Recommendations for South Asian girl names

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a coworker named Kavita, which I though was lovely.

I also love this name! (I am south Asian and have a family member with this name)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leela
Shayla
Shaylee
Keya
Mina
Neela
Meera
Neelam
Simran
Shree
Shreeya
Krishna
Sita
Mallika

I like so many of these! I am Indian and my college bf would definitely have named a daughter Simran after the movie DDLJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian-American mom here who has a huge family and network! Here are the names that I can think of that are family or friend names of children under age 10:

Meghan (I know two of these, both sets of parents wanted to name their kid Megha, but for obvious reasons added the N on the end to mainstream it)
Isha (pronounced ee-sha)
Ishani
Anya (so many Anyas)
Mira (so many Miras)
Jayna
Sia
Gia/Jiya
Priya (lots of "iya" names)
Sarina/Serena
Raina/Reyna
Asha (my mom said "this is an old lady name" the first time she heard of a baby named Asha, LOL, but it's so easy to pronounce!)
Tara (but be prepared that no one will pronounce it the right way, it will be tah-rah or terra)

And then I've heard a lot of "well, this maybe sounds vaguely Indian" names like Lily, Sara, Samantha, Natasha, Gina, etc.

so many good names in this list. Ishani, Sarina/Serena, Tara are modern names and fairly easy to pronounce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've always liked Devi (pronounced Dave-y)

That's not how Devi is pronounced, John McEnroe.

[Anonymous]

I have lots of Indian American friends and at least 4 of them have named their daughters Sahana, so maybe it’s a bit overdone but I still think it’s pretty!
One of them is a twin; other twin is named Neela which is also pretty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loooooove Jaya and Priya!!!

Depending on the region in India, Jaya/Joya is a good choice, and not too many have used this name. Priya seems overused to me. I also like Meghna and Rani.