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I get a lot of odd looks about my daughters name, Priya (Pree-yah; Sanskrit meaning 'Beloved').

This is for a variety of reasons but mostly because even though it's a very common Indian name, we're not Indian, we don't live in India and people presume we made it up. Though this bugs me a little especially when people make comments about "these new made up names" and I feel like smacking them in the face and telling them Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the world.

So those of you here who are parents I am asking:

What is your child's name?

Why did you chose it?

What are people's reactions to it?

Would you change it?

. I've answered in the comments.