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Help- need baby boy name for half Indian, half English baby

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Gilby · 09/06/2009 17:46

Now just 5 days to due date and unable to agree on decent baby boy name for a half Indian, half English baby (easier if it ends up being a girl then, eh?). Don't want one which is typically one or the other. Any help would be much appreciated- especially if anyone knows any recently born Indian baby boys, as they tend to be the ones with pronounceable names!
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boxofshells · 13/09/2014 23:49

Jai
Ash
Khal/Cal

And I knew an Indian man called Ruben once too.

ByeByeButterfly · 13/09/2014 23:41

I like Maliki and Jai or Ajay :)

almapudden · 13/09/2014 23:29

Oh I like Vikram!

barnet · 13/09/2014 23:20

Kiran
Ashok

beatricequimby · 13/09/2014 23:15

I wanted Ravi but friends convinced me that he would get called Ravioli. Also thought of Dev, Vikram, Kiran and Krishnan.

If we had had another girl I liked Shobhana, pronounced Shovanna.

tanan · 11/09/2014 21:55

I like Milan, Dhillon, or Avi as a name
For a boy.:-)

TheyCallMeLofty · 14/06/2009 00:46

Asher is a lovely name

coffeecups · 12/06/2009 20:13

Sethu or Seth are quite interchangeable

LadyG · 11/06/2009 21:38

We still have our 'longlist' for DS of Indian names that 'work' for the UK,(Precious first-born etc) so transcribing it here for you
Aman Arun Arjun Amar Anish Arman Manish Samir Shiv Vikram Viren Veer Kiran Kabir Mani Manish Milan Nikhil Rohan Roshan Ravi Rajesh.

Poor 2nd born DD on the other hand, girl so lots of beautiful names one would have thought. Conv went like this:
Me She's going to be an X (pretty simple short transcultural name that was also my aunt's name)
DH I hate X reminds me of my brothers awful posh flatmate.
Above repeated daily for about 40 weeks
Week 41 (DD not deigned to appear)
Me I still like X best. What about Y?
DH I prefer Y to X
Me OK Y it is then.
Oddly it suits her perfectly now....

Ineedsomesleep · 11/06/2009 14:06

I've just had a look here and love these names

How about Hasan or Nihal? Both lovely names.

georgiemum · 11/06/2009 13:42

Arun?

boodleboot · 11/06/2009 13:40

My DH is of english/asian heritage and he is called David. I personally love Asher for a boy....

alibubbles · 10/06/2009 22:39

I look after a lovely little boy called Reuben as it is also Rubin, he has new baby brother called Jairaj, Jai for short.

thirtysomething · 10/06/2009 21:25

Ravi and Seth are great. As are Jai (think it's short for Jairaj?) and Kiran, Rohan, Roshan, Tariq. Also love Art (as in Art Malik, Jewel in the crown actor and v. yummy in his day!)

Hormonesnomore · 10/06/2009 21:19

Kiran & Sanjay are both lovely.

SoupDragon · 10/06/2009 21:18

Rohan is a name in Irish and Sanskrit. Apparently

SoupDragon · 10/06/2009 21:17

rohan

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ScummyMummy · 10/06/2009 06:29

Oh you are so lucky- I LOVE Indian names.

How about Manju, Rashmi, Jyoti, Priti, Lali, Shanti or Krishnakshi for a girl?

Boys: Harish, Amrit, Ishan, Sunil,Kamal, Ajay, Omprakash (just sounds fab, somehow! though admit it doen't necessarily cover the 1/2 English criterion...)?

Love Ravi, Akash and Seth too.

Othersideofthechannel · 10/06/2009 06:02

Anil

weegiemum · 10/06/2009 03:06

We know 2 English/Indian boys called Amar and Alagan.

Mum is hindu and cooks the most AMAZING curry - we like going to their house!!!

delphinedownunder · 10/06/2009 00:49

i like Nikhil. What about Karan?

wombleprincess · 09/06/2009 20:49

anil pronounced aneil (love this one!)

rashid/rashidi

ali

loobylu3 · 09/06/2009 19:54

How about;

Kishan
Josh (i)
Viraj
Vijay
Kiran
Amrit
Prem
Samir

All quite easy for British people to pronounce.
Boys are really hard!

Are you sorted for a girl? We have a Maia

applestrudel · 09/06/2009 19:03

Mohan
Ishan