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What do I call my baby?

CHOOSING a name for your baby can be fun, with Web around. All you have to do is search by alphabet, sound, meaning, gender or religion. It's all there, just a mouse click away.

www.indiaparenting.com/names/index.htm 

As the name suggests the site is Indian and contains Indian names. Well-organised site for searching baby names, the site is classified on the bases of gender, alphabet, zodiac sign, religion, mythology or Pronounceable by Foreigners. One can view all the names in the database of the site by clicking on links ‘All boy names’, ‘ All girl names’, ‘ All names based on mythology etc’. Names are written along with their meanings and are alphabetically arranged.

www.yourbabysname.com 

The database of the site contains more than 10,000 Indian names. Twins section of the site leads us to a list of baby names for twins, triplets, and quadruplets etc. Film star section provides a detailed list of names of the film personalities. Contributors can also generously contribute new names to the site. On the index page one can read the instruction for easy browsing of the site. Thesaurus available for baby names gives more options to choose from and one can find many alternatives for one word. Cricket players sections have the entire cricket players name collectively written. In the similar style we can find names of basketball and tennis players.

www.parentspitara.com 

This site is a well-made site, which offers many facilities. One can check the immunisation chart, which is easy to use. The user has just to fill the age of the child and result shows the schedule of the vaccines to be given. Schools of metros are also listed in the site. This site provides many options of names. Search can be done by the starting alphabet, starting sound of the name and by meaning. The result names are classified according to religion, gender and meaning.

www.indiaa2z.com/Utilities/BabyName 

Site owned by Web A2Z Solutions, based in New Jersey, provides good options. It is a simple site in which names are divided into two parts baby boy names and baby girl names, which is further classified in alphabetical order. The site contains new names, and meaning of the names is written on the right side of the page.

— Amit Puri

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