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Children are special to the entire family. Name is a treasure forever to stay and goes with your personality. It is one’s identity and obtains an unique stature. There are many styles in writing a name. Some prefer the first name, some include initials or others prefer the name and surname method.
Naamkaran or the naming ceremony in India is quite a time in every religion. Specific rituals are conducted for the same and blessings are given by elders. Name gives a distinction to a person hence naming your new born is a task. Most Hindu names are based on the raashi present in the birth horoscope. This gives the alphabet to be named. The trend is to have a name in Indian likes or Sanskrit meanings.
In cases where people need to name their offspring’s with a traditional family name, this becomes the raashi name whereas for official purpose another name is used. Venkitachalam becomes quite a mouthful by todays trend and this could be the traditional name where for official purpose the child could have a recent name like Aman or Arin.
Godly names revolve mostly on Ganesh and Lakshmi.
In earlier times it was a tradition to keep names of Gods and Goddesses for new borns so that calling the child automatically results in chanting the name of God. These include Rameshwar, Venkatesh, Mahalakshmi, Ganesh, Saraswathy and also Chatturbhuj. This traditional is getting replaced with modern names starting with ‘A’ as this is believed in numerology as a leader. Aarav, Aarambh, Apoorva, Ansh, Ahsaas, Arth, Anamika, Ananya, Ashitha, Amishi, Atharva, Agastya, Arya are a few examples.
It is quite common in India to be fascinated by leading celebrities and keep the names of babies in a similar fashion. Sachin was a rage at the peak of the career of Sachin Tendulkar. Hrithik is very common now. Aishwarya is popular alongwith Sushmita. Other common names of celebrities include Saanya, Karishma, Raveena, Deepika, Abhishek and also Bipasha.
Foreign names arrive with anglo Indian culture or when one spouse is a foreigner. It is common name as Nick Patel, Natalia Godse or Kane Raghavan.
Muslim names are beautiful too like Heena for mehndi, Raahat for relief, Aalam for world and Abaan for clear. Urdu meanings are easily adopted in Hindu homes.
Naming the child by virtue is also a trend with Saachi for truth, Siddhant for principle, Aazim for determination, Nishta for will power, Suyash for success, Suhana for pleasant and Lochan meaning eyes.
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