Fatwa: # 17606
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: South Africa
Date: 1st March 2009

Title

Unanswered

Question

Assalmualaikum

My wife is pregnant with our first child. She is due in a few weeks. We like the name Imaad if it is a boy. However we came across a few different spellings and meanings.

1) Imaad- pillar of strength, confident

2) Emad- confidence

3) Imad- support, pillar, confidence.

If it is a girl we like the name Na'irah or Lamiah

1) Na'irah- bright, shining

2)Lamiah- bright, luminous

3)Lamia- brilliant, lustrous, shining, radiant

4) Lami'ah- shine

5) Laiha- glittering

Could you please advice us on which name is suitable to keep as well as the correct spelling.

Shukran

Answer

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