Name Wanted for DD Indian & English Sounding Please

[74Jamie]

Hi we just cnat agree on a name for our dd as we want something that will fit into both cultures pluse has to sound sort of Hindish to please in laws and need some ideas what do people suggest? so for example Aaron can be quite english but also Arun for the indian side , please help, thansks

Ava? Is Persian rather than Indian but might work?

Asha? (we just had Asher as a boy or girl name on bubble99's thread! )

like asha - will suggest it to dh, its so hard trying think of good nmes

Kala? (am searching in Behind the name btw - not making them up!

74jamie
i just htink of brimful of asha - that song sorry
my sil is indian will ask her as she has a lovely name for her son.

Uma, means something in Hindi, Yasmin is popular, have a friend called Kala - could translate to Carla, Tara means star in Hindi I think.

Ooh, how about Lila? (Can also be spelt Leela). Close to Lily.

The one many people go for is Anita, which is actually a name which developed in both Hindi and English.

Having said that, there are so many Indian names around in England that these days that you'd also be fine with Laila/Leyla, or Lisa, or Nina, or Meena, or Sara, or Malini, or Usha, or Reena, or Maya, or...oh, loads. I like Ayesha - it's my DD1's middle name - but it's a bit Muslim for you, I suspect.

india to sound really blonde

Nina
Rhea
Anita
Bela
Sheela
Kali
Trisha
Leela

I looked into that for my dts, names that common to Hindu and English ancestry. It is quite hard. I went with Hindu in the end, and my boys are called Ravi and Akshay. I thought these were straightforward but it often gets mispronounced.

I actually wanted Priya for a girl, because it is such a pretty name, and most westerners can pronounce it no probs.

Neela?

Yasmin is lovely.

Also Neeta.

I'd just go for an Indian name, though. Worked for my parents both times

Aysha is a lovely name but too muslim for dhs family as to is zara azpparently which i really wanted

not the baby me !!!!!!!!!!!
but india was the first thing that came in my head

Hindu Girls Names some lovely ones here plus meaning.

More here

There are some really beautiful names and meanings in that Hindu list

I love Yasmin, DH doesn't, but we have gone for Maia, it seems to be the only name we can all agree on!

the second link tends to throw in a lot of muslim/arabic names so beware of that! I spent hours looking through name sites when pg with the dts!

wow so many more names than i had first thought mnet is so great wsill show dh and families

Sahira
Nishka
Nina
Gina

I think Sahira is lovely

what do people think of Gina fits into both sides?

personally, I like the more hindi names but it's still a pretty name

could you compromise and have a properly hindi sounding middle name and then choose the name you want as the first name?

I think Zara/Sara (the one you want) is lovely!

What about Eesha instead of Ayesha?