
To put it together, I referenced the Social Security Administration (SSA), which provides a list of top 1,000 most-used baby names, to gather names at a macro level. Just bear in mind that this list is not called “82 Indian Baby Girl Names All Parents Will Love,” without reason these are the most popular names for Indian girls this year. Whether you’ve stumbled on this list five weeks pregnant or while nursing your newborn, I imagine it might be because you also had a name picked out that got vetoed by your spouse. It’s funny how a seemingly simple criteria feels impossible to meet, even when you have nine months to decide. We knew it was important for them to have unique names that celebrated our Indian heritage, were meaningful and were easy to pronounce.

While my husband and I went through a lot of back-and-forth about what to name any of our three kids, we agreed on naming criteria. When I planned of having a daughter named Simran, I clearly forgot that I'd have to take my husband's preferences into account. Three years later, I was pregnant with my second daughter her name is Saanvi. Fast forward 22 years, when I was pregnant with my first daughter: We named her Naavya. It was a name I never wavered from and love even to this day. Here are a few of our favourties.I had decided I was going to name my daughter Simran when I was 11 years old. We have a whole article that lists hundreds of Alternative spellings for traditional baby names.

There are gems to be found – you’ll never believe how good they look modernised with alternative spellings. It’s time to take another look at the names that have been doing the rounds since our parents were in nappies. Alternative spellings for traditional girl names
