Indian/English Girls and Boys names.

[mimili]

Afternoon All,

DH (English) and I(Indian) have decided we want to have indian names for our baby(to maintain some sense of heritage - surname is very english). We do not know if we are having a pink one or a blue one and don?t intend on finding out.

Does anyone know of any Indian/English (Indian names that are similar to English names or easily pronounceable) that are a bit different to the Jay?s and Arun?s etc.

If you are in a similar relationship what have you called your little ones?

Thanks in advance for inspiring me!!

[smithwillsam]

There are so many Indian boy's or girl's names that you can find baby naming sites from it, You can pick a name that suits your kids on the birth time.

Here good resources for Indian baby naming.
www.babynology.com/indian_babynames.html

[deste]

Rohan and Neesha.

[mypavlova]

Shalini is one of my faves
Chandra
Lakshmi is very like Lux and Luz
I know a Sujata who goes by Suji, cute nn
love Anjali too

for some reason i meet Saurabhs and they are all very nice, intelligent men
Amit
Liked Vivek from above comment

[twentyfourcarat]

Names I like (some mentioned above):

Rohan
Rohit
Rahul
Niam
Nikhil
Toshan
Pabu
Dhiren
Dilip
Hari



Anika
Henna
Inika
Ioli
Jasmin
Priya
Leela
Tula
Tulasi

[giantpenguinmonster]

Aashni can be shortened to Ash which I love. It means lightening or smile. Are you going to have any middle names?

[mirry2]

Mia is nice.

[Merel]

An Indian friend of mine picked Ryan, as she said it was common in both countries. I also like the name Ashwin, it sounds quite Welsh to me.

[enormouse]

Jasmine, priya, tara or maya for a girl
Can't think of any boys names right now. We are thinking of callum (cal for short) for DS 2.

[womblingalong]

Nilima ( means blue), for a girl
Also Neha, Nishita/Nisha are lovely

[bsc]

I love Priya!

Nina
Rohan
Joshan

[womblingalong]

Priya is lovely, and actually means beloved, also a little less popular than Millie (which I like too) how about Mila/Milan OP?

[womblingalong]

I am in a similar relationship, and we went with Indian first names and English middle names with DH's English surname.

Ideas for names:

Ishan / Ishaan
Shyam
Arjun


Mahi or maya for a girl
Anoushka
Ami/Ammi
Anisha
Rakhee
Reshma

[chellyyx]

I'm English and my DP is half indian. I'm pregnant with our first child. So far the only name he really loves is Priya. I like Millie though :)

[hashtagwhatever]

Ahjay.

preety

[MintyDiamonds]

I'm in a similar type of relationship and our daughter is called Lilah, also liked scyra (pronounced syra) and asha. If I'd had a boy he would have been called Rohan.

[Willow33]

Tara is lovely. Means the stars.

[Dollydaydream99]

Another vote for Priya or Rowan! :)

[PoppyWearer]

Another vote for Rohan here. I've known an Indian Rohan and an English one.

Priya is also a lovely name.

I've also seen Maia (not sure of the spelling) used by an Indian/English family.

[Spindelina]

Leela/Lila
Neela
Rekha

Sameer/Samir

[soontobeslendergirl]

This looks a good source of inspiration:

www.indianhindunames.com/indian-hindu-girl-name-a.htm

[soontobeslendergirl]

Friends I know with the opposite (i.e. English mother/Indian Dad) called their little girl Maija

[soontobeslendergirl]

Nikhil/Nik

[soontobeslendergirl]

Kira
Sofi

Kiran

[umiaisha]

I love Imani and Renuka