Vote for my name

As promised, my mom and dad made a short list out of all your proposals for my name. The short list is made upon 110 different name proposals that you have been sending to my e-mail address little.mogly@gmail.com. Out of these 110 proposals, 67 (61%) were girls’ names and 43 (39%) were proposals for boys’ names.

Now you can vote the short list for the name you like most. That doesn’t necessarily mean that my parents will choose the name that will win this poll, but it will for sure influence their final decision.

Don’t forget that this is a competition for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. The prize will go to friends who proposed the winning names. Winners and prizes will be announced after November 12, by my dad.

And now, I present you the short-list of names and their meaning. I hope this will help you decide easier on your choice for which of the names to give your vote.

Aya (Аја): Japanese origin, meaning Full of color; or Design. African name meaning Sparkling, twinkling. Hebrew biblical name, meaning vulture.

Anja (Ања): Anja – Scandinavian/Finish origin, meaning Grace. Anya – Russian/Slovene origin, form of Anna, meaning Gracious.

Bella (Бела): Latin origin, form of Belle, meaning Beauty. Also: Short form of Isabella and other names ending in bella.

Gala (Гала): Girls name of Greek and Russian origin, meaning Calm; also Russian and Slavic, short from Galina or Galena. Variant of Hebrew Gal, meaning mound, wave.

Lara (Лара): Latin name, well known, name of nymph. Also often Russian girls name. Icelandic form and German variant of Laura; Russian, English and Slovene usage as a short form of Larisa (ancient city). It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago' (1957) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1965).

Kaya (Каја): Greek name meaning Pure. American Indian origin, meaning my elder sister-little. Czech and Polish diminutive of Karolina, Scandinavian diminutive of Katarina. Kaja also means Echo in Estonian.

Kala (Кала): Hindi origin, meaning time, black. Slav origin – a flower. Also means art form, virtue in Sanskrit. Hawaiian form of Sarah, meaning lady, princess, the sun. In Sanskrit – the fine arts.

Tara (Тара): Celtic origin, meaning tower, crag. Gaelic – crag, hill.
Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means elevated place in Gaelic. This was the name of the sacred hill near Dublin where the Irish high kings resided. It was popularized as a given name by the novel 'Gone with the Wind' (1936) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1939), in which it is the name of the O'Hara plantation.
Also means star or savior in Sanskrit. Tara is the name of a Hindu astral goddess, the wife of Brhaspati. She was abducted by Soma, a god of the moon, leading to a great war that was only ended when Brahma intervened and released her. This is also the name of a Buddhist deity (a female Buddha).