Baby named 'Emirates'
Jul 25th 2012, 5:43 am
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Baby named 'Emirates'
http://www.7daysindubai.com/Newborn-...ail/story.html
An Arab couple have named their newborn girl Emirates as a token of appreciation to the UAE.
The child was delivered at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Emirates father Morad Al Arabi said: “We are extremely happy to be living such special moments in our lives. We decided to name our newly born girl Emirates as a token of appreciation and gratitude to the UAE.
"We have been happily living in the UAE for the past 18 years. We have been told that our daughter is the first baby to be born in the newly opened Burjeel Hospital. We are glad to be part of the hospital’s milestones.”
I've also heard of a baby boy who was named Burj.
A nice gesture, a ridiculous thing to do, a burden for the child?
An Arab couple have named their newborn girl Emirates as a token of appreciation to the UAE.
The child was delivered at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Emirates father Morad Al Arabi said: “We are extremely happy to be living such special moments in our lives. We decided to name our newly born girl Emirates as a token of appreciation and gratitude to the UAE.
"We have been happily living in the UAE for the past 18 years. We have been told that our daughter is the first baby to be born in the newly opened Burjeel Hospital. We are glad to be part of the hospital’s milestones.”
I've also heard of a baby boy who was named Burj.
A nice gesture, a ridiculous thing to do, a burden for the child?
Jul 25th 2012, 5:50 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
talk about brown nosing!
Jul 25th 2012, 5:50 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
http://www.7daysindubai.com/Newborn-...ail/story.html
An Arab couple have named their newborn girl Emirates as a token of appreciation to the UAE.
The child was delivered at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Emirates father Morad Al Arabi said: “We are extremely happy to be living such special moments in our lives. We decided to name our newly born girl Emirates as a token of appreciation and gratitude to the UAE.
"We have been happily living in the UAE for the past 18 years. We have been told that our daughter is the first baby to be born in the newly opened Burjeel Hospital. We are glad to be part of the hospital’s milestones.”
I've also heard of a baby boy who was named Burj.
A nice gesture, a ridiculous thing to do, a burden for the child?
An Arab couple have named their newborn girl Emirates as a token of appreciation to the UAE.
The child was delivered at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Emirates father Morad Al Arabi said: “We are extremely happy to be living such special moments in our lives. We decided to name our newly born girl Emirates as a token of appreciation and gratitude to the UAE.
"We have been happily living in the UAE for the past 18 years. We have been told that our daughter is the first baby to be born in the newly opened Burjeel Hospital. We are glad to be part of the hospital’s milestones.”
I've also heard of a baby boy who was named Burj.
A nice gesture, a ridiculous thing to do, a burden for the child?
I hope the parents get bullied as well as the child.
Sodding idiots in this world.
The only hope for them is now natural selection.
Jul 25th 2012, 5:54 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
canny bit of brown nosing leading to future citizenship and visas for the parents
Jul 25th 2012, 6:22 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
http://www.7daysindubai.com/Newborn-...ail/story.html
An Arab couple have named their newborn girl Emirates as a token of appreciation to the UAE.
The child was delivered at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Emirates father Morad Al Arabi said: “We are extremely happy to be living such special moments in our lives. We decided to name our newly born girl Emirates as a token of appreciation and gratitude to the UAE.
"We have been happily living in the UAE for the past 18 years. We have been told that our daughter is the first baby to be born in the newly opened Burjeel Hospital. We are glad to be part of the hospital’s milestones.”
I've also heard of a baby boy who was named Burj.
A nice gesture, a ridiculous thing to do, a burden for the child?
An Arab couple have named their newborn girl Emirates as a token of appreciation to the UAE.
The child was delivered at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi and Emirates father Morad Al Arabi said: “We are extremely happy to be living such special moments in our lives. We decided to name our newly born girl Emirates as a token of appreciation and gratitude to the UAE.
"We have been happily living in the UAE for the past 18 years. We have been told that our daughter is the first baby to be born in the newly opened Burjeel Hospital. We are glad to be part of the hospital’s milestones.”
I've also heard of a baby boy who was named Burj.
A nice gesture, a ridiculous thing to do, a burden for the child?
I do know of an English couple who named their daughter Jumeriah (they claimed she was conceived at JBH).
Jul 25th 2012, 6:59 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
Seems reasonable. I will name my next child Bedfordshire...
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Jul 25th 2012, 7:05 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
How about Rutland
Jul 25th 2012, 7:07 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
Perhaps we should blame the Beckhams for this trend?
Jul 25th 2012, 7:53 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
My youngest son's middle name is Alexander, party due to his conception being connected with Alexandria (the city in Egypt). My daughter has a friend called...er, a country, can't remember which one, because she was conceived there: pretty sure its not Turkey.
Emirates doesn't sound right in English--but does it sound like a girl's name in Arabic?
Emirates doesn't sound right in English--but does it sound like a girl's name in Arabic?
Jul 25th 2012, 7:56 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
why would you name a child after where they are concieved ( Bahtatboy)? I don't get it- I can think of lots of nice names that don't involve countries or counties!
Jul 25th 2012, 8:01 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
Edit to say that he doesn't know.
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Jul 25th 2012, 8:04 am
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Re: Baby named 'Emirates'
Well, its his middle name, a name that both my wife and I (and he) like, it goes well with his first name and after having pretty clear ideas about what the first two kids would be called, we were stumped. You've got to get inspiration from somewhere
Edit to say that he doesn't know.
Edit to say that he doesn't know.