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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nabanil      ("a new, clear blue sky")
Neal          ("champion")
Neehal       ("new")
Nelith         ("personification of law")
Nihal          ("satisfied, contented, happy")
Nilan          ("moon, handsome")
Nilavalagan ("handsome, moon")  
Nilavan       ("moon, handsome")  
Nilmitra      ("blue")  
Nithilan       ("brilliant like a pearl ")

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Why do South Asian families and living in the US always name their children ethnic names like the above, but East Asian families usually name their kids typical American names? Sincerely curious White American here. 
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[b]Are you seriously asking why people from two different cultures on different sides of the same continent don’t practice the same naming traditions?  [/b]

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Exactly. Why don't the Scots use the same naming conventions as Russians? Same thing.[/quote]

I don’t think it’s a crazy question. Haven’t you noticed that Korean- Americans and Chinese Americans are often named typical white names and Indian Americans usually have Indian names (unless they are Christian)?[/quote]

It is a totally stupid and uninformed question. Back to my Scotland example - it's only 800 from Iceland, so why don't Scots use surnames derived from their father's given names? Or why don't the Irish spell their names in English instead of Gaelic.[/quote]

It’s not at all a stupid or uninformed question.  Korea and India are obviously different countries with different naming customs, and for that matter even different states in India have different naming traditions.

But in the U.S. there is absolutely some commonality of experience between U.S. born kids of Asian immigrants.  When I was growing up in MoCo in the 80’s, the few of us tended to befriend one another as we were all foreign looking outsiders who had to code switch between school and home and whose extended families were an ocean away.

So it is surprising to me that there’s a difference in naming.

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