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How curious – the same thing happens here in Venezuela, and I’m sure it’s a worldwide thing. Here, from the middle class on down (darker-skinned and less-educated), most people carry old ‘English’ names like Wilmer, Winston and Engelbert for boys and recently made-up names like Yuleisy, Yulimar and Milady for girls. From the middle-class up (mostly white and well-educated) you hear traditional names like Alejandro, Daniel and Eduardo for boys and Monica, Veronica and Carolina for girls. So who is normal and who isn’t? No one is, of course. Names are usually inspired by the kind of names you hear around you. But as someone mentioned before, your name is like a birthmark, a tag of your upbringing. It’s a sad thing, but if you want your kid to have a fair chance in the corporate world, don’t brand him forever with his under-educated origin.
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Name : Nelson A., Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 30, City : Caracas, State : NA, Country : Venezuela, Occupation : Lawyer/Business, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Heather is a type of flower that grows in Scotland (and Ireland)? It’s like naming a child Rose(mary) or Violet. As for names like Madison or Taylor…I’m sorry, but those names will tell a person what era they grew up in. A name like Katie/Katherine/Kate or Cynthia/Cindy wouldn’t really set a mark indicating that they were born in a certain year.
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Name : Cynthia31778, Gender : F, Age : 21, City : Kingston, Ontario, State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : University Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Yes, I agree with you. Those names are ridiculous. When I was in the public school system, I had black classmates whose names were: (For girls): Jolanda Jujuana Revonda (For boys): Arterius Zondulius Xenophon Now, those are some screwy-sounding names.
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Name : Paul, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 23, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I think a lot of the responses to this question have been awfully close-minded and veiled in some educated mumbo-jumbo crap. Names have always been and will always be invented, repeated, redefined, renewed, etc. To assume a name is inferior to other names that are supposedly mainstream or more accepted is absurd. This just shows underlying feelings of your own perception of your superiority.
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Name : Stephanie, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Age : 29, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : New Media Designer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper class,I’d be willing to bet that an overwhelming portion of people who named their kids Lateisha or Shaniqua probably had no idea what they were doing at the time or what the names meant or where they originated. I’d also be willing to bet most of them aren’t in the greatest social situations, either. I mean, come on, we’ve all seen movies or heard black women yelling at their kids or friends ‘SHANIQUA’ or something like that. It wouldnt sound right at all if it was ‘MAR-Y’ or ‘BAR-BARA’…
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Name : Bob23127, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, City : Detroit, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : High School Diploma,These are all interesting responses. My take, and I’m not trying to be racist when I say this, is that a lot of names, like Anfernee, Shawn and Antony, are actually misspelled ‘white’ names: Anthony, Sean and Anthony. There is a lot of this within the African-American community.
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Name : Rufus-M29504, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, City : Salterville, State : TN, Country : United States, Occupation : Construction Manager,What’s wrong with the name Jolanda? It sounds fine to me but I have to agree with you on the others.
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Name : Orleanas19984, Gender : F, Age : 20, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States,I do think that there may be a class thing going on. JonBenet Ramsey may have been born into money, but that does not mean she was born into an upper- class household. The fact that she participated in beauty pageants as a child is a good sign of this. I live in Maine, and there are lots of little girls living in ‘mobile homes’ or dirt-floored cabins who are going to have to correct people’s spelling of their names all their lives, or who will make their teachers’ heads shake in wonder at the first time they see them on a list. I honestly know a young woman named Avalanche; her brothers all have ‘normal’ names that start with ‘A’ and her father thought Avalanche sounded pretty.
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Name : Andrea K., Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 40, City : Farmington, State : ME, Country : United States, Occupation : teacher/musician, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,I’m an Nigerian in my 20s living in London and in the UK i do somtimes ask a lot of my black british friends why do they name the child Donnal or Tyrone and most tell me it’s because the like the name better than paul or peter and also it’s to tells the world that they are black. Well let’s be honest how many white Tryone’s do you know
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Name : Omar, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Nigerian, Religion : Muslim, Age : 23, City : London, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Occupation : studemt, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,frankly i get tired of whites and jews telling black americans how they can name their children so what! if you people are so hung up on a name and not the character or intelligence then maybe the nation of islam is right, jews and whites do not judge by the content of their character but by their race and name. i think names like kaneesha is a beautiful whether it is of african origin or not it shows creativity. if whites like you do not want give these people a job on something so trival as a name rather than ability then stick it where the don’t shine.
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Name : eric, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : Black/African American, Age : 34, City : tampa, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : artist, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,First, I think people need to make a distinction between authentic African/Islamic heritage names, and names that are simply made up. Heritage names are something to be proud of and should not fall under the ‘weird name’ category. Fabricated names are hit-or-miss depending on the education level of the parents. Undereducation is unfortunately more widespread in the African-American community, so that’s where you see the strange-sounding fabricated names coming up more often. (although I’ve seen a number of Irish-heritage nuts go totally overboard.) For examples of these…um…special names from all ethnicities, check out http://www.servtech.com/~whitfitz/names.htm – ‘Wonderful babies with unfortunate names.’
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Name : Carlton-B19256, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,Some of the names I’m beginning to see now are ones like Lexus, Fendi, Christal, and Alize’ (both pronounced like the liquor). Some of the most ridiculous I’ve ever seen are Vagina (Va-GEENA), Lemonjello (Le-MAHN-juh-lo), and TraLaKeishia. I mean, come ON now. ‘Lemonjello’?????
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Name : reena, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, City : skippers, State : VA, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Interesting stuff… I have to say I really like names like Aisha, Shawanda, because they have a nice ring to them, with soft consonants. I think people should name their kids whatever they want, the only names that ever make me cringe are names like ‘Princess’ which seem to imply that the person is some sort of royalty – but no race or ethnic group has a monopoly on that!
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Name : Carter, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : I believe in God, Age : 29, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : Administrative Assistant, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,How many African Americans have THEIR REAL LAST NAME? Naming is claiming what is yours, hence Malcom X. Most African Americans cannot even identify with a particular (African) ethnic group, much less a particular nation. So, we cannot identify as Mexican or Askhenazic or Yoruba or Masai. Therefore, the first name has extra signifigance.
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Name : I. Cade, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Catholic, Age : 22, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : graduate, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I am 33 and have been Cinnamon since the day I was born. I think it’s made me MORE successful than if I would have been named Jennifer or Kim. I am a Senior Producer and have never had someone ‘not’ call me back for a job because of my name. In fact, it’s precisely why I get called in the first place. People are dying to see what a Cinnamon is all about. And once I get in there, I wow them with my very impressive resume. Don’t be so quick to judge. Some of my most successful female friends have ‘different’ names.
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Name : Cinnamon, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 33, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Senior Producer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,
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