OP, what about Rayan, sounds like Ryan. Others that I think are easily pronounce-able are Akhil, Neal, Pavak, Pavan, Rohan, Ashan, Suman, Sameer, Kant, Kheer, Ash, Mohan (can go by Mo).

Anonymous wrote:What caste are you?

Seriously? You are clearly not Indian.

Naveen and Praveen are easy to pronounce - I think if you go with something ending in -een you are good.

One of my friend's changed the spelling of Indian names to make them easier for Americans to pronounce. His sons are Neelan and Keeran.

My husband is Indian..we have a half American, half Indian nephew named Rohan. I think that's very easy to pronounce. Also, Roshan is similar. Raj is very easy to pronounce/spell. Nikhil might work also - nickname could be Nik.

Armaan, Arnav, arav, rivvan

I like Aziz.

My friend's husband is indian and she's trinidadian and their son is Aidan. Her cousins son is Jaylin (sp?)and Marcus

I really like Neel and Ajay (two of my cousins names). Vikram is also a good name (shorten to Vik), and my nephew is named Dhilan (but I don't know if I recommend that, everyone is always convinced they are pronouncing it wrong).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What caste are you?

Huh? Totally not relevant.

Yes it's relevant if I wanted to suggest a traditional name in her/his/their caste.

For first names? Not really. Please do share any caste-specific first names you know. While I have seen some names be more common in some castes than others, I've never heard of any real relationship to caste. It's more like, well, there are probably more kids named Hunter on a lacrosse team or something.

Arjun (short for Arjuna, which sounds girlish to westerners)

My husband finally legally changed his name because no one could pronounce his name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What caste are you?

Huh? Totally not relevant.

Yes it's relevant if I wanted to suggest a traditional name in her/his/their caste.