7 Easy-To-Pronounce Baby Names That Work Globally
Jul 16, 2025
It's a simple and elegant name that means illusion in Sanskrit and Water in Hebrew.
This name is short, strong, and globally familiar. This name means lion and works beautifully in many cultures.
This name is stylish and timeless. And in Arabic roots, it means flower and is easy to pronounce worldwide.
This name has a musical charm and Aria means melody in Italian and noble in Persian—graceful and global.
This name means sea in Hawaiian and forgiveness in Japanese and making it culturally versatile.
This name is a soft and pretty name found in many languages. It means tender in Arabic and light in Greek.
This name is pronounced easily in most accents and Rayan has Arabic means gates of heaven. Read Next Story
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6 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Four-time Tour de France winner Pogacar - greatest cyclist of his generation
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Time of India
21 hours ago
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' While her school dismissed the work for lack of process documentation, a gallery contact who was also a mentor saw her work and declared it 'gallery-level work.' At the Parsons School of Design in New York, Raghavan initially pursued illustration, thinking it was 'a more lucrative career.' But a professor noticed that her illustrations looked more like paintings and encouraged her to pursue fine art. 'He said he felt bad putting typography next to these paintings,' she recalls. The artist in her studio, Bangalore What distinguishes Raghavan's work isn't just movement, but her extraordinary relationship with color. She describes herself as a 'color explorer,' creating sometimes what she estimates to be 75 different shades of red in a single piece. 'I am not easily satisfied with just a few colors,' she explains. 'I love to go into the depth of exploring a color and almost exhausting it, seeing how much I can get out of each color. 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My mindset probably changed only about two years ago, after a series of exhibitions in New York started leading to some consistent sales and studio visits.' So when Raghavan was walking through SoHo and she casually mentioned to a gallery worker that she was an artist, that interaction led to her inclusion in a group show with 100 other emerging artists in Chelsea, her first real break. 'For me it was such a big deal that I was asked to show two large 4 by 5 feet paintings,' she says of the show, which featured a line to get in and attracted notable attendees including Famke Jennsen, the Hollywood actress best known for her role in the movie 'Taken'. That show led to others, and eventually to her first solo exhibition in January 2024 at the Revelation Gallery in the West Village. The opening night was nearly derailed by a storm, but 150 people still showed up. 'Two paintings sold on the opening night, and then five more later the next month,' she recalls. Shortly after, Raghavan created one of her most meaningful pieces yet: a portrait of Ramanujan. The painting, rich in symbolism and color, was recently installed at Stanford. Ramanujan | 36 x 36 in | Acrylic & pastel on canvas O ne of the most memorable moments in Raghavan's journey also came when tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf became collectors of her work. Andre Agassi & Steffi Graf in Vegas with their painting 'I wanted to capture the warmth between them,' she says. 'Their lives found purpose at such a young age, and their tennis careers were filled with movement.' Raghavan's work embodies her global upbringing. Born in London, educated in India and New York, and now living between Bangalore and New York City,. herHer color palette draws from Indian textiles and spices, while her brush strokes and movement reflectmovement and pace reflect the energy of New York City. Her largest work 'Waiting for Ayyappa' is a 6-foot by 9-foot painting of a tigress from the story of the warrior deity Ayyappa, which exemplifies this fusion. The piece combines abstract background textures with figurative elements, religious narrative with contemporary technique. T this transition from struggling artist to selling professional hasn't diminished her connection to the work itself. 'I fluctuate between abstract and figurative language,' she explains. 'My figurative work is abstract enough that it's identifiable but not realistic. It's contemporary, modern. A sort of fusion of all the places I've lived.' For an artist whose name means 'to live,' Jeena Raghavan has found her way of living through colors that seem to breathe, movement that transcends stillness, and a vision that refuses to be contained by any single tradition or place.
Time of India
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- Time of India
What does Ishita Dutta and Vatsal Sheth's baby girl's name, ‘Veda,' truly mean?
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