Changing Islamic Names and it Precautions

Islam always tells us about keeping the right name for their children. It is because when a child is named, it becomes his identity and the society knows him from the same name. the man , for being an important part of the society, has to have  a basic and good name for his better presence and identification in his fellowship. 

The fact that Islam tells us to keep good names of the child is because the names always impart good or bad effects on the personality of the particular person as he is names. The person keeps listening to is own name and Muslims being called by Islamic names are surrounded by the aura of the name. Hence, the names have to be appropriate for the person.

But in most cases, people can not find appropriate names and choose wrong Muslim baby names which rather have bad effects on the child. Prophet (peace be upon him) used to change names of the children he did not find appropriate,

“When a man came to the Prophet (Saw) with a name he did not like, he changed it”

So for people who believe hat the Islamic names they have kept are not appropriate, they must be changed at any point in their lives.

This goes for both Muslim boy names and Muslim girl names since we know that wrong names can have bad effects. It is reported by Abu Hurrairah that

“The name of Zainab (bintabiSalmah) was Barrah (righteous) and it was said that the name was self praising. So the Prophet (peace be upon him) changed it to Zainab (nice smelling and good looking tree)”.

Not only this, Prophet (peace be upon him) also changed the name of his wife Juwariyah (little friend or wife) from the name Barrah( Righteous) because he did not want to sound like “leaving the righteous” while leaving he house.