Leslie Fiedler

Any suggestions for easy to pronounce Indian baby names for a girl?

I'm looking for suggestions for baby names for a girl. We have a first name picked out, but I'd like to give her a middle name as well. We're from India, but the first name we've picked out is not an Indian name. We'd like the middle name to be an Indian name, but we'd like it to be something that "foreigners" (non Indians) wouldn't have trouble pronouncing. For instance, "Eesha" is one that I found, and "Sonia" is another option that I came up with. I'm looking for either suggestions of Indian names that are easy to pronounce, or websites that specifically list easy-to-pronounce Indian names. I've done searches, but only seem to be able to find general Indian websites and it's hard to pick names from those that non-Indians would be able to easily pronounce correctly. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

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1. Avni Girl I work with
2. Well, I am not Indian, but I'll do my best to help out. Shreya and Ranjani are two Indian names, and in my opinion, are pretty easy to pronounce. My own name, Mira (the 'mi' is pronounced as the word 'me') means "sea" or "ocean" in Sanskrit and was the name of and Indian princess during the 1500s that devoted her life to Krishna. Here is also a site with Indian names: http://www.indiaexpress.com/specials/babynames/ This site has name that originated from India along with their Sanskrit meanings, and include Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain names. Good luck!
3. Suri? okay - that is rather Tomkat-ish... What about Saba? one of my co-workers has that name....
4. Jasmine or Yasmine - they're pretty names.
5. Ria, Renu
6. I think these names would be very easy to pronounce: RANEE INDIRA SARI or SAREE Good luck!
7. I found a website that I thought you might like. It will give you names pronouncialbe by foreigners. I really like Jayne. http://www.indiaparenting.com/names/ Hope this helps
8. Sonali Karishma Avi
9. i had a best friend in 2nd grade who was Indian and her name was Ankita Soni and she had a twin sister named Ankonsha Soni. they were really nice and smart and pretty i also knew 2 girls named Payel and Aneesa
10. i had a indian friend in school and her name was Ann
11. i am indian my name is payal and i think that jasmin is easy to pronounce in english i am 11 and i can think of that .... there is a website look and find a name i dont know which you would like but i think you have good choices i like these also: ria pia sia jasmin-------easy for americans to pronounce alesha amy------easy also anya radhika puja---my sister aarti janki diya i hope i helped
12. Asha - like as in Asha Bhosle
13. Sharaya prounounced Shuh Rah yuh Sakina Maya Vashti Sherika
14. Here are some good names: Priya/Preeya Kareena/Carina Amisha/Ameesha Maya Rani Mina/Meena All of those names are only 2 or 3 syllables, so they should be easy to pronounce. Also, don't worry too much about the pronunciation for a middle name, its only a middle name lol
15. hi!im indian! the best and easiet 1's r............. Eesha Vani Sonia Delia Maya Rani Diya Namrata Meera/Mira Keerthi Monika Sonika Ria Keerthi Nikki....... etc!
16. Pocahontus Pramada