DP wants an Indian name... but I don't like any of the boy suggestions! Help please.

[lovelilies]

DP is of Indian descent, born and bred in London and goes by an English nickname.
We don't know the gender of the baby but he thinks it's going to be a boy anyway there are plenty of nice sounding/meaning girl's names but I don't like ANY of the boy names he's suggested... I.e. Raj, Lakshmann...
This is second baby (first dd with Caucasian partner and has an 'english' name).
also want a name where people don't say "sorry, what?!" when we say his/her name...
Please help!!

[tywysogesgymraeg]

Rudra?
Nitin?
Anil?
Manish?

[blouseenthusiast]

What about Danyal (Dan)?

[Wednesbury]

I have a friend whose mother is English and father is Indian, his name is Kiran, which I always thought was a good name for both (Indian/English).

[Labootin]

I know a lovely Samar (nn Sam)

[EldritchCleavage]

One of my best friends is a Kiran though, and gets called Kieran all the time, which irritates.

[lovelilies]

Hari is nice, I'm assuming people will always spell it Harry though which might get annoying... like kiran

[lovelilies]

Dd isad about harry potter, so she'd be happy

[barnet]

I second Kiran, lovely name

[EldritchCleavage]

I know a Tarin too, which is nice.

[Theas18]

Hari Kiran Ali Samir Danyal all pretty anglicised

Best ever though for me ( and I makes me smile every time) is Idris who knew that it was a traditional Asian name as well as Welsh!

[JSIN]

I like Nikhil :-)

[lovelilies]

Kiran means sun/moonbeam

[Flossiechops]

What about Dillon (or Dylan)?

[lovelilies]

Suggested Kiran to DP and he approves... says it's a good Indian name keep them coming though, the more the merrier!

[TheHouseofMirth]

We have a Tarran, chosen because it is a Welsh name, but it also turns out it is Indian too!

[ThisTimeItsPersonal]

Saleem, Manir, Shashish, Ali, Usman (love this name!!), Siraj, Krish, Bilal... Sorry just naming any I can think of

[lovelilies]

I know a girl called Taryn like it otherwise... she's horrid though!

[CakesAreNotTheAnswer]

Asha or is it Asher? Always thought Ash was such a cool nn

[Xiaoxiong]

We have friends with similar heritage and their sons are Devin and Rohan, which are lovely and I believe are both Hindi/Sanskrit origin names.

[MrsOakenshield]

Given that people from the Indian subcontinent have been making their lives in this country for 50-odd years now I can't imagine where you'd live where the reaction to an Indian name would be ' "sorry, what?!" when we say his/her name...'. Unless your neighbours are channelling Jade Goody and struggle with as simple a name as Shilpa.

Kiran is a lovely name, I know a boy (not of Indian descent) with it, pronounced the same as Keiran.

[Mutley77]

Jai?

[pensandpaperclips]

Dillan/Dilan/Dillon?

[Essexgirlupnorth]

I have a friend who is Indian and her hubby is white thy have two boys Dilan and Jay
She wanted Kiran but her nephew is called that.

[AuntyPippaAndUncleHarry]

Kamran/Kamron

[lovelilies]

mrsOak there are indeed many Jade Goody types round these parts, very 'white majority'... every single child at dd's last school was white British