A lot, as we all know. I had to find somewhere to keep a list of all my favourite names, as and when I find them:

(yes, a lot of them are from either the Lord of the Rings or related literature, and other such whimsical sources)

Zenobia
Esmerelda
Yavanna
Nessa
Julian
Nienor
Maya
Zahanara
Arya
Karna
Arjun
Vidur
Arianna
Adrian
Zafar
Zara
Aditya
Siddharth
Michael
Philip
Natalya
Zarenka

1 Response to “What’s in a name?”


  1. 1 varun October 13, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    … just stumbled upon ur blog now… gud one…

    this may interest you … :

    http://varunpsycho.blogspot.com/2009/09/whats-in-name.html


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