I'll Give You A Sanskrit Name! šŸŽµ

In search of names that honour my [name_f]Indian[/name_f] ancestry, I have amassed a collection of Sanskrit-origin names. I wish to share them with the naming community, and hence this thread was born!

Drop a description of yourself and the gender of the combo you prefer. Most people in [name_f]India[/name_f] don’t have middle names, and when they do, they’re usually either the parent’s name or surname. In my version, I’ll be having word names (that I think fit your personality) in place of middle names.

Thank you!
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I’d like a feminine name.

Summary

I love art and animals. I also love the Beatles, The Office, and Friends. My favorite colors are sage green and lilac and I love names of course. I love the rain and autumn leaves. I don’t know what else to say besides thank you!

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This is such a cool idea, [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f]! I’m sooo excited! I’d love a feminine name/combo, please. :white_heart: Here’s a little description of me…

I love Christmastime and cozy clothes very much! I’m a nanny, a writer, a university student (studying linguistics), and a life-long name nerd. I’m tall and talkative, got lots of freckles and very long, mousy hair. [name_m]Favorite[/name_m] things include: [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women (book, movie), pink (color), winter (season), fish and chips (meal), and lace-up boots (shoe). I’m also a big fantasy, classic literature, and [name_u]Marvel[/name_u] person—I love stories with lots of heart and familial emotion!

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Wow, what a cool idea! A feminine name please :relaxed:

I’m a graduate student, studying Shakespeare, and love literature in general. I’m married to a history nerd and we’ve probably seen every period drama ever made! My favourite colour is lilac and I like playing dungeons and dragons, horse riding, long walks, and Earl Grey tea. I’m very pale with blue eyes and dark hair.

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Neutral name please! If not possible masculine or femenine

appearance: I’m fourteen, I have black short hair with black eyes. I wear golden glasses.

style: I like to wear hoodies and sneakers or sport shoes. But I also wear more elegant, dark academic shirts and trousers and jumpers. I tend to wear dark colours like dark red, black and dark brown and dark blue or colours of white / beige / brown side.

personality: I’m a chaos somehow; inside me there are so many thoughts and i am for real a complicated person. I am somehow lunatic maybe, get annoyed easily somehow and overthink; but I am kind and nice, I think. I like to make friends. I like to know the true side of the story. I am an introvert somehow. I enjoy my own company and I am a bit closed maybe sometimes but that is because I am complicated myself; yet I like to make of company with people.

hobbies/interests: Reading, writing, art and museums, music and singing, history, names, literature (Russian, British, Gothic…), swimming.

random facts: I am queer, a writer, a poet. I like to try to do the best to help who I can and to spread positive things and thoughts and to donate or to do voluntary jobs. I love the sea and the water. And the stars and the night. And I love gothic Victorian stuff and gothic stuff in general.

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Fem name please!

Summary

I’m a 13-year-old nature lover, daydreamer, Ravenclaw, nerd and completelessly hopeless romantic. I love Jane Austen, Anne of Green Gables, long walks, writing, and history. I have 5 brothers, who I love, but annoy me endlessly, and I’m an INFP. I’d call my style cottagecore-ish, and I have shoulder-length brown hair and green eyes. I’m currently watching All Creatures Great and Small and Sanditon and reading Great Expectations. My favorite colors are purple and green, I’d call myself pretty creative, and I’m fairly introverted, but when you get to know me, you can see my slightly crazy side.

Thanks for doing this!

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i’m south asian too!! what a coincidence! though my actual name is sanskrit, ivory is just an online name (:

i’d love to see what you can do with ivory luelle!

Summary

i love green, pink and brown! i’ve always loved aesthetics and such and i adore writing and reading.
i’m an introverted person and i suppose i have my head in the clouds most of the time?! i survive on noodles and chai :woman_shrugging:

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i’d love a femeinine name! thank you so much scarlet!

about me

i’m around 5’4-5’5 somewhere in that range! i’m quite sporty/athletic, i’m a soccer player, a swimmer and i do track. on the flipside, i’m also very into math and science, especially science. i love anything that has to do with biology or astronomy and would love to become a biochemist or astronomer one day! my favorite colors are emerald green and dark blue. i’m quite the extrovert as well and really love talking to new people! taylor swift is probably just about my favorite person ever. i also really enjoy reading, especially psychological thrillers & classics. i’ve been really into alice feeney books recently! two other random things about me are that i have a twin brother and can also speak french!

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I’d name you Prakriti [name_f]Lilac[/name_f] or [name_f]Varsha[/name_f] [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f]. :shaved_ice:

You totally seem like a Prakriti [name_f]Lilac[/name_f]! I love that name for you. Prakriti means ā€œnatureā€. [name_f]Varsha[/name_f] [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f], on the other hand, would also make for a good alternative if you don’t like Prakriti. [name_f]Varsha[/name_f] means ā€œrainā€ and I love how the meaning joins together to form ā€œsonnet of rainā€.

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I love Sanskrit. :heart_eyes: Feminine combo, please.

About me:

I’m an Australian millennial mum of mostly German ancestry and I identify a lot with both being ethnically German and culturally Australian.

I’m an INTJ, type 1 bipolar and I have a soft summer colour palette.

Favourite music is pop/rock from the 80s-90s and folk/pop from the 60s-70s.

I have a lot of painstakingly researched opinions that no one agrees with.

I try to make ethical, local and eco-conscious spending choices.

On-and-off hobbies include narrative design (video game storytelling), bass guitar and bowling.

I like moral philosophy, political history and the occasional reality TV binge.

I don’t have pets but I love quiet, sensible cats and big smart dogs, and I prefer mutts/moggies over breeds.

Favourite gemstone is opal, favourite smell is old typewriter ribbon and favourite colour is white.

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You’ll be Vidya Solstice or Karnika Lark! :wilted_flower:

Vidya means ā€œknowledgeā€. The winter solstice marks the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Karnika, on the other hand, means ā€œheart of the lotusā€. Lotuses are pink, as you stated was your favourite colour. I chose Lark because of the description NB had in its entry for it:

The expression ā€œhappy as a larkā€ gives this songbird name a cheery image, as well as a ā€˜lark’ being a synonym for a merry time.

I think all of it suits you very well.

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Iya [name_u]Florence[/name_u] or Ahilya [name_u]Story[/name_u] are the names for you! :icecream:

Iya means ā€œviolet flowerā€ since you mentioned you liked the colour. I love that, with Florence’s meaning, it means ā€œblossoming violet flowerā€. Ahilya is in honour of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar, ruler of the Malwa kingdom. She was an advocate for women’s education and industrialisation. The name means ā€œsacredā€.

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That’s beautiful :cherry_blossom:

and how brilliant is this! Very meaningful and I’ve learned something new. Thank you, so interesting :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Your name is Kanak Bronte or Bhavya Poet. :zap:

I might have been following a subtle theme here, but nonetheless, I think these are perfect. Kanak means ā€œgoldenā€ and together the combo means ā€œgolden thunderā€ which gives such a fierce imagery. Bhavya ā€œvirtuousā€.

You’d be Prerna [name_u]Willow[/name_u] or Vati [name_f]Frances[/name_f]! :shamrock:

Prerna means ā€œinspirationā€ and Vati means ā€œnatureā€. The middles were obviously cottage-core themed, but Prerna [name_u]Willow[/name_u] is really the one for you.

[name_u]Love[/name_u] to see some south asian rep here! (i’m half sri lankan myself : ) )

I’d love a girl name!

about me

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite things to do are reading, drawing en listening to music. I prefer fictional novels although I won’t turn down a good autobiographical novel ;). I love biology and Ancient Greek!

Ishika Luminance!

Ishika means ā€œarrow dartā€ or ā€œpaintbrushā€ and Luminance means ā€œlightā€.


I’d name you Meghna Blue or Vaasvi Nightingale! :butterfly:

Meghna means ā€œcloudsā€ and Vaasvi means ā€œdivine nightā€. Nightingale was in honour of Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India.

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my real name is ishika!! wow!

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The names I’ve chosen for you are [name_f]Aditi[/name_f] [name_f]Wisteria[/name_f] or Mridvika [name_u]Lux[/name_u]. :dizzy:

[name_f]Aditi[/name_f] means ā€œboundlessā€ and [name_f]Wisteria[/name_f] is an obvious nod to [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] [name_m]Swift[/name_m] (the lakes). I personally love this for you. It’s very cottagecore in my opinion. Mridvika might be a bit difficult to say (though if that’s a problem, I would be more than happy to change it) but it totally suits you! It means ā€œa vineā€.

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What a coincidence!

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