Most studies to date have focused on Britain and the USA, but information is slowly accumulating about naming habits in other countries, and ethnic differences are now being more seriously address. A significant proportion of the people of Britain and the USA have non-English-speaking backgrounds, and the naming fashions of their original countries are often included in modern name surveys. A Dictionary of First Names (1990), by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, provides supplements on the subcontinent of India. They are names about which most white Anglo-Saxons have no clear intuitions, even to the extent of recognizing whether they belong to boys or to girls-Arabic names such as Kamal ('praiseworthy'),Khalid ('eternal'), Mahmud (praiseworthy'), and Mansur ('victorious'); Indian names such as Ravi('sun'), Rama('pleasing'), Vasu('bright'), and Vish wanath ('lord of all').