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Middle Name vs. For Sultana

My husband and I are American currently living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and we are having our first child here. It’s going to be a girl! We would like to give her a Saudi Arabian name, and we have chosen Sultana, which means ’a queen’. We thought about giving her a middle name common in America (where our other home and family is), and we decided we would give her two middle names, one Arabic and one American. Please help us choose an Arabic middle name from this list for Sultana. I apologize for the length, but so many Arabic names are just gorgeous. Her American middle name will be Hope, so it will be Sultana _______ Hope. (And yes, we realize Hope is actually English, but is an acceptable name in America; therefore, we consider it "American".) Thanks! Adilah, Basilah, Daliyah, Fahimah, Ghazal, Hadiyah, Hessa, Husniyah, Inaya, Jada, Johara, Kalila, Kamilah, Khalidah, Layali, Layla/Leila, Maisa, Maliha, Mariyah, Minnah, Mirah, Nadia/Nadiyah, Rabiyah, Ramziyah, Rasha, Rihana, Sabirah, Safaa, Saja, Sakinah, Salihah, Samirah, Saamiya/Samiyah, Shahlah, Sirah, Suhailah, Yarah, Yasirah, Zahra, Zaina, Zinah

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Poll created: Feb 27, 2010
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I like
Sultana Inaya Hope
Sultana Maisa Hope
Sultana Layla Hope
Sultana Rihana Hope
posted by guest :: 15 years ago | report
I’m really sorry but it just makes me think of a raisin. I think that if you come back to the US then she will be teased a lot about it.
I like Hadiyah Mirah Hope as name.
posted by guest :: 15 years ago | report
Hadiyah***
Hessa***
Inaya
Jada
Layla/Leila
Maisa
Maliha***
Mariyah
Rihana***
Safaa
Saja***
Samirah***
Yasirah
Zahra***
Zaina

I’m sorry but I have to agree with the previous poster. In western countries, a Sultana is a dried grape. Many, many of the names on your list would make fantastic first names (particularly those marked with ***) and Sultana could be a mn. What do you think?
posted by georgia :: 15 years ago | report
My favorites are Sultana Maliha Hope and Sultana Nadiya Hope. Very pretty. GL!
posted by guest :: 15 years ago | report
I lived in australia a year and sultana are rasins, and it was for sure the first thing I thought of. But it would be a great middle name.

Zahra Sultana Hope?
posted by guest :: 15 years ago | report
We don’t have plans to come back to the US for at least five more years, because that’s how long my husband’s current contract is. So she will be in Saudi Arabia until she is at least 5, if not longer. We love the name Sultana, and are sticking with it. And we’re American, not Saudi Arabian-I’m aware a sultana is a raisin. But they’re most commonly raisins, not Sultanas, so I think we’re good.

So far, our favorites are Sultana Nadiya, Sultana Layali and Sultana Maliha. Thoughts on those three?
posted by guest :: 15 years ago | report

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