Baby Name for Sikh/English girl

[NewDad2018]

Hi all...

This may be the totally wrong place to ask ...but I could do with help

So.. The background

I'm a sikh (turban wearing) man...who married a blonde blue eyed english woman. Been married a looooong time.

We have now had a baby girl.

So... now we have an issue finding a name that works.

Constraints from us both.

The don't wants :
totally English name,
totally Indian name,
long name that will just get shortened anyway,

a name that is muslim/arabic in origin or attachment.

Please Help!!!

Surina / Serena
Sukhi
Anika
Zena
Zareena

Ella
Erwin
Tia
Laila
Siana

Or, out of the box:

Dana (pn Day-na)
Deanna (pn Dee-anna)
Dora
Faye
Miriam
Tamsin
Erin
Orla
Ivy
Hanna

Congratulations on your baby girl!

Dara, Kirin

Is simran still popular?

Two sisters who have Indian and English heritage are Anita and Anthea.

Ah ok. You said not Muslim/Arabic, but I didn't realise you didn't want Hindu names either.

Right. Tricky. Trying to think outside the box for non-Indian non-UK names that both can pronounce...

Danika
Priya
Mia
Eleri
Cara
Coral
Serena
Selena
Eliana (Ell-ee-ah-na)
Hera
Astra
Anna

I had a friend with mixed parentage called Ruby. I thought it was a lovely name that mixed her Asian heritage with an old fashioned English name.

Different mix, but we went for English first name and Chinese middle name, sometimes call her by either. Is that an option, as PPs have suggested?

Anika
Amber
Daria
Ella
Lisa
Molly
Nina
Rose
Siena

Lena, Nina, Tara are the three I can think of.

Lena
Zara
Nina
Jane
Reena
Julie
Suzy

Nina
Jasmine
Yasmin

Sofia is the name of a friend of mine who is Sikh Scottish.

Kearna?

How about
Jessa (like from Girls)
Uma
Sara?

Kira? (Like an anglicised version of Kiran )

@NewDad2018 I sadly know nothing about Sikh names but just looking at a list on the internet (sorry - these may be totally off) I quite like:

Gretha/Grette (could you use Greta?)
Joni
Jenica
Katri
Avani
Bibi
Heera (could you have Hera like the Greek goddess?)
Jessa
Lena
Siana
Sio
Taru
Tia
Uma

Congratulations!
How about Delilah, Dahlia
Marina, Leila, or Tamara nn Tammy?

Amber.

I love the previous suggestion of Dahlia!

Bibi is ace.

I was going to say simran. It’s a really pretty name and it’s very easy to pronounce. Some others:
Archie (like the actress Archie Panjabi)
Kareena
Selina
Ashwina
Harleen
Gurleen
Nikita
Jasmina (instead of the more common jasmine)
Larissa
Karishma
Alyssa
Alicia (pronounced aleeesha)
Amrit or Amrita
Gina
Aisha
Isha
Anjali or angeli (I had a friend that was half English called angeli)
Sheena
Samira
Sheila
Leila
Somali
Anaya
Amaya
Amelia
Mia
Sabrina
Dina
Lalita
Delilah
Leah
Rea
Indira/indie
Jamie

I can’t think of any more!

*not Somali, sonali!

How about:
Anu
Deanna
Rula
Amalie
Amy
Sofia
Zarah
Zena
Zelda

Nikita
Annika
Anita
Amrita
Riya