Jiya, Maya, Siya or Ruhi? Indian baby girl living in the UK

[meera454]

We have scrapped most of our previous list and are leaning more towards simpler names. What are your thoughts on Jiya, Maya, Siya and Ruhi? Be as brutally honest as you like :)

Really love the name Ruhi in particular but written down it looks a bit incomplete to me? Maybe we could use this as a nickname for Rohini or Ruhani? Ruhi has a beautiful meaning in Hindi.

If you want a simple name, have you considered Lata?

I really think it's pretty, especially after watching A Suitable Boy earlier in the year.

I like Maya or Jiya. My DC are half Indian, and my sister in law is called Maya, I think its a beautiful name and most people can say it and spell it without too much fuss.

Love love love Maya.

All are absolutely loveky and I've taught at least one of each. Just a heads up, be aware in some places Maya has multiple pronunciations and if very popular.

Maya.

I love Ruhi. My friend has a sister called Ruchi which I think is beautiful. The name Ruhi reminds me of her.

Ruhi is gorgeous.

How are they pronounced? Is it J-eye-a , Mya, Sya, and Rooey? If it is then I love the first three and the fourth would grow on me. I don't dislike it. My favourite is Jaya.

Love all of them. Sorry, not much help!

I love them all!

Maya and Ruhi are lovely

I like them all...especially Maya and Siya, although I know a Sita and prefer that to be honest.

All lovely ;
My least favourite is Jiya
Ruhi is prettiest imo

I really like Ruhi! It’s different without being totally obscure.

Maya is nice but pretty ‘average’ and she’ll spend her life with people asking ‘meye-uh or may-uh?’.

Maya and Ruhi

Maya is delightful.

They're all grand! Any of them would be lovely.

Ruhi reminds me of a little boy I knew once called Rui, so I'd put that at the bottom of the list. I like Jiya the best.

Maya

I like Maya best.
How about Gia and not Jiya.

@tyroterf I was going to mention the same but didn't. DS is in the same year group as a little boy named Rui. Much prefer the name on a girl, though.

Maya is a beautiful name and works very well in lots of different languages and cultures.

I also like Ruhi but I can imagine it would get mispronounced quite a lot.

Thank you everyone for the positive feedback, looks like all these names are a safe and good option! :) Would you say that Ruhi looks like a complete name in itself or does it need to be a nn for Ruhani/Rohini? I prefer Ruhi as a name in itself and want to avoid having to choose Ruhani or Rohini. I still don't have any favourites out of the four, I like them all equally.

@81Byerley The pronunciations would be...
Maya: Maa-ya
Jiya: Jee-ya
Siya: See-ya
Ruhi: Roo-hee

Those are lovely. I'd perhaps avoid Siya, if it's genuinely pronounced like see-ya-later. Ruhi is particularly nice.

I like Ruhi best and would have pronounced it as you said.
I think it feels like a full name...

@FlyingSquid I didn’t think of that, thanks for pointing it out! Siya is said more like “Leah” but it’s is pretty close to “see ya later” which is annoying. Might have to rule that one out.

@Chilldonaldchill That’s great, thank you! :)