Shakespeare had once written: "rose is a rose is a rose, whatever name it may have." It is not true and I differ with this saying. In my opinion, the word "rose" has its own fragrance. This is more so while naming a child. In any community and religion, naming of a child is very important and special celebrations are held on such occasion.
This book is a presentation to suggest popular and meaningful names for both boys and girls in Hindu families.
There was a time when names of Gods and Goddesses were very popular, and most of the names were related to such religious deities. Such names are still popular, because as long as Hindu community is alive, there will always be names like Rama, Krishan, Hari, Govind, Radha, Lakshmi, Saraswati etc. However, modern trend has introduced a more comprehensive listing of such names. Especially in urban communities, short and simple names are more popular, like Anil, Meera, Nisha, Sangeeta etc. Similarly, names with some specific meanings are much of the liking, even if they are from Sanskrit or from our mythology.
In the modern times, many names are equally suitable for a boy and a girl, like Santosh (सन्तोष) meaning satisfaction, is a common name for both boys and girls.
This collection of over 2100 Hindu names has been compliled with the purpose to suggest meaningful, simple and impressive names for both genders. Many of the names are suitable for both boys and girls equally just by making certain variations, like adding or deleting 'a' at the end of the word. Most of the names in this book are based on religious and mythological characters, which may or may not have any dictionary meanings.
Some of the names in this book can be written or read in more than one way, e.g. 'Alkaa' or 'Chaaru' can be written as 'Alka' or 'Charu' more correctly. This has been done only to emphasise the right pronunciation.
There are many books available on this subject in the market today, but this is a unique publication. Firstly, this book has been compiled in Roman script, and secondly, each name has been given in both Hindi and Roman script, with meanings or reference of the word in English, which will make it useful for even non-Hindi speaking world. This book will be of great interest among Hindus settled abroad, where chosing suitable and meaningful names for Hindu children is not so difficult.
This is a book which every person would like to posses, not only for his or her own child, but also for all friends and relatives who will feel greatly obliged if a copy of this book is presented to them.
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