Father Quote by Jacob Abbott

“Khan Noonien Singh.”

— David A. Goodman

“Yes," I said. "Temudjin Oh." I'd long got used to the fact that my Mongolian-extraction surname could cause some amusement amongst English speakers determined…

— Iain M. Banks

My father's original name was Ahmed Ali Khan till he became a follower of a holy man Waris Pak and we became Warsis.

— Arshad Warsi

“If Bengali is my mother, then English is my father and friend.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“His Pronouncement is Your Announcement -I will make thy name great”

— Ikechukwu Joseph

“We should definitely keep an eye on the children of course, particularly that little Indian boy you mentioned, the son of Sarina Kaur. The…

— Greg Cox

“WHAT am I, after all, but a child, pleas’d with the sound of my own name? repeating it over and over; I stand apart…

— Walt Whitman

I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing the tradition,…

— Cyrus Broacha

“So-so马马虎虎(Mămăhǔhǔ)”

— Mike Ellis

“found himself marveling at how many different names there are in this world. All individual, most pronounceable. Think of that.”

— Donald E. Westlake

“When Kushim’s neighbours called out to him, they might really have shouted ‘Kushim!’ It is telling that the first recorded name in history belongs…

— Yuval Noah Harari

There is still one of which you never speak.' Marco Polo bowed his head. 'Venice,' the Khan said. Marco smiled. 'What else do you…

— Italo Calvino