View Full Version : Indian names for story characters
methefabulous
May 15, 2010, 09:37 AM
I'm writing a detective story I want names(indian) for four girls,the first girl is a book lover and is very calm and composed,the second girl is very wild and a party animal,the 3&4 r fun loving and very bubbly... please help!!
Stratmando
May 15, 2010, 09:57 AM
Do you mean like Apu on the Simpsons, or Like Geronimo the Warrior?
http://www.snowwowl.com/swolfNAnamesandmeanings.html
http://www.indiaexpress.com/specials/babynames/girl-a.html
Wondergirl
May 15, 2010, 10:26 AM
i'm writing a detective story i want names(indian) for four girls,the first girl is a book lover and is very calm and composed,the second girl is very wild and a party animal,the 3&4 r fun loving and very bubbly ...............please help!!!!!!
I know an outgoing girl from Delhi named Shachi. I also know a quiet and very businesslike one named Manisha.
I'll ask Shachi what names she recommends.
Stratmando
May 15, 2010, 12:59 PM
Wondergirl, Are you thinking Native American Indians can't be book loving, composed, wild, party animal, fun loving and very bubbly?
Wondergirl
May 15, 2010, 01:45 PM
Wondergirl, Are you thinking Native American Indians can't be book loving, composed, wild, party animal, fun loving and very bubbly?
I'm guessing the OP wants East Indian names (much more visible people than American Indians), but she hasn't returned to confirm that. You may very well be correct. Then we'd try Wenona ("first-born daughter") and maybe this list --
Native American Names and Meanings Pg 1 (http://www.snowwowl.com/swolfNAnamesandmeanings.html#A)
At work we all voted on a list of names that Shachi was considering for her unborn son. She wanted an East Indian name that Americans could pronounce. We ended up with Abhijay -- Ab or Abe or Jay for short.
I had a college dormmate who was born and raised and lived on an Apache reservation. She was quiet and sweet, not a party animal at all. Can't remember her first name though. And we were at a Christian college, so being a "party animal" was nothing we knew about.
methefabulous
May 16, 2010, 02:47 AM
Um give me one reason why INDIANS cannot be book lovers and party animals and wild and all that?? I am an indian and I love books and I'm asking for pure indian names
methefabulous
May 16, 2010, 03:20 AM
Ummm if you want to write a story what usually do you keep in mind lyk you know I'm only 13 so wanted your suggestions
Wondergirl
May 16, 2010, 09:18 AM
um give me one reason y INDIANS cannot be book lovers and party animals and wild and all dat?????? i am an indian nd i luv books nd i'm asking for pure indian names
We still don't know which kind of Indian you mean -- American Indian or East Indian. (We never indicated that either kind of Indian cannot be any or all of what you said.)
Wondergirl
May 16, 2010, 09:27 AM
You need a storyline, characters, a setting (where the story takes place), and you need to know before you even start writing how the story is going to end.
Curlyben
May 16, 2010, 09:48 AM
Please refer to this announcement: https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/teens/announcement-read-before-posting-teens-board.html
Eelarch
May 16, 2010, 09:59 AM
Sanjeev!! Get the brooom!
methefabulous
May 16, 2010, 11:11 PM
@wondergirl they are south indians...
Wondergirl
May 16, 2010, 11:17 PM
@wondergirl they are south indians ......
Thank you, but that's not what we were trying to figure out. To Americans, East Indians are the people from the country of India. American Indians are native to North America. The names differ quite bit between the two Indian cultures, so it's important to know which country we are talking about, India or America.
methefabulous
May 16, 2010, 11:19 PM
Ohhhhhhhh then they are east indians sorry didn't get you the first time