Muslim names common in Egypt
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Muslim names common in Egypt
Can you help me with a little research for a book.
I need names to use in a novel, and want muslim boys and girls names, both the most common ones and other.
Could you list the names you know of, both girls and boys names so I won't have to name everyone in the story Ahmed and Leylah?
I need names to use in a novel, and want muslim boys and girls names, both the most common ones and other.
Could you list the names you know of, both girls and boys names so I won't have to name everyone in the story Ahmed and Leylah?
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I think so too Good name. There are a few pages on the net listing muslim names, but those are name from all over the muslim world, impossible to know which ones are used in Luxor/ Egypt.
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Male - Zain, Hassan, Anter, Esmaiel, Asem, Ashraf.
Female - Miram, Noor, Hodda, Saffa, Rania
Female - Miram, Noor, Hodda, Saffa, Rania
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Some Male names
Ziad - Waleed - Jooma - Adel
Ziad - Waleed - Jooma - Adel
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Female names are harder as you rarely meet the ladies to be formally introduced. The Female ones I remember are: Afaf, Jahan, Shahan, Shams, Asmat, Esma, Mona, Neffeesa There are a lot of Abdu variations for men as in Abdurokhman, Abduafees, Abduateef, also Shahad, Emir, Amir, Arafa, Shoogay, Shamrook, Mustafa, Khaled, Tayer, Tarik, Ahmed is usually followed by another name to distinguish it from the masses as in Ahmed Habdee. My mind has gone blank now!
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I just went through my daughters Facebook friends
Female Amira, Samira, Sahla, Assma, Nubia, Bassma, Ekram, Eman, Faten, Mariam, Refat, Salam, Sara, Tasneem, Tamara, Hana, Nada, Amar, Nour
Male Yousef, Waleed, Wisam, Waqar, Tamer, Talal, Samir, Samar, Refaat, Nady, Moustapha, Gamal, Abanuod, Abduallah, Ahmad, Ahmed, Alaa, Efraim, Ehab, Fadi, Hassan, Moustapha, Mahmoud, Mohammed, Hamdi, Rageeb, Abdul
Female Amira, Samira, Sahla, Assma, Nubia, Bassma, Ekram, Eman, Faten, Mariam, Refat, Salam, Sara, Tasneem, Tamara, Hana, Nada, Amar, Nour
Male Yousef, Waleed, Wisam, Waqar, Tamer, Talal, Samir, Samar, Refaat, Nady, Moustapha, Gamal, Abanuod, Abduallah, Ahmad, Ahmed, Alaa, Efraim, Ehab, Fadi, Hassan, Moustapha, Mahmoud, Mohammed, Hamdi, Rageeb, Abdul
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Thank you guys this is very very useful, I will put them in a notebook... Have new ideas for novel about Egypt- a perfect excuse to go back for more research...
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Yeah I was going to say that not all these names are definitely Muslim. Some names are used by both groups like Adel and Ashraf but Abanob (if that is what Jane meant by Abanoud) is definitely a Coptic name. Mariam and Noor are also names frequently used by female Copts. These were the only ones which struck me but I will have another look through the lists!
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