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Pria / Priya for white British baby girl

116 replies

Emz555 · 08/09/2022 20:18

LG due in Jan. Struggling to find a name that I love, as much as her sister Orla's name. I keep coming back to Pria / Priya, but would it be unusual to use it without any Hindu/ Indian connection? Thinking of using Eve as a middle name.

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ElephantePicante · 08/09/2022 20:34

No.

SunshineAndFizz · 08/09/2022 20:33

I second Eve and Orla

Mossygreenchypre · 08/09/2022 20:33

Pick the name you love.
I think Priya is lovely.

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 08/09/2022 20:32

No.

PotatoFamily · 08/09/2022 20:31

Go with Eve!

Eve and Orla is beautiful

Rinatinabina · 08/09/2022 20:29

i would assume she had Indian heritage and was white passing. But tbh it wouldn’t really bother me (I’m asian), I’d think it was just a nice name that her mum liked.

dandelionthistle · 08/09/2022 20:26

Difficult one. Instinctively I would find it a little weird but I can't back that up with a logical argument and I think to some extent borrowing things from each other's cultures is a normal and good thing.

I don't think it's cultural appropriation because I don't think it diminishes the name's origins and it doesn't involve money.

I don't know what the name means though and potentially would change my view if it has a meaning of specific cultural significance.

SolarLanterns · 08/09/2022 20:25

It's beautiful.

Ship · 08/09/2022 20:24

I know a little white girl named preeya

lafado · 08/09/2022 20:24

Priya however you spell it, is a name associated with people with links to Asia. It would be extremely odd to name your child this.

Cheeselog · 08/09/2022 20:23

I wouldn’t. What about Thea, Pia, Leah, Ria?

GreenEggsAndBabycham · 08/09/2022 20:23

Pia?
Freya?

But Priya would be a bit odd tbh.

CloseYourEyesAndSee · 08/09/2022 20:23

It would be weird, yes

Koifish · 08/09/2022 20:22

I have a close friend with a white British daughter called Priya! At first when she mentioned her daughter I did have the connotation however upon meeting her it’s just a very pretty name on a pretty girl.

MrsU2022 · 08/09/2022 20:21

Not sure it really goes with Orla to be honest!

Johnnysgirl · 08/09/2022 20:21

I wouldn't.

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