Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 2 years ago
Islam guides us to chose good names for our children and it keeps naming our children with good names as one of our responsibilities towards our children. The Hadeeth states: It is from the rights of the child on his or her father is to name him or her after a good name (من حق الولد على الوالد أن يحسن تسميته)،
Bad name can be changed to a good one.
'We don't claim that names definitely determine the personality and character despite that fact that good names can encourage good personality, but it is not binding nor compulsory.
Wassalam.