my best friends sister is pregnant and she wants to name him/her a native american and indian name (thats their ethincity). she has in mind
girl- Nova Sharvari (or reverse)
boy-Shree Ista (or reverse)
I'm Potawatomi native and a lot of indians I know have old school sounding "white" names... like guys named Ramsey, Sterling, Sherman, Nelson... One of my (Choctaw) girlfriends just had a baby girl and named her Nashoba. I was thinking about when I had a little girl naming her Susan Nagos (Nagos is Potawatomi for Star).... my language Potawatomi is so rarely used, I don't think it would be a bad idea to find a word I liked (the sound of and the meaning of) and use it in a name... Don't know if they use their (native) language much, but that's something I'd suggest. The biggest thing is to go with your gut in naming. You may think you know what the baby's name is going to be... but when they come out, they could be totally different... Good luck to your friend's sister! 
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