User comments for Buddha

I personally wouldn't name a child after a well-known title/name of a deity used in religion (i.e. Yahweh, Jesus, Allah; Buddha is no exception), but the meaning of the name is cool. Think about it: your child could seem all philosophical with a name meaning "enlightened".

It's a cute nickname but as a first name, I don't know...

Buddha was not a god, so don't say "this is basically naming your child god". He was a wandering holy man, not an all-powerful being.

This sounds ridiculous and blasphemous to be using. It's like naming your child Christ. It sounds insulting to Buddhists.

I think it would be very weird to have the name Buddha. Unless, of course, you were giving it its proper usage as a title. Then that wouldn't necessarily be so strange. But to have Buddha as your given name? That just strikes me as really, really weird.

Naming your child 'Buddha' is like naming you child 'God.' It is a title that belongs to a god. It would be a great honor to have this name, but think of the pressure on the person with the name. It would be difficult to be as good as the name.