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Fatwa CenterBearing Name ‘Aws’ or ‘As-Soosi’
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Is it permissible to keep the name 'Aws' [as in Al-Aws wal-Khazraj'] or As-Soosi? What do these names mean?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
The name “Aws” is an Arabic name that a group of the Companions bore. Therefore, there is no harm in bearing the name "Aws".
As for the name “As-Soosi,” it is the name of Imaam As-Soosi 
the Quran reciter who narrated the mode of recitation on the authority ofAbu ‘Amr Al-Basri 
. As-Soosi was given that nickname in reference to his hometown Soos in Al-Ahwaaz region (Iran).
Qaamoos Al-Ma‘aani (an Arabic lexicon) defines the word Soosi as follows: “A female Armenian name; it refers to a tree that grows in Armenia.”
It is also known that Soosah is a city in Tunisia and the one attributed to it is called “Soosi”. So there is no harm in bearing the name “As-Soosi”.
The basic principle is that there is no harm in keeping any name that does not denote a prohibited meaning or constitutes a Shariah violation. It is preferable to choose a nice name and avoid what may be disagreeable of names.
Allah knows best.
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