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[lethe-cat.livejournal.com]

Friend of mine is looking for "race neutral" names. Names that, when you hear them, you don't think "Oh that probably a Chinese man's name", or "That's a white girl name".

I've really never thought of the racial aspect of names, so I don't really know how to help her.
She also wants names that "travel" well between culture (like, are easy pronounceable in multiple languages).


Help? ...Thoughts?

Comments

[sal_amanda]

I think Anna might skew a little toward Caucasian, too, but actually Michael is a name that is across the board for all races. I've known a lot of different Michaels that were white, black, Asian, Native American... And it's a common enough name that has at least some version of it in many languages. That might be exactly what the OP is looking for.

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

I know quite a few south americans who are named Anna, same with Europeans.