Actors Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna's have decided to call their newborn daughter Nitara Khanna Bhatia. The Khanna in the name is a tribute to Twinkle's father and veteran actor Rajesh Khanna who passed away in July this year. Now, the Sanskrit meaning of the name Nitara is 'having deep roots'. But here's the quirky thing. Nitara is also a character in the game series Mortal Kombat.
Now we all know that Aishwarya and Abhishek's baby daughter is named Aaradhya. But do you know that Beti B is called 'Strawberry' at home!!! Well Aaradhya's doting grandmom Jaya Bachchan has also revealed some other interesting facts about the toddler. "She is beautiful. I call her Strawberry because when she was born she reminded me of a strawberry. She is always smiling. Touchwood. Now she's trying to crawl and it's special to us," said Jaya in an interview to BBC.
From Diva to Tiger to Iqra, Bollywood stars seem to be their creative best when it comes to naming their children. Here are some others:
After much deliberation, Sanjay Dutt and his wife Maanyata chose out-of-the-ordinary names for their twins. Their son has been named Shahraan, which mean the 'royal knight' and daughter has been named Iqra, which means 'to read' or 'to learn'.
Coining names for reel characters is one thing and choosing names for three real life characters is another. Seven-long months after the birrth of their triplets, Farah and her husband Shishir Kunder named their two daughters, Diva and Anya and their son Tzar.
For actors Ajay Devgan and Kajol, naming their daughter wasn't difficult at all. The couple had already decided that if the baby is a girl then she will be named Nysa, which means Goddess of purity.
Bollywood actor Zayed Khan and his wife Mallika named thier son Zidaan after French footballer Zinedine Zidane. After considered several names, Zayed - who is a big fan of the footballer - choose the name ahead of all others.
When Karisma Kapoor gave birth her second child, it was decided that she would choose the baby's name as her hubby Sanjay Kapur had named their first child Samaira. So the proud mother named her son Kiaan Raj Kapoor. Kiaan is an American Hebrew name.
In the same way, Arshad Warsi and wife and mdoel Maria Goretti, took great pains to give their kids unusual names - Zeke Zidaan and Zene Zoe. Their son's name is Zeke Zidaan Warsi. Zeke is not just a sound. In Aramic, it means a shooting star. And Zene
Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit named her elder son Arin. She named him Arin as he was born in a storm and the name rhymed with rain!
Actor Mithun Chakraborty named his son Mimoh, after the combination of his favourite stars Michael Jackson and Mohammed Ali. Guess when it comes to names, celeb parents want to be really funky.
Actress Meenakshi Sheshadri has two children, a daughter called Kendra and son Sanjosh.
Farhan Akhtar and his wife Adhuna have two girls named Shakiya and Akira.
Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter and Shweta Nanda's daughter is called Navya Naveli. Quite an unusual name, must say!
Talking about funky names, actor Jackie Shroff's son has one of the most unusual one. Born Jai Hemant Shroff, Tiger is the pet name but he is known by that name. Guess Jackie was too influenced by William Blake's poem "The Tyger"!





