Shanta

Shanta comes from the Sanskrit shanti, peace, and means the calm one, the tranquil, the peaceful. In the Ramayana, Shanta is the elder sister of Rama, a princess adopted into another royal house; the name has accompanied quiet, steady women through centuries of household records. Two clean syllables, SHAN-ta, ending on a soft vowel. It was especially common in mid-twentieth-century India and now carries a faintly grandmotherly air in its heartland, though that same history makes it a considered, revival-worthy choice abroad. Shanta is a stillness offered as a proper noun.