New Year Names
- Nahia
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"wish"Description:
A very popular girls' name in the Basque country and Puerto Rico. It is among the Top 100 Spanish baby names, so it's a girls' name that's widely used in Spain.
- Raanana
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"beautiful, fresh"Description:
Lovely Hebrew name with distinctive double a's, but beware of possible "banana" teasing.
- Beeja
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"the beginning, or, happy"Description:
Rhythmic and enchanting.
- Raja
Origin:
Arabic and SanskritMeaning:
"hope; ruler"Description:
Raja is a widely-used Arabic or Sanskrit name that works for girls as well as boys. Five baby girls were named Raja and seven given the Rajah spelling in the US last year, where for boys the popularity of the spellings was reversed: 18 Raja to ten Rajah.
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