Names Starting with "A"-379

 Our Fascination with Names Starting with                                       "    A   "

Call it Astrology , Numerology , Respect for the  elders in the family or a combination of all three ,  we explore all possible ways of finding a name for the newborn starting with the letter " A "  in the family .

A sizable number of the newborns  of  this Millennium have their names starting with the letter " A " . This seems to be even more pronounced on this side of the Vindhyas . My own 4 Grandchildren , 2 from each sex have their names starting with an " A " .

Interestingly , just across the shore on the other side of the Palk Straits is our Neighbor Sri Lanka.  Here , it is almost a reversal of  sorts . Most people here have their names ending with the letter " A " . The playing Eleven of the recent ODI is a fair sample . No fewer than Eight out of the Eleven have their names ending with an" A "

Avishka Fernando , MINOD BHANUKA , BHANUKA RAJAPAKSA , DHANANJAYA DE SILVA ,CHARITH ASALANKA , DASUN SHANAKA , WANINDU HASARANGA , Chamika Karunaratne , DUSHMANTHA CHAMEERA , Lakshan Sandakan , KASUN RAJITHA , 

More to the point , two out the three who do not have their names ending with an " A " have the same in their first name .

       PALK STRAITS DOES SEEM TO HAVE                                              CREATED 

       A BIG DIVIDE SO TO SAY  IN " A "