Q: I would like to know, is there any care to be taken and choose the name for a new house, and if so I would like to name my house with two names such as Muskan and Mehreen, because, their parents helped me financially, and I want to remember them always in my dua, so how exactly I can name my house with these two names.
Q: I have been suffering from depression from 15 years almost and my heart has become extremely weak. I am taking antidepressants from 4 years. I recently visited a religious man, he told me your name is not suitable for you. I want to know the meaning of my name (Musaib) and if it is really wrong name, then I will have change it during nikah. Actually my parents named me Musaib without proper consultation with any religious man.
Q: My child was born on 20 January 2017. I kept his name Hibban as I found this is the name of a Sahaabi. But now when I searched the meaning on internet it shows the meaning of Hibban is 'having too much flesh, angry, outburst' which is not good. And somewhere I found the meaning is 'beloved one, lover'. So please guide me in finalizing the decision of keeping the right name with good meaning for my baby boy.
Q: We cannot decide on a name for our child. I like Hanzalah and my husband likes Abu Bakr. I also dreamt that I had twin boys named Abdullah and Ahmedullah. Abdullah was my first choice. Please advise.
Q: I was Hindu and married a Muslim guy and converted now. I want to know is it mandatory to change name to Islamic name? I heard many YouTube scholar speeches where they say it isn't necessary to change the name. If it doesn't have any bad meaning of something related to other religion, my name has no bad meaning nor it is Sanskrit name. It isn't Hindu name at all and it doesn't associate any other gods names too. Please reply, they have changed my name for marriage purpose and have affidavit but I don't want to get it changed in documents as I also heard that we can visit mecca by just having proof of conversion and affidavit and marriage certificate. Please advise. I'm emotionally very much attached to my old name.
Q: In our family, when a child is born the first letter of his name is found out according to the time and date of his birth. 2,3 letters are recommended and then the name is kept starting with any one of those letters. This all is done by an Aalim. Is this practice correct?
Q: We have named my son Keyaan. A friend drew our attention to the origin of his name. The name is from Irish mythology, also belonged to pagan Persian kings, also found that it is widely used in hindu and tamil community. I have checked the Arabic meaning and it means entity. As for any words, entity also has a vast array of meanings. One of the meanings is ghost or spirit or anything that is living or non living, anything from the unseen. So far I don't see anything positive about the name. Please clarify and let me know whether my findings are correct.
Q: My son's name is Rizwaan. Some people say it's not a name as the correct name is Ridwaan. Then again some people say it is a name like the name Razia and Radia, Riaz and Riaad, etc. Should I change his name? He is 16 years old and completing his hifz soon.
Q: Our baby girl's aqeeqah was done on the 7th day. At the same time Alhamdulillah the hair cut was done, one animal was sacrificed and the name was kept. After doing the aqeeqah, can we change the child's name? Is it possible? Do we have to repeat the aqeeqah?
Q: I am a revert and my name is Angel. Is this a permissable name to have?