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Grammar Geek  #241984  Sun, 02 Jul 06 04:11 AM
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Jhumjhum  #242416  Mon, 03 Jul 06 07:11 PM
 Tearsofjoy wrote:

My name is Sukhaloka. It was my great-grandmother's name, and sadly I have no clues as to its origin. There are no other Sukhalokas on this planet as far as I know - I tried Googling.

"Sukhaloka" means "the light of happiness". My surname, Mukherjee, comes from Mukhopadhyay - the governors of a village called Mukhoti. Mukherjee, though, is as common a surname in Bengal as Sukhaloka is rare.

Any other Sukhalokas... if you get to this site, please say hi to me. I'll be amazed and delighted!

Cheers,

 - Joy.

Hi Tearsofjoy,
Sukhaloka is really a rare name and it is very clear that it is a created name with sukh(happiness )+ alok(light)+a(a is added to make it feminine) and rather a bit odd to hear.It reminds me 'sukhi roti' and 'sukha chaol'Stick out tongue [:P]
  
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Tearsofjoy  #242432  Mon, 03 Jul 06 07:38 PM

 Jhumjhum wrote:

Sukhaloka is really a rare name and it is very clear that it is a created name with sukh(happiness )+ alok(light)+a(a is added to make it feminine) and rather a bit odd to hear.It reminds me 'sukhi roti' and 'sukha chaol'Stick out tongue [:P]

Yay! Jhumjhum got it!

BTW, as you're a bengali, pronounce it "Shukhaloka" Wink [;)]. And I still get teased and called "Shukiye gechhe lekha" (the writing has dried up Tongue Tied [:S]). Can't make sense of that..

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Dj Bueno  #242435  Mon, 03 Jul 06 07:48 PM

 Brendan1986 wrote:
My name is Brendan which is very rare around here. It's Irish, but the only irish I have is on my dad's side and it is far down the line. I have a cousin named Nello, and my nickname is Ruhe which is German for peace and silence I think. I was an A.D.D kid lol.


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btw Joy, you're offline almost everytime...Sad [:(]Hmm [^o)]
  
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Jhumjhum  #242576  Tue, 04 Jul 06 11:31 AM
 Tearsofjoy wrote:

 Jhumjhum wrote:

Sukhaloka is really a rare name and it is very clear that it is a created name with sukh(happiness )+ alok(light)+a(a is added to make it feminine) and rather a bit odd to hear.It reminds me 'sukhi roti' and 'sukha chaol'Stick out tongue [:P]

Yay! Jhumjhum got it!

BTW, as you're a bengali, pronounce it "Shukhaloka" Wink [;)]. And I still get teased and called "Shukiye gechhe lekha" (the writing has dried up Tongue Tied [:S]). Can't make sense of that..

Rose [F]

I can't blame those who call you "Sukhiye gechhe lekha" because your name reminds dryness more than it reminds happiness.Big Smile [:D]
  
Anonymous  #261616  Fri, 01 Sep 06 07:08 AM
Taya, my name is Taya as well.  I am mixed from Southern and Eastern Cherokee and Southern Choctaw.  It is unlikely that Taya means, "she goes about singing."  It is a short name.  It is too short to mean that since all native languages words are longer than english ones.  It means, "Beaver."  Taken from Tayanita, or "Little or Young Beaver."  There ya go.  TAYA
  
Anonymous  #263237  Wed, 06 Sep 06 05:56 AM

I dont think my name is odd but its quite long - Annabel Marina Balbin Cervantes.
  
GoldenGal_42  #264735  Sat, 09 Sep 06 09:49 PM

My first name isn't odd (Claire) but my surname is quite unusual. Newens. Very few people can spell it correctly the first time round so I have the habit of (when they ask me my name) spelling it out everytime.

Two girls I know have odd names. Kajal (kar-jewel), that means "eye-liner". and, Chhaya, that means "shadow". Then everyone else has the usual sort of names (Anna, Laura, Lucy, Hannah, Sarah, Amy, Ashley, Tom, Sam, Adam, Alex (x3), etcetera... No offence to anyone with those names... They're just common names)

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Tearsofjoy  #264740  Sat, 09 Sep 06 09:54 PM

 GoldenGal_42 wrote:
Two girls I know have odd names. Kajal (kar-jewel), that means "eye-liner". and, Chhaya, that means "shadow".

Hey, those are Indian names. And pretty common Indian names at that! Are these girls Indian?

Rose [F]
  
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