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I have a question, which names are good for a Arabic children, non-muslim. Arabic but not only.
I have a question, which names are good for a Arabic children, non-muslim. Arabic but not only.
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Non-muslim names from the Arab world are probably most easily found in the Arab Christian community:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Christians (in English)
Arab Christians tend to use arabised versions of names that are commonly found in (or spread by) Christianity, such as:
• أنطون (Antoun or Antun), which comes from Antonius;
• بطرس (Butrus), which comes from Petros;
• فرنسيس (Faransis or Fransis), which comes from Franciscus;
• قسطنطين (Qustantin), which comes from Constantinus.
Of course, they do not exclusively use such names. They also use regular Arabic names, and then probably mostly the ones that are not strongly tied to Islam (meaning: a name like Muhammad will be out of the question, but something more neutral like Jawad will be fine).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Christians (in English)
Arab Christians tend to use arabised versions of names that are commonly found in (or spread by) Christianity, such as:
• أنطون (Antoun or Antun), which comes from Antonius;
• بطرس (Butrus), which comes from Petros;
• فرنسيس (Faransis or Fransis), which comes from Franciscus;
• قسطنطين (Qustantin), which comes from Constantinus.
Of course, they do not exclusively use such names. They also use regular Arabic names, and then probably mostly the ones that are not strongly tied to Islam (meaning: a name like Muhammad will be out of the question, but something more neutral like Jawad will be fine).
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