[name]Hi[/name] All,
I am expecting a boy in a few months and am looking for a name that can be pronounced easily by Indians and Americans. I personally would like the name to be of [name]Indian[/name] orgin but any unique name with beautiful meaning is also good. We have plenty of [name]Chad[/name]'s and [name]Scott[/name]'s in the family.
A friend of mine recommended ARYAM- meaning first ray of sunshine. Any thoughts? All suggestions are welcome.
Thank you.
Aryam is a lovely name, although it does sound a bit like R.E.M. when said aloud. One of my favorite Hindi names is Ashwin, the word for (according to a student of mine) the first star of the evening. Bonus: [name]Ash[/name] is a super-cool nickname.
Well, I grew up near one of the larger [name]Indian[/name] communities in central NJ, and am used to hearing most of these:
Ajeet/Ajit
Anand
Anish
[name]Arjun[/name]
Asim (love the meaning"Boundless, limitless)
Ashok/a
[name]Chandra[/name]
Deo/[name]Dev[/name]
Dinesh
[name]Hari[/name]/Harinder
[name]Indra[/name]
[name]Jai[/name]
[name]Kiran[/name]
Mahesh
Manish
[name]Manu[/name]
Mehendra/Mohinder
[name]Naveen[/name]/[name]Navin[/name]
Nilam
[name]Pradeep[/name]/Pradip
[name]Pranav[/name]
Pravin
Prem
[name]Raj[/name]/Rajnish
Rakesh
[name]Ravi[/name]
Sandeep/Sandip
Sankar/Shankara
Singh (I’ve seen this as a first name and as a surname.)
Suresh/Suresha
[name]Vijay[/name]
Vivek
I don’t have any problem saying any of these, I hope it helps a bit, good luck! 
Ooh, [name]Dev[/name]. Very cool.
I also like [name]Ravi[/name]. And I knew a [name]Milan[/name] (pronounced Mill-en) whose name I always admired. Aryam is cool, a little hard to pronounce but the nickname [name]Ary[/name] might help.
[name]Dev[/name], [name]Ravi[/name], [name]Rajiv[/name], Prasad
I did go to school with a number of people of [name]Indian[/name] descent with [name]Indian[/name] names that I remember - the boys:
[name]Sanjay[/name]
[name]Ravi[/name]
Ketan ([name]KAY[/name]-ten) - (I like it except for close sound to [name]Kate[/name]/[name]Katey[/name])
Srinivas (I think this one is hard to say)
Suneel
I had a boss named:
Prasad (He had a longer name ________prasad, and was just called Prasad, but I forget the first part).
I worked in a daycare center and one baby was named:
Jayram ([name]JAY[/name]-rahm)
I really like Jayram
I don’t know what any of them means.
I think that [name]Dev[/name] (given a boost by Slumdog Millionaire star [name]Dev[/name] Patel) and Ashwin (with great nn [name]Ash[/name]) are the coolest. After that I like Aryam. [name]Vijay[/name] is also cool and accessible due to the association I get with V.J.s–the video equivalent to disc jockeys. Good [name]Luck[/name] and let us know what you end up with.
My one concern with Aryam is whether people would be confused about how many syllables are in this name; thinking it might be Ar-yahm, or Ar-ee-yam. So that’s something to concern.