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Struggling with nice Indian baby boys names

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hewi3 · 10/05/2013 14:17

My husband and I just cannot find a nice Indian (Hindi) boys name. My husband is English so we want something that is a bit of a mix and more importantly that he can pronounce!

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Thanks in advance.

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Meringue33 · 10/05/2013 14:19

Anand

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FiftyshadesofYoni · 10/05/2013 14:31

Aaron, Kieran, Jaylan, Kaylan, Neel, Shay, Dylan, Bobby, Nikhil, will try and think of some more

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FryingNemo · 10/05/2013 14:35

Rajan.

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 10/05/2013 14:52

There's a little boy at music group called Arun which is lovely. Possibly I might be swayed by the fact that he had the most beautiful face on any child ever except my own :o

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soontobeslendergirl · 10/05/2013 15:00

Sorry not sure if these are Hindi or not.

Arjun
Harri
Sunil
Kamran
Milan

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Surya · 10/05/2013 15:38

We had exactly the same problem, and thankfully it turns out that we're having a girl. It depends on whether you mind a name being pronounced differently by non-Hindi speakers (eg., Arun tends to be pronounced 'Aaron' by people unfamiliar with the Hindi name, and Milan is more likely to be pronounced like the Italian city) or not.

The only name we found that is pronounced the same way is Neel/Neil. I also quite like Rohan, but DH hated it, and said that it sounded like a 6 foot Viking/something from the Lord of the Rings. I don't mind the Lord of the Rings association, but I can understand the dissappointment if people expect a 6 foot Viking and instead find a short Indian-Jewish geek (the likely result, given our heritage and interests) Grin

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Surya · 10/05/2013 15:45

Oh, and some more: Surya, Mitra/Mitya, and we'd also considered Kiran (though its quite likely to be spelt like the Irish name Kieran, and probably sounds quite Irish as well to most British people).

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barnet · 10/05/2013 15:49

I second Kiran

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Cookethenook · 10/05/2013 15:50

I know a Tarun, Tejen and Kishna. They're beautiful names.

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insanityscratching · 10/05/2013 15:57

A friend has a son named Munjoben but he is always called Joben and I think that's lovely.

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ghislaine · 10/05/2013 15:59

I like Vik, but is that a nicknames/shortened form?

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finickypinickity · 10/05/2013 16:02

Darshan or Sashi?

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Jagsy · 10/05/2013 16:12

Aman
Anay
Aryan
Rohan
Rishi
Karan

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StitchAteMySleep · 10/05/2013 16:35

Ashvin
Ashwin
Darshan
Dhilan
Gyan
Hari
Haroon
Ishan
Jaipal (Nn Jai)
Jay
Kalyan (Nn Kal)
Romir
Samir (Nn Sam)
Tariq

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beatricequimby · 10/05/2013 22:26

How about Kiran, Krishnan, Dev, Hari, Ravi or Vikram? These were all on my list.

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solitaire75 · 10/05/2013 22:29

Zain???

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dinkystinky · 10/05/2013 22:32

My boys are Kiran and Nikhil. Also liked Jai, Dev, Ravi, Rohan, Romit, Milan and Rajiv.

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sallievp · 11/05/2013 05:16

I look on indianhindunames.com (assuming you are Hindu?) My DH is Indian (Tamil Hindu) and I am white British.
some might be a bit ''too Indian'' but sooo many to choose from.
My faves are..
ashray
ankit
ashwin
ayush
ankush
arya
asher
ajoy
dhruv
devi
devendra
dhilan
darshan
Cholan
ettan
eshwar
krishna
keshav
kush
Milan
Yash
rikhil
rishi
rishikesh
rohit


Very long!! My faves are Krishna and Nikhil (nick) Rikhil (Ricky)

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hewi3 · 11/05/2013 13:01

Thank you. A few names are a possibility, I need to persuade my husband now!

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TerrysNo2 · 11/05/2013 13:07

I know two gorgeous half indian half english little boys and their names are Arun and Rohan. Great names IMO

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dimdommilpot · 11/05/2013 21:59

My friend is tyc now and for a boy likes Harris (i think thats how its spelt)

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deste · 11/05/2013 23:19

Rohan is cool.

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UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 11/05/2013 23:32

My Hindu friend has a jai. Short for Jayesh, I believe.

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jkklpu · 12/05/2013 22:04

Arun
Vinay
Vijay
Roshan

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Mellymog · 13/05/2013 19:29

I know a half Indian Aryun.

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