Help with Hindu -ish boys names for DC2

[newtonupontheheath]

DP is hindu and I am not. Not usually a problem, however DP would like dc2 to have a Hindu name. If only we could agree on one

We need a boys name for DC2 that is either Hindu in origin, or is Hindu but not so much so, if that makes sense. It's a difficult balance that we achieved with DS but at that time we only had 1 boys name we could agree on. My current preferences are Issac and Noah, but they're being completely vetoed by DP who is failing to come up with anything better!

To complicate matters, we have a lovely long surname which is a bugger to spell and pronounce (but putting it on here would really out me!)

Fingers crossed we have a girl, as we have loads of pretty Hindu girls names

Any ideas?!

How about Rohan or Arun?

Thanks, I like both of those, however Arun is v similar to DS's name... Rohan has come up before actually.

It's in the maybe pile!

Hari? A nice name in both cultures.

Jay

Dillon

Ashwin ? Is both a Hindu and an Anglo Saxon name.

Jai?

Robindra - shortened to Robin
Harvinder - shortened to Harvey
Manendra - shortened to Manny
Harinder - shortened to Harry

Apparently Neil means "blue" if that's any good?

Also I know an Indian boy called Alekshander (Alek for short).

I have a relative called Kailash- it gets shortened to Kail. I like Jai or Dillon, though. :)

(Kail, pronounced like 'Kyle'.)

Neilesh? Like jai and Dylan too

Hari
Indra - Indy is a sweet nickname
Ravi
Neel - apparently it means 'sapphire blue', which makes it much more exotic than Neil!
Sai
Rohan
Vikram
Kiran
Vijay

Stellan My DP's is on your list

Wine Ashwin was one we agreed on then we discovered a long lost relative (with the same surname) lived across town from us with that name. We're now really friendly with them and it would mean DS would have exactly the same very unusual name I don't think I could do it.

Thank you so much for the suggestions... I like Indra A LOT!

Our DS is called Archi so many of these would actually fit... I like names that "go" with each other.

Indra is lovely. I like Rishi too, gets shortened to Rish.

Agree loads of pretty female Indian/Hindi names, boys ones more tricky!

Rayan?

I love Indra too, I have an Indy so am a bit biased :-)

Rishi is awesome...

Kamran (pronounced like Cameron)

Hi Newton [waves]

I love Hindu names. My uncle is married to a Mauritian lady and they are Hindu.

My cousins name is krisna.
They have 3 kids and only 1 has a Hindu name the rest have English names.

I like mahad, arleem Sanjeev. There has been some lovely names suggested on this thread though, your right. It's soo easy to find pretty girl names. good luck

Rickesh - shortened to Rick or Ricky for every day

Oooo I'm loving all these names!

zxcv I like Kamran, suggested it to DP last time who told me it was Islamic...I'm going to investigate though because I like Kam as a nn.

Bubble my DP is Mauritian....I bet his mum and your Aunty know each other (it would be a pretty safe bet in my experience!!)

Newton I bet they do. They have a really close community. Its lovely.

What about that handsome fella from crimewatch. Rav? What's his full name? He has a Mauritian parent too!
He is so so gorgeous!

I love the names Arjun, Nikhil, Sachin and Sunil.

Ha ha Bubble yes his parents are Mauritian.... he is lovely, but my friend has met him (through work) and he is really short apparently! He made someone he was interviewing stand on the road, and he stood up on the pavement to make himself look taller! Think he's a Ravi....

You like Issac and Noah, they are very Christian or Muslim (Ishaq and Nuh). Hindu names are on a completely different vibe.