I LOOOOVE [name_u]Rohan[/name_u]. [name_m]Samir[/name_m] is nice too. Not a fan of [name_u]Neil[/name_u]. I’m sorry I don’t have other ideas, just wanted to vote.
The most popular boy’s name in the USA at the moment ends with an a sound, although there’s an h tacked on the end ([name_u]Noah[/name_u]). There’s also [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_u]Micah[/name_u], [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], quite a few Biblical male names. So people can handle an a ending for a boy’s name, I’m sure.
[name_m]Aditya[/name_m] and [name_m]Aarav[/name_m] don’t sound English at all, but they are both nice names (I think - I might be saying them wrong, I was saying [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-deet-ya and [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-rahv). It depends what you want for your son. I don’t know anything at all about [name_f]Indian[/name_f] naming, the names I know are from fiction and a handful of British Indians. They usually seem quite easy to pronounce, though, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find something that works. These all seem super easy:
[name_m]Dev[/name_m]
[name_m]Hari[/name_m] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] is really popular in the UK - I’ve heard in the US there are problems with similarity to hairy, though, which possibly also applies to [name_m]Hari[/name_m], but it’s a lovely name)
[name_u]Jay[/name_u] (this one really does sound English)
[name_u]Krishna[/name_u]
[name_m]Kumar[/name_m]
[name_m]Raj[/name_m]
[name_m]Ravi[/name_m]
I have no idea whether these are considered nice names by Indians, but they sound good to my English ears and I think they’d probably be easy names to carry in an English-speaking country.
If you’re open to names from any origin, a (non-indian) name that has a similar sound/look to several that you like and isn’t very popular is [name_m]Avram[/name_m].
All the names suggested are nice, but I want a name that is not too common or too [name_f]Indian[/name_f]. So of the [name_f]Indian[/name_f] names are not very easy to pronounce in english and some of the english names make be sound weird on a [name_f]Indian[/name_f] boy. Boy names are hard specially if looking for a cross-cultural name.
[name_f]My[/name_f] husbands name is Siddhartha ([name_m]Sid[/name_m]), and is easy to pronounce here atleast the shorter version. I have looked at so many sites, running out of sites to look for names.
I also want to express my love of [name_u]Rohan[/name_u]. It is really a great choice!
Names that I didn’t notice suggested yet:
Devdan (Another one of my favorites. If behindthename.com’s meaning is correct, “Gift of the gods” doesn’t get much better for a meaning.)
Harish
[name_m]Naveen[/name_m] / [name_m]Navin[/name_m]
Pallav
Rakesh
[name_m]Arun[/name_m]
I went to school with [name_f]Indian[/name_f] American boys name [name_m]Arjun[/name_m], Atur (I can’t find it on Behindthename so I can’t guarantee it’s an [name_f]Indian[/name_f] name) and [name_u]Milan[/name_u]. Atur would answer to [name_m]Artie[/name_m] if people had trouble with his name but his name generally carried over well.
Akash ([name_m]Kash[/name_m] or [name_u]Ash[/name_u])
Asim
[name_m]Deepak[/name_m]/[name_m]Dipak[/name_m] (maybe too [name_f]Indian[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Indra[/name_f] ([name_f]Indy[/name_f])
[name_u]Jai[/name_u]
Kavi
Kunal
[name_m]Manu[/name_m]
Niraj (He could go by [name_m]Raj[/name_m] which is fairly familar if people have issues with Niraj)
[name_m]Ravi[/name_m]
[name_m]Samir[/name_m]
[name_m]Vikram[/name_m] (which has been mentioned but I second it. He could always go by Vik)
I don’t think it would be a problem to have a last name ending with -a, like others have said it’s not that uncommon. People will be able to tell the name [name_m]Aditya[/name_m] is not a typical western name so they won’t think it is a girls name. I think [name_m]Aarav[/name_m] could also work.
I really like [name_m]Samir[/name_m] and [name_u]Neil[/name_u]. I know an [name_f]Indian[/name_f] American guy named [name_u]Neil[/name_u] and so I have really positive associations. Not sure if this would be positive or negative for you, but [name_m]Samir[/name_m] may get nicknamed [name_u]Sam[/name_u] in the US.
Here are my other favorite [name_f]Indian[/name_f] cross-culture names:
[name_u]Ari[/name_u] - one who shows the right path
Ashwin - brave knight
[name_u]Ira[/name_u] - wind god
I like the [name_m]Rayan[/name_m] spelling; this is easy to pronounce. Some of the other spellings are more feminine. [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] is common, but this changes the meaning and sound quite a bit. Personally, from the [name_m]Rayan[/name_m]/[name_u]Ryan[/name_u] names I would go with [name_m]Rayan[/name_m]. [name_u]Ray[/name_u] is a cute nickname! I also really like all the names listed by the PP.
I like [name_m]Rayan[/name_m], [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] and [name_u]Rohan[/name_u]. The son of a family friend married an [name_f]Indian[/name_f] American lady and they have a son called [name_m]Ishaan[/name_m] (or [name_m]Ishan[/name_m], I can’t quite remember the spelling!). I also have a friend who’s parents are [name_f]Indian[/name_f], he and his brother are called [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and [name_u]Cameron[/name_u], so I think as long as you pick something you like, and it has a more or less straight forward pronunciation you’ll be fine whatever it’s origins are.
Yes, if we do decide to go with [name_m]Rayan[/name_m], it will be spelled like that. Its difficult, because [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] (not spelled as [name_m]Rayan[/name_m]) is common in U.S and [name_u]Rohan[/name_u] is common in [name_f]India[/name_f].
Trying to decide which way to go. Trying to find other similar names too
[name_f]My[/name_f] [name_f]Indian[/name_f]-American friend’s brother is called [name_m]Sameer[/name_m], but he goes by [name_u]Sammy[/name_u] day-by-day. It’s very cute
I am not sure if it has been mentioned, but [name_m]Biren[/name_m], Ronak or Rupak- I believe could be equally versatile and suit the multi-cultural need.
But I too really like [name_m]Rayan[/name_m], that is my favorite:)
I have always liked the [name_f]Indian[/name_f] name [name_m]Amit[/name_m] – it strikes me as very masculine, and is quite easy for any English-speaker to pronounce. But perhaps [name_m]Amit[/name_m] is too popular?
I agree with the other member who like Rohen! You can’t go wrong with it.
Here are some other suggestions. Most of them are not [name_f]Indian[/name_f], but I feel like they could work well in both cultures. Good luck!
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Amit[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rahul[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]*
[name_m]Zaheer[/name_m]
[name_m]Zeb[/name_m] (Or the full name, [name_m]Zebulon[/name_m])
[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite is [name_m]Victor[/name_m]. It is similar to [name_m]Vikram[/name_m], but not too close. It is also very strong and masculine – and not overly popular.
Good luck! Be sure to announce your little one in the Namberry birth announcements when the time is right.