Names for Nick and Ikas baby in July

I sent ya the list!

Nothing you liked on the list I sent you?. I still reckon ‘Asri’ is a beautiful name for a girl. As for a boy, well I’d stick to an unusual western name.

Thanks Barrie, I already looked at the list and there are a few girls names I like, nothing for the laki lakis yet though.

Probably make up our minds the morning its born and call it Barrie.

Then I would feel sorry for the child!.

Hey Nick, will you be present at the child’s birth?. There is nothing more beautiful…

Hi there, here is some names:

For girl:

Dewi=Goddess
Mulia= Noble (can be for boy or girl)
Lestari= endless
Santhi = peace
Chandra= Moon can be for boy or girl
Wulandari= Beautifull full moon
Setiawan=faithfull (can be for boy or girl)
Dian = light/candle = positive spirit in human to fight for good purposes

For boy:

Satya=Faithfull
Santosa=Wealthy, Healthy, Happy
Wijaya= Victory
Dharma = Devition (for boy)
Arief = wise
Budiman = Men with good conduct & manner
Purnama = full moon
Nugraha = blessing
Anugrah = blessing

These are names commonly used by “blue blood” Javanese from Central Java (Solo).

Cheers.

These are all my friends’ names (boys):

Javanese/Indonesian: Guntur (Thunder), Teguh(Strong), Surya (Sun), Putra (Son), Indra (sense- as in 5 senses), Bayu (wind), Sanjaya, Iwan, Basuki, Sidarta, Tio, Aji, Arya/Aryo, Raya, Lokeswara, ..

Wayang characters: Bima/Bimo, Kresna/Krisna, Rama, Laksmana/Lesmana, Yudhistira, Wibisana, Sadewa/Sadewo, ..

Indonesian but can also be western: Adam, Haris, Rudi, Beni, Benyamin, Ronald, Ivan, ..

Muslim (I think) but not overtly islamic: Iskandar(Alexander), Kemal, Iman, Farhan, Reza, Riza, Rayhan, Rifki, Isa, ..

Sean
Chris
BootBaby
Nick
Nicole
Erik
Evan

Hope all is well buddy…I will call you in a few days when I am back from New York City.

Thanks for the tips so far. Maybe I could go for a good old American name : Bo, Hank, Norm, Elmer, Earl, Marv, Virgil. Or maybe a good old Aussie name: Davo, Brado, Stevo. Or a London name: Geezer, Bert, Malcolm ,Nigel.

Years ago I saw a hippie in Queensland name his son after everything he liked : John sunshine mango marley rastaman surfing koala ocean thunder cones Smith. Maybe I will do the same : Paul bintang bbq empty roads tidak corrupsi dry season stadium cafe nasi padang O’Neill.

Well for obvious reasons I’d go with Dharma…
But just incase…. I am not giving away my names , you might steal them!!!!

I actually really like Sanjaya, it’s a funky name & same with Tio. What about Ky, or Ty, or Jai or something easy!?

Good Luck Nick & Ika… Wait until you meet him or her & the name will come to you, although I already have mine picked, one of each, so if I got twins of same sex I’d be up the creek!!!!

Hi Nick,
Congratulations and all the best for your upcoming wedding and birth of your child. I have been following your life in Bali for around 18 months now on this site and being a Bali-o-phile look forward to reading daily updates. It’s a welcome distraction from work and helps me escape to Bali for a short time during lunch. My wife is Balinese and we have often discussed if we had kids what would we call them. I think you’re right in saying a girls name is easier to choose than a boys. Although I was never really fond of the name Angus, we thought it would work so well in both countries. In Bali (or Indonesia) they would call him simply Gus and in Aus he would get either Gus or Angus with the obvious differences in pronounciation. So you get a western name that works both sides of the world. Anyway, just a thought.
Either a boy or a girl you will have beautiful children, mixed marriages always do.
Cheers.

In Indonesian, ‘angus’ means burnt/over-grilled. Agus is a common Indonesian though.

Wow! Thanks for that Arga. I am surprised my wife did not pick that up. Yeah, I was thinking of the Angus being close to Agus
so there would be western name with close link to Bali and no problem for his Bali relatives to pronounce or shorten.
Cheers

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I spent some of the happiest days of my life in Bali. It was a few months before my daughter was born and I was inspired to name her Devi. A second choice was Lakshmi.

Bali is truly a magical place once you get away from Denpassar and all the touristy parts. We often hiked off through the rice paddies where there were no roads, finding villages where they never saw tourists. The people we met were always quick to share anything they had and to invite us to stay in their homes.

I’ve been all over the world and found the Balinese to be among the warmest, kindest people anywhere.

HI,

I DIDNT PICK UP WHERE YOU ARE LIVING NOW BUT I AM FROM SCOTLAND AND MY WIFE IS ORIGINALLY BALINESE, BEFORE OUR DAUGHTER WAS BORN WE THOUGHT OF CALLING HIM/HER ALEX AFTER THE DOCTOR IN BALI WHO CARED FOR MY WIFE WHEN I COULDNT OR LESTARI IF SHE WAS A GIRL. ANYWAY SHE WAS BORN FEMALE AND HER GRANDPARENTS GOT THE FINAL SAY WITH VICTORIA, FULL NAME(NI PUTU VICTORIA PUTRI LESTARI) BUT MY NIECE AND NEPHEW IN BALI ARE GEDE (BOY) - GOLD - ……INTAN (GIRL) -UNKNOWN- AND NEW ADDITION SAPERNIE (GIRL) - MEANS SAPPHIRE LIKE THE GEM - MY WIFES NAME IS YESSY HER SISTERS ARE LISTYA AND LUSSY(LUCY) MY BALI FRIEND CECEP, YOU WILL KNOW IN YOUR HEART WHEN THE TIME COMES THERE MAY EVEN BE INFLUENCES ALONG THE WAY BUT I LIKE A NAME WITH A BEAUTIFUL MEANING, I TRIED TO GIVE MY CHILD HER INDONESIAN HERITAGE BUT IN THE END MY WIFE GAVE HER SCOTTISH HERITAGE AND HER BALI FAMILY ARE FINE AND PRONOUNCING VICTORIA HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM, I AM ALREADY MARRIED BUT I HAVE MY INDONESIAN WEDDING IN BALI NEXT MONTH, GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOUR FAMILY.