Indian Baby Boy Names
With another 5 weeks to go before my due date, we have seriously started looking for Indian names for a baby boy….we want a name that is phonetically easy to pronounce here in US…that is one of the negatives I have discovered about teaching reading to kids through phonics…. for an average American who learnt to read using phonics, an A will always read as a the “sound” aeh, no matter what…this turns out to be a handicap when he/she tries to pronounce a foreign name in the right way. It robs away the flexibility of the mind to distinguish sounds from symbols. That is why I have done away with teaching my son through phonics and hope that it doesn’t get too instilled in him at school.
So coming back to Indian baby boy names, here are some on my list…
Anuj
Arya
Aryan
Arjun
Arun
Jay
Kabir
Kunal
Manish
Munish
Mukul
Neel
Ray
Sameer
Vir
These are some names that seem not too hard to pronounce by everybody….to be honest, there’s only one name here that I really like..its Aryan….rest are pretty wishy-washy…though I like Sam, but not Sameer….
It is such an irony – I have a huge list of lovely Indian baby GIRL names but we are having a boy…here are some of my favorite girl names -
Diya
Ria
Gia
Aaina
Aanya
Meera
Aditi
Annie
Deepa
Meera
Karina
Fiza
Gina
Geeta
Heena
Hena
Ila
Juhi
Jaya
Kanika
Kashish
Maya
Mahika
Monica
Manvi
Mansi
Mayra
Meha
Malvika
Naazia
Neha
Neelu
Nida
Nikki
Nina
Niti
Nita
Nishi
Pia
Pari
Payal
Pooja
Priti
Priya
Samia
Saira
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I think Aryan is a pretty international name and sounds very good.
I think Aryan is majestic too. Another one – Ishaan is easy to pronouce, though may not be as unique.
Please dont go with Jay – many people confuse it here with Joy which as a girls name.
I dont think Aryan is a good choice to close to aryan race. Neel and Ray r better choices, in my humble opinion.
Regards
I agree with Winfried. People may consider it not politically correct here.
In that case, I need to think of something else…some names that came to mind are Sameer – can be shortened as Sam and another one’s Siddhart – “Sid” for short.
Its a pity – I actually liked Arya/ Aryan quite a bit..it has a good vibe associated with it in India. But I get your point…
Why not Anjan?
i am surprised that annika didnt find a place. Any reason??? We want to name our daughter Anneka.
Sorry its Annika not Anneka…..
How about Shriya for a girl? Just had a baby daughter … Shriya is easy to say for the Americans as well since English has words like shrek, shrimp, shriek which have the Shri in it…
As for boys, I think Aryan is too common… Lots of kids in this generation will have arya, aryan, Arav and it loses it’s uniqueness… How about Rishi??