multicultural family... an English middle name that goes with Arun??

[slinkiemalinki]

Hello, would appreciate any suggestions for a nice English middle name that works well with Arun, my husband is Indian and wants an Indian first name for our baby. I am just about happy with Arun, but he doesn't like the middle name I like (James) - so any other suggestions from clever mumsnetters?

luke

it's our middle name for Ds
goes with sachin

I was going to say Arun James!

Arun Charles?

How many syllables do you want?

Christopher
Paul
Michael
David
Thomas
Jacob
Samuel
Joshua
Daniel
Andrew
Peter
Al exander

could go on all day...........

I was going to say James too Thomas works with Arun I think.

you don't sound like you are sure about Arun

My first thought was James! Before I went into the thread

We have friends with an Arun Dylan. Others we know have called their child Aaron ( a bit like Arun but more western looking) TBH I think it's more important that his first name has to work well with your DPs surname-unless you are planning to call him by his middle name???

My first thought was James too! It clearly is a name that goes

I like Arun what about Joseph (my first thought was also James!)

Arun Myles
Arun Robert
Arun Peter
Arun Philip

I like Arun Hugh

Arun George
Arun Neil
Arun Xander
Arun Robert
Arun Maximillian

Thanks, lots of nice food for thought here but interesting lots of people like James too; maybe I will have to work on the husband!

Arun goes well with our surname (obviously also Indian but relatively easy to pronounce), so that's not a problem, but I do want a middle name that works with them both although I appreciate it doesn't get used a lot, it's my cultural contribution to his name and hence important to me! I like Arun and importantly it is easy to say and spell (for my family as well as the little lad himself) although it is not always easy to choose and love a name from a culture which is not your own.

Thanks for ideas!