Indian-western names

Mom2B wrote:

Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to give my
baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English. Any suggestions?
We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so suggestions for both welcome.

Any recommended Indian baby name websites? (I've done a general search so
only send me sites that you recommend).

Anika
EDD 11th January 2004





I like the name Indra - my husband had a colleague whose wife was named
that.

Clisby

Cheryl S. wrote:

Mom2B wrote in message
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Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd
like to give my baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce
in English. Any suggestions? We don't know if it's a boy or girl
yet so suggestions for both welcome.

Any recommended Indian baby name websites? (I've done a
general search so only send me sites that you recommend).



My FIL is from India so I have looked at some Indian names too. We live
in the US, so I was also looking for names that are easy to pronounce
and spell in English. Some that I liked for a boy have been: Jivan,
Rajan, and Deven. These have been in generic baby name books. I
haven't found any websites that I found helpful so I will also be
reading your other replies with interest. I have a book on hold at the
library that will hopefully be returned soon. It's called _Hindu Baby
Names: 2100 Beautiful Names For Your Baby_, by Ashok Kaushik; maybe you
can find that somewhere. I think as long as you stick to two-syllable
names, most Indian names are fairly straightforward in English. They
will probably have to be spelled for people (what name doesn't these
days?), but reading them generally seems not to be a problem.
--



Shoot, I forgot about Ashok. A little boy in my daugher's preschool
was named that, and
his sister was Anu.

Clisby

Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to give my
baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English. Any suggestions?
We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so suggestions for both welcome.

Any recommended Indian baby name websites? (I've done a general search so
only send me sites that you recommend).

Anika
EDD 11th January 2004

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:59:54 +0100, "Mom2B"
wrote:
but then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual!
Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to give my
baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English. Any suggestions?
We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so suggestions for both welcome.

Depending on where in the UK you are, I wouldn't think it was a bit
issue. I work with a lot of Indian people and have never found their
names difficult to pronounce, occasionally I'll get it wrong and have
to be corrected, but its pretty rare. An Indian name is a lot more
acceptable than our (100% native UK) choice!

Megan
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Mom2B wrote in message
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Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd
like to give my baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce
in English. Any suggestions? We don't know if it's a boy or girl
yet so suggestions for both welcome.

Any recommended Indian baby name websites? (I've done a
general search so only send me sites that you recommend).

My FIL is from India so I have looked at some Indian names too. We live
in the US, so I was also looking for names that are easy to pronounce
and spell in English. Some that I liked for a boy have been: Jivan,
Rajan, and Deven. These have been in generic baby name books. I
haven't found any websites that I found helpful so I will also be
reading your other replies with interest. I have a book on hold at the
library that will hopefully be returned soon. It's called _Hindu Baby
Names: 2100 Beautiful Names For Your Baby_, by Ashok Kaushik; maybe you
can find that somewhere. I think as long as you stick to two-syllable
names, most Indian names are fairly straightforward in English. They
will probably have to be spelled for people (what name doesn't these
days?), but reading them generally seems not to be a problem.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo.
And a boy, EDD 4.Sept

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

"Mom2B" wrote
Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to give my
baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English. Any suggestions?
We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so suggestions for both welcome.


An ex-colleague of mine was called Priya (she had an Indian Dad and Irish
Mum). IIRC one of her sisters was called Indira.

Jean


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Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and
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Mom2B wrote:

Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to
give my baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English.
Any suggestions? We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so
suggestions for both welcome.

Depending on where in the UK you are, I wouldn't think it was a
bit issue. I work with a lot of Indian people and have never
found their names difficult to pronounce, occasionally I'll get it
wrong and have to be corrected, but its pretty rare.

Ditto, I went to university with a very mixed bunch of people from all
sorts of areas, and can't say I ever had trouble with any Indian names
(Indonesian, now that's a different story...). FWIW names I like
include: Simi, Ikram, Sanjay, Deepak, Kulvinder, Sushila, Meera.

Jac

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:59:54 +0100, "Mom2B"
wrote:

Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to give my
baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English. Any suggestions?

I personally love the name Jaya.

My DD has an Indian name, but we pronounce it Jay Anne.

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==Daye==
Momma to Jayan
#2 EDD 11 Jan 2004
E-mail: brendana AT labyrinth DOT net DOT au

"Mom2B" wrote in message
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Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to give my
baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English. Any suggestions?
We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so suggestions for both welcome.

Any recommended Indian baby name websites? (I've done a general search so
only send me sites that you recommend).

Anika
EDD 11th January 2004


I like Vijay for a boy (he could always go by Jay if he wanted to anglicize
his name), and Amba for a girl. I think they are both quite natural sounding
and easy to pronounce in English.

Good luck!
Michelle

For a girl I like Pria boy's i dunno.

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Shelly
Mommy to Zachariah
January 24, 2003
"Shelly" wrote in message
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"Mom2B" wrote in message
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Both my husband and I are Indian and live in the UK. I'd like to give my
baby an Indian name that is easy to pronounce in English. Any
suggestions?
We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so suggestions for both welcome.

Any recommended Indian baby name websites? (I've done a general search
so
only send me sites that you recommend).

Anika
EDD 11th January 2004


I like Vijay for a boy (he could always go by Jay if he wanted to
anglicize
his name), and Amba for a girl. I think they are both quite natural
sounding
and easy to pronounce in English.

Good luck!
Michelle