Anjali Patrick, for a girl

[sayga.livejournal.com]

My cousin, Patrick, has a wife who is from India (well, her family was, they've been in the US at least a generation or two). Her name is Rupali. Her younger sisters are Senali and Shefali (don't know how to spell those, but I spelled them how they sound). It's kind of odd that they all have names that end in "AW-lee." The accent on all of those is the middle syllable.

A few months ago, Rupali and Patrick had a baby girl named Anjali (AWN-juh-lee--accent on awn, not jah). Her middle name is Patrick. I asked my grandma (who was the one who showed me the birth announcement that I hadn't seen before) why her middle name is Patrick and apparently Rupali's middle name is her father's first name as well. I guess it's tradition, but I don't know if it's Indian tradition or a family tradition. Does anyone know?

Before I learned it was a traditional thing, I was thinking Anjali Patrick was an awfully weird name and couldn't imagine what they were thinking. But now that I know, I actually kind of like it. Funny how knowing the significance behind a name came change your feelings on it...

Comments

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i think its nice. for what its worth, i know two little girls with the middle name james (one after her father, another after her grandfather)

[aymen.livejournal.com]

One of my Friend is from Iceland and she has her Dad's first name as her last name with 'dottir' in the end. (Gunnarsdottir) Her son's last name is her first name with 'son' at the end. (Boggasson) It's weird, but I different countries have different traditions. :)

Here's a website with info on the 'Father's first name as a middle name' tradion. :)

I think it's a wonderful way to honor the grandfather :)

[aymen.livejournal.com]

It would help if I included the web site LOL!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname

[sayga.livejournal.com]

thanks! an interesting read!

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

My parents had neighbors with a daughter named Anjali, I think it's a really pretty name. Yeah the mn is 'masculine', but I have seen that a lot anyways, especially with parents who give their daughter the mother's maiden name as a middle name, so it's not too unusual I think.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I know an Anjeli. It's spelt slightly different. E not A, and pronounced an, rather than awn but that's probably accent differences. I think it's very pretty. Is the name from India, my friend is the mosr blue eyed blonde thing you can imagine! Suits her thoug, as i think of an angel lol