Just imagine me working in a clinic and someone telling my patient Ms.

Changing baby name in islam. An article by Dr. Then the parents themselves give the child one. For names starting with S please see.

Yes you can change your name according to the consensus of scholars provided that the new name does not have a bad meaning. Mohammad will see you in a moment. However you could be right since im not sure.

Similarly if a brother converts to Islam and he would like change his name. Give your child the best possible name. Also she would like to formally change her name to a Muslim name to affirm her Islamic identity.

In my understanding clerics also give the child its muslim name. There are also names which are contrary to the Shariah or which have meanings unacceptable to people of sound intellect and pure souls so these names are to be avoided since giving these names to the. According to the Islamic naming system prefixed names known as Kunyah consist of Abu the fatherowner of in the case of males and Umm the mother of in the case of women followed by the name of the persons oldest child or male child a child wished for or a trait the person is noted for.

According to a Hadith a child must be named promptly on birth. However what if someone changed his family name. To Change or Not to Change Muslim Last Names.

Once I go back to America Im going to officially change my last name. If you are a Muslim convert you do not have to change your name unless your current name has a meaning that is against Islam for example names of pagan deities. It is the fathers responsibility to give his child an acceptable Islamic name.