I know I’ve posted a lot. However we just found out that the baby is a little girl, and we have 4 1/2 months left to find her name, and I’m freaking out. The parameters: Has to go or Flow with older sister [name]Geneva[/name]. As a whole we dislike common, well known names. We are unlikely to use the letters G, or J again as we already have a [name]Geneva[/name] and a [name]Jeff[/name] (daddy). I feel like I’ve seen every name there is in the world and can’t commit. Had she been a boy, our top contender was [name]Sloan[/name].
Our top contender at the moment is [name]Indira[/name]. We like [name]Karis[/name], [name]Milena[/name], Solara, and [name]Nevara[/name] but none of them feel like “THE [name]ONE[/name]”
I absolutely love [name]Geneva[/name] and [name]Indira[/name] together! So striking.
I feel like there should be some suggestion I could add, but I’m coming up blank. Honestly, [name]Geneva[/name] and [name]Indira[/name] is just perfect to me. My only thought was [name]Niamh[/name], and that’s probably too close to [name]Geneva[/name]. I like [name]Daphne[/name] and [name]Felixa[/name], too, with [name]Geneva[/name], but I’m not sure they’re really your thing…
I like [name]Kerensa[/name], but it makes me think of credenza. [name]Keturah[/name] and kinvara are quite nice buy sound like foreign cities to me, and I’m trying to avoid another “place” name. (which is unfortunate because I like [name]Catalina[/name])
I actually think [name]Geneva[/name] and [name]Catalina[/name] are quite beautiful together. I like two place-names next to each other. [name]Carina[/name]? [name]Katerina[/name]? [name]Ekaterina[/name]?
Someone suggested [name]Indira[/name] to me a while back and I looked into it… Somewhere in the back of my mind I thought [name]Indira[/name] was the wife or daughter of Mahatma Gandhi! [name]Indira[/name] Gandhi did a lot of great stuff for [name]India[/name], was the first female Prime Minister there, and a very powerful lady… But she is a controversial figure, because she led [name]India[/name] with a pretty tight grip that some said was dictatorial. In the end she was assassinated by her own secret service. She suggested compulsory sterilization to end overpopulation in [name]India[/name], she declared a “rule by decree” and imprisoned dissidents, she tried to grandfather her sons into government, she was behind a terrible and bloody attack on a Sikh temple… I’m no historian, but that’s enough to keep me away from the name.
[name]Indira[/name] is also another name for [name]Lakshmi[/name], goddess of wealth, prosperity (both material and spiritual), fortune, and the embodiment of beauty. That’s what comes to mind when I think of [name]Indira[/name]. It’s beautiful.
Thanks Alistephe for sharing [name]Indira[/name]'s broader background. I personally don’t know any Indiras, and being mostly unfamiliar with Hinduism, my first association is Ms. Gandhi.
[name]Indira[/name] is beautiful, but for some reason it doesn’t “go” with [name]Geneva[/name] in my mind. Not sure why not. I love [name]Catalina[/name], but, since I grew up in [name]California[/name], the place-name aspect is pretty salient to me and understand your concern. It would probably be on my own list if it weren’t for that island! Not sure whether others will make the name-place connection that readily though!
