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Shirin (for a girl) is Persian and Turkish-- I believe it means "sweet."

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I also like Roxana, famous as the name of the Persian wife of Alexander the Great.

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Roxy would be a cute nickname.

I don't know if they are cute...but here are some names I think work in the US:

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Ali
Anwar
Aziz
Daud
Faris
Hakim
Halim
Hamza
Ibrahim
Ikram
Imran
Irfan
Iskander
Ismael
Karim
Khaleel
Lufti
Mahmood
Malik
Mohammed
Mustafa
Nadim
Nadir
Navid
Samir

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Aida
Amina
Amira
Basira
Dima
Diya
Fairuz
Farah
Iman
Jalila
Jamila
Latifa
Layla
Mariam
Nadira
Naila
Naima
Noor
Raisa
Raniya
Sadiya
Safiyyah
Samina
Samira
Shakira

I have always like Amira but I have recently found Aysel and Zayna which are also very pretty on a girls we also have a friend at our college from the middle east maned Reem and I think that is very pretty on her as well.

I have a co-worker who has a son named Louai (lou-ay). I quite like it and it's definitely what I would call cute.

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Girls:

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Layla
Fatima
Lujayne
Marwa
Maryam
Rayhana
Muna
Deniz (thought that is Turkish)
Salma
Samia
Sarah
Zayna
Zaynab
Reem
Khalilah
Ruqayyah

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Boys:

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Issa (ee-sah)
Yushua
Fadi
Yusuf
Boutros
Bulus
Tewodros
Khalid
Khalil
Khalif
Nouri
Jamal
Malik
Ali
Ahmed
Kamal
Rajab

Malika
Azra
Aisha
Nadira
Amira
Anisa
Sara
Nadia
Ruba
Leyla

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Farid
Omar
Jamal
Karim
Tarik
Adam
Kamil
Rusul
Sami
Adel

Girls: Isra, Soraya, Aamina, Dua, Fatin, Sadaf, Husna, Hiba, Karima, Jalila, Ranya, or Salha.

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Boys: Aali, Essa, Fadil, Rais, Dawud, Harun, Khaleel, Juda, Munir, Riaz, Nizar, or Zaahir.

I think Aisha is very pretty. Jasmine or Yasmin would work too.
For boys, it's hard to pick one that carries over to the US. If you're a white, non-Muslim American, names like Jamal or Mohammed, which are great names, are going to seem very odd.