Can I use Priya

[ZadieZadie]

For a Muslim baby girl? We're totally secular, grandparents are culturally more religious.

Will we raise too many eyebrows?

Her sister is Zara.

From my limited knowledge, it is a traditional Hindu girl’s name which originates from the root word love (as in the Pri part). It is a beautiful name and though it may sound like a car name to those who don’t know any better, there are lots of people who will appreciate it as a beautiful, traditional name. I mean, Sally probably wouldn’t go down well in India, as it is usually followed with an insult!
Meaning is an important part of a child’s name in Islam so if you are happy with this go ahead but be prepared for lots of questions. FYI I am a pretty secular Indian Muslim and I love the names Saagar and Pavan.

Obviously I've no idea how muslim grandparents would react to this choice but, it goes beautifully with Zara imo.

@lovemelongtime

No, it's a car make. Poor girl.

Hmm. Ignorant, racist, or a little bit of both?

It's beautiful in its own right and it sounds lovely with Zara. Gorgeous!

If you think it would be an issue you know a decent Arabic speaker you can see if there are any names that are phonetically similar and use that
quranicnames.com/bariya/#:~:text=Bariya%20is%20an%20indirect%20Quranic,many%20places%20in%20the%20Quran.
"Bariya" is close-ish.
Just a thought!

My dd has a friend called Priya. She's from a Hindu family.
I don't see how it would cause a problem to anyone other than (potentially) your family to use a name from a different religious origin.

Was at school with a girl called Priya. Lovely girl and lovely name. Go for it

Yep I know a lady called this x

It's a gorgeous name. Unfortunately, for someone white, it'd probably be seen as cultural appropriation to use it, or I'd choose it (were I of childbearing age!)

I can be no help with your dilemma though. Presumably, Muslim posters are more use to you on that.

I’d that really cultural appropriation?

*is that really?!

It’s a gorgeous name. I knew one at uni who dressed in a sort of 1950s convent girl style with straw hat and everything. She had the most beautiful hair and was kind and funny.

Priya is beautiful. I think you can borrow names from different cultures as much as you like.

Worth considering that if the family is from the Indian subcontinent they would have been Hindu a few hundred years ago anyway until conversion, so it a sense it's just as much 'your' name as any other Indian's. Obviously not the case if you are middle eastern etc.

I would guess she was indian or half-indian.
Might that bother her?

Priya is a lovely name. It is a very obvious hindu name, so as a muslim I wouldn’t choose it.

Priya is such a gorgeous name. I would assume she would probably be Hindu though.