When we started to argue on the burning topic - "Name of our kid", we just wanted it to be short and sweet. We had chosen not to find out the sex of the baby beforehand. But we had a hunch that it will be a baby girl. And it was so easy to come up with names for a girl. We had atleast ten in our mind, the tough part was to actually filter out and agree on one. We did, but hey what if it is a boy? It is just too hard to even find one for a boy. We picked one in time though. The origin was "Shaumik", but that was too long and bengalish (not that anything wrong with that:)). So, we took out the 'h' and made it a bit short - "Somik". Do I need to mention that it was a mischievous boy after all beating all our speculation.I always wondered about some of those interesting email ids. b-l-a-c-k-b-u-c-k, m-a-r-s-i-a-n-m-a-i-d-e-n, s-c-a-v-e-n-g-e-r-s - is that an alter ego? And why not just give an ip address to everyone? A lovely soul responded to my uncanny thought like this:
Fido....IP addresses for names is a wee bit too much even for me so try not to get lost in ur cyberworld. Afterall humans have to be different...!
Well, what's in a name anyway, call me anything. If the tone is right, I will look back and smile for sure. (Inspired by Lily and Sally).
Update: Copying my own comment here:
Boy, if my kid asked me - dadda, what is the true meaning of my name? What would I say - I dont know? No way, dadda has an answer for everything you ask kiddie. Here is my attempt:
somik = som + ik
som = moon in hinduism, e.g. somnath - master of the moon (More at wikipedia)
ik = ness (More here)
Somik = Moonness (adjective, Having characterestics of the moon).
Not bad:)
