your opinions on spelling of name

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Registered: 04-04-2003
your opinions on spelling of name
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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 11:02pm

Hello,

I posted here a while back about choosing a name for the daughter we are adopting from India. It's a long story, but my husband (who never has an opinion on names) came up with the name "Sela," and we have decided that this is the perfect name for our daughter! My question is what spelling you all prefer.

"Sela" is Hebrew and means Rock, but could probably pass for an Indian name. It's nice that it's a biblical name because both of our bio sons' names are biblical (Samuel and Luke).

"Seela" is probably a derivation of the Hindu name "Sheela,' which means "character."

"Sila" is the wife of the Hindu god, Lord Ram, who represents perfection and moral excellence (she's usually called Sita). "Sila" is also a term used in Buddhism that represents virtue and moral conduct.

I tend to lean toward the spelling Seela, but I like the significance of the Sila spelling. Do you think Sila would be constantly mispronounced and misspelled? This is a big issue for me. I refuse to give my children a name that is hard to pronounce or spell, LOL.

Looking forward to your opinions!

Julie

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Registered: 11-18-2003
Thu, 08-04-2005 - 6:36pm
Sila makes me want to say S-eye-lah. If you are choosing based upon meaning I would choose Sila and perhaps spell it Seela.

Aimee, Mom to Marah-Jade

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