When choosing a name for your Muslim baby, one must choose a name that contains a good meaning and not a bad/improper one. Also picking a name, that is of goodness, can make the child act upon his name or at least be inspired but a name does not obviously determine what the child's personality and traits are going to be like but just like it was said a second ago, the name that they will receive from their parents can inspire them, especially when he or she grows old enough to understand its meaning and its indication that it gives off. A good and pleasant name can motivate the person to do good acts and inspire his/her strength and honour, since he or she is being repeatedly called by it. For ex: if the child's name is 'Abdullah' which means servant of Allah then that can make him be aware of his servitude to Allah and perhaps strive to do good like especially when he grows older and be consious of the meaning to his name and its indication or it can make him realize his true role and the meaning or purpose in life. The same thing goes with a name that contains a bad meaning. Choosing a name of those kind can make the person do evil things. Even if this might not happen a name with a bad, improper meaning must not be used as a name,etc.
Now another thing to keep in mind is how of a good name one should actually choose, for example: any name, which is added to the word 'Deen' or 'Islam' (i.e., once again, names which appear in idaafah genitive construction with these words) such as Noor al-Deen meaning 'light of the religion', Sayf al-Islam (Sword of Islam), Imaam ad-Deen (Imaam of the Religion), etc. because of the great status that are attached to these two words and also because such names like these give a person more than what he or she deserves. Therefore because of this some scholars had ruled it Haram, while the majority of them say it is Makrooh.
This practice of using the words 'Deen' and 'Islam' along with one's name has been started with giving such titles to men that are learned (learned men). Later people had started using them as first names.
Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) was known as 'Taqiy al-Deen' which means (piety of the religion), he disliked it and he would say: "But my family gave me this nickname and it became well-known." Similarly, Imaam an-Nawawi (rahimahullah) disliked his nickname 'Muhiy al-Deen' (reviver of the religion).
So those were some brief explanation of this question post. Now I think in the the last 3 paragraphs I might of went off-topic there and I'm sorry if I kind of did that or so. Anyway once again Essalamualaykum and take care.
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