One of my besties is Hindu & her name is [name_f]Shivani (shee-vahn-ee)[/name_f], nn Vani. I think her name is beautiful! What about you? What names like this have you heard?
Note: Did I mention that Vani is a fraternal twin? Her sister’s name is SHivana, & I assume that they call her [name_f]Vana[/name_f] but I don’t know her very well, soo…
I’m around a lot of people specifically kids with Hebrew/Yiddish names and there are some real gems.
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]/Abraham/Abe/Bram
[name_f]Ashira[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Chava[/name_f]
[name_f]Eidel[/name_f]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_u]Lior[/name_u]
Menucha
[name_f]Orli[/name_f]
[name_f]Rivka[/name_f] (I know about 30 Rivkas but it’s a gorgeous name)
I love [name_f]Indian[/name_f] names! I visited a Hindu temple a while back, & there was a couple there with their little daughter. She had about the most beautiful name I had ever heard at the time. I can’t remember what it was though, only that it started with the letter V.
To me, every name is a cultural name whether [name_f]Indian[/name_f] or Scottish or Japanese or African or [name_u]French[/name_u]. It’s kind of like accents, we all have them whether we know it or not.
Is a ‘cultural name’ just a non-[name_f]English[/name_f] name?
If so, I’m particularly fond of:
Girls
[name_f]Priya[/name_f]
[name_f]Marijke[/name_f] (@kasatka, I discovered this one from you, and I love it!)
[name_f]Marisha[/name_f]
[name_f]Lada[/name_f]
[name_f]Zofia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f]
[name_f]Niamh[/name_f]
[name_f]Mei[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_u]Rumi[/name_u]
[name_f]Xia[/name_f]
[name_f]Oksana[/name_f]
Boys
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
Vitaly
[name_m]Idir[/name_m]
[name_u]Kato[/name_u]
[name_m]Ludovic[/name_m]
Atilio
[name_m]Rudolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Silvio[/name_m]
I really love the name [name_f]Diya[/name_f]. I know it from a character who was [name_f]Indian[/name_f], but I’m pretty sure it’s a name in some other cultures as well.
If I had the ancestry to back it up Saori would be one of my favourite girls’ names. Other Japanese names I like are [name_f]Chihiro[/name_f] (any gender), Yuno, [name_f]Nanami[/name_f], Ryuji, Tsukasa (any gender), Kayo, Himiko, Michiru and Yukari.
I also like a lot of Hawaiian names like [name_f]Lilo[/name_f], [name_u]Noe[/name_u], [name_f]Noelani[/name_f], [name_f]Lokelani[/name_f].
And finally the Greenlandic [name_f]Pipaluk[/name_f] and [name_f]Ivalo[/name_f]!
Assuming that “cultural name” here means any non-[name_f]English[/name_f] name…
[name_f]Mireya[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianwen[/name_f]
Marianthi
Amitrasudan ([name_m]Ah[/name_m]-me-TRA-sudan). It is an [name_f]Indian[/name_f] or Hindu name, from what I found out. It means “Destroyer of
Enemies”.