Ding Dong (village in Arunachal Pradesh)
Poo (a town in Himachal Pradesh)
Bastardwadi (yes, a village in Maharashtra)
Chutia (area in Ranchi, Jharkhand; the word is a profanity in Hindi)
Fukche (place in Ladakh)
Hardik – a common male name; sounds like “hard dick.”
Balwinder / Balwant – common Punjabi names; can sound like “ball-winder” or “ball-want.”
Manmohan – sounds like “man moan.”
Bumrah – a famous cricket player’s surname; sounds like “bum-rah.”
Kumkum – a women’s name; sounds like “cum-cum.”
Bhaskar – totally normal name, but to Western ears can sound like “bus car.”
Sukhdeep / Jagdeep / Baldeep – common Sikh names; “deep” names can sound funny in English contexts.
