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The character I'm most worried about is a male from a long line of military commanders, so a strong, 'warrior' name would be good. So far I'm using the family name "Cheng"
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http://www.zhongwen.com/ gives 2 matches for "warrior": Zhuang Shi and Wu Shi. Since Shi seems to mean "officer", I suppose you could call him Zhuang or Wu instead of Cheng.
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He's probably from the more northern regions of China, if that makes a difference.
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It could; China has 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the PRC government, and then some. Some ethnic groups could have their own family names.
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Our man winds up in India (Bengal area) where he marries an Indian woman. I am provisionally naming her "Bhavya", which websites indicate to be a valid given name for a strong, female Indian character. I haven't gone looking for a family name for her because (a) her unmarried name is unimportant to the story and (b) I'm afraid of stumbling face-first into another cultural quagmire. However if anyone can advise on this, and perhaps suggest a sensible surname I would again be grateful. I figure her married name would probably be "Cheng Bhavya", but I doubt there would be any set rules on such 'hybrid' names, so I'm not overly worried about that.
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Don't know much about indian names, sorry. You can always choose the easy way by saying she adheres to the Sikh religion and give her the name of (something) Kaur.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh#Sikh_Names