Indian names that sound good to an Irish/Australian ear

aliciaspinnet · January 2015

I'd love some ideas and opinions on names.

I'm Irish, DH is Indian and we live in Australia. I'm 20 weeks pregnant and we've started thinking about names. Indian names just sound better with DHs surname, but we'd like a name that won't baffle English speaking people. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

At the moment we're considering Anjali for a girl (it was DH's Middle name). I'm having a terrible time finding boy names I like. The best we've come up with so far is Rohan - I like that it's also an Irish name, but I worry that it'll seem like a Lord of the Rings reference (I'm a bit of a nerd so people totally might think that!)

pipeTsquared · January 2015

These are probably a mix of more Islamic ones with Hindu or Sikh ones. If so I apologise. Trying to think if people I know from the Indian subcontinent

Kamal
Hassan
Naveen
Mandeep
Athar
Hari
Saeed /Said
Harilal
Devdas
Dev
Nikhil
Sanjay
Sanjeev
Nitin
Anil
Anit
Amit
Om
Kabir
Vinay (I know one know as Vinny)
Rajesh
Ranjeet
Manish
Rohit

LNic5 · January 2015

Girl:
Arya
Amiya
Avi
Dharani
Ellora
Daeva
Hariti
Ishani
Khasa
Lakya
Lakshmi
Mahila
Nidra
Neha
Padma
Priya
Riya
Sakra
Sarisha
Simi
Zudora

Boys:
Amil
Dhaval
Halim
Kavi
Manu
Pitar
Rahul
Raji
Shiva
Sanjiv

oneblessedmess · January 2015

I like Avani, Priya, or Parvati for a girl. Maybe Sanjay for a boy?

ClareH1217 · January 2015

Anjali was the first one I thought of for a girl as well. Padma is lovely as well. Roshan for a boy? I also like Sanjay for a boy.

didobas · January 2015

I like Sarita and Sumita - pretty and easy to pronounce.

catwine · January 2015

I have heard the name Tasmin for a girl (I'm not sure if that the proper spelling, but it is pronounced Taz-meen) and I liked the sound of it. Saad is a boy name I have heard (pronounced Sod) and found easy to spell/pronounce.

blu-eyedwife · January 2015

Love Anjali.

I had a friend in college who was Indian by way of England named Rajit. I don't think he ever had issues with pronunciation.

crason · January 2015

Rohan and Rahul

aliciaspinnet · January 2015

Sorry for the delay in replying, thanks everyone for your suggestions! There are some great names there, many of the girl names in particular are beautiful! I think I need to start referring to my bump with some of these names and see how they sound.