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Help choosing an indian baby girl name

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shruthik · 25/01/2016 19:21

We need help in choosing a Indian name for our baby girl. We have a shortlist but would love to hear anyother names too . here is our shortlist

Ruhi
Urvi
Samaira
Maya
Aadya
Aarna
Rhea
Mukta
Reya
Dhara

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InspectorReclouseau · 25/01/2016 19:22

Maya

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Pinkangel23 · 25/01/2016 23:23

Ramya

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WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 25/01/2016 23:52

Ruhi looks nice. What is its meaning?

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Twistedheartache · 25/01/2016 23:57

I'm not familiar with a lot of the names on your list but I do like Maya & Samaira.
I'd avoid Aarna because I assume it's pronounced like the sister in frozen.
My fave current Indian name although I do know 3 under 2, and DD1 has another in her reception class is Simran.
Also popular amongst Indian community although not sure it's an Indian name is Aria

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goldglittershitter · 26/01/2016 00:12

My indian friend has two beautiful DDs called Nisha & Tara (is this how ur Dhara is pronounced? If so I'd totally go for that!) . Lovely names anyway but chosen as were sort of mainstream in both English and Indian?

I've always loved Ambika (sp) n Nina as well.

Dhara aside, of ur list I like Rhea best.

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TannhauserGate · 26/01/2016 00:21

Rhea and Maya are very popular in my area of UK- that may be something you like, or something you wish to avoid.
I also like Priya, Gayatri, Usha, Nina, Archana, Leilani as well.

The meaning of the name would also be important to me (though I'm afraid I don't know any of the meanings of the ones I've listed- there are lots of Indian name translation sites on the web though).

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Babymamamama · 26/01/2016 00:28

All pretty. I like dhara best.

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mammmamia · 26/01/2016 00:33

I would avoid Urvi and Mukta as the pronunciations don't sound nice in English.
Love Reya

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NadiaWadia · 26/01/2016 00:34

Maya is lovely though quite popular if that bothers you. I love the sound of Samaira (not heard of that before) and Reya is quite nice, too.

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NHKX2 · 26/01/2016 10:03

Does ease of pronunciation for a non-Indian person factor into your decision? If so, I'd go for (in this order):

Samaira (I've also seen Samira, which is also lovely)
Maya
Rhea
Dhara

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VerBot · 26/01/2016 12:17

Arouhi

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kay1a · 26/01/2016 12:26

Samaira has a special place in my heart. Others I've liked :

Ira/Iravati
Anya
Mansi
Anika
Diya
Meera

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shruthik · 26/01/2016 18:52

Thank you all for your suggestions. Keep them coming :)

@ WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant - Ruhi means spiritual

@goldglittershitter – Dhara is not pronounced as Tara

@NHKX2 – our main critieria was that the name should be easy for everyone to pronounce it

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Robertaquimby · 26/01/2016 18:59

I like Dhara and Rhea and they are both easy to say.

How about

Shobhana
Shivanni
Kiran
Indrani

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IoraRua · 26/01/2016 19:04

Samaira is lovely.

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Aquiver · 26/01/2016 19:09

Some lovely names suggested there OP.

I quite like:
Samira
Radhika
Khiana or Kiana
Rani (which means 'Queen')
Kumari
Maharani

Also, not traditionally Indian names as such, but Aria or Aaliyah are quite pretty too.

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Ladycrazycat · 26/01/2016 19:17

I like the names Naya and Anaya. Both are on my list even though we aren't indian (we have ties to the country though).

I also have friends in India called Aman, Amara and Sana which I think are pretty names.

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jamenhej · 26/01/2016 19:23

My favourite Indian names are Neela and Priya, love them!

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StDogolphin · 26/01/2016 19:25

Soraya

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annettec01 · 26/01/2016 19:28

Nisha and Riya are friends names and we have a maya and jasmine in school they are sisters

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Titsywoo · 26/01/2016 19:30

Simran

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namechange7711 · 26/01/2016 19:31

Dhara might well be confused with the male (Irish) name Dara, due to Dara O'Brien's popularity.

Rhea is the name of a bird, if that bothers you.

If you want a name that's easy to pronounce I'd say Maya is the best from your list. Tara, Nina, Anita, Monica, Monisha, Urmi, Priya and Anjana would also be good I think.

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RiverTam · 26/01/2016 19:31

Maya and Reya are lovely.

Shivani
Shamira
Hina/Mina
Naavi

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wickedwaterwitch · 26/01/2016 19:34

I think Maya is lovely and is definitely easy to pronounce

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yongnian · 26/01/2016 19:39

From your list I like Reya best
Also
Shashi
Suna
Shibani
Jamuna
Jala
Sumitri
Kalindi
Piyari

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