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Baby names

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Indian girl names?

52 replies

bubblegum5555 · 10/03/2017 12:01

Any ideas? Thanks!

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MMXV · 13/03/2017 12:04

You don't say if you are a Muslim, Hindu, Jain or Sikh Indian, and whether it's important to you to have a Sanskrit or regional name. That will definitely have implications for your choice.

If you live in the UK, some really pretty names (Sheetala, Aditi, Radhika) will be ruined by English pronunciation.

My DH is English so DD's name being mellifluous (if not, strictly speaking, 'correct') in his pronunciation was important to us. My mother chose DD's name as she's a very typical Indian Mama Hmm but here are some of the other ones we had on the list:

Kalyani
Shivani
Shivali
Surekha
Urmila
Anshula
Avinashika
Indrani
Sharmila
Vishala

Names such as Priya and Jaya are the modern (and, if these things are important to you, slightly non-U!) variants of the more traditional Priyanka and Jayalakshmi.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 12/03/2017 10:11

Ooh, I like Shalini, very pretty.

FreeNiki · 11/03/2017 23:02

Vaishali
Vandana
Tista

Wheredidthebackboobscomefrom · 11/03/2017 22:56

Serene
Mahi
Layla

foofooyeah · 11/03/2017 22:51

Shalini

KanyeWesticle · 11/03/2017 22:46

Roshni, rania, shivani, suna

Chickoletta · 11/03/2017 22:28

Our friends have just had a much longed for baby girl and have called her Malhar, which means Blessing, I think.

imsorryiasked · 11/03/2017 22:26

Kavita

ChippieBeanAndHorro · 11/03/2017 22:06

Dont do Lakshmi if you think of ever moving to Switzerland, it sounds like lick me... :(

But it is a lovely name.

flumpybear · 11/03/2017 21:57

I absolutely love Lakshmi for a girl

MommaGee · 11/03/2017 21:54

Ooh was just gonna post Sivani

Pleasemrstweedie · 11/03/2017 21:53

Shivani?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 11/03/2017 21:52

Priti is very nice.

MadameJosephine · 10/03/2017 23:16

I love Amna

amelie427 · 10/03/2017 22:45

Nimisha

beatricequimby · 10/03/2017 19:58

Amrita
Daya

beatricequimby · 10/03/2017 19:55

Indrani
Maya
Sharmili
Annapurna
Shobhana (pronounced Shovanna)
Anita
Jaya
Rohini

RuthB4 · 10/03/2017 18:31

www.babycenter.in/a25010193/100-modern-indian-baby-names

I like:-
Anaya
Keya
Khushi
Myra

ILikeSalmon · 10/03/2017 18:25

Thomina

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 10/03/2017 18:14

Shanaya.

highinthesky · 10/03/2017 17:04

OP - isn't the first letter of your daughter's name going to be dictated by her rashee?

octonuddle · 10/03/2017 16:58

I have a Meena and a Deepti as friends....both cute

jesuspolly · 10/03/2017 15:10

Ria

Sophronia · 10/03/2017 14:49

Maya
Jyoti
Anjali
Asha
Indira
Avani
Jaya
Karishma
Lata
Malati
Mira/Meera
Lila/Leela
Neela/Nila
Priya
Rani
Sarita
Shanti
Sitara
Sunita

SoftSheen · 10/03/2017 13:01

Mariya. Lovely name.

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