Thank you you all
in reply to a message by Lumia
The use in Indian girls predates Elton John's song (1985), Luc Besson's film (1990) and the TV series (1997-2001).
It seems another case of use of Western names (as Ajay Rawat said) with the twist of the wrong gender because the ending in -a.
Lumia
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It seems another case of use of Western names (as Ajay Rawat said) with the twist of the wrong gender because the ending in -a.
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com