If that joke was writen by an indian, that is alright. But

if that was written by a white person, that could be classified as a bias joke, which means people think every culture that different from theirs is funny, is backward. I really don't think there is anything wrong that the first name contains meaning in some cultures.

I know racism is a big word, However, playing race joke is dangerous as well. My hu*****and told me a true story, several years ago, in his previous job, an American called a Indian engineer "Apu", the was a word came from the "Simpson抯", the Indian reported that to the HR, and said that was a discrimination. The white guy ended up got fired. This is a true story.