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Well, Sidd seems like a man's name and Hartha seems feminine. I don't know...it's not really my kind if name. Plus, it's like thouse people who name their children Jesus. Too high up for a child. Where did you find this? I've always thought his name was something else. Oh well.

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-Seda*

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This message was edited 1/21/2005, 12:50 PM

I don't really care for it as a name. I just think of the name of the book by Hermann Hesse. Coincidentally, River Phoenix's parents got his name from that book (the "river of life"). I can get behind River more than Siddhartha. :)

It's a bit like calling your son Jesus but I like it.
I like the -artha sound in it (Martha and Arthur are on my favourites list)

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alice x

It's not my style. The Sidd element of it makes it masculine to me, but the artha makes it somewhat feminine to me.

It's a little too heavy for my taste. It's like naming your child Jehovah.

It's got a great meaning, but I wouldn't be able to derive gender or pronunciation from it, and thus I wouldn't use it.

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Array

No, I don't like it. But it's a great Indian name.

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:-)

It's interesting, but I suspect there would be pronunciation problems with a lot of people. I also don't like the look of the two d's.

I like the way it sounds...it rumbles around in my mouth and feels very earthy, yet also soft. It's gorgeous, actually. I like the way it looks, too...the same earthy yet sweet feeling.

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However, I'm not Buddhist or Indian. I'm not even sure if it's still used as a name in either of those traditions (or whether it would be like naming a child Jesus in an English speaking country), but I'd certainly never use it as a Quaker Alaskan.

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Oh, but I wish I could! It's one of my favourites.

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~ Cait