Hi everyone, new to Mumsnet, really is everything that everyone says its is on the net and in the press - what a wonderful site for parents, have a ds (think im using the correct vocabulary!) he was born End of June and we still havent decided on a proper name for him! Now we only have 2 weeks left to register the birth and name! and we are still lost - My husband was determined to call him Jai - meaning victorious - which i was happy with as it fits in with our heritage (we are both sikh but not overly religious or anythng!)but we are both thinking that its too short and it seems to be cropping up everywhere now (emmerdale/hollyoaks) and hitting top 100 lists everywhere.
My husband also texted everone his name when he was born which i wish he hadnt as now everyone knows him as jai but when asked we say - "its not definite yet" we are just both looking more and more foolish everyday and making our ds part of this stupidness! Even worse is when dr's/mwives/nurses ask and we say "he doesnt have a name yet".... although we are both asian (indian) we live in a very caucasian area and are the only coloured/asian people in the whole town (almost!) so need a name that is not your usual hard to pronounce/picked on at school name but yet still maintains his identity so he has a sense of belonging when he grows older....
So....finally... most asian people (sikh anyway) add Deep/pal/jit/inder/bir/man/ etc to the end of their names so for eg it would be Jaideep/Jaipal/Jaijit etc - they are all interchangeable -
We want to add something to the end that goes with Jai but doesnt neccessarily have to be asian/have a meaning just needs to sound good!
My husband has thought of Jaiveer - which is also a common suffix but not as common as the ones above and also means Brave (veer - brave) there was also a big bollywood blockbuster that hit the top 10 here in the uk and around the world called "Veer" about a chap named Veer - who was the eponomous Hero of the film.
So its going to be Jaiveer but i really want something more adrogenous/universal - Any idead -
Jai "what"?
We have also thought of Jairavan, Jaivaran and Jaivani (Vani - mean lords voice/gods sound) but am worried it sounds to feminine for a Boy? and to much like the italian Giovanni!
PLEASE HELP! NO LOL! this is starting to cause stress! much love and hope everyone is well with their children xxx