Indian name for English girl?

[Eddiethehorse]

We are English but we love an Indian name...Aarti...I know a couple and I've liked them a lot! Weird to give an Indian name to an English baby girl? Thoughts on Aarti as a name irrespective of origin?

How did you learn the d/t sound Blu? Have tried to get my tongue round it for years and failed.

People can pronounce their own names however they like, but it's a shame that we butcher really beautiful, meaningful names with our pronunciation. I have a friend whose name is Gitanjali. Of course people pronounce the first syllable "Git" and the last two to sound like Angela. She made life easier for everyone by calling herself Anji but her name is stunning when "correctly" pronounced.

I learnt the d/t sound by marrying a Sri Lankan.

The j in Ceylonese (?) is often pronounced 'sh' as is the case in DH's name.
(BTW his English pronunciation is better than mine, you'd never guess he was Asian on the phone, on loads of stuff but he still occasionally slips up on p/f)

Thanks everyone. We live in the Middle East, lots of Indians here and the ladies I know do pronounce the 't' but the 'I' is pronounced with more of an inflection. DD1 has a Greek name. I love Artemis but it's the name of the restaurant we had our wedding reception in in Cyprus!
I love everyone's opinions and overall not bad in favour!! I don't even know the sex yet...probably will be a boy this time and then we are really stuck!

Shreya

Both of my children have latin names and me and my husband are entirely English. Some people thought we were a bit odd but they were the names we loved! I don't think it matters.

Why would you want to give your child a name you clearly can't even correctly pronounce?

Case and point:

NadiaWadia
Hmm ... do you pronounce it the same as Artie (boys' name short for Arthur?)
Eddiethehorse Fri 04-Oct-13 19:01:24
Yes!

No, actually, it isn't.

justanuthermanicmumsday "Many Asians keep English names."

Probably because they speak English and know how to pronounce such names.
If the OP spoke Hindi and knew how to pronounce the name, it might make the name selection slightly less odd.

If I saw an English person being called/it being pronounced 'Artie'. I'd be more likely to think the person had a love of Art and what a bizarre thing to call a child rather than it having any known relation to the Indian name.

My dd is half Asian, half white and is called Hanna
We also know a Soraya