Rite no. 5 / 16
नामकरण
The naming
Sound, star and family are woven into the choice of a name. Giving the name in a rite makes it more than a label — it is the family's hope for the child spoken aloud.
Traditionally on the eleventh or twelfth day after birth.
Gṛhya-Sūtras — naming of the child — SBE Vol. 29 (1886), public domain
The Gṛhya-Sūtras, Part I · trans. Hermann Oldenberg · 1886 · Public Domain