What are popular baby names and naming ceraminys in Buddhism?

I'm not aware that whether Buddhist naming ceremonies for baby existing. Usually Buddhist parents may use the terms from Dharma or the Buddhist scriptures. For Chinese, popular words in the name are: lotus, precept, nothing, emptiness, truth, compassion, tolerance, one, cultivate... etc. Since there are very few Buddhist terms in English, it's difficult to apply the terms to names. Some Westerners has used: Zen, for merchandising. True Buddhists respect the names of the Buddhist sects, deities, and enlightened beings so that they do not abuse the names.





The naming is not very important. The baby's upbringing is much more important. During the pregnancy, if the mother enjoying Buddhist inspired spectacular shows, such as performed by dance companies of http://www.divineperformingarts.org/, or reading Buddhist book, lecture, or poems in 'Hong Yin', or listening to music in the URL: http://pureinsight.org/taxonomy/term/21?... or Buddhist stories, the baby would be educated in the womb. Silently reciting simple mantra repeatedly would also do: e.g.: Falun Dafa Hao or Zhen-Shan-Ren Hao, hao meaning good, Zhen Truth, Shan Compassion, Ren Forbearance. The spirituality root will take place and his chance of becoming a compassionate Buddhist taking shape.

What are popular baby names and naming ceraminys in Buddhism?
Ceremonies?
Reply:unaware of naming ceremony for newborns, however i think a venerable would not refuse to help name ur child.





for english , i think PALI buddhist laugauges is very suitable. PALI from SRI LANKA, INDIA.





eg. bodhi , panna, samadhi, kamma....
Reply:In western Buddhism, there are only a few Buddhist names that have crept into anything approaching common usage. Tara (Tib.) is one, and Uma (also Tib.) another - e.g. Uma Thurman's father, Robert Thurman, is one of the most respected Westerners in Tibetan Buddhism.





All I know about naming ceremonies is that when my own son was born a couple of years ago we had a naming ceremony for him in our local Zen centre (where I'm a regular). I believe the ceremony was essentially constructed for use in the West, it isn't a Japanese import. However, the ceremony was held in that centre because of my engagement with that tradition - Buddhist teachers may not be willing to do a naming ceremony for people outside of their own communities. Best thing to do is ask, though.