Choose a beautiful meaning
The Prophet ﷺ changed names with ugly meanings. Ask what a name means — in Arabic, and in your own tongue — before you give it.
A name is the first gift
Islamic Baby Names — the Whole Alphabet
"On the Day of Rising you will be called by your names and your fathers' names, so make your names good." Hundreds of names — Quranic, companion, Arabic, Persian and Swahili — each with its meaning. Pick a gender, walk the letters, choose with love.
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Before you choose
Adab of Naming a Child
Names Allah loves
"The names dearest to Allah are Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman." Any name built on His beautiful names is a lifelong du'a for the child.
Names to avoid
Names that exalt only Allah (like Malik al-Muluk), names of idols, and names with shameful meanings — the Prophet ﷺ changed all of these.
The seventh day
Name the child, shave the head and give aqeeqah on the seventh day — two sheep for a boy, one for a girl, shared with family and the poor.