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Help[Opinions] Maitri?
I have... a vague friend. She's a good friend, but we tend to meet at parties, go to parties together in taxies, shop and get coffee. My boyfriend about three years ago was of Indian-ish descent, and his brother married this friend of mine. Well, I met her as his to-be sister-in-law, and we got to chatting. Her name is Ila, and she's a lovely fairweather friend. Basically, the meaning of the rant is that although I know her, I don't -really- know her. I wouldn't call her Indian. I'd call her Anglo-Anglo-Anglo Indian. I've dated a few Indians in my time, and the impression I get, and the massive impression since meeting her family I get, is that English-British people figure heavily. I can't place her religion. I discuss religion and culture a lot with my friends, being...well...anyway. It doesn't matter, I am what I am. I just love meeting different cultures. It never came up. I know she's not Christian, and don't -think- she's Buddhist.
ANYWAY! I met her when she was pregnant with her first daughter, Lalita ("la-lee-tah"). She is now pregnant with twin girls. She is set on the name Maitri for one ("mieh-tri", said like a 'my' or 'mi' sound with the slightest, slightest, slightest echo of an 'ee' sound on the end. The 'tri' is the emphasis, but the 't' is not very hard at all, the i is an 'ee' sound, and the r is rolled. I can't explain well. It was never my thing.) and is considering Sila ("Sigh-lah"), Tara (Tah/Dah/Dtah-rah) or Kamini (Kah-mi-nee) for the second daughter. She also likes Chanda "Chen-DAH".
Being asked for advice, I can't help but find this an eclectic taste in names. I find Maitri lovely. Would stealing it and using it as a middle name for a none-Indian child one dy be okay? It sounds beautiful. The spelling is horrible. Also, Maitri is a less used word for the Buddhist virtue Metta, meaning 'loving-kindness, friendliness, benevolence, amity, friendship, good will, kindness, love, sympathy, and active interest in others.', from what I found. I don't know about the mother, but I know the father's pretty un-religious, and his family has no known (to me) Buddhist roots. It's a beautiful sounding name, but is it inappropriate for a non-Buddhist, and can it be used as a name? Well, we call children Charity and Prudence, don't we?
If we say there's Lalita and Maitri, out of Sila, Tara (also linked to Buddhism), Kamini and Chanda do you think will go? I also met two lovely Indian ladies called Nehal (who was always called "NEE-hahl") and Mayuri ( who was always called "migh-UR-ee"). I'm thinking about suggesting them? I only know that Mayuri might mean 'peacock' or 'peahen'. It's probably too close to Maitri. I'm a little out of my depth, but authenticity doesn't matter here - so says the Indian-ish English woman, and extremely English atheist Indian, so professed, in question. I just need something intelligent to say :P I'm a language student of old. They think I have something wise to say, and I really don't!
I actually like Lalita, Maitri and Nehal. Alphabetic, hey? I also like Chanda. I find Tara too western for the set sibset, even if it is very pretty.
What do you think? Help needed! :)
ANYWAY! I met her when she was pregnant with her first daughter, Lalita ("la-lee-tah"). She is now pregnant with twin girls. She is set on the name Maitri for one ("mieh-tri", said like a 'my' or 'mi' sound with the slightest, slightest, slightest echo of an 'ee' sound on the end. The 'tri' is the emphasis, but the 't' is not very hard at all, the i is an 'ee' sound, and the r is rolled. I can't explain well. It was never my thing.) and is considering Sila ("Sigh-lah"), Tara (Tah/Dah/Dtah-rah) or Kamini (Kah-mi-nee) for the second daughter. She also likes Chanda "Chen-DAH".
Being asked for advice, I can't help but find this an eclectic taste in names. I find Maitri lovely. Would stealing it and using it as a middle name for a none-Indian child one dy be okay? It sounds beautiful. The spelling is horrible. Also, Maitri is a less used word for the Buddhist virtue Metta, meaning 'loving-kindness, friendliness, benevolence, amity, friendship, good will, kindness, love, sympathy, and active interest in others.', from what I found. I don't know about the mother, but I know the father's pretty un-religious, and his family has no known (to me) Buddhist roots. It's a beautiful sounding name, but is it inappropriate for a non-Buddhist, and can it be used as a name? Well, we call children Charity and Prudence, don't we?
If we say there's Lalita and Maitri, out of Sila, Tara (also linked to Buddhism), Kamini and Chanda do you think will go? I also met two lovely Indian ladies called Nehal (who was always called "NEE-hahl") and Mayuri ( who was always called "migh-UR-ee"). I'm thinking about suggesting them? I only know that Mayuri might mean 'peacock' or 'peahen'. It's probably too close to Maitri. I'm a little out of my depth, but authenticity doesn't matter here - so says the Indian-ish English woman, and extremely English atheist Indian, so professed, in question. I just need something intelligent to say :P I'm a language student of old. They think I have something wise to say, and I really don't!
I actually like Lalita, Maitri and Nehal. Alphabetic, hey? I also like Chanda. I find Tara too western for the set sibset, even if it is very pretty.
What do you think? Help needed! :)
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