Muhammad bin Amr bin Ata said: Zainab daughter of Abu Salamah asked him: Which name did you give to your daughter? He replied: Barrah. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade giving this name. I was called Barrah but the Prophet ﷺ said: Do not declare yourselves pure, for Allah knows best those of you who are obedient. He said: we asked; which name should we give her? He replied: Call her Zainab.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4953
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, محمد بن إسحاق صرح بالسماع عند البخاري في الأدب المفرد (821) وتابعه الوليد بن كثير عند مسلم (2142),
Narrated Usamah ibn Akhdari: A man called Asram was among those who came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: What is your name? He replied: Asram. He said: No, you are Zurah.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4954
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (4775)
Narrated Hani ibn Yazid: When Hani went with his people in a deputation to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he heard them calling him by his kunyah (surname), AbulHakam. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said: Allah is the judge (al-Hakam), and to Him judgment belongs. Why are you given the kunyah AbulHakam? He replied: When my people disagree about a matter, they come to me, and I decide between them, and both parties are satisfied with my decision. He said: How good this is! What children have you? He replied: I have Shurayh, Muslim and Abdullah. He asked; Who is the oldest of them? I replied: Shurayh. He said: Then you are Abu Shurayh. Abu Dawud said: This is Shuraib who broke the chain, and who entered Tustar. Abu Dawud said: I have been told that Shuraib broke the gate of Tustar, and he entered it through tunnel.
Saeed bin Musayyab told that his father said on the authority of his grandfather (Hazn): The Prophet ﷺ asked: What is your name? He replied: Hazn (rugged). He said: You are Sahl (smooth). He said: No, smooth is trodden upon and disgraced. Saeed said: I then thought that ruggedness would remain among us after it. Abu Dawud said: The Prophet ﷺ changed the names al-As, Aziz, Atalah, Shaytan, al-Hakam, Ghurab, Hubab, and Shihab and called him Hisham. He changed the name Harb (war) and called him Silm (peace). He changed the name al-Munba'ith (one who lies) and called him al-Mudtaji' (one who stands up). He changed the name of a land Afrah (barren) and called it Khadrah (green). He changed the name Shi'b ad-Dalalah (the mountain path of a stray), the name of a mountain path and called it Shi'b al-Huda (mountain path of guidance). He changed the name Banu az-Zinyah (children of fornication) and called them Banu ar-Rushdah (children of those who are on the right path), and changed the name Banu Mughwiyah (children of a woman who allures and goes astray), and called them Banu Rushdah (children of a woman who is on the right path). Abu Dawud said: I omitted the chains of these for the sake of brevity.
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Masruq said: I met Umar ibn al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) who said: Who are you? I replied: Masruq ibn al-Ajda'. Umar then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: al-Ajda' (mutilated) is a devil.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4957
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف | زبیر علی زئی:ضعيف, إسناده ضعيف, ابن ماجه (3731), مجالد ضعيف, انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 173
Hadith Takhrij« سنن ابن ماجہ/الأدب 31 (3731)، (تحفة الأشراف: 10641)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (1/31) (ضعیف) »
Samurah bin Jundub reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not call your servant Yasar (wealth), Rabah (profit), Nijih (prosperous) and Aflah (successful), for you may ask; Is he there? And someone says: No. Samurah said: These are four (names), so do not attribute more to me.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4958
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح مسلم (2137)
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If I survive (God willing), I shall forbid my people to give the names Nafi (beneficial), Aflah (successful) and Barakah (blessing). Al-Amash said: I do not know whether he mentioned Nafi or not. When a man comes and asks: Is there Barakah (blessing)? The people say: No. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators. This version has no mention of Barakah.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4960
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده صحيح, الأعمش صرح بالسماع عند البخاري في الأدب المفرد (833) ورواه مسلم (2138)
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ أبوداود، (تحفة الأشراف: 2330)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (3/388) (صحیح) »
Abu Hurairah reported the prophet ﷺ as saying: The vilest names in Allah’s sight on the Day of resurrection will be that of a man called Malik al-Amlak. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Shuaib bin Abi Hamzah from Abi al-Zinad through different chain of narrators. This version has the words "akhna' ismin" (most obscene name) instead of "akhna ismin" (the vilest name).
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4961
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح بخاري (6206) صحيح مسلم (2143)