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    Question ID: 22819Country: United Kingdom

    Title: I want to know the details of two names; boy name Zain and girl name Reyanna. Are these good names from Islamic perspective. Should we keep these names of our children or change them?

    Question: I want to know the details of two names; boy name Zain and girl name Reyanna. Are these good names from Islamic perspective. Should we keep these names of our children or change them?

    Answer ID: 22819

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1060/852/B=1431)

    If you choose the name Zainul Islam instead of Zain it would be far better; because the name Zain alone means adornment, while Zainul Islam means the adornment of Islam. However, the name Rayyana (ریانہ) for a girl is right.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India