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
Veljko	-	Serbian, Croatian
Zhaleh	-	Persian
Dianna	die-AN-ə	English
Aisyah	-	Indonesian
Blevins	['blevinz]
Zlatica	-	Croatian, Czech, Slovak