Nice Name For A Half Thai Girl...any Suggestions?

[Vale Tudo]

At least it's not a boy,Lawrence and Rory would definitely be out for Thai pronunciation difficulties!

[2unique]

translation is easy. thais always change k to g and l to r and vice versa.

its written Garisda with dor dek there, but I understand!

oops forgot the t/d change

I like the name Jade for half Thai but wife finds it hard to say

How about Jada like Jada Pinkett Smith or Kaida Japanese for Little Dragon?

Kalinda Sanskrit Sun, name of mountains การินดา จอมช้าง / พญาช้าง
Kalynn English Keeper of the keys, pure กรินทร์ / การิน เป็นใหญ่ในการทำ
Kandice Greek Brilliant White, Glittering, Glowing กานดิศ / กันดิศ เจ้าแห่งความรัก / กามเทพ
Karin Scandinavian A form of Katherine  ผู้สร้าง ผู้กระทำ
Kassidy Irish Smart, bright, clever กษิดิศ / กษิดี เป็นใหญ่ในแผ่นดิน
Kirana Hindi Ray of Light กีรณา / กิรณา มีรัศมีเรืองรอง

[tinfoilhat]

translation is easy. thais always change k to g and l to r and vice versa.

its written Garisda with dor dek there, but I understand!

oops forgot the t/d change

I like the name Jade for half Thai but wife finds it hard to say

How about Jada like Jada Pinkett Smith or Kaida Japanese for Little Dragon?

Jada Hebrew Wise Kaelah, Kaele English Keeper of the keys, pure Kaitline, Kaitlyn Greek Keeper of the keys, pure เกตรินทร์ Kalinda Sanskrit Sun, name of mountains การินดา จอมช้าง / พญาช้าง Kalynn English Keeper of the keys, pure กรินทร์ / การิน เป็นใหญ่ในการทำ Kandice Greek Brilliant White, Glittering, Glowing กานดิศ / กันดิศ เจ้าแห่งความรัก / กามเทพ Kirana Hindi Ray of Light กีรณา / กิรณา มีรัศมีเรืองรอง Kadisha Hebrew Holy กันธิชา เกิดใกล้ทะเล

actually my daughters middle name is Kaitlin

[2unique]

actually my daughters middle name is Kaitlin

Then allow me to tidy that up - I had a nice table of name - meaning - in Thai and Thai meaning

Jada Hebrew Wise

Kaelah, Kaele English Keeper of the keys, pure

Kaitline, Kaitlyn Greek Keeper of the keys, pure เกตรินทร์

Kalinda Sanskrit Sun, name of mountains การินดา จอมช้าง / พญาช้าง

Kalynn English Keeper of the keys, pure กรินทร์ / การิน เป็นใหญ่ในการทำ

Kandice Greek Brilliant White, Glittering, Glowing กานดิศ / กันดิศ เจ้าแห่งความรัก / กามเทพ

Kirana Hindi Ray of Light กีรณา / กิรณา มีรัศมีเรืองรอง

Kadisha Hebrew Holy กันธิชา เกิดใกล้ทะเล

Do they call her Gate-Rin as suggested by Google

[burnsie]

What about Arriya???

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[tinfoilhat]

actually my daughters middle name is Kaitlin

Then allow me to tidy that up - I had a nice table of name - meaning - in Thai and Thai meaning

Jada Hebrew Wise

Kaelah, Kaele English Keeper of the keys, pure

Kaitline, Kaitlyn Greek Keeper of the keys, pure เกตรินทร์

Kalinda Sanskrit Sun, name of mountains การินดา จอมช้าง / พญาช้าง

Kalynn English Keeper of the keys, pure กรินทร์ / การิน เป็นใหญ่ในการทำ

Kandice Greek Brilliant White, Glittering, Glowing กานดิศ / กันดิศ เจ้าแห่งความรัก / กามเทพ

Kirana Hindi Ray of Light กีรณา / กิรณา มีรัศมีเรืองรอง

Kadisha Hebrew Holy กันธิชา เกิดใกล้ทะเล

Do they call her Gate-Rin as suggested by Google

as it is a middle name it doesnt come up.

the rationale for Nicha, which apparently means clean, or pure, depending on who you ask, was that it is not that common, though i have seen the name increasingly of late, i have never met one; it is pronounceable by both thai and non-thai speakers; and its brevity negates any need to call her something stupid like bum, poo, apple, gift, mint, noi or anything to that effect.

[krisb]

What about Arriya???

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อารียา. Ariya is a nice name as in Ariya Herharget? the movie star or Chompu they call her

[2unique]

as it is a middle name it doesnt come up.

the rationale for Nicha, which apparently means clean, or pure, depending on who you ask, was that it is not that common, though i have seen the name increasingly of late, i have never met one; it is pronounceable by both thai and non-thai speakers; and its brevity negates any need to call her something stupid like bum, poo, apple, gift, mint, noi or anything to that effect.

That's what I thought!! Really thought I'd been cunning as a cunning thing with Kallista as we'd worked out the shortening would be Kally (can certainly live with that) so what do we find most people calling her - Lee (Ly)!! 2 syllables obviously too much!

[tinfoilhat]

dangerous though because ga lee can mean prostitute

lee is probably better

i like kallista though

[2unique]

dangerous though because ga lee can mean prostitute

lee is probably better

i like kallista though

haha I know - I have a wife Kluai who can be mispronounced as penis and a daughter who can be mispronounced as a pro!! fortunately my name, Narling Bargmar normalises the family

[Somtamnication]

If one parent is a Kiwi and the other a Thai, why not KWAI?

[krisb]

Had a girlfriend called Viparat,she told me it meant beautiful vase,I thought it was a lovely name for a girl.Pattaraporn is popular but I saw the OP didn't want a 'Porn'!

I dont mean to sound mean but Viparat sounds like Viper rat.

[Somtamnication]

..................and what does Titiporn sound like?

[KarenBravo]

Just no porns, tittis, turds, or saks

[Payboy]

..................and what does Titiporn sound like?

Not half as bad as the Kerr family naming their son Wyane.

[krisb]

Just no porns, tittis, turds, or saks

Correct! or any other sexual sounding names for that matter.

[bina]

again clarification: yada doesnt mean wise in hebrew, it means knowlege. thai/israeli woman friend of mine has daubhter named yada exactly for that reason. however, me being anglo also , yada also sounds like blablablabla... (yadayadayda. or yoda.).

and kadisha?!!!!!!!!! awful. its the name of the group that buries people as their mission in life....

rose is a nice name, found in thailand (as a nickname); but to tell the truth, tryng ot find a name that everyone will be able to pronounce, wont cause difficulties in other countries, nice or meaningful meaning, well. a hard mission.

we had it for my kids in hebrew (so anglo grandparents could say the names more or less, and the meanings would be good meanings, adn also be good hebrew names here, not outdated etc.... a real mission.)

so why not give a basic thai name, an anglo middle name (or non formal nickname) and the child can change names if and when he/she wants too.

many thais change names. israelis add on names (after surviving accidents etc they add on the name chai,meaning life) or change names according to numerology. thais consult monks for names. after all, a rose by any other name is still a rose.

btw, my hubby has a girl's name: anong. in his village, they call him noi. here, he calls himself anon (wihtout the ng sound, basing that name on the name of some monk, cant remember full name.)anon in hebrew is close to anog (soft and feminine, similar to his real name), and arnon ( amasculine name)... enough that most folks here can deal with that name.

what about daniel (its an israeli girl's name btw, but thais shorten it to dani which is a good girl's name in many countries) and could also be french girl's name;

sukiyana (suki)- thai girl's name

thassana (could be shotened to sunny), appropriate in most countries as a girl's nickname

rina (most thais actually say rina with an r- means happiness in hebrew, but have met several thai girls with rina as a nick name, and i think ti is also found in other languages.

tawan (sunflower)

dok mai (flower) could be shortened to mai (pronounced my) but could also be may like the month

banya (wisdom) (like my name means ) ),

my fave girl's name is actually my hubby's sis's name: pongsawan... i love the souond and the meaning...

lamai (the fruit)

mai (silk)- pronounced myy

yasmin (jasmine) was always one of my fave names , being both hebrew and arabic and exotic sounding, malee being the thai version

ah... found the same sort of thread a few years ago... we all more or less offerred the same names then...

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/194013-i-need-a-thai-girls-name-for-my-baby-daughter/

have fun, bina

[Vale Tudo]

again clarification: yada doesnt mean wise in hebrew, it means knowlege. thai/israeli woman friend of mine has daubhter named yada exactly for that reason. however, me being anglo also , yada also sounds like blablablabla... (yadayadayda. or yoda.).

and kadisha?!!!!!!!!! awful. its the name of the group that buries people as their mission in life....

rose is a nice name, found in thailand (as a nickname); but to tell the truth, tryng ot find a name that everyone will be able to pronounce, wont cause difficulties in other countries, nice or meaningful meaning, well. a hard mission.

we had it for my kids in hebrew (so anglo grandparents could say the names more or less, and the meanings would be good meanings, adn also be good hebrew names here, not outdated etc.... a real mission.)

so why not give a basic thai name, an anglo middle name (or non formal nickname) and the child can change names if and when he/she wants too.

many thais change names. israelis add on names (after surviving accidents etc they add on the name chai,meaning life) or change names according to numerology. thais consult monks for names. after all, a rose by any other name is still a rose.

btw, my hubby has a girl's name: anong. in his village, they call him noi. here, he calls himself anon (wihtout the ng sound, basing that name on the name of some monk, cant remember full name.)anon in hebrew is close to anog (soft and feminine, similar to his real name), and arnon ( amasculine name)... enough that most folks here can deal with that name.

what about daniel (its an israeli girl's name btw, but thais shorten it to dani which is a good girl's name in many countries) and could also be french girl's name;

sukiyana (suki)- thai girl's name

thassana (could be shotened to sunny), appropriate in most countries as a girl's nickname

rina (most thais actually say rina with an r- means happiness in hebrew, but have met several thai girls with rina as a nick name, and i think ti is also found in other languages.

tawan (sunflower)

dok mai (flower) could be shortened to mai (pronounced my) but could also be may like the month

banya (wisdom) (like my name means ) ),

my fave girl's name is actually my hubby's sis's name: pongsawan... i love the souond and the meaning...

lamai (the fruit)

mai (silk)- pronounced myy

yasmin (jasmine) was always one of my fave names , being both hebrew and arabic and exotic sounding, malee being the thai version

ah... found the same sort of thread a few years ago... we all more or less offerred the same names then...

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/194013-i-need-a-thai-girls-name-for-my-baby-daughter/

have fun, bina

I would advise against Sukiyana (Suki)!

[krisb]

knee - cha

ch as in chair

Could be construed as being named after the German philosopher.

Karl Marx?

[bina]

what's wrong with suki? i had a thai friend in college once, hi/so from the lesser royals, named exactly that. suki for short... i thought it was exotic, pronouncable,

btw, in the states i hear many kids called thai (tai)... is that allowable as a thai name or is there a law against that as a name.... if we had a law agains israel and its varioations as a name half the country wouldnt exist.... funnily enough there is a child in hubby's village in korat called 'yisral' cause he was conceived in israel while the couple were here as labourers...

[Boo]

my friends husband is called Thai. Siam is a popular girls name. My son is called Pan-ya but he has a nickname that is transferable in both languages.

[bina]

boo, do u know there is a thai tv serial, a bit old, called panya? its actually fun to watch, its thai bannork, old style, daily stuff... i watched the whole thing one day, i think yom kippur when there was nothing else to do.... about a boy named panya, who wants to be a singer in the big city, and about all his friends in his village...thru the internet obviously, i think it was in youtube

girls named siam? as a name or as a nickname?

[Yooyung]

My wifes name Areewan has its advantages...We are back here in Aus for a while and for some reason people have trouble with 'Areewan' calling her Areewon or whatever. However the shortened version Aree I think sounds nice and is easy for most with a tongue to pronounce. Of course in Thailand it will most likely be pronounced (incorrectly) as Aleewan....but whatever.

Cheers

[Vale Tudo]

what's wrong with suki? i had a thai friend in college once, hi/so from the lesser royals, named exactly that. suki for short... i thought it was exotic, pronouncable,

btw, in the states i hear many kids called thai (tai)... is that allowable as a thai name or is there a law against that as a name.... if we had a law agains israel and its varioations as a name half the country wouldnt exist.... funnily enough there is a child in hubby's village in korat called 'yisral' cause he was conceived in israel while the couple were here as labourers...

I'll let James Woods tell you what's wrong with "Suki"! :

[Skytrain2hell]

Our daughter's first two names are Arisa Jasmine.

Arisa is nice since it can be pronounced in a Thai way "Ah Ree Sah," or a more western way with a soft "i" like Marissa or Clarisa.

Jasmine is nice all around. Thais know it, westerners know it.

[bangkokburning]

My wifes name is Sarisa. Nice Indic name.

How about Porn?

[bangkokburning]

I like both of those...Arisa and Jasamine is the perfect dual name save its actually English but yrah good job!

[bangkokburning]

I like both of those...Arisa and Jasmine is the perfect dual name save its actually English but yrah good job!Does anyone recall the article about the new crazy Thai names like 7 a d mafia?? Too funny

[MeMock]

Not sure if it helps but I called my two daughters Ariya and Marisah.

[noob7]

My wifes name is Sarisa. Nice Indic name.

How about Porn?

I like Porn!