This disclosure relates generally to natural language processing, and more particularly to system and method for generating named entities. In one embodiment, a method is provided for generating named entities. The method includes extracting a plurality of named entities in a primary language from a plurality of digital content in the primary language, transliterating each of the plurality of named entities in the primary language to a set of possible named entities in a secondary language, determining a correct named entity in the secondary language from among the set of possible named entities in the secondary language, and generating a named entity in a subsequent secondary language corresponding to the correct named entity in the secondary language. It should be noted that the plurality of named entities in the primary language are named entities in the subsequent secondary language, and the subsequent secondary language is related to the secondary language.