fresh off the boat

Newly immigrated, especially without having yet assimilated the host country's language, culture, and/or behavior. My grandfather was still fresh off the boat when he opened up his business here in 1820, and he didn't speak a lick of English.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
AbbÁN	-	Irish
Adalfuns	-	Ancient Germanic
Thomasina	[.tɔmə'si:nə]
Therese	te-RE-zə (German), te-RES (Swedish), tə-REES (English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Albertine	['ælbəti:n]
Finnuala	-	Irish, Irish Mythology