What would you think re race/ethnicity if you heard this names?

[Anonymous]

Ajay - I would think he's Indian. Please don't name him that and have people call him AJ. It's pronounced Uh-jay.

I think he will appreciate having a connection with both sides of his family, maybe more so if he doesn't look typically South Asian.

[Anonymous]

If OP's husband is Indian I guess they know how to pronouce it :/

[Anonymous]

I work with an Ajay. He's indian.

[Anonymous]

I work with an Ajay - he is indian. If I heard just the first name, I would think american. If I heard the first name followed by something like Rajeshkumaar or whatever, I would assume indian or some other asian culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If OP's husband is Indian I guess they know how to pronouce it :/

Of course, I'm sure his parents will pronounce it correctly. But they may not necessarily encourage others to do so. I know quite a number of AJs who are really Ajay. It's not that hard to say, and regardless, people should pronounce a person's name as it should be pronounced. That's a knock on people with the names, not on people unfamiliar with the name who pronounce it wrong. It takes just a little assertiveness to tell people how to pronounce a name. (Not that I haven't seen lots of people who. just. don't. get it.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If OP's husband is Indian I guess they know how to pronouce it :/

Of course, I'm sure his parents will pronounce it correctly. But they may not necessarily encourage others to do so. I know quite a number of AJs who are really Ajay. It's not that hard to say, and regardless, people should pronounce a person's name as it should be pronounced. That's a knock on people with the names, not on people unfamiliar with the name who pronounce it wrong. It takes just a little assertiveness to tell people how to pronounce a name. (Not that I haven't seen lots of people who. just. don't. get it.)

What if they want to be called AJ? We should pronounce people's names how they want them pronounced, not how some shrew on DCUM decides they should be pronounced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If OP's husband is Indian I guess they know how to pronouce it :/

Of course, I'm sure his parents will pronounce it correctly. But they may not necessarily encourage others to do so. I know quite a number of AJs who are really Ajay. It's not that hard to say, and regardless, people should pronounce a person's name as it should be pronounced. That's a knock on people with the names, not on people unfamiliar with the name who pronounce it wrong. It takes just a little assertiveness to tell people how to pronounce a name. (Not that I haven't seen lots of people who. just. don't. get it.)

What if they want to be called AJ? We should pronounce people's names how they want them pronounced, not how some shrew on DCUM decides they should be pronounced.

HAAA! Don't you know? DCUM demands that we as a group decide how you pronounce your name.

[Anonymous]

Right off I thought Indian. The 2nd name being more Caucasian with no real difference from Matthew, Noah, or Marcus for me. However, when I was naming my 2nd son, one of the front runner names was Marcus. Our last name is Portugese and folks told me that Marcus sounded ethnic (the middle name was James after my father so that didn't make a difference).