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ANON POST: Names for Asian Indian-American characters

Jul 05, 2011 05:27

Searched: online baby-name sites (Bachpan.com, list of top names in the US (http://www.bloggermoms.com/most-popular-indian-baby-names/), etc.), Wikipedia ("Neha", "Bhandari", "Asian-Indian Americans", etc.), IMDB (for film stars ( Read more... )

india (misc), usa (misc), ~names

Comments 17

mature July 5 2011, 09:36:31 UTC

Not a lot of help, but in my 1975 kindergarten class I had a classmate named Parmenda. Pity I can't remember her younger sister's name.

mature July 5 2011, 21:18:12 UTC

Thank you!

carlyinrome July 5 2011, 11:19:03 UTC

A lot of the Indians I know have a mix of English and Indian names, although middle names aren't very popular as far as I can tell; I know some without one at all, and some with just a middle initial.

carlyinrome July 5 2011, 21:18:59 UTC

Thank you!

tsubaki_ny July 5 2011, 12:46:58 UTC

Be careful you keep it consistent within the family for region and religion as well. (I'm not Indian, but I'll ask around about this. :))

tsubaki_ny July 5 2011, 21:20:47 UTC

I appreciate that.

She's a *very* minor character so I was hoping not to have to develop too much backstory, but yeah, I don't want her to have a name that makes readers scratch their heads.

samtyr July 5 2011, 14:16:53 UTC

Honestly? When you use the name 'Rohan', my mind automatically defaults to LotR and the Rohirrim before anything or anyone else. Just sayin'.

http://youtu.be/kdSGNjraOQE

samtyr July 5 2011, 21:21:52 UTC

Rohan's father does own horses....

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anonymous July 5 2011, 21:22:40 UTC

Thank you, that's helpful!