Indian/English Girls and Boys names.

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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!!

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.

Ahjay.

preety

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 :)

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

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

I love Priya!

Nina
Rohan
Joshan

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

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.

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.

Mia is nice.

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

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

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

Rohan and Neesha.

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