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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's fine to give them Indian names, but jus[b]t simple ones that are easy to pronounce[/b].  I work in tech with a lot of Indians, and some of their names are difficult to pronounce if you just see the name without someone sounding it for you.

And I say this as another Asian person. I had an Asian first name that was not the easiest to figure out if you were not from my culture. So many people, including other Asian cultures, would butcher it.  I grew up in the US, live here, will probably die here, so I changed my first name to a western name to make my life easier.  My kids have western first names, and my ethnic sounding middle names.[/quote]

I find this a hilarious sentiment in the days of 100% American (whose families have been in American for generations) kids being named Siobhan, Aloysius, Saoirse, Ralph (hint, it's Rafe), Graeme, Aoife. I know kids with ALL of the names I just put out there. Why is it okay for people to name their kids these insane Gaelic names but then Indian-Americans are told to name our kids all the same few "easy to pronounce" names - Mira, Maya, Isha, Leela, Nikhil, Shaan, etc.?[/quote]

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