Radhika or Shreya?

[diya88]

Looking for a Goddess-related Hindu name, what do you think of Shreya and Radhika? Pros and cons?
Radhika is pronounced Raa-dhi-ka and Shreya, like Freya.

Radhika is lovely.

I find Shreya very difficult to say, don’t know if it’s an accent thing. Anything beginning with “shr” would be out for me.

They're both nice. I think Shreya blends in to British names more and Radhika less so - do you have a preference in that respect?

Shria is nicer than Shreya. The Shre bit makes me think of Shrek. Sorry.

Shreya simply because of shreya ghoshal who we are big fans of.

I like Shreya better, but I think both are nice.

What about Sita? Pretty but easy to spell and pronounce

I also like Parvati

Also Janki as a variant on Sita

I prefer Radhika, I don't like the look of Shreya (maybe because it looks at bit harsh to me.)

As I know a delightful Radhika, and an utterly vile Shreya, you can guess my opinion!

I’m not wild about either, but would deffo go for Shreya as she won’t spend her life spelling it.

I think there are prettier goddess names - what about Padma, Ameya, Surasa ???

Radhika is lovely.

But surely, the auspicious letters aren't determined? Or aren't you doing that?

@HazelWong

What about Sita? Pretty but easy to spell and pronounce

I also like Parvati

Sita is a beautiful name.

Shreya my face but both nice

As someone with a difficult to spell and pronounce name, I would pick Shreya over Radhika (if that is your shortlist) - the 'dh' sound is really hard for the Western accent to nail while like you say, you can easily Shreya like Freya and people would get it. Other ideas:
Meena, Meera, Asha, Priya

Love shreya, it was on my list.

The shr sound is weirdly incredibly difficult for the Western world to pronounce

Why is the shr sound so hard though when there are plenty of English words with it in? Shrink, shrub, shrug, shrimp, shriek...

I don't think it's hard at all 🤷🏼‍♀️

I don't either but British people do trip over it

Shrek and Radish> Please, no.

Padma?

Radhika is so pretty. Maybe spelt Raadhika?

@percheron67

Shrek and Radish> Please, no.

Really? I thought we were past this type of nonsense.

Shreya and Radhika both lovely and both very popular in schools I have taught in.

Luckily, I can't say I have ever heard other children or the adults make fun of the names , unlike the poster above .

Both look pretty but Shreya sounds nice and looks easier to pronounce and spell than Radhika. I think the “h” in the latter would throw me off because it looks like it could be a silent “h” and then again it might not be.