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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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? [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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), ….
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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.[/quote]

Ok, I guess thrown off by Zaid, what is the religious significance of Zaid in Christianity? So thought OP is looking for names that are accepted by both religions, rather than religious names with significance in both religions.

But then we move to biblical names that also appear in the Quran (like Issa, Yusuf (Joseph), Yacoub (Jacob), Daoud (David), Elias (though it’s more popular with Christians).

Good luck to OP :)[/quote]

OP. His middle name is a bible/ Quran name. Our families are very into the kids being named after a prophet.

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