We’ve all met someone whose name just didn’t match them. The name is either too rough, too soft, too open or too conservative for their tastes. Sometimes your best bet as a parent is to go for a gender neutral name to avoid all the conceptions people have attached to Middle Eastern names.

1. Nour

Coming from the Arabic word “an-nur” meaning the light.

2. Farah

Coming from the Arabic word “farah” meaning joy and happiness.

3. Majd

Arabic name meaning glory and praise.

4. Rayyan

A popular name of multiple origins including Persian, Indian, Irish and Arabic. Coming from the Arabic word “ar-rayan,” it means door leading to paradise or heaven’s gate.

5. Zein

Coming from the Arabic word “zayn” meaning beauty and grace.

6. Jamal

Coming from the Arabic word meaning beauty, it is more common among men but is gender neutral nonetheless.

7. Siham

Coming from the Arabic word “sahem” meaning arrow.

8. Ehsan

Coming from the Arabic word meaning perfection and excellence.