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

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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!!

Rudra?
Nitin?
Anil?
Manish?

What about Danyal (Dan)?

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).

I know a lovely Samar (nn Sam)

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

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

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

I second Kiran, lovely name

I know a Tarin too, which is nice.

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!

I like Nikhil :-)

Kiran means sun/moonbeam

What about Dillon (or Dylan)?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Jai?

Dillan/Dilan/Dillon?

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.

Kamran/Kamron

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