Help choosing an indian baby girl name

[shruthik]

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

Maya

Ramya

Ruhi looks nice. What is its meaning?

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

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.

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).

All pretty. I like dhara best.

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

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.

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

Arouhi

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

Ira/Iravati
Anya
Mansi
Anika
Diya
Meera

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

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

How about

Shobhana
Shivanni
Kiran
Indrani

Samaira is lovely.

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.

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.

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

Soraya

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

Simran

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.

Maya and Reya are lovely.

Shivani
Shamira
Hina/Mina
Naavi

I think Maya is lovely and is definitely easy to pronounce

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