Boy names that are Christian and Muslim

[Anonymous]

I like Zaid, Noah, and ...

Caleb (arguably nn Charlie by mom? )

also:

Gideon
Malachi
Cyrus
Elias
Nathan
Joel (one syllable though)
Jonah
Thaddeus (nn Teddy, sort of like Charlie)

(deleting lots of one syllable names, as you are right about the flow especially with an H last name!)

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Anonymous wrote:I like Zaid, Noah, and ...

Caleb (arguably nn Charlie by mom? )

also:

Gideon
Malachi
Cyrus
Elias
Nathan
Joel (one syllable though)
Jonah
Thaddeus (nn Teddy, sort of like Charlie)

(deleting lots of one syllable names, as you are right about the flow especially with an H last name!)

Op here. Thanks. I like one syllable names.

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Anonymous wrote:If I heard the name Zaid I would assume Muslim. My kid had 2 friends with that name in ES. Both Muslim. If I heard Noah I would assume Jewish.

Agree. Have never met a Christian Zaid/Zayd

It's because you aren't Muslim or Arabic. It's an Arabic name and not an Islamic name. It also depends on the last name Noah has.. there are tons of Christian Noah's. In Arabic it's spelled Nuh

Are you Muslim or Arab? I’m Muslim, and I have never met a non-Muslim Zaid/Zayd, as I previously stated.

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Anonymous wrote:If I heard the name Zaid I would assume Muslim. My kid had 2 friends with that name in ES. Both Muslim. If I heard Noah I would assume Jewish.

Agree. Have never met a Christian Zaid/Zayd

It's because you aren't Muslim or Arabic. It's an Arabic name and not an Islamic name. It also depends on the last name Noah has.. there are tons of Christian Noah's. In Arabic it's spelled Nuh

Are you Muslim or Arab? I’m Muslim, and I have never met a non-Muslim Zaid/Zayd, as I previously stated.

If you have never met one, then it means none exist among the 450 million Arabs 🙄

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Anonymous wrote:If I heard the name Zaid I would assume Muslim. My kid had 2 friends with that name in ES. Both Muslim. If I heard Noah I would assume Jewish.

Agree. Have never met a Christian Zaid/Zayd

It's because you aren't Muslim or Arabic. It's an Arabic name and not an Islamic name. It also depends on the last name Noah has.. there are tons of Christian Noah's. In Arabic it's spelled Nuh

Are you Muslim or Arab? I’m Muslim, and I have never met a non-Muslim Zaid/Zayd, as I previously stated.

If you have never met one, then it means none exist among the 450 million Arabs 🙄

OP here. Our last name is very common, and most Americans will know it's most likely Muslim. We spell the first name Zaid and haven't had issues with people pronouncing it wrong. Sometimes our surname is pronounced Hasen. Zaid is rare in the US but seems to be an easy name for others to pronounce. It's similar to Zain/ Zane. I have grown to like Rhys and think we are going to go with that name.

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Anonymous wrote:If I heard the name Zaid I would assume Muslim. My kid had 2 friends with that name in ES. Both Muslim. If I heard Noah I would assume Jewish.

Agree. Have never met a Christian Zaid/Zayd

It's because you aren't Muslim or Arabic. It's an Arabic name and not an Islamic name. It also depends on the last name Noah has.. there are tons of Christian Noah's. In Arabic it's spelled Nuh

Are you Muslim or Arab? I’m Muslim, and I have never met a non-Muslim Zaid/Zayd, as I previously stated.

If you have never met one, then it means none exist among the 450 million Arabs 🙄

Have you met one?

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Anonymous wrote:If I heard the name Zaid I would assume Muslim. My kid had 2 friends with that name in ES. Both Muslim. If I heard Noah I would assume Jewish.

Agree. Have never met a Christian Zaid/Zayd

It's because you aren't Muslim or Arabic. It's an Arabic name and not an Islamic name. It also depends on the last name Noah has.. there are tons of Christian Noah's. In Arabic it's spelled Nuh

Are you Muslim or Arab? I’m Muslim, and I have never met a non-Muslim Zaid/Zayd, as I previously stated.

If you have never met one, then it means none exist among the 450 million Arabs 🙄

OP here. Our last name is very common, and most Americans will know it's most likely Muslim. We spell the first name Zaid and haven't had issues with people pronouncing it wrong. Sometimes our surname is pronounced Hasen. Zaid is rare in the US but seems to be an easy name for others to pronounce. It's similar to Zain/ Zane. I have grown to like Rhys and think we are going to go with that name.

Actually not that rare. Just generally a Muslim name. Zaid is not the traditional spelling.

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Abe. As in Abraham

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My Turkish friend as an Emir (Amir)

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Anonymous wrote:What do you mean “Christian” names? Do you mean US names? Or anglicized names?

In the Arab country where i grew up, both Christians and Muslims use the same names. Only a few names like Mohammed, Mahmoud that are mainly used by Muslims.

She means what she said… names that can be translated to the same thing in the Bible and Quran. There are way more names then Mohamad that are obviously Muslim pp. are you sure you weren’t an expect in Dubai and think you know everything?

Yes, pretty sure about that. But maybe you were. You are conflating Arabic with Muslim. In many Arab countries, arabic names are used by both religions.

Op mentioned “Omar” as sensitive, well, I know both Christian and Muslim Omars back home.

The OP did not say that she wants a name that appears both in the Bible and in the Koran.

Osama used to be a nice neutral name pre-Laden, Samir, Kareem, Jamal, Jamil, Lame, Yazan, Rayyan, Akram, Makram, Mansour, and so on… this is just a small sample of names that are used by people of both religions. This may be different in country where her husband is from (since she indicated Omar is sensitive), so best to speak to him.

Are those Muslim and/or Christian names though? Or are they names like Henry or Phoenix which might be used by both Christians and Jews in the US but don't have religious meaning for either faith?

I don't know enough to know.

These are neutral names used by both, like Henry / Phoenix here. In Lebanon there is tendency for more westernized (or french) names for christians, so you’d find names like Michel, Elie, George that would be clear the person is christian (but also many christians use Arabic names).

In others, like Jordan traditionally christian families used/ use arabic names. Since one is born into a religion and very few change religion, one’s family name is in most cases a better indicator if one is Christian or Muslim.

Some names are clearly Muslim like derivatives from Mohammed, also Ali, Hussein and a few others.

Here are a few more for OP that are not indicative of religion: Rami, Rani, Fadi, Fadl (or Fadel), Shahm, Karam, Fahd, Laith, Ghaith, Amr, Jad, Farah (this is used for both genders), ….

OP has been clear that she wants religious names. Not neutral names. So names like Adam that have religious meaning to both Christians and Muslims. Not neutral names.

OP. Yes. One of our sons is Noah. I am really struggling to like any religious name and frankly any boy name This baby was supposed to be a girl. I am still grieving. I like the name "Wes". I knew an American boy in elementary school with this name and I have liked it and remembered it since.

Do you like Benjamin? That is usually given to the last boy ( assuming you are done at 3)

OP here. I associate it more with Judaism and doesn't help that Israel's current Prime Minister Netanyahu uses this name. It's a cute name and I didn't know it's usually given to the last boy. This is definitely the last baby for me. We could also go with a neutral first name and an Islamic/ Christian middle name. Both of our families plus DH are a pain to coordinate with. DH didn't like Zaid because it's associated more with a different Arabic country. I'm not sold on any boy name. I love Charlie but I know my family won't like it.

Do you think we should not use a name because of one person? He goes by "Bibi". Not that I am trying to convince you or not. Either you like it or you don't but, it is a very nice name regardless of Benjamin Netanyahu. It was my beloved Grandfather's name too ( and we are not Jewish, but, Catholic) It is a universal name

List of Bens:
https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-named-ben/celebrity-lists

i LOVE the name benjamin and think its a shame BUT that being said, 40 thousad dead b/c of a benjamin right now. everyone who met this baby would think of a mass murderer right now. maybe after netenyahu is dead. Its sad, just like Ussama is a beautiful name but, i would be a little surprised if someone used it and the original Usama (son if Zaid) deserves for people to be named after him. associations with certain evil people sometimes override other considerations. I mean we still use Joseph despite Stalin, so hopefully we'll be able to get over it. Zachariah is a good compromise bc its literally the same name.

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Rhys is horrible with Zaid and Noah.

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Anonymous wrote:Rhys is horrible with Zaid and Noah.

They aren't twins

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Anonymous wrote:If I heard the name Zaid I would assume Muslim. My kid had 2 friends with that name in ES. Both Muslim. If I heard Noah I would assume Jewish.

Agree. Have never met a Christian Zaid/Zayd

It's because you aren't Muslim or Arabic. It's an Arabic name and not an Islamic name. It also depends on the last name Noah has.. there are tons of Christian Noah's. In Arabic it's spelled Nuh

Are you Muslim or Arab? I’m Muslim, and I have never met a non-Muslim Zaid/Zayd, as I previously stated.

If you have never met one, then it means none exist among the 450 million Arabs 🙄

OP here. Our last name is very common, and most Americans will know it's most likely Muslim. We spell the first name Zaid and haven't had issues with people pronouncing it wrong. Sometimes our surname is pronounced Hasen. Zaid is rare in the US but seems to be an easy name for others to pronounce. It's similar to Zain/ Zane. I have grown to like Rhys and think we are going to go with that name.

Actually not that rare. Just generally a Muslim name. Zaid is not the traditional spelling.

OP here. It has been our experience that it's rare in the cities/ states we have lived in. He has never had another Zaid in his class, activities etc. but we have lived in a school districts with very few Muslims. In our current school district the Muslim population would be less then 3.

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Adam is the most universal name, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian. I chose it for that reason. But it has 2 syllables

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Anonymous wrote:If I heard the name Zaid I would assume Muslim. My kid had 2 friends with that name in ES. Both Muslim. If I heard Noah I would assume Jewish.

Agree. Have never met a Christian Zaid/Zayd

It's because you aren't Muslim or Arabic. It's an Arabic name and not an Islamic name. It also depends on the last name Noah has.. there are tons of Christian Noah's. In Arabic it's spelled Nuh

Are you Muslim or Arab? I’m Muslim, and I have never met a non-Muslim Zaid/Zayd, as I previously stated.

If you have never met one, then it means none exist among the 450 million Arabs 🙄

Have you met one?

I know several actually. But here is one, don’t know personally, but he’s definitely Christian:
https://detroitpriestlyvocations.com/father-zaid-chabaan-testimonial/