https://www.pitara.com/tags/name-meaning/Recent content in Name Meaning on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/stories-for-kids/whats-in-a-name/Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:53:16 +0000https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/stories-for-kids/whats-in-a-name/<p>There were two things in the world that Ghagra Geeta Bali hated. The first was the way Rani, the domestic help, combed her hair. Rani said she combed hard to make sure that there was no lice or dandruff in her hair. But she did it with such force that Ghagra Geeta Bali feared it would remove bits of her scalp, as well.</p> <p>The second was, you guessed it, her name. She hated her name so much that she prayed to god every night: <em>Dear god, let me die and be born again. So I too can have a name like Rita or Preeti or Mina or Koel. A short, smart one-word name.</em></p>