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Names meaning strength and courage

Arabic doesn't reach for grandness when it names a strong child. It reaches for animals: the lion most of all, because the lion is the one a tribe respected without flattering itself. Hamza, Asad, Haidar, Arsalan: all of these are lions. There are leopards too (Fahd), eagles (Haitham), falcons (Shaheen). And there are the names that mean strong without picturing anything: the steadfast Rakan, the brave young man Yiğit. Houdhoud has been careful here to leave out names that are divine attributes (the Mighty, the All-Able), because those carry a different responsibility.

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