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| Sonny |
| 06/04/01 at 19:22:45 |
| It seems as though so many people here have selected a name for themselves which is meaningful for them, and I often don't know what that meaning is. Saleema, that is a very pretty name. What does it mean? My name means "Patrician" or "noble." I chose it at age five or so, and parents very kindly put it on my birth cert. And my nickname, Sonny, is used here at home...dad wanted a son, and here I am. So I started life as a tomboy, and outgrew it, probably like the rest of you. But could any of you tell me a little about your names, and why you chose them? It's a dull topic, but would be interesting for me. Ta, Patti |
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| kiwi25 |
| 06/04/01 at 20:01:24 |
| salam, well my msg board name is kiwi25, kiwi because its my pet parakeet name, my real name is nouha and it means "wise, intelligent", the albaynian crew here (jannah, se7en, dhkir, khathija) all seem to call me nooni, when they see me, how did that come about anyway girls? wasalam nouha:) ps i always sign off with nouha:) |
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| Kathy |
| 06/04/01 at 22:13:57 |
| Kathy- is my real name. Short for Kathleen. So if you ever meet a Muslim Kathy- it'll probably be me. My name means pure. |
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| jannah |
| 06/04/01 at 22:15:10 |
| Jannah means garden. |
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| Marcie |
| 06/04/01 at 22:45:26 |
| As salamu alaykum Marcie is feminine for Mark and it means warrior. It was a gift from parents at birth. They had been planning on a boy and had not planned any girls names. Since it was a gift I didn't feel that I should change it when I became a Muslim. As salamu alaykum |
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| Arsalan |
| 06/05/01 at 01:16:03 |
| Arsalan means "lion." |
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| jehad |
| 06/05/01 at 07:41:51 |
| salleemah is a name of a flower. it is also used for the purfume that is made from that flower. a lot of people like its smell, but to me it smells like house holdbleach. Saleemah is also the feminin of saleem. It is hard to translate this word in to english. It comes from the rout word s,l,m, which kind of means at piece. very hard to translate it. same rout word as islam, muslim etc. |
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| momineqbal |
| 06/05/01 at 09:34:25 |
| [slm], [quote]Saleemah is also the feminin of saleem. It is hard to translate this word in to english. It comes from the rout word s,l,m, which kind of means at piece. very hard to translate it.[/quote] Bro jehad, try to spell it as "peace" not "piece". The zionists are already exploiting us for that. They ask us to shake hands to give us "piece" and not "peace"! anyways... my sn is momineqbal. Momin or Mu'min in arabic means a believer in Allah (swt). Eqbal is my first name which means prosperity. My full name's meaning translates as the one who wins. Wassalam |
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| Laboogie |
| 06/05/01 at 12:06:22 |
| [slm], La- the beginning of my name ( I can't tell you my real name b/c "then I'll have to kill you"...and br. Rashid be quiet-you know to much,LOL) boogie-is what I like to do...get down and boogie woogie ;-D Silly rabbit tricks are for kids ;-D ****Sorry about that I tend to get a bit silly at times...no harm in that :) |
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| bhaloo |
| 06/05/01 at 12:06:37 |
| slm bhaloo is the Urdu word for bear. I'm found of bears. :) |
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| Fatoosh |
| 06/05/01 at 12:27:38 |
| Fatoosh is the name of a delicious salad I had at Cedar House. I just like the sound of the word. :) But my real name, Sara, means princess. When my parents named me, they were only thinking of the wife of Prophet Abraham. However, a Jehovah Witness on the train who was trying to convert me, told me that it means princess. |
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| meraj |
| 06/05/01 at 15:30:26 |
| slm, meraj - both a masculine and femenine name. short meaning: ascent long meaning: comes from Isra wa Al-Mi'raaj, the journey of the Prophet [saw] to Jerusalem (Isra) and then from there he ascended to Jannah (Mi'raaj). btw, i've never met anyone with my name before ??? i wonder why that is ??? ;-D meraj |
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| zeyn |
| 06/05/01 at 15:41:03 |
| dun worry i know another meraj oddly enough he spells it exact same way.. |
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| Sonny |
| 06/05/01 at 15:51:29 |
| oh, well, thanks everyone. My original name was Leah, but I didn't like it because in the Bible--Leah was plain, and blind, and only married because her father played a trick on her sister's suiter. I hated that story, and asked for a different name...Patti |
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| Anonymous |
| 06/05/01 at 20:33:14 |
| Assalamu 'alaikum! My name is Kirstin, which is a variance of "Christian." Alhamdulillah, my parents also gave me Sabrina as my second name. It means "patience", so I never had to change my name when I became Muslim! Fee amanillah ~Sabr |
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| Rashid |
| 06/05/01 at 23:30:23 |
| [slm] Rashid means rightly guided. It was given to me because I came to Islam through reading and studying. I'm inspired by it because of the khilafah al-rashidun, that's a big legacy to live up to. And also another great khalifah, Harun Al-Rashid. Laboogie: knowledge is power ;-) [wlm] |
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| Mahmoodah |
| 06/06/01 at 14:25:36 |
| salam, my name is the female version of Mahmood!!! i don't know wat it means, but ma dad says it means paradise!!! wa-salam |
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| Saleema |
| 06/06/01 at 21:17:10 |
| [slm] My name means peace and or "one who was saved." Save from what? From hell fire. I hope I live up to it. The hispanic version of the name Saleema is "Selena" which means paradise. [wlm] Saleema |
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| codliveroil |
| 06/07/01 at 07:31:01 |
| my name is codliveroil. It means a a nutricus oil that is derived from a salt water fish called a cod, by cathching it from the open seas and then cutting it open and taking out its liver, then squzzing the liver. the drink that is produced by this is called cod liver oil. try it, it tast and smells really bad. but its good for you, at lest thats what they say. i think nice stuff is good for you, choclet etc....... |
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| humble_muslim |
| 06/07/01 at 11:51:01 |
| AA I call myself the humble muslim as I have seen too much arrogance in muslims, unfortunately sometimes when giving dawah. |
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| codliveroil |
| 06/07/01 at 11:59:38 |
| I call my self cod liver oil cause i have seen too many muslims not eating foods that are high in vitamins. instead eating foods that tast nice. this is very unfair against foods that tast bad such as cod liver oil. kind of like discrimination. nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,, i tride writing in my old name jehad,, but it didn't work, cause it said it had already been taken. i know that, i was the one who took it. any how, codliveroil worked. |
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| kiwi25 |
| 06/07/01 at 13:27:30 |
| salaam, codliveroil....... what a name! |
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| chachi |
| 06/07/01 at 18:01:18 |
codliveroil .... :) my name is chachi because i work with people who polka dot skirts..grease their hair and have believe 'duck and cover' will protect them from a nuke... naah! it's where i'm from my real name means unique/solitary warrior/prince/king/chief/noble but my friends call me widdy/giddy |
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| dhikr |
| 06/07/01 at 21:47:54 |
| my name is razia (but i guess its supposed to be radhia). it means pleasing (u kno, like from radhianlahuanhum... i prolly spelled that wrong) . its in a few surahs in the quran, everytime i hear them, it makes me smile:) ok im a dork, i kno. dhikr means remembrance. i dont even remember how i chose it, but ever since i did, it meant alot to me. codliveroil, you are one weird, interesting person(not in a bad way), but i guess its entertaining. Q:How many like their names and how many dont? |
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| Arsalan |
| 06/07/01 at 22:32:21 |
| [slm] [quote]Q:How many like their names and how many dont?[/quote]I like mine, alhamdulillah. You wouldn't believe how many people came up to me in high school and college and said. "Arsalan - man that's such a cool name." One crazy guy in high school even told me, "I think that's what I'm gonna name my kid man - Arsalan." And he didn't even know what it meant! He just liked the way it sounded I guess ... |
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| destined |
| 06/07/01 at 23:01:37 |
| [slm] I like my name too :) My real name is Naila (pronounced Nyla). In Arabic it means acquirer, obtainer i.e. one who succeeds :) As for destined there's no great story behind it, I just like the name. I've always like names that deal with fate/qadr like: destiny, qysmat (I think that's an urdu word) well u get the drift... |
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| Asim |
| 06/07/01 at 23:47:46 |
| Assalaamu alaikum, My name Asim means virtuous, chaste. Other meanings include defended, protected. I like my name, it is nice and easy :) btw using the transliteration scheme my name would be 3aaSim. Wasalaam. |
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| AbdulBasir |
| 06/08/01 at 00:42:52 |
| [slm] Alhamdulillah you guys are lucky! I know a brother who loathes his name for multiple reasons. And everyone else either dislikes it or is linguistically perplexed by it. Some people even ask him "Why did your parents name you that?". ;) And now even his parents tell him yeah just get rid of it and go by your other names! Parents apparently make mistakes sometimes...:) AbdulBasir means 'servant of the All-Seeing' [slm] |
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| zanfaz |
| 06/08/01 at 00:48:36 |
| [slm] My real name is Faizan. It means benefactor (faayda pahunchane wala) :) I like my name too ;) [wlm] |
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| Saleema |
| 06/08/01 at 01:58:17 |
| [slm] I like my name. i think it is quite beautiful. ;) [wlm] Saleema |
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| eleanor |
| 06/08/01 at 06:51:03 |
| slm I'm reading "Muhammad" by Martin Lings at the moment. (BRILLIANT BOOK!!!!!) Anyway, I thought it was really interesting and funny how some people got their names. For example Rasulullah's (pbuh) grandfather Abd ul Muttalib. Which means slave of Muttalib. (Muhammad's great grandfather). This came about because when Muttalib went to get his son and take him to Mecca, his son was already about 14 years old and when he arrived in Mecca, sitting behind his father, everyone thought he was a new slave of Muttalibs and called out "Abd ul Muttalib!" and the name stuck! Even better was the name Abu Jahl. (father of ignorance). He was a disbeliever and a big opponent of Islam. I thought the name suited him really well! It wasn't his real name of course, but how he came to be known. I also liked how they called Muhammad "al-Amin", the trustworthy, even before the revelations. He had proved to be a reliable and trustworthy person. Sorry for digressing, get to the point. My name is Eleanor. (duh!). I'm not sure of the meaning but I heard once that it's derived from the name Helen which means light. So you can just call me Noor if you like!!! My father chose my name for me and that's a good reason for me to keep it. When I was a kid I didnt like my name very much because it was rare and not (in my opinion) very pretty. I would have preferred to be called Susie or Sarah or Lisa or any of the popular names back then. But now I like my name. I wouldn't feel the same without it. I also feel like it's a present from my father which I permanently carry around with me. wasalaam eleanor. |
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| Laboogie |
| 06/08/01 at 08:42:53 |
| [slm] [quote]When I was a kid I didnt like my name very much because it was rare and not (in my opinion) very pretty. I would have preferred to be called Susie or Sarah or Lisa or any of the popular names back then. But now I like my name. I wouldn't feel the same without it. I also feel like it's a present from my father which I permanently carry around with me. [/quote] Girllll, thats excatly how I felt and how I feel now. I didnt like my name when I was kid b/c it wasnt the typical "Spanish" name...I wanted to be a Maria, Yesenia, Ingrid...but no I had to be......;) But now I LOVE my name...Im the only one...I couldn't be anything else Salaams **Just to give you a hint on what my name is like my siblings names are: my brother(Einstein) and my sister (Chaysden) and we are suppose to be Latinos ???so you must see what we went through plus are last name is a handful...the albanyian mafia can testfiy that my name is a handful |
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| BrKhalid |
| 06/08/01 at 10:39:24 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) [quote]I call myself the humble muslim as I have seen too much arrogance in muslims, unfortunately sometimes when giving dawah I call my self cod liver oil cause i have seen too many muslims not eating foods that are high in vitamins.[/quote] I call myself Br Khalid because I'm a brother and my name is Khalid. [ Sorry but couldn't resist the cheap gag ;-) ] Find out more about my name [url=http://www.jannah.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl/YaBB.pl?board=masjid&action=display&num=1969]here[/url] One thing I would say, is that non muslims find it very hard to say my name properly because of the difficulty of pronouncing the "Kha" It involves making a sound from the back of the throat which they can't seem to do without generating copious amounts of saliva!!!! [ I hope someone knows what I'm going on about here, otherwise this may seem like a very strange post indeed!! ;-) ] This would explain why I was affectionately called a bonnet as a child!!! [ Carlid ] [quote]I'm reading "Muhammad" by Martin Lings at the moment. (BRILLIANT BOOK!!!!!)[/quote] Off topic but I agree 100% |
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| Laboogie |
| 06/08/01 at 12:19:55 |
| [slm] [quote]One thing I would say, is that non muslims find it very hard to say my name properly because of the difficulty of pronouncing the "Kha" It involves making a sound from the back of the throat which they can't seem to do without generating copious amounts of saliva!!!! [ I hope someone knows what I'm going on about here, otherwise this may seem like a very strange post indeed!! ] [/quote] I don't think its only the non-muslims but also those ppl who don't know the Arabic language (like myself...but are trying 2 learn)...I'm learning Arabic now and I tell you my throat be hurting when Im done with classes ;-D...my Spanish comes in handy even though I've been told a couple of times that it's an Arabic class not Spanish :D salaams |
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| codliveroil |
| 06/08/01 at 15:14:53 |
| "I think that's what I'm gonna name my kid man - Arsalan." I think i'm going to name my kids, codliveroil, including the girls. |
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| zia |
| 06/08/01 at 15:49:30 |
| Salaamz.. Ive always liked learning about the meanings of names. You all have preety neat names :) Well me.. Zia means lil light. I thought it was nice so I used it. |
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| Sonny |
| 06/08/01 at 16:30:14 |
| Well, Leah was not a bad name, altogether, I guess, but my family tacked on the name of "Partridge", you know, those funny little plump birds with tiny heads, so it was, Leah Partridge...and then of course, they had to sing about it at Christmas..."And a partridge in a pear tree!" Uoh! I had to change it...and I like my name now, very simple and direct, it say's what it is. I like that name, Arsalan, too. It was the name of the lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia", a fantasy epic for children. But codliveroil?--Sonny |
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| abdulsamad |
| 06/08/01 at 21:14:40 |
slm, My real name, Sabri, is from sabr, meaning patience. Abdul samad means slave of the one on whom all depend. When I was but a wee tot, there was an egyptian sheikh at my naming ceremony who wanted me named after him (Abdul Bari al-Fassi), but my mother decided on Sabri instead. wlm btw, sonny, do you mean Aslan? |
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| widad |
| 06/09/01 at 14:05:34 |
| slm My name means love. In the quran ,Allah describes the relationship in marriage as: "mawaddah(love) and raHhmah(mercy)", and this name :"mawaddah" is a derivative of my name,or vice versa. | 8/tr>
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| Sonny |
| 06/09/01 at 17:07:55 |
| Ooops! Yes, I think your are right...the lion in Narnia maybe was Aslan, not Arsalan. My mistake, I just remember things poorly I guess. They are similar names...Sonny |
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| kiwi25 |
| 06/09/01 at 22:38:26 |
| salaam, i like my name too alhumdulilah, i like the meaning (wise) and the way it sounds when u say it: nouhaaaa..... wasalaam, nouha:) |
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| Arsalan |
| 06/14/01 at 00:54:02 |
| [slm] Aslan and Arsalan are the same name. Different spelling. The proper spelling is supposed to be Aslan I guess, but the Turks themselves have messed up the word by adding an 'r' sound over the ages. So it's become Arslan. But then my parents added an extra 'a' I guess and it became Arsalan! Anyway ... Eleanor. Al-Noor. Does anyone else see the similarity? :) Martin Lings' book changed my life. Cherish that book Eleanor! Wassalamu alaikum. |
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| shadow493 |
| 06/14/01 at 11:50:26 |
| [slm] My name is Adam... dont know what it means though... ??? someone help me out here... :) ive heard different meanings... like the hebrew meaning is "red earth" and since Arabic and Hebrew were one language (someone check me up on that one) at one time, thats probably what it could mean. Ive also heard that Adam just means slave, but thats what i thought abdul was there for ??? hmm my posting name, shadow493... lets not get into there... shadow is just something that is cast by other people, it mimics their actions and movements, so its like ur second person ;-D and 493 is symbolic in everyway, dont ask... its deep :) well thats who i am... [quote] boogie-is what I like to do...get down and boogie woogie [/quote] LOL hahahaa... thats hilarious :D :) the one thing i always look foward to is seeing "LaBoogies" away messages... they trip me out! LOL :) take care [wlm] ala adami (adami in urdu means man, hehe... i didnt give that to myself, other ppl did :)) |
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| meraj |
| 06/14/01 at 14:34:59 |
| slm, [quote] and 493 is symbolic in everyway, dont ask... its deep :)[/quote] he explained it to me once and it made absolutely NO sense whatsoever.. he's probably just making it up ;-D |
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| zia |
| 06/14/01 at 18:42:34 |
It was the name of the lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia", a fantasy epic for children. But codliveroil?--Sonny[/quote] Man I loved that series...the days when I was young hehe...seem like such a distinct memory |
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| Sonny |
| 06/16/01 at 01:50:09 |
| "...days when I was young...seem like such a distinct memory." (quote) Well, I am a great grandmother, so some small allowances I think are in order. My great-grand-daughter is three years old, now. The day I got the news, there really was some slippage in the gears, and they slipped and stayed that way. I think it's a moment of passage in life, when you get that news, and it entitles you to some priviledges...like vauge reasoning on important questions, clear memories of the distant past, and an erratic temperment. If there are other priveledges I can claim, let me know, I will be all too happy to claim them as mine. It was one of the happiest moments of my life, and I hope you all will experience it one day. It has a way of turning back the hands of time. You'ld be surprised. And when I told my dad he was a great-great-grandfather, he just cried like a baby. Well, that is still just a little down the road for me. And the other happiest moment of my life was just today, I think, when the women at the mosque gave me a hajib garment in which to pray. I just put it on, and it felt so right, like a loving welcome from God. I will treasure the memory of this wonderful day for years to come. I wish I could wear it every day...aahh, well, later on, I think I will. Well, I really am such a silly old grandmother at times. Forgive me for dawdling around in the past when there is so much going on right now in the ever present moment. I forget. Patti |
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| zia |
| 06/17/01 at 00:13:55 |
| Salaams Patti Thats awesome...congrats |
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| slime |
| 06/20/01 at 23:19:33 |
| my name is slime :) and NO my parents were not hippies..hehe :D as for my real name..in arabic, it means flower. Flower Power |
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| taueeya |
| 06/22/01 at 07:32:22 |
| Assalamu Alaikum, My real name is Tauseef which means "Praise" and I really like it because Allah Almighty is above all to be praised and Muhammad also means "One who has been praised". Taueeya is my nick name, my friends call me by that name and I like it so I use it. Wassalam. |
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| Mehak |
| 06/27/01 at 07:06:57 |
| Assalam u Alikum, My nick is Mehak and it means perfume/khushboo in urdu. My real name is Erum which has like 4 different spellings and I dont know which one is right so I just go by whatever my dad wrote on my passport. "Erum" was the artificial jannah made by this kaafir king called Shaddad who claimed to be equally powerful as Allah( Na3aozubillah!!) .The moment he set foot in the garden ,he was swallowed by the earth. So,Erum in general means jannah/heaven. It is also mentioned in the Quran as the name of the grandson of Hazrat Noah (PBUH) as Erum bin Saam bin Noah and a tribe was named Erum. Now I know I am a girl but have no idea how it changed from a guy's name to a girl's over so many thousand years. Maybe one of u guys could help me out ??? Allah Hafiz |
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| katooshkah |
| 06/28/01 at 20:24:05 |
| Katooshka was one of my grandfather's nicknames for me. He was from Bulgaria and Katooshka is a slavic diminuitive for my real name which is Katherine. I stuck the "h" on the end when I set up my e-mail because the other spelling was already taken. My other nickname was Katinka. He used to sing me little songs in Bulgarian that would rhyme with both of these names, but I don't remember them now. k. |
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| Anik |
| 07/02/01 at 02:39:33 |
| asalaamu alaikum My chosen Islamic name was Abdullah Is that Slave or Servant of Allah? I love that it... My real name is Anik... no meaning in hindi or urdu, but in Innuit it means "Friend" so I didn't have to change it... I also like Adeel At first, my moulana named me Akhbar because I told me my sister called me that... but I chose Abdullah because Akbhar was a name she made for me to make fun of me on my becoming muslim (it was innocent though). asalaamu alaikum. abdullah,. |
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| gift |
| 07/06/01 at 06:47:20 |
| salaams i use 'gift' as my username which is the meaning of my real name attia (most people actually spell it atiyah) [wlm] |
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| Madinat |
| 07/14/01 at 13:33:33 |
| [slm] my birth name means 'open your eyes and see blessings', but for my username here and almost everywhere else, i chose the name given to me by my father. in my culture, children are given names by almost everyone in the family, and all of them are equally valid. since i don't use madinat that often, i don't know what it means. but if any of you know.... |
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| Haseeba |
| 07/16/01 at 14:28:32 |
| my name is Asmameaning beautiful but i go by my middle name haseeba ... meaning noble |
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