Why is Your Name Melanie? Ask Melanie

Salam everyone!
Welcome to the fourth installment of 'Ask Melanie,' an extension of our blog standard Ask Haute Hijab (You can take a look at answers to previous questions on the blog here: www.hautehijab.com/blogs/hijab...)
In today's video I answered the question, "Why is your name Melanie?" A lot of people assume I'm a convert due to my name so I'm giving you the inside scoop! If you have any other questions you'd like me to answer, leave them below!
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[@MsTheartofwar]

Your name is gorgeous. Wow!! I can't believe your dad wasn't religious and now he's an imam!! Mashallah SubhanALLAH.

[@pseudoelectric]

Melanie you're half Filipino?!! Never would have guessed. What a cool mix!

[@chelseadaryl7075]

I was born and raised in a Muslim family and my name is Chelsea 😂 everyone used to ask how I'm Muslim 😂

[@introvertinwonderland]

That's an interesting back story. My names alycia and after I converted I use my second name Jamila as well but as it's my second name I don't feel like I'm changing identity. Funny my mum gave my sister and I arabic names for either first or second names and I ended up converting lol.

[@ramisakhan4399]

Mashallah

[@ley4714]

"Everyone used to call me milan" im dead💀💀😭😂. (Really informative and interesting video to watch!)

[@hautehijab]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! LOL Milan killed me hahaha

[@YassineJ]

Rowena in Moroccan means "a mess" haha.

[@moeaburwein967]

Same in Libya!! My last name is Aburwein haha

[@maryamgoshi3535]

I really like u & ur style malenie. Just keep it up, will be following insha Allah.

[@dariiamirtalipova]

I feel this so much! My mom's Korean and my dad's Afghan (Tajik). After explaining that I'm not Malay or Indonesian (or Uyghur, or from Mindanao... this is what people always assume based on my appearance) it goes something like this: People assume my mom must be Christian (since most of the Korean diaspora is Christian) because my siblings and I have White people sounding versions of Biblical names but she's actually a Buddhist... and she only chose the names because of suggestions from her friends. XD

[@hautehijab]

heheeh so funny - the struggle is real girl!! ;)

[@maryammuslimah7660]

Korean are mainly atheists..i meet a lot of them

[@vanessajanupshaw2018]

Salaam Thanks a ton for this video! It really helped me with my own struggle after I converted I was told I had to change my name not you can change your name or you might want to change your name I had to. It was really hard on my mom with me trying to change my name butwith this video I have learned to embrace my identity is who I am myself thank you so much may Allah bless you

[@loobylou5457]

Thank you for sharing xxx

[@jasminap-j6308]

Your beautiful name fits your beautiful face. May Allah bless you, your family and your work.

[@hautehijab]

Aww so sweet of you thank you! And same to you Jasmina!

[@renaiman8328]

Im loving your style! As a muslim women I love to see creative, outspoken women in the fashion community. Keep up the great videos!!!!

[@Isam1024]

How did your mom react to you wearing hijab? I also is a half Philippina i dont know how My mom would react to it. Because im actually thinking about wearing it. PLS make a vid about it.

[@karimahnaimah]

Thanks for sharing your story. My cousin is also named Melanie and when she lived in Morocco for a few years no one there could really pronounce her name either...

[@yasmina9413]

Can I just say, YOUR HEJAB WRAPPING IS AMAZING. It takes serious talent tbh...I can't do it that good. lol. My name is Arefa (a-reef-a) and it means a leader!!

[@canttouchthis193]

So interesting!

[@hautehijab]

So happy you enjoyed it!!

[@gorgeouss79]

Interesting story!

[@tarabyaa]

Love it 😊 I really understand how you feel because I have non-Muslims non-Arab name...

[@ihtheyn]

OMG! Glad i came to this video, and to my surprise, I didn't expect that you're a half Filipino... Ma shaa Allah!!! Muslim Filipino here. :)))

[@hautehijab]

Hahaha yes I ammm!! Salaam Nishren!! So nice to e-meet you!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ihtheyn]

@@hautehijab hope I can meet you someday here in the Philippines!!! In shaa Allah. 💖😍 May Allah bless your soul endlessly.

[@hautehijab]

@@ihtheyn Ameeen and may He bless yours as well inshAllah!! ❤️

[@ameraaa7386]

Could you please do a hijab tutorial for this look? It is so pretty!

[@hautehijab]

Salaam!! Melanie has a tutorial for this look!! :) I've linked it for you below!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2qypKt4greYgcU Enjoy, and please feel free to reach out to us at [e-mail] if you have any questions!

[@Marick2009]

Melanie is actually a very popular french name here in Quebec. It does suit you well. :)

[@Mooodyyhhh]

True

[@reemaalhabiba]

KHADIJAH really suits you😍

[@fatimakhan1475]

MashaAllah for the 180 of your dad! That dyslexia part for Arabic names or traditional names from some Native English speakers - The struggle is real 🤣

[@fatemafatema7511]

I love your name it's absolutely beautiful 💖👍💖

[@farahsiddique6702]

LOVE AND RESPECT FROM LONDON ENGLAND

[@hautehijab]

Thank you Farah!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@mariaulloa520]

My daughter's name is Melanie and I picked it because I thought it sounded pretty and because I also thought it was unique. I've only ever met two people in my entire life with that name and I'm so glad I picked it :)

[@meloniebrown5524]

Well hey it's more out here I'm one of them

[@truckart]

Rowaina is a pretty name.

[@MelissaSantos-kk3dg]

Wallahi I completely understand! Dad into music ...melissa --allman brothers

[@iy650]

Can you make a hijab tutorial in this style please? ☺️

[@samiyalioness]

Rowena? As in Rowena Ravenclaw? Would have been quite cool. Yeah, I'm a Harry Potter Nerd, sorry. :D

[@sno0dle653]

I understand the struggle with names like that! My sister's name is Zara, but people constantly call her Sarah or Zora even??? The name I go by is Eleni, and I've heard things like Eloni, Loleni, Helena, Elaine, Elenai, etc. In our home country, we experienced little to no issues with our names, but it becomes a different story in the United States always. It's kind of funny how its almost the same experience with names!

[@goldenrain87]

I'm a Melanie too 😊 my name as a kid was that popular in Switzerland, that there was three of us in one class.

[@batulraza8779]

I have an aunt whos a convert, and she married into our family. Her name is Tatiana, but our family call her aamina. She didn't change her name, so its kind of like she has 2 names.

[@zimrah4837]

Hey Melanie! Our names are close. Mine is Melodie. I enjoy your videos and love your scarves.

[@jsmith5509]

Asalaamu Alaikum! I know of a Muslim boy named Christian. Just because his family liked the name. My cousin is named Rashida but she is not Muslim although because of the name she is often mistaken as such. Melanie and Melody are two of my favorite names

[@hautehijab]

So interesting! And thank you!

[@melaniexoxo]

Do you get "Melody" a lot? ;) -signed a fellow Melanie

[@MelissaSantos-kk3dg]

salaam Melissa here was named after Allman brothers band song so right here with you mashallah thank you

[@muzerhythm2242]

My mother got my name (Melanie) from the movie character in Gone With The Wind.😁

[@melanieraza7385]

I'm one of the Melanies that you've met!!!!

[@hautehijab]

Melanie Ghassan Mohsen 😘😘😘 how are you??

[@mothersoul1]

hey girl. Miss you in Dubai

[@batulraza8779]

3:46 my friends younger sisters name is khatija. (but I don't know how to spell it.)

[@fatimakhan1475]

Also you go Haute Queen or Melanie or the pride of your parents and you family’s beloved! (Only that would be too long for your driving license 😂)

[@RKhan]

I love it! I love that your names are classically Muslim :) It's really unique xx

[@RKhan]

Also thank you for saying this...I am forever telling people I do not have to change my name...it has no negative connotation so I will remain Rachel, the name my mother gave me. xx

[@gbado9528]

Khadyja is the best of names .. My sis daughter is Khadyja and she is 2 yo and unbelievably cute, her other twin sister named RuQaia. Khadyja and RuQaia

[@raaziakhan9662]

Hahaha pretty cool story !!

[@roonragus]

Salaam. I've always thought you have a lovely name. mashallah ❤

[@s2images]

We are an interracial couple and Simon is a convert. He was dead against taking on another name because he said he is still the same person, just Muslim. I completely agree with him. I also feel if you change your name it’s a bit of an offence to your parents - as if changing religion isn’t enough, changing the name that your parents took ages deciding is just another kick in the teeth!

[@jesskhan09]

S2 Images as long as the meaning is good. Then it doesn’t matter.

[@mirandacharity1812]

I hate my given name as she put zero though into it, but changing my name gave me a fresh start away from abuse and apathetic parents, so it’s different for each person but I totally agree with your statement as well, it shouldn’t change the person other than their religion!

[@_ST4R.XIOLAA]

i have a question can someone who is already muslim be named melanie?

[@SHAJ3304]

Your name is really nice indeed! Sometimes Arabic names can be quite saturated! 🧡

[@niheltliba7236]

❤❤❤

[@Lovelyuntamed]

My Name is Melody. My mom was gonna name me Leila which is Arabic for "Night".

[@frauleinanni1528]

I had a classmate by the name Rowena. I think she (being German like me) was just named like this because her mother liked that name. I actually like it too. And to me you don't look like a Melanie. ;)

[@bloominggarden906]

As long as the meaning of the name is good then it's OK

[@zimrah4837]

I know how you feel. My name is Melodie. I got called Melanie, Melissa, Michelle, ect…. Ugh why cant they get it right lol. I didnt know anyone who spelt their name like mine either. Its cool to be different:) Peace

[@resiana2934]

Am also Melanie😀

[@melanieandmariamariaandmel6751]

my name is Melanie

[@mrbm6982]

how did you dad get closer to the Religion? i want mine to be practicing too ):

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

Such a cute video! What is the other half of your ethnicity if you don't mind telling.

[@hautehijab]

Smokyblackeyes my other half is Lebanese ❤

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

Haute Hijab how lovely! 😍

[@monicamclean8927]

I NEED HELP WITH SECOND NAME FOR MELANIE IM 36 WEEKS PREGNANT AND I CANT FIND A NAME THAT GOES WITH MELANIE 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[@Ayishh7]

3:09 😂❤

[@danipolidor1959]

MY NAME IS MELANIE AND IM ON MY MOMS IPAD

[@m3l175]

Haha i was supposed to be called Melanie, but instead that, my name is Melisa , which is similliar :D

[@mellysmelly13]

My name is Melanie. I am white My parents named me from the name off of Sweet Home Alabama, the main character Melanie 😂😂😂 I have met 2 people named Melanie. They go to my school. I love my name Thank God nobody has every mistaken my name with Melania

[@hautehijab]

Hahaha salaaam Melanie!! ❤️❤️❤️ You're lucky!! People mistake my name from Melania all the time!! Lool!!

[@rosebetweenteeth4260]

Do video Gag talk challenge

[@peacebeuponyou2]

My daughter’s name is Melanie Maria. I wanted a unique name for her. I am a Revert and have not changed my name but did add Fatimah Zahra to it. My daughter runs a Children’s Non Profit Ocean Advocacy Program called OPAK.org so please check it out. Melanie, i love your name and your products. Peace to all.

[@VONALEXANDRIA]

My real name is Melanie. Von Alexandria is my Fashion Designer name. And I'm black! Lol

[@dianaahakim2001]

I heard that if you're born Muslim you can be named anything as Long as it doesn't go against god

[@neriahjay1704]

I heard you do Quran recitation in one of your other videos. You say it so beautifully. I wish you can do more of that somehow . It gave me a lot of peace. I cannot do Quran recitation yet, and only I hear men to do the recitation. I wish I had a friend like you to do recitations for me.

[@deepshankhitudu4414]

Kya main ise smell kar sakti hoon?

[@zasiac]

LOLL hilarious. What's legit MORE hilarious is your friend Noha's dilemma. My son's name is Noah and that is NOT a common Bengali name at all...but "Nuha"/"Noha" is... SO EVERYTIME I tell someone Bengali, they LITERALLY will say "NUHA? NOHA?" And I'm like "NOOOO, I SAID NO-AH. NOT NO-HA. NOHA IS A GIRLS NAME" hahahahahah

[@lovelee193]

Would you name your children with Arabic/Islamic names?

[@hibaadam3385]

2:12 I always knew i was adopted.

[@melanayubi755]

My name is Melan, its actually a muslim name so thats probably why they called you Melan in Dubai.

[@hautehijab]

Is it??? I've never heard of it! What does it mean/where does it come from?

[@melanayubi755]

It means the waves of the sea, not quite sure where it originated from, however i'm from Afghanistan.

[@EngyAmr]

Ur name being of a foreign origin is not strange to be muslim - as here in Egypt especially the younger generation, I know people who name their children foreign names though being muslim and an Arab actually as a change .. But of course we can't deny that Arabic names are more common 😊

[@sarrarita]

Melanie is a French name

[@mjpeter3964]

I was named after the same Melanie as you!! She sang that Skate Key song! I should look up the proper title but I'm lazy... Cool, huh? We should write her and thank her for reppin' such a cool, pretty name. I read her Wiki a month or so ago and she seems like a cool low key person. #smallworld

[@annamaria4827]

Lol my name is Anne Marie and I am a muslim born woman😂 a name does not belong to a specific religion😊😊♥️

[@bloominggarden906]

ميلان🤣😂

[@farahsiddique6702]

MAY THE PEACE MERCY AND BLESSINGS OF ALLAH ALMIGHTY ALWAYS BE WITH YOU AMEEN

[@hautehijab]

Awww Ameen! Thank you so much Farah!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@truckart]

If ppl change their name it's cuz of the meaning... or to let society know that they are Muslim.

[@bonestormftw]

So funny I am a convert named Elizabeth 😂

[@hautehijab]

No way!!! hahaa!!! My mom's name is Elizabeth - that's why the name came to mind :) How funny tho!

[@elizabethnoe2405]

Me too! 😂

[@danipolidor1959]

Lol

[@Lolee56]

U can be white and Muslim and u can be catholic and Arab... idk whys it’s so mixed in this video lol. U said your moms catholic but Melanie isn’t a catholic name... and also she’s not white origin from Europe..? Idk this video just was confusing to me

[@hautehijab]

Nora Alhakim lol to make things even more confusing - my Lebanese Muslim dad named me hahaha.

[@MimiSidd22]

i thought we muslims are suppossed to have muslim names only?

[@Aliyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Marium Siddiqui it's better. Name has effect on a person.

[@MsTheartofwar]

At least your name is not MELANIA!!! Wouldn't want to have that name right about now. 😂😂😂 Love your name and your gorgeous smile.

[@chelseyummali]

It would be interesting to know why your mother is still Catholic? Maybe its ignorance on my part but you would think after years of marriage to a Muslim with Muslim children and one being an imam that she would have seen the truth?....I pray all the time that I can bring my parents to Islam but who knows....in sha Allah....With the name thing...Its quite annoying actually because people ask me why my name is Chelsey....This assumption that converts have to change their name is ridiculous. I hate it!

[@balance-x602]

ChelseyHijabLove sister Christian women aren't force to convert . The deen actually says to let them practice so please save it

[@chelseyummali]

I know this obviously....why so rude sister? I did not say anything wrong.

[@balance-x602]

ChelseyHijabLove because you say after all this years like if it's by force .

[@chelseyummali]

What? Im not really even sure why you came to that assumption...Obviously as Muslims we believe Islam is the truth. For most non Muslims, they are not Muslim because of hate, ignorance or devotion to what their fathers handed down to them. So what I meant was if someone has all the tools to learn about the beauty of Islam, family, marriage etc than it is fascinating that they are not Muslims themselves. I mean if anyone would convert it would be someone like her mother whose husband is a Muslim and has beautiful successful children who also practice the deen, who has first hand knowledge of the beauty of Islam and its truth. So it was merely a question as to why she still believes Catholicism is the path to Jennah. Please sister, it is better to be kind and assume the best out of people. I sincerely, to Melanie did not mean any offense nor did I insinuate what you are saying. There is no compulsion in Islam.

[@Leah-kw4jh]

Chelsey samee my name is tash people all ways ask “so are you arab@

[@rosebetweenteeth4260]

can you hold Red Rose between your teeth please

[@MissMelanieMoss]

My name is Melanie and in the US people still always get my name wrong lol