WHAT IS IN A NAME ? (3) And the names in Egypt, specially female names, follow trends and fashions .At the time of the Monarchy, the trend was for names like Fawzeya, Farida, Ferial, Farouk, Fouad ...After 52, names reverted to the classical trend: Nadia, Ayda, Hoda, Amal ...A new wave of names comprised Ghada, Dina, Reham, Maha...and we have seen Nancy, Sandy , Luna, Lucy ... Nowadays the names of Zeena and Zeen are prominent. Expatriates tend to choose names like Omar , Sharif , Layla ...or more popular names to confirm their love to their country. I was about to name my son Mujahid, which is famous in the countryside but not liked in high society, but thank God I did not !...the reason is clear enough . Still, the majority of male names are from religious origin: Mohammad, Ahmad, Ali, Hassan, Hussein... A popular myth says that if the name of the Prophet (ص) is kept in one family seven generations, a treasure will be open for the seventh son ! My friend Dr. Mohammad was going towards that goal, but the chain was broken when he got a daughter ....
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 07:52:21 +0000
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