It is narrated from Sayyiduna Muslim bin Abdullah Azdi (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah Qart Azdi (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "What is your name?" He replied: "Shaytan bin Qart." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "You are Abdullah bin Qart."

Lady Laila (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of Sayyiduna Basheer bin Khasasiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates from her husband that he went to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while his original name was Zahm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) changed his name to Basheer.

Ibn Musayyib narrates from his father that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his grandfather: "What is your name?" He replied: "Huzn (hardship)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather you are Sahl (ease)." He said: "But the name my father has given me, I will not change it." Ibn Musayyib said: "So, harshness and roughness always remained in our family."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: When I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), my name was not Abdullah bin Salam, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named me Abdullah bin Salam.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man ask another man: "What is your name?" He replied: "My name is Shahab." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are Hisham."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to come to us, I had a little brother, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to laugh with him. He had a small bird, like a chick, with which he used to play. One day, that bird with which he used to play died. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came one day and, seeing my brother sad, said: What happened to Abu Umair, he looks sad? People informed that his bird, with which he used to play, has died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Umair! What did the little bird do? O Abu Umair! What did the little bird do?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) were companions during the expedition of Dhat al-‘Ushayrah. So we lay down and slept on the ground under the shade of some date-palm trees. By Allah! None woke us except the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he moved us with his leg, while we were covered in dust. On that day, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abu Turab! (the man of dust).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, he says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gave me a kunyah with the name of a certain vegetable which I used to pick, while I was still a boy.

It is narrated from Hamzah bin Suhaib that Sayyiduna Suhaib (may Allah be pleased with him) had adopted the kunyah (patronymic) of Abu Yahya, and he used to say that he was from among the Arabs, and he used to feed food in large quantities. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: O Suhaib! What has happened to you, you have adopted the kunyah of Abu Yahya while you have no children, and you say that you are from among the Arabs, and you feed food in large quantities—this is extravagance in wealth? Sayyiduna Suhaib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me this kunyah.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I said to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! All your other wives have a kunyah (honorific title), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: You may take the kunyah of Umm Abdullah. In another narration, he said: Take the kunyah after your son Abdullah. Thus, Sayyida Aisha was called Umm Abdullah until her death, even though she had no children.