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k0be
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I'm curious.
Remy Ma's real name is Reminisce Smith, I just found out today.
Then you have the sheniquas, mercedes, devonte, latasha, laquatisha, lareeka, shareeka.
i'D like some explanation on these names and their origins, please?
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LILDICE$
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some aa's got they name from the muslim Q'ran something like. malik sharifa zakia latifa and ect, some of them got made up names if it sound cool then is good. some of them got african tribe names. and some of them got white people names. I could made up a name right now<andreylia,chavey,jaray,namisha ect, you can do it too> |
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k0be
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ok I'll give it a shot.
Telephonia, Febreezy, Englassio, Quintasha
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LILDICE$
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haha u got jokes.
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chiogo (f)
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They just pick anythin' that sounds nice to them, which by d way sounds funny actually. They got names like Chimika which sounds like d igbo name chiamaka. other names for girls are chiquita, Lashonda, eriqua, taquisha, shemeka, Nyshija. that's just a few. for guys: tyrone, sequon, dequon (can't spell them quon names). They just make up their names. but some of 'em actually has meanings like one of my friends at school named chadress, she's AA. she said her name means queen or smthin', don't remember but most of d time, they're made-up names. Like one of my aunts' nickname is Ify, one day an AA saw her at some place and asked her name and was like "aww, Ify, that's a cute name, am going to name my next baby that" lol, that was so funny!!!
@ K0be, i actually know someone named Aquintasha. lol.
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k0be
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lol aquintasha, that's very funny, I'm guessing you live in newyork.
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Sexyabby (f)
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I know people from my school wit some ghetto ass names like shantayvea,lonyea,Mallory,Nakesha,Nikita,Sharonda,Dawanye,Towanna,Latosca,Timarra,Tiesha,Hosheena(some people call her HO for short lol),Kamone,Norma. I don't really know boys wit ghetto names except 4 Dalante, Tashawn,Devon, jumany,Kimali and some people think that my name is ghetto too(not Abby) because of the way they pronounce it in school not wit the nigerian accent and its kind of funny because its like its only one name but different pronounciation.
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k0be
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okay o abby, what is your name,
hero funny vid, lol, very funny.
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omoge25 (f)
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I go to a HBCU and my courses are all full with AA's, they butcher my native name all the time (Belema) but don't let me or someone else mispronuce their ghetto names o, that na war. They will tell you off, and I'm like you've been calling me Bulimia for a year now and i didnt lash out at you. the worst i have heard so far is nyquila, she was a lab patner of mine. that one was too much, i use to wonder why she didnt change it when she became an adult. Its just embarassing.
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Hero (m)
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I go to a HBCU and my courses are all full with AA's, they butcher my native name all the time (Belema) but don't let me or someone else mispronuce their ghetto names o, that na war. They will tell you off, and I'm like you've been calling me Bulimia for a year now and i didnt lash out at you. the worst i have heard so far is nyquila, she was a lab patner of mine. that one was too much, i use to wonder why she didnt change it when she became an adult. Its just embarassing.
What is there to be embarrass about with the name Nyquila? What is your name and why should you not be embarrass about it?  What kind of name should she have, some white girls name, an African name, a Chinese, Japanese or Hispanic one, niether of which she is. Why are you hating on the fact of that AA have decided to come up with names in which are all their own, and not that of others? These names help to give the group a bit more individualism; when one hears these names they will automatically know that the person is most likely an African-American in that the name is distinctly AA sounding, this is something we've never had in our over 400 years of history, as we were forced to use European names. It's bad enough that we are stuck with the last names of our families once masters. This is ridiculous. She's an AA why should she not have an AA name? That be like me saying that it's silly for you as an African should not have an African name. Would that make sense to you?  |
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kellorah (f)
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These days i don't really think meanings of names mean anything. Like the sound of anything/place etc and name your child after it, as long as it's not something the others would use to make fun of threm.
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Hero (m)
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These days i don't really think meanings of names mean anything. Like the sound of anything/place etc and name your child after it, as long as it's not something the others would use to make fun of threm.
Yeah, but it'll all depend on the location one is brought up in that will determine if their name will get made fun of. Like for instance, if your child is to attend a majority black and hispanic school and their name is Becky, Jill, Francis, Arnold and other such common white names, they would get joked on by the other students who would most likely have names like Anisha, Tameka, De'Shawn, Terence, Tyrone, Shanisa and other AA names and or Jose and other common Latino names. Now I'm willing to bet that you think those whites names are perfectly fine, don't you? |
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kellorah (f)
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Hehe, whether I'm black, white, green or even purple, for me 'ghetto' names are a no-no and I wouldn't name my child one. I like 'simple'  but- not VERY english- names (eg. jack, Harry). |
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PTH (m)
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Be on the safe side, give them bible names. David, Mark, Joshua, Rachel, Sarah. Now those are names that carry a real meaning.
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kellorah (f)
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Not for me, thanks. |
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Hero (m)
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Hehe, whether I'm black, white, green or even purple, for me 'ghetto' names are a no-no and I wouldn't name my child one. I like 'simple' but- not VERY english- names (eg. jack, Harry). That's a very ignorant thing for you to say. Why would you call AA names ghetto? They aren't ghetto names, they are AA names. What if I was to call African names bush names? Would you agree to that reference? |
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kellorah (f)
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Since when did 'ghetto' become a bad thing?  I've grown up referring to them as ghetto names! |
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Hero (m)
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Yes, I know this. Ghetto is you, and most forms of ignorance is inherited at a young age, after all.  Only a ghetto person would not have a problem with their name being clasified as ghetto. |
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kellorah (f)
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Oh! Ok. . . .note taken. Thanks. |
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vronnie (f)
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my real name is veronica witch is a (catholic saint )but I was always teased in school about a cartoon show that came on tv.so it doesn't mean anything to have name with meaning cause someone can and probably will find a way to make fun of it
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naija_diva (f)
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That's a very ignorant thing for you to say. Why would you call AA names ghetto? They aren't ghetto names, they are AA names. What if I was to call African names bush names? Would you agree to that reference? saying that africans have bush names and AA have ghetto names are totally two different things. African names have real meaning and sometimes a story behind it. AA names are just made up with no meaning. if they had meaning, thats okay. you could ask any african person what their names mean and they could tell you in a heartbeat. ask an AA what their names mean, they don't even know. the only thing i like about some AA names is when parents combine both of their names to make up a name for their child. |
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thecavsman
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Who cares about meaning?
I'm AA and I don't have a made up name. My name is David. That has meaning but it has no meaning to ME. It is some character from a story out of a book (the bible) that I don't believe in. If I went and picked a name with meaning for my children, it doesn't make them a better person. Some people come to me and say their name means honesty or something, but they lie all the time. It's funny. lol
But I like how most Africans know the meaning of their names. When you know your native culture, it is important to keep knowledge of things like that and not become Europeanized. My native culture is AA, so meanings mean less to me since I can't trace it back that far. That is why people create their own names a lot here. It makes sense for them to do that. Think about it, if you want a unique name that isn't European, why not make one up?
Just my opinion.
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PTH (m)
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yes, like shaniqua or Donnivinn?  |
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k0be
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penicia, printisha, shadeesa, ceedeesha, queenisha, fantishia, chairisma, lmao. wow I'm good.
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thecavsman
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Well that's steriotypical, a lol of people actually have rather normal French and Arab names. And the made up ones are other hybrids of French and Arab. The reasoning is that there was a time when French names were popular and right after, Arab names became popular. So even the ones that you made up had a French or Arab twist. At the end of the day, though, don't assume this is the norm for all of you not living in the US - because I'D estimate that only about 2% of AAs have wierd, name up names like that - and that might be a high percentage.
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analyt82 (f)
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@ Kellorah
Hehe, whether I'm black, white, green or even purple, for me 'ghetto' names are a no-no and I wouldn't name my child one. I like 'simple' but- not VERY english- names (eg. jack, Harry).
What makes then ghetto? The fact that you can't pronounce or spell them? The fact that they aren't just simple or short spelled names? The fact that they sound funny? People make fun of what they don't understand. Don't be in that group . . . . . .
Since when did 'ghetto' become a bad thing?
I've grown up referring to them as ghetto names!
You didn't have to say it was bad out loud. Read back over your posts. . . . .
@ Hero
That's a very ignorant thing for you to say. Why would you call AA names ghetto? They aren't ghetto names, they are AA names. What if I was to call African names bush names? Would you agree to that reference?
I agree
Yes, I know this. Ghetto is you, and most forms of ignorance is inherited at a young age, after all. Only a ghetto person would not have a problem with their name being clasified as ghetto.
My name is Tamika. I use to didn't like my name b.c I knew some ghetto nasty Tamika's and I felt that reflected on me. But, what I realized is that you make the name. Some people won't change them as adults b/c they realize that there is nothing wrong with their name. It's the people that have a prob with it.
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beneli (m)
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So the AA would prefer to make-up names, and give them meaning, instead of identifying with their roots?
The fact that you agree to identify with Africa in the description of your race as in African-American, shows that racially you're African. Sorry if i've hurt your feelings.
I do know that so many AA have other bloods flowing in their veins, but at the end of the day, if you agree to be identified as African-American, then i think it is about time that you take the next logical step and start internalising the fact that you are indeed Africans who have been separated from the motherland by a few hundred years. And a tragic history.
The point i am trying to make about the name thing is; why can't you adopt African names instead of the Shiquita's and whatever it is that you now prefer to be called?.
Those of our cousins who returned to places like Sierra-Leone and Liberia towards the end of the 19th century, gladly took on African (mostly) Yoruba first names. And that's why in those places you have names like Abimbola Johnson etc.
So, It is really you who have decided that you have no culture, my brothers and sisters.
But the truth is that you do have one; a culture which, perhaps, you have been brought up not to recognise as your own since the society in which you now live has painted it as a primitive and alien one and given it so much negative connotations.
I don't blame you though. You see, our own children, separated from the motherland by just a few decades, even they sometimes are ashamed.
So, if you prefer the illusion that you have been fed, rather than the glaring reality which stares you so boldly in the face when you look at your mirror, you are so very welcome my brother and sister,
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lazy (m)
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So the AA would prefer to make-up names, and give them meaning, instead of identifying with their roots?
The fact that you agree to identify with Africa in the description of your race as in African-American, shows that racially you're African. Sorry if i've hurt your feelings.
I do know that so many AA have other bloods flowing in their veins, but at the end of the day, if you agree to be identified as African-American, then i think it is about time that you take the next logical step and start internalising the fact that you are indeed Africans who have been separated from the motherland by a few hundred years. And a tragic history.
The point i am trying to make about the name thing is; why can't you adopt African names instead of the Shiquita's and whatever it is that you now prefer to be called?.
Those of our cousins who returned to places like Sierra-Leone and Liberia towards the end of the 19th century, gladly took on African (mostly) Yoruba first names. And that's why in those places you have names like Abimbola Johnson etc.
So, It is really you who have decided that you have no culture, my brothers and sisters.
But the truth is that you do have one; a culture which, perhaps, you have been brought up not to recognise as your own since the society in which you now live has painted it as a primitive and alien one and given it so much negative connotations.
I don't blame you though. You see, our own children, separated from the motherland by just a few decades, even they sometimes are ashamed.
So, if you prefer the illusion that you have been fed, rather than the glaring reality which stares you so boldly in the face when you look at your mirror, you are so very welcome my brother and sister,
This is an excellent post. I couldn't have said it better. Why would you want to call yourself African American but not want to identify with any thing African. It really makes no sense. |
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Jakumo (m)
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If African American's don't wish to give their children names that sound "white", why not choose REAL African names instead of making up names that are often very difficult for everyone to pronounce, and which have no historical, cultural or social significance other than to shout "Hey, I'm black y'all, and I don't give a phuck if nobody but my mom knows how to pronounce my name."
In my opinion, a strange tongue-twisting name can serve to further isolate a black person who lives in the West, and particularly in the USA where most people prefer short, easy to pronounce names like Bob, Al, Dave or Mike. If two equally qualified black women were trying to get hired for the same job, the one with a simple generic American name will most likely get hired over someone called Laquinthesha or some other laborious appellation that few personnel managers could be bothered trying to figure out.
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lazy (m)
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If African American's don't wish to give their children names that sound "white", why not choose REAL African names instead of making up names that are often very difficult for everyone to pronounce, and which have no historical, cultural or social significance other than to shout "Hey, I'm black y'all, and I don't give a phuck if nobody but my mom knows how to pronounce my name."
In my opinion, a strange tongue-twisting name can serve to further isolate a black person who lives in the West, and particularly in the USA where most people prefer short, easy to pronounce names like Bob, Al, Dave or Mike. If two equally qualified black women were trying to get hired for the same job, the one with a simple generic American name will most likely get hired over someone called Laquinthesha or some other laborious appellation that few personnel managers could be bothered trying to figure out.
I was with you for the first part of you post and then you lost me. I feel you first paragraph but then in your second I don't know where you are going. The thing that I am getting at is why do all Black people people feel the need to assimilate to Whites? Why is that even a rationale for what you choose to name you children? Do you think that Whites think about what Black people think when they name their children? I can answer that one quickly, NO! LOL! Don't you think that European names were hard to pronounce for African people? Did they care that we had a hard time? I can answer that one quickly, NO! LOL! If someone doesn't want to hire you because your name is an African name or even the made up ones by African Americans. You don't need to work for them and that is someone that I wouldn't want to work for anyway! I consider that the slave/colonized mind talk. We need to stop worrying about what White people think. |
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davidylan (m)
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Lazy is right. White people don't bother about Greeks, Italians, French Russian names that are equally as mindboggling as Laquinthesha.
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