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Amani
Isra
Mahtab
Maryam
Safiyyah
Samira
Sanaa & Sana
Zahra

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Hani
Ibrahim
Kinan
Shems
Safi
Zahid
Zia

This message was edited 3/25/2009, 2:42 AM

Safiyyah
Samira
Zaahira

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Zayn
Kader
Zia / Ziya

Nur, though I prefer Noor
Layla
Zahra

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Nabil
Navid
Sayyid
Zahid

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There are many more that I like, these are the ones I love.

Almas- 'diamond'
Amani- 'wishes'
Isra- 'nocturnal journey'
Jumana- 'pearl'
Lujayn- 'silver'
Malaika- 'angels'
Maram- 'wish, desire'
Naima- 'tranquil, at ease'
Nazli- 'delicate, beautiful'
Rana- 'an eye-catching object'
Ruqayya- 'rise, ascent' or 'spell, charm, incantation'
Saira- 'traveller'
Samar- 'evening conversation'
Sana- 'brilliance, radiance, splendour'
Tasnim- 'a spring in paradise'
Zahrah- 'blooming flower'
Zuleika- 'brilliant beauty'

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Hasan- 'handsome'
Khalid- 'eternal'
Khalil- 'friend'
Nadim- 'drinking companion'
Naveed- 'good news'
Qasim / Kasim - 'one who divides his goods among his people'
Sabri- 'patient'
Samir- 'companion in evening talk'
Sami- 'elevated, sublime, supreme'
Suleyman- 'peace'
Tabassum- 'smiling'

This message was edited 3/24/2009, 5:34 AM

I love Arabic names! My two favorites are Hamza for a boy and Noor for a girl.

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ETA: I'm also I huge fan of Laila and Lulu, mostly because I like their meaning

This message was edited 3/24/2009, 3:53 AM

Amira
Leila
Mariam
Roksana
Shirin
Yasmin

This message was edited 3/24/2009, 1:30 AM

i work at an islamic school so i get to learn all kinds of new names! Some of the Arabic names i love are:

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Mahmoud
Hammad
Farouq
Ibrahim
Abdul
Yusef
Kassem
Mejdee
Amir
Ismael (prn w/a silent I. smah-eel)
Luay (loo-ay)
Dawood
Nuh (said kinda like noo-ah only the ah part is very slight. its more like a breathy sound than anything. idk if i explained it right)
Ammar (definately prefer this over Omar, which is sooo popular!)
Bayram
Mehmet

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Habiba
Nah'la
Aliyah** this is one of my top favorite names that i might use someday (not b/c of the singer btw)
Anisa
Alyah - not said like Aliyah. its prn. al-ee-yah
Amira
Amina
Nasrine
Tasneim
Arej
Nour
Nouran
Ayse (ay-sha. i think this is so much prettier than aisha & its not as popular idt)
Salma / Selma
Mona (moo-nah)
Naziat
Heba*
Marwa
Afnan*
Hala*
Fairouz
Farah
Layla
Raja
Miriam / Maryam*
Ida
Iyah
Ezra
Yasemin (yass-eh-meen)
Yasemina
Lamya
Hwaida (hway-dah)
Ranime
Haneen
Semra
Saudia

I have always rather liked Khadijah

Ali
Ahmad
Amir
Anas
Aziz
Dawud
Ibrahim
Faruq
Jamil
Hakim
Hasan
Hasim
Hussein
Ilyas
Kamil
Karim
Khalil
Khalid
Mustafa
Na'im
Nasir
Qasim
Rahim
Sa'id
Sharif
Sulayman
Tariq
Uthman
Yasir
Yusuf
Zayn
Ziya

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Noor/Nur (love for both sexes)

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Aaliyah
'Aisha
Alya
Amira
Amina
Atiya
Basira
Fatima
Jalila
Jamila
Hana
Khadija
Layla
Latifa
Malaika
Malika
Maryam
Nadiyya
Nasira
Safiyyah
Samira
Sana
Shahira
Shakira
Shahrazad
Soraya
Zahra
Zahira
Zaina
Zulaykha

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This message was edited 3/23/2009, 11:34 PM

Aaliyah is my absolute favorite. Made popular by the singer, no doubt, but I don't hate it for that (as some people might).

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I love Aisha, even though it's been made slightly "ghetto". Hell, I even like the bootleg spelling (Iesha). =P

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I also love:

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Fatima
Khadija
Manar
Farah
Iman
Jamillah
Laila
Malak
Rashida
Noor
Salma
Sana'
Zahra'
Nashira
Adhara
Naima

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... I would use some of these, as well. I think they can translate.

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Fu'ad
Bilal
Faisal
Faris
Idris
Ibrahim (preferred over Abraham, for sure)
Jibrael (^ditto^, for Gabriel)
Ka'im
Rais
Omar (only because of The Wire)
Tawfiq
Zaid

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Malik is my #1. Tariq is a close second.

This message was edited 3/23/2009, 11:22 PM