Baby Names

We still haven't come up with a name for our baby girl yet... the problem is that I really want a somewhat unique name for my child. Growing up as the only Rohan in kiddie land had a lot of advantages, but today every third or fourth baby in India seems to be named Rohan. So there probably aren't a whole lot of unique names left.. the trick is to find one that you really like and stick to it.

The frontrunner at the moment is either Saria Karin Sen, or Sariya Karin Sen. The biggest problem with baby names is that everyone wants to know which names you are thinking about, and then they will give you their full opinion. An opinion entails a general thrashing of your names and a presentation of names that your friend really likes. One of my bachelor friends thought Saria sounded like diarrhea while another thinks people will shorten it into Sari or maybe even Sarah.

A few other options we are thinking about are Diya (light), Ashla or Asha, and that's about it for the moment. There are more complicated Indian names as well, but then people in America will really shorten the name just to pronounce it. I have a big book of Indian names that I will begin thumbing through once again, but Sariya is still our favorite.