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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I currently work in a schol with a very multi ethnic Arab population.  Many names have mulitple different spellings as the English spelling is often an interpretation of the Arabic name. The most popular girls names are

Aisha or Ayisha
Alia or Aaliyah 
Fatima
Khadija
Noor or Noora
Zehra / Zohra / Zara / Zora
Mariam or Maryam
Hiba / Heba
Faiza
Eman or Eyman

Oddly there are no Layla or Aya's at the school.

Other Arab names that are easy to westernize are variations of Aisha, Alia, Sara, Nora, Farah, Dania, Zara, Nadia, Hanna, Yasmine[/quote]

OP here. These names scream “Arab” to me and these are the exact types of names I’m hoping to avoid. [/quote]

Look for regional names not based on religion then narrow those down to the ones that are least likely to be mispronounced.

Talia
Rita
Lynn
Sima
Amina
Amira
Mona
Yasmine
Nadia
Maha
Raya
Anissa
Dana
Sana
Leena

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What does Rita mean in arabic? Heard it the first time[/quote]

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