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Indian/English boy names

29 replies

Settlersofcatan · 27/03/2019 10:13

We are expecting our second boy soon and are struggling a bit with names. We need something that can be pronounced easily by my Indian (Hindu) family and also by British people and my DH's family. My huge extended family has already used some of the obvious choices (Raj, Jay, Ravi, etc). Any views on our shortlist or alternative suggestions welcome!

Rajiv
Samir
Arjun
Ashwin

We'd also be open to short easy to pronounce non-Indian names, like Leo or Sam

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WelcomeToGreenvale · 31/03/2019 20:00

Reyan.

Likeagibbon · 31/03/2019 22:36

Siju
Matthew? (I would never have thought of this as an indian name but know of someone who grew up in kerela with this name so assume it must be used in india)
Sebastian
Anoop

UtterlyDesperate · 31/03/2019 22:43

Like there's a lot of Christians in Kerala, so also a lot of traditional Biblical names.

I love Arjun and Dhillon, OP - but I think all of the suggestions on this thread work well for both cultures, That said, there are a couple of names on here more traditionally used by Indian Muslims--though I don't know whether this matters nowadays or not.

Priam is nice too - shame someone already has Ravi, which is one of my favourites.

DieCryHate · 02/04/2019 16:43

Ashwin and Arjun are really nice. What about Krishna?

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