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Bintul-Khattab
11/24/01 at 05:27:27
[slm] i was just reading something in the Jannaration oasis and thought of something which i thought id put up here since not everyone goes to that room (i dont think).  what are the most unusual names of people you've come across? when i was in the gulf, the arabs who were of bedouin stock were keen on names like 'tuffaaha' (apple) and 'mooza' (banana), and 'nakhla' (date palm)...a friend of mine used to study with a bengali girl called 'Asfalu's-Saafileen' (lowest of the low) :o.....apparently her parents did this thing where they just opened the quran and pointed their finger and named their daughter that! (they thought that cuz it was from teh quran it had to be a good name!) so any other funky names around? [wlm]

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Kashif
11/24/01 at 07:31:20
assalaamu alaikum hehe - i heard of a person who was named "sharrul-bariya" (worst of creatures) by the parents for the same reason. Also, i was in some shock when i heard that 'Shagufta' was actually a real Pakistani name... i was like "huh? who the heck would like to be called 'Shagufta'" I have no idea what it means, but it sort of rhymes with an indo-pak dish called kofte (meatballs). Kashif Wa Salaam

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Ziggy
11/24/01 at 08:17:19
slm I heard of some  girl called 'Beauty'..wallahi! but just picking out a name from the Qur'an...and not knowing what it means is bad... wlm zakira

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se7en
11/24/01 at 11:40:20
as salaamu alaykum, Yeah, I don't know about Shagufta.  Talk about a mad desi name.  :P A little girl at our masjid is named Qurrutul Ayn [coolness of the eyes].. now that's an awesome name :) I know of a non-Muslim guy named Koran... his mom didn't know what the word meant, but she heard it when she was pregnant and thought it sounded nice. And I know a guy (non-Muslim) named Saifullah [the sword of Allah] though he pronounces it "saffoola".

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explorer
11/24/01 at 12:12:00
[wlm] [quote]A little girl at our masjid is named Qurrutul Ayn [coolness of the eyes].. now that's an awesome name :)[/quote] Hey hey thats my cousins name! :D It has a beautiful meaning but too difficult to pronounce routinely so everyone just calls her 'big Anne' (pronounced in urdu as "burri annie") because her younger sis is called Noorul Ayn but known as little Anne. I can't stand desi names Fauzia and Shazia cos they're just way toooooooooooooo common :) Every family has that pair and wherever you go, you'll always find them! Just can't seem to get away from them ;-D No offense to the fauzia's and shazia's on Jannah.org and I know there are a few here ;)

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Bintul-Khattab
11/24/01 at 13:07:04
[slm] recently i heard of a man introducing his children saying, "Assalaamu alaikum, meet my children 'Quran' and 'Sunnah'"!!!??? also, i knew a mum who called her twin daughters Mecca and Medina :o and a friend called her daughter Shariah. Bilal Philips gave a talk and commented that one of the RIGHTS the CHILD has over its PARENTS is to be called with a good name! [wlm]

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Bintul-Khattab
11/24/01 at 13:08:09
[quote] hehe - i heard of a person who was named "sharrul-bariya" (worst of creatures) by the parents for the same reason. [/quote] astaghfirullaah, that is not even funny!!!!!!

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abc
11/24/01 at 14:07:52
Assalamlaikum [quote]I have no idea what it means, but it sort of rhymes with an indo-pak dish called kofte (meatballs).[/quote] Brother, you can't be serious! :O If you pronounce Shagufta to rhyme with kofte, then you need to brush up on your urdu ;):D As far as I know, this name means one who has a kind and soft nature, so see the meaning is nice :)

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Fatoosh
11/24/01 at 21:09:09
Salaam Alaikum Shagufta is a nice name. I used to know two sisters named Shagufta and Tabassub. Shagufta, I think, means laughing. And Tabassub means smiling.  Or maybe it was Farkhunda instead of Tabassum. I think Farkhunda means happy.

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Kashif
11/24/01 at 22:28:54
[quote]Salaam Alaikum Shagufta is a nice name. I used to know two sisters named Shagufta and Tabassub. Shagufta, I think, means laughing. And Tabassub means smiling.  Or maybe it was Farkhunda instead of Tabassum. I think Farkhunda means happy.[/quote] Tabassub??? Farkunda??? What the?? hehe .. jk
NS

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se7en
11/24/01 at 22:39:04
as salaamu alaykum, [quote]I can't stand desi names Fauzia and Shazia cos they're just way toooooooooooooo common :) Every family has that pair and wherever you go, you'll always find them! Just can't seem to get away from them ;-D No offense to the fauzia's and shazia's on Jannah.org and I know there are a few here ;) [/quote] Umm.. as long as you don't diss "se7en", you'll be aiite inshaAllah.  :) [quote]recently i heard of a man introducing his children saying, "Assalaamu alaikum, meet my children 'Quran' and 'Sunnah'"!!![/quote] What'll they name the next two daughters, Ijmaa and Qiyaas? Hahhaha.. I crack myself up :)

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sis_malak
11/25/01 at 04:31:26
Asalaam alaikum,     I know two guys (friend's of my fancee) who are roomates and their names are Khamees (which means Thursday) and Jummah (which means Friday).

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M.F.
11/25/01 at 05:16:22
I know a baby named Ummul Baneen: mother of sons.  poor kid. I also know someone named Larabas (Laa Ra'a Ba's, See No Harship or Sadness, how would you translate Ba's?) I know a lot of kids whose names start with Sheikh something or Sidi something, who were named after sheikhs or sidis in their family, which is my hubby's family :) they have funny names in his family.  Another is  Ma el ainin (first name) Ma el ainin (Last name).

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destined
11/25/01 at 06:55:28
[slm] The following aren't unusual names but get this--out of the daily prayers I've known 3 out of the 5  :D My little cousin's name is Fajr (a girl), I used to go to Sunday school with two sisters named Asr and Maghrib.  I've yet to meet someone named Dhuhr and or Isha.  Oh and I also met a sister named Islam :) [quote]A little girl at our masjid is named Qurrutul Ayn [coolness of the eyes]..[/quote] wow I never thought of naming a kid that, I'm gonna add that to my already started list of names inshaAllah... :D

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Bintul-Khattab
11/25/01 at 08:45:06
[slm] lol subhaanAllaah, some of these names are making me laugh for real...gone are the days of naming kids according to a beautiful meaning, now it just seems to be i wanna give my kid a name nobody else has. [quote] Umm.. as long as you don't diss "se7en", you'll be aiite inshaAllah.  [/quote] u telling me se7en is ur real name? well, we used to have some cats in saudi arabia and they used to keep on having kids, so we got rired of thinking of names for em so we just called one litter one, two, three, four, five and six lol....so i guess i cant say anything if ur real name IS se7en :P [wlm]

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Hajreee
11/25/01 at 16:41:21
Salaams InshaAllah all is well with you all... but Qurratul Anne is my cousin's name as well... we don't call her big annie or little annie, hehe! just plain old annie :-) she's my khala's daughter, so she already gets spoiled from my mom :D and i forget who talked about hearing the names maghrib and asr and fajr- i know an isha, well i don't personally know her, but she's my sister's student, but yeah... so isha.. now all we need to know if someone is named duhr ;) now any weird names i've heard.. hmm i don't think so! actually i think my cousins have weird names... they are soo Pakistani'ish! :) one's name is Awais and Khizer...those are just weird to me, and i have no clue what they mean.. i'm sure the native born Pakistani's know the names, but it was just weird for an ABCD, like me :) but shazia and fauzia aren't really that common desi names! i would think something like aisha or amina or rehan or imran or etc...hehe :) anywho, names are names... it's all good in the hood, eh? Take Care! Wa Salaams

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Anik
11/25/01 at 17:35:23
asaalamu alaikum, the name i was born with means absolutely nothing in my language- hindi. Anik was the name of a satellite launched in that time, it's a street name in Ottawa, a printing press company, and an Indian ghee brand, which led my parents to believe my name means pure. It kinda sucks to have no meaning ina  name lol apparently in Inuit it means "friend" so i just go by that, and in Arabic "well dressed"... anyone else here named something which means absoloutely nothing in their language at all? :) asalaamu alaikum. abdullah,.

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flyboy_nz
11/25/01 at 17:55:53
asalamu alaikum, I don't know what my parents were thinking at the time....maybe they thought it sounded cute for a kid..but when i was born they named me Fay Faiyaz (Faiyaz being my middle name). After I got some sense and understood the implications of my name I was pretty ):( I don't think Fay means anything...unless one of you knows what it means in arabic.  To me it was a girls name and I hated it, so they changed it to Ahmed. Parents really have to be careful not to give their poor kid a complex when they grow up!! One of my cousin's is named Shain.  Does anyone know what that means?  I thought perhaps he was called it coz it imitates an english name. wasalam, Ahmed

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Barr
11/26/01 at 00:03:24
Assalamu'alaikum :-) My friend's son's name is Muslim, and his best friend is called Bukhari. They come in a package these 2 boys... Bukhari and Muslim. Isn't that sweet? :)

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MuslimaKanadiyya
11/26/01 at 00:12:01
slm [quote]One of my cousin's is named Shain.  Does anyone know what that means?  I thought perhaps he was called it coz it imitates an english name.[/quote] Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't [i]shain[/i] mean 'disgrace,' or 'disfigurement' in Arabic ??? wlm

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ahmer
11/26/01 at 00:43:03
[slm] of all the names... i like Fatmah the most... ;) ;-D i need ur prayers guyz!!:) ma'salama ahmer

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Mystic
11/26/01 at 00:56:11
[slm] I loooovvvveee Aishah :) :-) Maliha [wlm]

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Arsalan
11/26/01 at 01:59:00
[slm] Shagufta, Tabassum are *niice* names if you know Urdu!  Their meaning is beautiful. Shagufta is like soft, serene. Tabassum is a smile.  Like this :) Qurratul-3ayn is one of my all time favorite names!  It's actually a pretty common name in Pakistan.  But like someone said, it's extremely difficult to pronounce.  (Desis usually pronounce it 'qora tul ayn').

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Mystic
11/26/01 at 02:47:28
[slm] I also like Tasneem and Kawthar... Procrastinator??? mmmmmhh..is there one for this one? M :):):):):):):) :-) [wlm]

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haaris
11/26/01 at 07:15:36
slm [quote]anyone else here named something which means absoloutely nothing in their language at all?[/quote] Try "Lee".  In my native language (English, an odd, fairly new language with which some of may be familiar: except the Americans I suppose ...) it has two meanings: 1. The side of an island, village, etc. that is sheltered from the wind (hence the nautical term "head leeward"). 2. A redneck general. My parents chose it because it's monosyllabic and therefore cannot be shortened.  Yeah, thanks mum, dad ... Man, and to think people ask me why I introduce myself as "Haaris". By the way, do you guys all think that English/Americans have really stupid names?  My in-laws (Pakistani) think that English people's names are, like really weird.  They still cringe when they hear my surname (in a nice way, they aren't at all nasty about it !!).

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Hania
11/26/01 at 07:34:23
[quote] Shagufta, Tabassum are *niice* names if you know Urdu!  Their meaning is beautiful. Shagufta is like soft, serene. Tabassum is a smile.  Like this :) [/quote] slm I thought some pakistani names were derived from Persia. Like: Shahnaz = The king's loved/favorite one   Shahrzad = City-born Shabnam = Dew   Shahbaz = Royal falcon   Faraz = Above, up, upon, on the top Firouz = Victorious     Javad = Liberal   Is urdu a child of persian?

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Hajreee
11/26/01 at 10:12:31
Salaams i forgot to mention my other cousin's names... these are guys names... and i'm not sure if i'm spelling it right... but if anyone knows what they mean, please tell me! thanks :) 1) shanwaz 2) huqinwaz those are very Pakistani'ish as well, hehehe :D okee dokee Wa Salaams

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Arsalan
11/26/01 at 13:18:43
[slm] Hania, Urdu is a mixture of several different languages.  There's a lot of Persian in it, a lot of Arabic, some Hindi, and some Turkish.   All the names you mentioned have their origin in Faarsi (Persian), I think.

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Bintul-Khattab
11/26/01 at 13:32:19
[slm] [quote] One of my cousin's is named Shain.  Does anyone know what that means?  I thought perhaps he was called it coz it imitates an english name. [/quote] [quote] Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't shain mean 'disgrace,' or 'disfigurement' in Arabic ??? [/quote] na3am, ur right, it does mean that in arabic! um...maybe someone should tell him. [wlm]

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widad
11/26/01 at 14:25:59
Assalamu alykum warahamatullahi wabarakatuh Shain does mean bad in arabic. As for Fay(not pronounced like "say" but pronounced "fa-y" there is word in arabic meaning "shade" and it is given to girls.
NS

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flyboy_nz
11/26/01 at 18:12:16
[slm] JazakAllahu khairan to my arabic speaking sisters :) oh my poor cousin Shain!! Disfigurement or Disgrace?!!? :o  Why are parents so silly to name their kid something without knowing the meaning!! I'll let them know when i go over to visit. [quote]As for Fay(not pronounced like "say" but pronounced "fa-y" there is word in arabic meaning "shade" and it is given to girls.[/quote] whoa now I'm really glad I changed my name!  I'm not really a shady type of guy... Ahmed is much better.  A friend of mine once told me that Ahmad is another name for the Prophet- "Muhammad on Earth, Ahmad in Heaven".  Anyone else heard this? [wlm] Ahmed

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Hajreee
11/26/01 at 22:20:25
Salaams so no one knows what my cousins' names mean?! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! *sniff sniff* :(

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SomairaAltaf
11/27/01 at 00:42:32
Assalamualaikum wrt wbk All :o) Fav names Hadiya ...comes from hidayaath I think Rania (sounds cute) ...I think I met twins named Safa and Marwa... Amna (although its a bit too common no?) lol..I have a list somewhere, inshaAllah ill post more names later. Right now Somaira has a paper to write!! Keep me in ur duas please. ws Somaira

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gift
11/27/01 at 04:31:21
[slm] the funniest name i've ever heard is 'dil penk muraddabadi' - which in urdu literally means 'throws his heart (everywhere from) Muradabad' hehe ;-D [quote]Also, i was in some shock when i heard that 'Shagufta' was actually a real Pakistani name... i was like "huh? who the heck would like to be called 'Shagufta'"[/quote] hey that's my mums name!!! [quote]I have no idea what it means, but it sort of rhymes with an indo-pak dish called kofte (meatballs).[/quote] hey - my mum's name happens to rhyme with my favourite dish (which only she makes the way i like it :o) [wlm]

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Kashif
11/27/01 at 05:16:57
[quote]hey - my mum's name happens to rhyme with my favourite dish (which only she makes the way i like it :o)[/quote] There you go abc! I told you that it rhymed! *smile*
NS

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AyeshaZ
11/27/01 at 18:47:53
Asalamu Alaikum, Does anyone know what PERMOON means!!!!!! WaSalam

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Anonymous
11/27/01 at 22:24:55
Salams all, fave names: danyal (anybody know wot this means?) ruqayyah (this is the most beautiful name!!!!!) jannah - anybody know anybody called this for real? wasalams

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amal
11/27/01 at 22:57:39
slm, [quote] ruqayyah (this is the most beautiful name!!!!!) [/quote] I love that name too :) It's my mother's Talking about odd names in my country they have this weird tradition of naming girls after cities. Names like London, Berlin,Paris,Roma, Madina, etc...are very common. My favourite name for guys: Anas, means companion. it's female version is also beautifull : Aneesa Other fav names include Tahir (somalis pronounce it as Dahir which totally disfigures the name), Faisal, Khalid, and Moustafa for boys. For girls: Sumayya,Malak,Haajar,Noura, and ofcourse my own awesome name...hehe just kidding although i do love my name :) Actually i have two names but that's another story.

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kiwi25
11/28/01 at 00:18:13
salam, they werent even muslim, they just said theyre parents liked the sound of it so they named him that, i tried to tell him the beauty and significance in that name and how we dont use it and all but they wouldnt listen :(! wasalam nouha:)

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Bintul-Khattab
11/28/01 at 03:09:17
[wlm] [quote] fave names: danyal (anybody know wot this means?) [/quote] na3am, this is the name of one of the Prophets, peace be upon him (aka in english=Daniel) <<(was i stating the obvious?)..i tried looking up to see if it had a meaning in arabic but couldnt find anything. [quote] jannah - anybody know anybody called this for real? [/quote] i know about three people called jannah for real :) I think that names which are of the form called in arabic 'seeghat tasgheer' (english=diminitive form)are really cute...names like 'Ubaid (which is a little 'Abd = Slave.  my brother has a little girl called Eemaan [i](<<<BEAUTIFUL name)[/i]...he has another on the way inshaa'Allaah...i told him to call her Taqwa ;) i really liked the name Ikhlaas for a girl (sincerity) but then someone pointed out to me...its kinda vague...sincerity to what?! names like Mujaahid, Jihad, Saif-ur-Rahmaan, etc for boys are still the best :) [wlm]

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taueeya
11/28/01 at 03:23:04
Assalamu 'Alaikum,           My nephew was named "Jibraeel", probably by his grandmother. We were kind of shocked at this, but more shocking was the news  that my brother-in-law's younger brother's son has been named "Mikaeel". :) And now, whenever, I ask them, who is next in the line? they say they are waiting for "'Izraeel" and "Israfeel". :) Wassalam.

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Bintul-Khattab
11/28/01 at 03:28:30
[slm] u just reminded me..lol....i met my cousins in Qatar for the first time...the girls were called Hind (India), Rusha (i kept mistaking it in my head for Russia) and Lubna (I was conintuing this 'country' theme and kept on thinking of Lebanon)...my uncle's wife was expecting again, so i pointed out my observation to him, and asked him what they were going to call the next child. Being the joker he is..he opened his eyes really wide and went Israel!!!! lol..may Allaah protect his kids from his sense of humour lol...ameen. [wlm]

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ahmer
11/28/01 at 20:59:47
salams hey i posted this i another thread but how is my nephew's name yahya Husain . he was born yesterday alhumdolillah!! :) salams ahmer
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