Rhytha, see above for additional female solar names that Bodhi has posted for your consideration.
Here's other ones:
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...ch-8-names.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bhamini (F): shining, radiant, glorious; passionate
Bhanavi (F): descendant of the sun; shining like the sun; sacred; glorious, enlightening
Bhanuja (F): daughter of the sun; the Yamuna river
(actually, Surya Bhagavan has many children including several daughters, does he not?)
<b>Bhanupriya (F): beloved of the sun</b> <!--emo&
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Bhanushri (F): glorious as the sun
Ravichandrika (F): glory of the sun; moonlight; a raga
Udaya (M-F): to rise; prosperity; sunrise<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rhytha, why not give your baby several names, as many Hindus do. For instance, the first of these can be one of the names of your Kuladevam, another can be the name of one of your grandparents or of your wife's grandparents, and the third can be the calling-name for your baby. (We all have three names each in my family).
Don't mind me interfering, but have you considered Nayantara (starry-eyed, eyes like the stars or something like that): it's a beautiful calling name and can simultaneously be shortened to the Nya you like. Okay, Nayantara is a Hindu female name that means star of the eyes. But at least it has *star* in it.
Of course you can then still give your daughter an additional name related to your Surya Bhagavan.
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Dec 29 2008, 07:49 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Dec 29 2008, 07:49 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->yes, sUry<b>A</b> (dIrgha mAtrA in the end) is the daughter of sUrya. Other synonym - bhAnujA.[right][snapback]92391[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Thanks Bodhi, it is as I suspected then (got confused because people uniformly spelled the two the same in Roman script in those places on the web where I had seen it referenced).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Nya" is listed as a female name under that site, (plus probably in semetic tongue),<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->When I web searched on its meaning I found it meant lustrous in Gaelic and purpose in Swahili, I think.
Bodhi, more names of Surya can be obtained from his Sahasranamam, but I find myself too slow in reading through the text since it's in Devanagiri.
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...ch-8-names.html
This page lists some further names of our Surya Bhagavan for Rhytha to consider for his subsequent babies in case there are boys among them <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bharanyu (M): protector, master; fire, sun; friend
Nikhil (M): the Sun God, Surya
Chaksu (M): eye; Sun God, Surya (IIRC it was Surya who presides over sight)
Chandansu (M): hot-rayed, the sun
Dinakara (M): that which causes the day; the sun; an aditya
Dinamani (M): day jewel; the sun
Dinapati (M): day lord; the sun
Dinaraja (M): day king; the sun
Dinaratna (M): day jewel; the sun
Dinesha, Dinesh (M): day lord; sun
Divakara (M): day maker, the sun
Divapati (M): day lord; the sun
Yamunajanaka (M): father of Yamuna; the sun<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Related to Surya:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mitrajna (M): knower of friends; knower of the sun
Mitrodaya (M): sunrise<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
On a separate matter, this is interesting:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bharatha (M): world protector<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->If indeed its meaning, then it is comparable in sense to Alexander which means "defender of mankind".
Here's other ones:
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...ch-8-names.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bhamini (F): shining, radiant, glorious; passionate
Bhanavi (F): descendant of the sun; shining like the sun; sacred; glorious, enlightening
Bhanuja (F): daughter of the sun; the Yamuna river
(actually, Surya Bhagavan has many children including several daughters, does he not?)
<b>Bhanupriya (F): beloved of the sun</b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->Bhanushri (F): glorious as the sun
Ravichandrika (F): glory of the sun; moonlight; a raga
Udaya (M-F): to rise; prosperity; sunrise<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rhytha, why not give your baby several names, as many Hindus do. For instance, the first of these can be one of the names of your Kuladevam, another can be the name of one of your grandparents or of your wife's grandparents, and the third can be the calling-name for your baby. (We all have three names each in my family).
Don't mind me interfering, but have you considered Nayantara (starry-eyed, eyes like the stars or something like that): it's a beautiful calling name and can simultaneously be shortened to the Nya you like. Okay, Nayantara is a Hindu female name that means star of the eyes. But at least it has *star* in it.
Of course you can then still give your daughter an additional name related to your Surya Bhagavan.
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Dec 29 2008, 07:49 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Dec 29 2008, 07:49 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->yes, sUry<b>A</b> (dIrgha mAtrA in the end) is the daughter of sUrya. Other synonym - bhAnujA.[right][snapback]92391[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Thanks Bodhi, it is as I suspected then (got confused because people uniformly spelled the two the same in Roman script in those places on the web where I had seen it referenced).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Nya" is listed as a female name under that site, (plus probably in semetic tongue),<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->When I web searched on its meaning I found it meant lustrous in Gaelic and purpose in Swahili, I think.
Bodhi, more names of Surya can be obtained from his Sahasranamam, but I find myself too slow in reading through the text since it's in Devanagiri.
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/...ch-8-names.html
This page lists some further names of our Surya Bhagavan for Rhytha to consider for his subsequent babies in case there are boys among them <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bharanyu (M): protector, master; fire, sun; friend
Nikhil (M): the Sun God, Surya
Chaksu (M): eye; Sun God, Surya (IIRC it was Surya who presides over sight)
Chandansu (M): hot-rayed, the sun
Dinakara (M): that which causes the day; the sun; an aditya
Dinamani (M): day jewel; the sun
Dinapati (M): day lord; the sun
Dinaraja (M): day king; the sun
Dinaratna (M): day jewel; the sun
Dinesha, Dinesh (M): day lord; sun
Divakara (M): day maker, the sun
Divapati (M): day lord; the sun
Yamunajanaka (M): father of Yamuna; the sun<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Related to Surya:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mitrajna (M): knower of friends; knower of the sun
Mitrodaya (M): sunrise<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
On a separate matter, this is interesting:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bharatha (M): world protector<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->If indeed its meaning, then it is comparable in sense to Alexander which means "defender of mankind".