List of baby names banned in Saudi Arabia (includes Alice and Elaine)

Saudi isn't the first country to find some names repugnant...as I recall, there is a Napoleonic list of French names that are ok, with some presumption that names not on the list are not.  But naming your baby in Saudi Arabia might now be a repugnant transaction:

List of names banned in Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia bans 50 baby names--List includes foreign names; those that ‘contradict culture and religion’

Malaak (angel)

Abdul Aati

Abdul Naser

Abdul Musleh

Nabi (prophet)

Nabiyya (female prophet)

Amir (prince)

Sumuw (highness)

Al Mamlaka (the kingdom)

Malika (queen)

Mamlaka (kingdom)

Tabarak (blessed)

Nardeen

Maya

Linda

Randa

Basmala (utterance of the name of God)

Taline

Aram

Nareej

Rital

Alice

Sandy

Rama (Hindu god)

Maline

Elaine

Inar

Maliktina

Lareen

Kibrial

Lauren

Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin)

Naris

Yara

Sitav

Loland

Tilaj

Barrah

Abdul Nabi

Abdul Rasool

Jibreel (angel Gabriel)

Abdul Mu’een

Abrar

Iman

Bayan

Baseel

Wireelam