Is your name “prohibited” in Saudi Arabia? Find out on the published list

Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has banned 50 names contrary to the culture or the Kingdom religion, according to local media reports

Parents in Arabia are said to be unable to call their children by names such as Linda, Alice, Elaine, or Binyam (Arab for Benjamin) after the Ministry's Department of Civil Affairs issued a list of banned names.

Binyam is believed in Islam as the son of the prophet Jacob, but it is also the name of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Some names on the list are said to have been banned by the interior ministry because they are considered non- Arab or non-Islamic, or contrary to the culture or religion of the kingdom, Gulf News reported.

The ban also comes because some of the names were considered foreign or bad “”, writes albeu.com.

Other groups of prohibited names include such royal conotations as Sumu (highness), Malek (king), and Malika (king).

The full list of banned names reported in Gulf Nesa is listed below:

Malaak (angel) Abdul Atat Abdul Nasser Abdul Musleh Binyam (Arab for Benjamin) Naris Yara SITAV Loland Tilayah Abdul Nabi Abdul Rasol Sumu (highness) Al Mamlaca (king), Malika (king) Mamlaca (king) Tbarak (Blessed) Rama ( Hindu god) Nardeen sand, Maine Elaine INAR Maliktina Maya Linda Randa Basmala (God's Name Friday) Jibreel (angel Gabriel) Abdul Muueen To Act Iman Bayan Baseel Wireelam Nabi Nabyya (Shedding) Amir (princ) Table Aram Narhe Ritale Alice Lareen Kibrial Lauren