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Originally Posted by mshah
Yay for Aleah! That was #1 on our list for a girl, but DH's family felt it was "too common" of a name in their country. Poo  We're now stuck for girl names and finally settled on a boy name (Muhammad "Rayhaan"). It seems your DH is more compromising on names than mine...we HAVE to have a full Muslim name, and it is soooo hard to get him to agree to at least let the middle name if it's a girl be Ann, which is a family name for me. Sheesh!!
PS I also love Imani!! If you go with Grabrielle I'm assuming it would be pronounced in the western version (as opposed to the Islamic pronounciation)? |
DH has been fired for being Muslim and my oldest has had trouble at school so it's made him a lot more compromising on names. He wants the meaning to be there, but doesn't want it to be anything that the baby will be given trouble over. If we go with Gabrielle we'll teach both pronunciations so she'll know it both ways. I can't see others getting it right even if we correct them up one side and down the other. Then when she's older she could choose the pronunciation she wants to go with.