Question: In India names of our kids have some meaning - may be a god, flower, or anything. Is it so in west also?

Answer #1
My first name means "Lily" my middle name means "Grace"I'm in the U.S.
- answered by susieq

Answer #2
Yes very true. My name is a flower, my 3 sons names all have meaning from the bible, or Irish meanings....I always look for names both first and middle with meaning.
- answered by Blondi

Answer #3
Often names in the west have meanings, but parents don't pick the name based on the meaning, but rather if they like the name or not. My name means "helmet". My parents had no idea, but just liked the sound of it so that's how they chose.
- answered by hotdoggiegirl

Answer #4
Yeah, but parents dont usually name them for that meaning.
- answered by swim_chic_7709

Answer #5
well i geus it culd be in the west.
- answered by edyyrules

Answer #6
I think people here name more after other family/relatives than for meaning.
- answered by PennyPasta

Answer #7
For centuries, it was normal to name babies in Europe and the Americas after Christian saints, or persons in the Bible. Before about 1870 it was normal for men to be named "Ezekiel" or "Zephaniah," both Biblical names, for example. During the 19th and 20th Centuries, more artistic sorts of names came about: "Autumn,""April," and "Lily," for girls, for example, and "Taylor,""Tanner," and "Heath" for boys, all of which have literal meanings ("Taylor" being an alternate spelling of "tailor"). In the 1960s, hippies in the US invented some unusual names, normally names taken from nature, such as "Moonflower" or "Petal" or "Meadow" (as on The Sopranos). Currently, African-Americans are devising artistic new names using elements of African languages: Da Shawn, Tae-Shawn, Da Shiqua, Keyshawn.So: naming conventions in the west go through phases, rather like fashion.
- answered by Rusting

Answer #8
yes mine is "wise godess of peace"
- answered by happymommy

Answer #9


http://indiashomepage.com/c.aspx?cid=314click child care and baby names links and find all top sites with meaning
- answered by johnny

Answer #10
Not really.
- answered by baddrose268

Answer #11
In the west, names have meanings, but not everyone picks a name because of the meaning. Sometimes they are chosen because of the way it sounds or because it was a relative's or celebrity's name or because the parents simply like that name.My son's names mean Clergyman and Steward. I chose them because they sounded good and because I had a wish that my son would become a pastor. Now that he is born, I'm not so sure the meaning fits him, but I still love his name.
- answered by Faith

Answer #12
yeah my name is kathryn it means purity
- answered by hot_kokoa

Answer #13
It is true all over the world.
- answered by minootoo

Answer #14
not always........
- answered by anna

Answer #15
nobody wants to put a stupid name to their child, every name has its meaning. But some fancy parents put name which have no meaning or anything at all,
- answered by rajiv

Answer #16
yes it is for sure
- answered by ash

Answer #17
nooooooooooooo they have it for style
- answered by bond

Answer #18
Sure . In the west also people name their babies with meaningful names like Loyola meaning the faithful one.Its the re in every place of the world that you find names with meanings.Jin (Korean) - A jewel.Dai (Welsh)/Devi (Breton) - The beloved, the adored one.Nye (Welsh) - Truly golden.
- answered by rajini

Answer #19
why not...
- answered by mansoor i

Answer #20
some people name their child with meaning
- answered by sanya

Answer #21
yeah our names have meaning but a lot people just pick a name because the like the name itself and don't base it on the meaning at all.
- answered by gina

Answer #22
shiv. bola . shankar .bajranghi. Ravi . akash annu anil Reena Ruy Rani Gerta
- answered by anil kr