Pick a Pretty Indian Name for

by Meenal Pandya

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963553909
• ISBN13: 9780963553904
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: MeeRa Publications
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great resource

What an excellent resource! I used this book for my 2nd daughter. For the first one, I relied on a Hindi dictionary for ideas! I've since passed it along to family and friends. The names listed are given in its Hindi spelling, its English spelling along with the meaning. The first half of the book focuses on girls names while the second half on boys names. The authors have marked their favorite names as well as those that are "iffy"; those names that sound fine when pronounced in Hindi but take on a different meaning in English. Definitely worth the money.

Definitely Helpful In Canada

We found this book to be very helpful in picking an Indian name for our Canadian-born baby. The organisation takes some getting used to -- the names are not in alphabetical order, but rather, are organised based on the number of letters in the name. Once you're used to the style, it makes a lot of sense -- the authors feel that really long names (more than 10 letters and/or four syllables) aren't easily pronounced by English-speaking North Americans, and they're right. So, the names at the start of each letter -- the short ones -- are your best bets. They also make an effort to mark names that are easily pronounced in English, as well as those that might result in especially bad pronounciation. Although I'm sure this book has its faults in terms of name meanings, it certainly is a great way to find an English-friendly baby name. I've yet to find a name on any Indian Baby Names website that wasn't in this book.

My Book Review

This book is great and i would recommend it to eveyone

Finally, a baby name book for the Indian Diaspora !

This is a great name book that is nicely laid out - making it easy to use and easy to read. Provides a much needed service to the Indian-American community living in the U.S. It is much more useful than most name books from India because it contains many name options that are easy to pronounce for Americans. Fabulous!