Afros Quote by Surya Das

There is nothing in a name. My husband, Santhosh Menon, called me Navya at first, which I did not like as it was my…

— Navya Nair

I was named after a Muslim.

— Jabari Parker

Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman.…

— Fred Armisen

I couldn't bring myself to call him by his first name, that wasn't my upbringing. So I suggested I call him 'Anandji.' He glared…

— Waheeda Rehman

What's there in a name! Some people call me Jai, while others call me Jaggu, Kishan, Jackie, or Bhidu.

— Jackie Shroff

What you think of a name depends so much on the people you know by that name.

— Doug McClure

Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had…

— Sharlto Copley

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

— Stana Katic

My Indian name is Bemay-Ultze and means 'talking eyes.'

— Jackie Coogan

Named after my mother.

— Bonnie Raitt

Confound my genteel upbringing! I could not think of any name foul enough to call him.

— Nancy Springer

I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.

— Jay Chandrasekhar