Eh, she didn't specify location. And if I were doing Native characters, I'd look up some of the tribal council web sites, and see what names were being used by people listed on committees, or as students on teams at the local schools, or whatver. And of course, I wouldn't use Navajo surnames for Ojibwa people, or anything stupid like that.
There are 2 Hispanic surnames on that list, 1 Chinese, 1 Eastern European, 1 Middle European. The only one whose derivation is not clear to me is Kass with the "K" instead of the "C." The rest are indeed British Isles. The personal names are most mainstream U.S. - but there's Juan and Nadia, and Angie could be from Hispanic full name. Personal names are more fluid - by the second or third generation in the States, most people are given mainstream U.S. names, with possibly a middle name in the original ethnicity.
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Eh, she didn't specify location. And if I were doing Native characters, I'd look up some of the tribal council web sites, and see what names were being used by people listed on committees, or as students on teams at the local schools, or whatver. And of course, I wouldn't use Navajo surnames for Ojibwa people, or anything stupid like that.
There are 2 Hispanic surnames on that list, 1 Chinese, 1 Eastern European, 1 Middle European. The only one whose derivation is not clear to me is Kass with the "K" instead of the "C." The rest are indeed British Isles. The personal names are most mainstream U.S. - but there's Juan and Nadia, and Angie could be from Hispanic full name. Personal names are more fluid - by the second or third generation in the States, most people are given mainstream U.S. names, with possibly a middle name in the original ethnicity.
Like I said, I like names. Seriously.