Anonymous wrote:There's a Kiran in our daycare; I like the name. I like Navin, also. Other names I've heard that seemed pretty American-friendly:

Dev or Deven
Indra
Kumar
Ravi
Rohan
Vijay

Sadly Vijay isn't the nice neutral name it was when most of us were growing up. Not since vajayjay entered the lexicon.

I like I lot of the other suggested names. I'll add Rakesh.

I like

Krishnan
Roshan
Jayant
Dev

Raja

Khayal
Ankush
Arjun
Vikram
Raj
Niranjan
Krishna
Dular

Kiran and Kumar are two of my favorites.

Anonymous wrote:Anil is nice but I'd worry about possible teasing in school since it looks so much like anal.

Agree, and also, people are confused about how it's pronounced.

I almost picked Rohan. Kiran is good too. There's also Akash (or Aakash). Rahul maybe?

Ramesh? Amit? Amir, Sanjay

We just named our baby boy Ishaan. I think it sounds so nice, plus no one seems to have trouble saying it.

Anil is nice but I'd worry about possible teasing in school since it looks so much like anal.

Adahy (Cherokee)

Bidzill (Navajo)

Pachu'a

There's a Kiran in our daycare; I like the name. I like Navin, also. Other names I've heard that seemed pretty American-friendly:

Dev or Deven
Indra
Kumar
Ravi
Rohan
Vijay

Ajay or Amal are nice names. I like Milan also.

My friend's little boy is Milan. I think it is a great name.

Hmm, maybe Rohan or Kiran?

We are looking for an Indian/Sanskrit boy name that works well in the US. My husband and I both have difficult to spell and pronounce names, and are trying to avoid this for our child. Any suggestions on names that would work well? So far we like Anil and Navin.