The Islamic baby girl names are extremely melodious and unique. The trend is also to include those names that have a different pronunciation like Ayesha, Alia, Araf, Husna or Shakeela that sound good and yet seem modern. Christian names like Audrina, Joan, Abigail, Neolina, Adelina is getting common to replace names like Alice, Mary or Margaret which was common earlier.

Names are usually kept as per the Raashi in the traditional Hindu homes and that can be interesting though the choice gets narrowed down. Parents also insist on two names that can be retained for official reasons and another as per the customs. Names with G are like Gurjari which means

rose, Gauhar which means a pearl; Gangika is a name for the river Ganga and Gatita which means a river.

Twin baby girl names can also be interesting while retaining the same meaning and yet having a different name like Sarita, and Bipasha mean river, Komal and Soumya means soft, Soundarya and Sulakshana means beautiful. N names were also popular like Niti, Niyati, Nemanika, Nishchita, Nikita, Nishta, Nayana, Nishita and Nayonika. The name that signigies a lamp has variants like Deepa, Dipanita, Deepika, Deepnita, Dipakshi, Deepmala, Dipanika and Diya.

Diksha means initiation and Shrusti means creation. Raga means a tune in music and Sagarika or Sangita is related to music. Dhanashri also means a raga in Indian classical music. There are names like Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha which are related to nakshatras as per the birth chart of the native. Names like Damayanti, Pulkita, Prajapita, Ratika and Rati is uniqe. Jyotika, Nitika, Pritika, Sanishka, Rasika, Latika are some names ending as ‘ka’.

In the sixties, the trend was to name the baby girls with unique names that came from the leading actresses of those times. Hence the names like Asha, Hema, Shashikala, Padmini, Ragini and Nargis became popular. Madhubala or Nutan was very common then. The trend was still to give hindi girl names in the metros and yet go on for traditional names like Shalaka or Sharvari is very much Maharashtiran and Bhavana and Hiral is a Gujarati name,

My son

It's a Boy! During the time leading up to the birth of their newborn baby, expectant parents have a number of months to research a wide variety of names and their meanings and select the perfect name for their child. In many instances, sonograms can determine a baby's gender about halfway through pregnancy so parents-to-be can focus their name search appropriately.
Choosing A Boy's Name

The choice of a name may involve many factors and parameters. Some parents choose the name of a favorite family member or ancestor. Others select an ethnic or religious origin name. Still others may wish to give their baby boy an unusual or unique name, use the name of a famous person, or even select a name which might improve his career prospects!