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[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]

I think people are being a little rude to you. Having known a bunch of immigrant families in my life and being Irish I think what it comes down to is parental desire for conformity.

The more normalized/accepted someone is the more likely they are to go back to more traditional names. For example I have a lot of Asian friends born in the 80s who have extremely white names like Daniel, Mary, Stephanie etc. Because their parents were first or second gen immigrant parents who's primary goal was to set them up to succeed in American culture (I am not saying this is right or wrong but my friends have told me this is why they got their names).

Conversely there is less belief among Irish people that having the name Aoife is going to hold their child back (as while prejudice against the Irish was very real, it hasn't really been a thing in a very very long time). Basically the more recent the strong racism towards the population, the more likely they are to try to have their children's names conform.

I think Indian culture is in an interesting place on this topic because big tech has an ENORMOUS Indian presence and while they certainly face racism there is not as potent a racist/stereotype against Indians in the workforce and as a result Indian names are used more frequently. And again this is not to say Indian people have not faced prejudice but nothing quite like Chinese (railroads) or Japanese (WWII/internment camps) or African Americans have faced. I think this is also why Latino names have become more part of the common tongue.

And I think there are consequences to this as Indian and Latino names I think are more expected versus a really traditional Asian name like you see with Jungkook and Jimin (kpop band BTS) sound like they really are very unfamiliar in English and some of those kpop bands even are embracing the american names (like Jennie in Blackpink). [/quote]

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