Elaine, Linda and Alice have already jetted to Gstaad. In any case, it’s good to know that they have their priorities straight in the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places. At a time when Saudis hardened by jihad wars in Syria and Iraq are joining al Qaeda in Yemen, they’re cracking down on names like “Lauren.” After all, imagine the damage a girl named “Sandy” can do, as opposed to a jihad terrorist. There’s just no comparison, now, is there?
“Is your name now ‘banned’ in Saudi Arabia?,” from the Belfast Telegraph, March 15 (thanks to Twostellas):
Parents in the Kingdom will reportedly no longer be able to call their children by names such as Linda, Alice, Elaine or Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin) after the civil affairs department at the ministry issued a list of the prohibited names.
Binyamin is believed in Islam to be the son of Prophet Jacob, but is also the name of the current Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Some names on the list are allegedly banned by the interior ministry because they are considered “blasphemous,” non-Arabic or non-Islamic, or contradictory to the kingdom’s culture or religion, Gulf News has reported.
The ban was also allegedly justified by the ministry because some of the names were deemed foreign or “inappropriate”.
Other sets of forbidden names include those with royal connotations, such as Sumuw (highness), Malek (king) and Malika (queen).
Some on the list do not fit into any of these categories however, leaving the reason for banning them open to speculation.
The full list of forbidden names as reported in Gulf News is listed below:
Malaak (angel)
Abdul Aati
Abdul Naser
Abdul Musleh
Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin)
Naris
Yara
Sitav
Loland
Tilaj
Barrah
Abdul Nabi
Abdul Rasool
Sumuw (highness)
Al Mamlaka (the kingdom)
Malika (queen)
Mamlaka (kingdom)
Tabarak (blessed)
Nardeen
Sandy
Rama (Hindu god)
Maline
Elaine
Inar
Maliktina
Maya
Linda
Randa
Basmala (utterance of the name of God)
Jibreel (angel Gabriel)
Abdul Mu’een
Abrar
Iman
Bayan
Baseel
Wireelam
Nabi (prophet)
Nabiyya (female prophet)
Amir (prince)
Taline
Aram
Nareej
Rital
Alice
Lareen
Kibrial
Lauren
ecosse1314 says
Have now checked the list three times but can find Mr Dude nowhere.
revg says
You mean ” Misz Tar-doud”?
ecosse1314 says
I did indeed and in the same vein, there is no Misz Tar- doorkhans
jewdog says
My Mom wanted to name me Elvis, but she decided that I was nuthin’ but a jewdog.
Kalliope says
Īmān just means “faith” in Arabic.
It has nothing to do with ʾIslām, which is why they banned it.
Like “Fe” means faith in Spanish.
And “Faith” means, well, faith in English.
Jay Boo says
Other English names such as Peace and Infidel are not allowed in Islam.
One exception is “the Serpent Servant of Satan” since it is an obvious synonym of Muhammad.
Kalliope says
“Peace”
Saudis: “Well, we can’t have any of that.”
CogitoErgoSum says
This is the full list? Wow, those Saudi’s are really liberal. What about Lucifer and Satan or Iblis and Shaytan along with the other infernal names I was able to find with just a few minutes of searching the internet? Come on guys, you aren’t really trying. See the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_infernal_names
Ray says
Bubba available?
BlueRaven says
Pew!! I can sleep real good tonight, my name is not on the list. Is this list frozen or evolving unlike the SaudiArabs?
Salah says
One more name to add to this list: ROBERT!!!
No Fear says
….but it is not blasphemous to copy the “excellent example” of Mohammed and marry your own cousin, produce a genetically defective child then name that child “Mohammed”.
Go figure.
Martin says
Who the f cares
Frank Courtney says
My name’s not on the list!!!
FRANK – add it immediately you bunch of Saudi camel p!$$ drinking goat f*°*°*g clowns!
Geordie says
It’s all a big joke. Right up to the point where they chop someone’s head off for giving a child a blasphemous name.
Gamaliel says
I always liked the name Lauren. Now I like it even more.
revg says
I think they outlawed it because of the saint by that name….you know, Yves Saint Lauren.
Ranchman says
What about “Michael?” It would seem as if any names from the ONLY true holy book, you know, the Holy Bible, are outlawed, like the aforementioned “Michael,” after the archangel.
I will never understand these muzzies. The headline of one of Mr. Spencer’s articles reads “Who Gives Victory? Allah. Who Takes Lives? Allah.” That right there is pretty obvious, to anyone with more than a camel’s intelligence anyway, that islam=death, but banning names? That’s pretty whacked out for even the Saudis, isn’t it?
On second thought…maybe not.