Choosing a Unique Name for New-Born Muslim Baby Girl

Children are the blessing from the Almighty and in Islam girls hold more reverence than boys but this wasn’t always the case. In Pre Arabia the circumstances were fatal for girls. They were buried alive after few hours of their birth and it was hardly possible for them to survive and reach puberty in those bleak times then came the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and things changed for good. He bestowed on women their due rights and made the circumstances favorable for the Muslim baby girls now they are welcomed with celebrations after their birth.

Usually a child is named after the seventh day of his or her birth on the auspicious event of aqiqah and while choosing an Islamic Name for a Muslim baby girl parents should take many points in consideration. Hazrat Muhammad (p.b.u.h) has said “You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so have good names”.

Muslim parents have many means available for them for choosing a right name for a Muslim Baby Girl. They can ask for guidance from a religious scholar, They can name their baby girl after beautiful characteristics of nature, they can name their baby girl after the wives and female descendants of Holy prophet, they can name their girl child after heaven as in “jannat” and along with this there are many Muslim name directories to choose a perfect Islamic Name for a Muslim Baby Girl.

1. A girl is a treasure asset so before naming your baby girl make sure that
2. 1)      The name doesn’t has an alluring and provocative meaning
3. 2)      The name isn’t vulgar and sexual in nature
4. 3)      The name isn’t glamorous.
5. 4)      Don’t name your baby girl after singers or actress.
6. 5)      Don’t name your girls after false goddesses and idols
7. 6)      Don’t name your girls after animals.

Remember when you are choosing muslim baby names you are choosing an identity for her and she will be called by that identity for the rest of her life so choose a nice name for her, a name she can be proud of all her life..