Name the sibling

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

I'm not pregnant but my husband and I are thinking about a second child.

We have a daughter named Ria Emily. (feel free to share thoughts on that)

We live in India. I am not Indian but my husband is. Our child(ren) will however attend an international school and will likely be surrounded with more foreigners than Indians.

Any ideas on a name for a potential sibling?

Indian names tend to be hard to pronounce for others, especially my family. I don't mind common middle names, but common first names are not an option.

Comments

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

One of Ria's friends is Maya, we see her so often that its out for us :(

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

May I ask how you came to Ria's name - is it a form of Rhea or an Indian name? It would make thinking of similar names easier as that one is quite uncommon, at least where I am :)

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

You definitely need a shorter name, one that possibly could be a nickname.

Anya
Sara
Ivy
Kate
Lynn
Zara
Cara
Nadia
Mae

Adam
Caleb
Elias
Grant
Jonah
Kyler
Luke
Rhett
Tyler

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

I used behindthename.com's India names section and looked for ones that looked particularly easy to pronounce

girls:
Indira (I quite like this :)
Karishma
Chandra
Darshana
Divya
Kala
Kalpana
Kamala
Kanta/Kanti
Kavita
Vina

boys:
Chetan
Dipaka
Gautama (I had an Indian friend named this in High school)
Harsha
Jaidev
Kalyan
Kamal
Kiran
Kavi
Lochan
Vinay

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

My husband had always loved the name. Riya is more common here, yet sounds the same and my family could pronounce it easily. Its short and uncomplicated, nobody has had trouble thus far. I had others on my list but its the only one we could agree on.

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

From your list, I really like Anya.
My husband and I like Layla / Laila but looking at this community has made me think its more popular than I thought.

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

Hehe, the girl who watches our daughter is named Indira ;)

I like Kiran and Lochan. Maybe Kavita but I couldn't see myself using them, they're pronounced different when spoken by an Indian person and I couldn't imagine not being able to pronounce my own child's name correctly!

Thank you, it was really kind of you to search

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i know a girl named ria and her brother's name is anthony. i think they go well together.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

It's popular in every conceivable spelling. Add 'em up, and it's even worse than people might expect.

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

:( so sad. I doubt we'd ever use it now.

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

Oh, its not popular here at all. Leela is quite heard of and happens to be my husband's grandmother's name. We wouldn't use Leela though.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the name Priya. If I could use it in a context where it wouldn't seem odd and out of place I would.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

There's a large Indian population where I am in Canada, and most of those I've met who have traditional Indian names find western nicknames that vaguely relate to their real name. My husband's boss, Ranjeet, goes by Ron or Randy, for instance. So that might be an option for you?

Ron's sister-in-law's name is Suki, and besides her being a sweetheart, I think her name is just about the cutest thing ever. I don't know if it's short for anything, though.

[admirari.livejournal.com]

maya! ria!

Did you say diarrhea?

[admirari.livejournal.com]

we had a calico cat named Suki. I don't know where we came up with it, but I always liked her name!

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

My friends daughter is named Ouista...it's Persian though. I really like Anya that is very pretty

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

Haha, I didn't even pair the two like that.
I do know Ria will get Diarrhea, Gonorrhea and Ria-Tard when she is in school though. My husband can take the blame, I chose a different name :p

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

I like it too, I also like Shefali but that was nixed by my husband a long time ago. Priya is quite common here which is also why I couldn't use it. Ugh, its tough.

[admirari.livejournal.com]

logarrhea (sp) means something like 'chatty'. rrhea means flowing (which is pretty when not paired up with poop heh)(log = words)

anyway, i wouldn't worry about that - but maya, ria WOULD sound like it!

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I personally love the name Priya, but Ria & Priya is way too much ;)
Some other suggestions:
Anisha
Alesha
Ishya (always loved this one too, it means 'spring'!)
Nina
Mena
Chandra
Eleni
Asha

Good luck!

[butterflyishida.livejournal.com]

first off, your daughter is SO cute. (I peeked at your icons). secondly, her name is lovely.

Here's some ideas:

Amala
Asha
Jaya
Kala
Kali
Sari (I can see potential issues with that though...)
Uma


Aaron
Arun
Devon/Devin
Jay
Kai
Raj (I've always personally liked that one)
Rama
Ravi (I know a man who's half Indian and his name is Mitchel Ravi)
Rohan

[big-robot-bil.livejournal.com]

I used to work for a couple of Indian families. Some names I liked:

Sreedevi
Karishma
Uma
Krishna (She was a girl, thought it was an interesting idea)
Neelima (Supposed to translate to something similar to "blue girl", pronounced "neely-MA")
Sonali

Then for boys Ravi and Nikhil.

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

:( unfortunately they're the run of the mill names here, kind of the Jessicas and Janes of India. I do however like Uma.

[big-robot-bil.livejournal.com]

That's too bad. :( I live in Texas and I'd say South Asians make up less than .5% of our population in my town, had no idea they were common names.

I do like Uma too though. :)

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

Thats so sweet of you, thank you :)

Asha and Kali I like, and I have once considered Rohan and Jay. My husband is Rajiv so Raj would be out for us. Kai leaves me pondering...

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

Haha, the rhyming thing is quite common here. Its not my cup of tea though.

Nina is a lovely name and I do like Asha. I liked that you've picked girls names too, I think if we had a boy instead of a girl he would still be "baby Boy P____"

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

How is that pronounced? It sounds nice but I don't know if I am pronouncing it incorrectly

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

Like your friend, a lot of people called my husband different nicknames. My family still can't pronounce his brother's name correctly (rahul).

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

It is. I like the sound of a lot of them but I just don't want vanilla names, KWIM? I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.

[big-robot-bil.livejournal.com]

I totally catch your drift. I think Ashley on its own is a gorgeous name, but I would never name one of my children that.

You'll come up with something. :)

[hopeless.livejournal.com]

My husband and I still wish Kate wasn't so popular, we'd love to name our child that but I don't want my child to be known as "Kate P."

I loved the name Ashley growing up. There wasn't many around in my hometown in Australia though.

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i like:
nina
kiran (my best friend)
sabina (another of my best friends). her cousins are half indian/english and are: emily, sam & lilia. :)

for boys, i think rohan really works.

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

O-wist-a

The reason I say "wist" and not just "ist" is that is the closest way that I can think of pronouncing the "ou" sound. It's a pretty name.