Message: "Help with a few first names"

Help with a few first names

by Trying to Decide (guest)

2/28/2005, 4:47 PM

I am trying to find the meaning, history, etc. of a few names I am considering for my daughter based on how they sound. I dont know if it good manners on this board to ask about more than one name, but the names I am considering and the information I have about them so far, are:
Asaria (Arabic surname perhaps?)
Miana
Nirala
Nirina (African - the desired one?)
Ryiah
Taia (Vietnamese?)

Any help appreciated! (And if it is in poor taste to post re more than one message I will re-post!) Thank you!

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- তন্ময় ভট (guest)

3/6/2005, 6:54 AM

Difficult to say what other cultures might use a name, and without pronounciation, I am not even sure it is on mark. But there is a north Indian boys' name nirAlA, which evolved from nirAlaYa meaning a place free of habitation, empty (i.e. free of crowds), quiet, peaceful, or, by extension, beautiful.

- Anneza (guest) +1

2/28/2005, 10:48 PM

You should be on the Name Opinions Message Board.

- Miranda (Randee15)

3/1/2005, 1:07 AM

No, actually...

QUOTE:
I am trying to find the meaning, history, etc. of a few names I am considering for my daughter based on how they sound.

So, her post wasn't misplaced. :-)

Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett

- Miss Claire +2

2/28/2005, 6:18 PM

"Asaria" -> Azaria (ah-zah-ryah), boy name : http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=16252

~~ Claire ~~

This message was edited 2/28/2005, 6:18 PM

- Trying to Decide (guest) +1

3/3/2005, 9:20 AM

Thank you Claire, I appreicate it. And no, I am not trying to get opinions on these names. While I do like them, and others, I am more interested in knowing the history, meaning, and background of them. Do you think it would be more helpful if I posted questions about them individually?

- Chrisell

3/3/2005, 10:27 PM

Nope! Don't post them all separately, it will only clutter up the board and make people cross! :-) They're fairly unusual names so it may be that no-one can say what the meanings are, in which case you will get only a few responses.

:-)

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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