Name Calling!

We had not thought of a name for our child for two reasons. First, my husband and I really don't like to plan things ( a bad habit I agree) and second, since we did not know the gender of our child beforehand, both of us did not want to waste our time thinking of two lists of names when we actually needed one. So, when our baby came, we christened her as 'baby'. Then all of a suden we started addressing her as 'Goli ' (funny as it means 'tablet' and 'bullet' in Hindi) because her face used to swell up when she would sleep and would look so round. Since 'Golu' is used for males, we came out with our own female version of the name. Then 'Noni' , 'Shona', and names of all the sweets followed as nicknames. In fact, we had not even finalized her name when the day actually came. The priest had chosen the letter 'Y' for her name based on her horoscope. For the hawan cermony, the priest took the name 'Yamini. We did not like it.So he told us to pick any other name beginning with 'Y'. I chose 'Yashika' for the hawan cermeony. After many days, my husband and I thought of naming her. Enough of calling her by her nicknames, my baby had to have a name. I coined the name 'Nipur'. It's an acronymn for all our names ("N' as in Nirmala, my mom-in-law's name; 'I' as in INder Sen, my dad-in-law's name; 'Pu' from Puneet, my husband's name and 'R' from Rekha, which is my name. And you would nt believ it when I messaged the name to my huuby, he replied back ASAP and guesed what it stood for. Then like all the parents of today, we wanted a name that was not only unique but meaningful as well. Our Internet search revealed that Nipur is a Hindi name that means happy and versatile. A lot of people generally confuse Nipur with Nupur (which means 'ghungroo' in Hindi). Today, my two-year old says she is her grandpa's Golguppa, grandma's beta, my 'laddu peda' and her dad's 'Noni'.