Name

I was so called to talk about name. Just recently, I've read about one celebrity who was naming his junior with whas he described as unique and only one in this world (iye ke?). Ok I agree it's up to us as parents to decide which are the best for our little one. Besides, without us, they won't be here. You can give any name based on maybe your interest or experience or something/someone u adore. That's why ada yang nama Bunga, Matahari etc. Certain people like to combine their name such as if mother's name is Su the father, Zi then the daughter might be Suzi.

But, as parents, we must bear in mind that whatever name that we give to our kids will remain thoroughout their life until their afterlife. U can call them by using the nickname or maybe nama gelaran. However, the real name will always be there. U cannot simply let it go. In Islam, naming them with honourable and beautiful name is really important. Name that has a good and beautiful meaning not the unpleasant one. Indirectly, name will have influences in our life. Sometimes, name will reflect our personality and the way we behave.

Name is part of daily do'a and bring blessing to our life. So, when u call a person that has a good name, at the same time u pray for her/him. At one time, I was came across with one person whose name is Setan. Can u imagine that. Everyday, people will call him with that name. One thing of course pity him. Other thing it such an embarassment to him. But, what to do. It's not easy to change it. U must go through such a long process just to change your name.

Another thing that I noticed, nowadays people tend to give such a long name. Sometimes up to 4 words for one kid. Nothing wrong with that. But, at the end u just call him/her with a short one e.g Muhammad bla bla bla..... u just address him as Mad. In future it can create problems such as in order to fill any form becoz normally it has very limited spaces. Furthermore, for girls, it will give such a big challenge to their future husband. Guess what?Of course during 'akad nikah'. Mau berpeluh beb. Need to remember the akad and the lonngggg name of their bride and must say it in one breath. Hehehe.......... Salah satu perkataan boleh ulang sampai 2,3 kali.

However, terpulang. Tepuk dada tanya selera. For me, I will choose name based on the meaning and the longest only has 2 words. I won't call them with the short one. Whatever I did mentioned about my kids' name, that's how I call them. No nickname, no gelaran. Apapun, kita balik kepada Al-Quran dan Hadis sebagai panduan yang cukup lengkap. Ni ada satu website yang sediakan nama-nama Islam bersekali ngan makna. Maybe berguna especially yang bakal menimang orang baru - www.searchtruth.com/baby_names/names.php

p/s: Our prophet said "On the Day of Resurrection, you will be called by your names and by your fathers' names, so give yourselves good names." (Hadith Abu Dawud).