated by popular media, either newspaper or television. Well, it is not surprising to see many celebrities becoming the idol of some parents. These idols are developing into obsessions that parents sees the urgency to put their names in their baby names.

Obviously, celebrities have great influence over the lives of ordinary citizens. People are grabbing celebrities names to search popularity.

The celebrities’ babies are also taking roles for the searching baby names roles. On closer examination, these names actually mean something to the celebrities themselves. Many of these names include heavenly subjects like stars, moon, angel and so on.

These names sound beautiful, and they have deep religious meanings. But as a note, the name is meaningful for them, but every parents have different and their own concepts to be implemented in the babies name.

Furthermore, parents who adopt celebrity baby names should be reminded that celebrities always live under a lot of public attention.

They have good reasons to give their babies unique names because they want others to remember their babies to be correlated to them. Perhaps that's why so many celebrities have given their babies names that sound too sensational!

But sensational is different from popular. Parents who are taking the most popular idol’s baby names without any further thought can be considered careless.

It needs wise thought that if every parents think the same way, then your baby names will become wacky and it will affect to their whole lifetime.

Just remember that baby names is essential for their lifetime. Your baby names is your first gift for your loved one and it will forever sticked to your baby. You are not a celebrity, there is no need to be to parrot celebrity baby names.

A simple, down to earth name that means something to you is as good as any name. Put your dream and hopes into it. Meaningful  name you’ll finally decide upon, it'll still sound like the most wonderful words on the face of this earth.

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Fashionionable Baby Names - Turning Your Baby Names into Blessings or Disasters?

In this day and age, fashionable baby names are names that are popular for only a little while and then fade out of favor.

Being fashionable necessarily should means creative, because once a name becomes popular, everyone wants it - for a while, at least.

Fashionable baby names often ride to the top of the most popular baby name lists and then fall out of favor just as quickly.

Few years after that, these names went out of style and replaced by the newer one. It left your baby with old-fashioned names behind.

Whatever the name you choose, ensure that it's a creative name, and not something that is going to cause your child had a hard time in school or in workplace.

When naming a baby there are, of course, many other points to be observed. Here are some helpful tips that should be involved in choosing fashionable name for the new baby and to make the process fun:

1.First thing first, If you are about to have a baby, you want to choose a special name for him or her. Just be patient and find out whether your child will be a boy or a girl.

Based on the fact, you will have more time looking through the most popular baby names based on suitable gender. If you are willing to take it as a surprise about  the baby's gender, well you can as well look through popular baby names both for boys and girls.

2. Searching baby names can be found on lists of names available in books and on the Internet.
Collects all the top baby names out there. Expands a comprehensive list of your own and classify the ones you don't like. Don’t forget to adjust your lists not to be contrary with your religion or difficult pronunciation.

3. Searching in magazines and celebrities sites and see the tendency of popular names.  celebrities baby names could be a good reference too!

Those should certainly fashionable names but avoid the most popular baby names. Find the number 4 until 10 in your lists but still unique and endless one..

This is  as you don't want your child to have the same name as 10% of other people in his or her generation.
 If you will choose only from the top baby names you will end up with a name every other kid will have. Be patient and check out the popular baby names but don't choose quite the most popular baby names.

It's like choosing clothes. You eager for something trendy, fashionable but not something everyone will have. What you need is a creative and uncommon name.

Fashionable names might be a good bet to be taken, but take it in mind what your child will want to carry with them throughout the stages of their life.

Reconsider again what is their friends will react on their names? Will the name take effects in school? How will that name sound on a job application? What will it sound like when they are old and gray?
If you insist to choose fashionable baby names, reconsidering points above will be favourable to it - so choose wisely!

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