What would you name your daughter/son?

[Omega]

Sunrise???

Now I am curious to know what are the names of your 2 boys??

[King Rami]

Girl: Christine
Boy: Christian

NO WAY: Rami fle7a pure!

[Arze]

I have 2 boys, Serge & Patrick...
No plan for a girl now,,, but in case, I will name her Chloé.

[george_z_1]

...I noticed that the majority of names chosen are foreign names...hm...ic...
Well to each his or her porrogative, no?!.
I do not mean to generalise, but do believe that we in the East and especially Lebanon have somewhat of a complex of inferiority towards almost e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g that has to do with the West.
We might be enjoying still a high percentage of educated people compared to the rest of the Middle-East, but I´m convinced that the "intellect" factor is sloping down in our country. As if we are a bit ashamed of anything that identify us as Lebanese. Even our spoken language is being reshaped and induced with so many English, French words..you name it.
What is wrong with Maroun?...Gebran?...Youssif (Not Joseph)?...7anna (not Jean)?...In any case (Gabriel, Joseph and Jean) are derrivative from the previous, no?
I myself am from a Lebanese Father and Belgium Mother and I have 3 kids
Mayssa, Henri(Whereby I had to name him after my father...didn´t have a choice in that) and my youngest is Yasmina.
I do believe that our culture and heritage are so rich to be envied by the rest.
I myself will do my outmost to raise my kids to be proud of their Lebanese heritage, cutoms, ways and dialect and hope that at least a majority will share my beliefs too.
After all how righ was he who said : " A nation whose heritage transforms into just a folclore...that nation is on the road to extinction".
We can even learn from our closest neighbour (or enemy) or whatever we would like to call them. look at the name the majority choses for their kids. They are ancient Biblical names like (Jedeon, Sim7a...Benyamin...Mena7im...) and they wear those names proudly.
...last, but not least..." Man Nakara Asslahou...La Asslan Lahou"
So how about (Nour?!...Youmna?!...Rouba?!...)...
Hope I didn´t offend anybody and please do take it in good spirit.
Cheers to all.

[CommonSense]

Boys: Thierry, Nadim, Karim
I don't plan on having any girls! :P
Hehe, and that would be a long time from now, these names would sound really old!!

[Kasparov]

Kids names play a major role in shaping their personality, its not an easy decision to take and has a major effect on the child, thats why i cant decide until i get married and know exactly where will i settle down and what type of community will my child be communicating with .

[Fragrance of Roses]

I named my daughter Riana (pronounced Reeeeee Ana and not RA-YANA). I had to find a name that Americans can pronounce, writes well in Arabic, and does not sound funny in either Spanish or Persian (I had lots of opposition when I stated that I like the name "Mira" for a girl since it has a funny meaning in Spanish--it is a family issue)

Riana is an old English/ Welsh name that means: Queen, Goddess, or Witch! GOD knows she can be the three combined. I usually bring out the goddess in her, but some people bring out the witch :D:D:D

I like the name Kayan for a boy. It sounds good in English and writes well too. It has a beautiful meaning in Arabic.

I also like the name Ian for a boy (Ian or Eyan).

If I ever adopt or have a baby boy (by means of artificial insemination :P) I'll name him... :D:D:D only one person knows what I'll name him ;) :D

BTW, I like the name Erika for a girl, but in Arabic (the way we pronounce it) it means couch!
I also like the name Alex for a girl, but when written in Arabic, it means... something bad :D

[Order]

Originally Posted by Lebanese_dream

Sure i am not the only one to name my children...
Enno If i like 3 names and my husband 3 names, we are not going to have 6 children to be satisfied...
So we will decide together... We should share everything even our children's names..

I used to hear khel2a kemlé, ne3mé zeydé...So this is most important then the name...

the question is what would you choose for name :!! and than we'll ask you're husband what's his

for me
boy : joseph junior cause i love my name naaah kidding
it'll be between Michael for my first one and i'll let my wife choose the others (mabe zakhia sound cool )

as for the girl cause of course i'd like to have a girl and a boy twins
i'll choose sophie or emilie

[free_forever]

I choose to call my son: "Ya3ich"
You know why?
Because when they'll ask him his complete name he will say:
My name is "Ya3ich Imad Naim" yooooooppppppi
Just kidding

Bel 7a2i2a I'd like to call my son: Rami (3atfan 3a Rami FPM) or Michel (3attfan 3a abou l mich) bass akid mech "Chief" a7ssan ma wa2ta yokbar ya3melle delete la kell chi fi messaget bel celle taba3e :P, ne7na b chief wa7ad mech mkhallsine
My daughter : Nadine (3ttfan 3a free_nadine), Coralie (3attfan 3a Coralie) or Karen/Christelle (souvenirs)

[caramel]

great names!!! as for me I like a couple of arabic names such as yasmina, noor and Omar.. but naming kids with foreign names does not mean we are ashamed of our heritage! Imagine that you name your daughter Afdoukiyya!!! enno some names are just out..