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Thread ID: 19284 | Posts: 21 | Started: 2005-07-25
2005-07-25 21:48 | User Profile
The stupid baby name thing is out of control. What’s most troubling is that you expect stupid baby-names from illiterate nigras who pause in mid-meal to scratch their armpits with the fork they’re eating with, but the new wave of idiot looka-me kid names is 100% white – insufferable, latte-sipping community-college graduates with no excuse except an unwarranted sense of entitlement and runamuck pretension.
Ps: these are just a few highlights. Check the (hilarious) website for much more – and don’t overlook their forum, either. Many contributions from grade-school teachers and maternity-ward employees.
[url]http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html[/url]
*Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing ** A Primer on Parent Cruelty *
*It's simple. Some parents are just plain crazy. But few are as crazy as many soon-to- be parents, who, wrapped up in the fear and anticipation, the social status and expectations, go just plain mad. Mad as march hares with swollen ankles and morning sickness. The following is a catalog of naming questions and suggestions posted on several different baby naming bulletin boards going back as far as early 2001. All entries are left unedited except for length. As you will see, some parents-to-be have gone so far into the realm of baby-obsession they have lost track of the real, adult world. Their view is so skewed their only concerns are a) making their child "unique" and b) trying to keep the kid from being teased, often with terrible results. Steel yourself, take a few deep breaths, and read. *
Hi, I would like some opinions on these two boy names for girls? I really like them. Brandyn, I am really liking this name? Curious about different spellings? Brandon, Brandin? Branden? Jayson, Also curious about different spellings? Jacen? Jaycen? Jaysen? Tyler? *[COLOR=Navy]This was actually written by Dr. Evil's father in a mad attempt to back up his claim he invented the question mark. He used it for all punctuation, whether it was a question or not, until the authorities caught up with him. In his madness, he also thought T-Y-L-E-R was pronounced "Jason." [/COLOR] *
These are some of my fave boys and girls names and i would sooo much appreciate any comments you have!!! thanx! (or just pick out your faves from my list if u dont want to comment on them all!) Girls: Phoenix (FEE nicks) Rhianyn (ree ANN in) Shailyn (SHAY linn) Siena (see EHN uh) Trinity (TRIN it ee) Valerie (VAL ehr ee) *[COLOR=Navy]OK, I'll cut this off right here. This lady's crazy. She clearly sits around all day thinking up adorable names that work very well on cats. Scads and scads of them. Then she spells them phonetically VERY carefully, yet can't make a cohesive sentence on her own. And Valerie? What the hell kind of name is that? Freak! [/COLOR] *
We'd kind of like something that sounds good with Mikayla (our 3-year-old). *[COLOR=Navy]Dear God, they're tailoring them into box sets! [/COLOR] *
what about the name skylar or raven? *[COLOR=Navy]Thanks, 14-year-old-Goth-girl! [/COLOR] *
My fiance and myself have names already picked out. For a boy we like- Clayton Nathaniel... Payson Alexander... or Jaylen Alexander and for a girl we like... EmmaLee Jade... Jaylee Morghan... Shyler Madison...Laken Makai *[COLOR=Navy]Boy's names: All sound like linebackers. Girl's names: Anagrams. Laken - the new herring treat from Finland. Laken, ja! [/COLOR] *
For the last 50 years, my family has been naming their children after Southwestern Ontario cities. My brother is Barrie, my sister is Kingston, and my cousin is Markham. I am due in two weeks (it'll be a girl) and I thinking about naming her either York or Orillia. What do others think? *[COLOR=Navy]I think it's time for a nuclear strike against Ottawa. [/COLOR] *
Anyone ever thought about Sierra Joy? I love the name, but husband is less than thrilled with it. *[COLOR=Navy]But he'll love the pine-fresh scent![/COLOR] *
My husband wants Elijah Haakon.I want Legend Haakon.What do you guys think? *[COLOR=Navy]I feel like haaking. You know a kid named Legend will be bland and unaccomplished, just like girls named Charity are selfish, Faiths are athetists, Chastitys are bimbos and Hopes are suicidal. And if you're going to name a kid after a Tom Cruise movie THAT unapproachably bad, name 'em Cocktail. [/COLOR] *
Hey guys i am Miranda, i have 4 month old twin girls there names are Kiarne Rhukaya & Paris Jewel. *[COLOR=Navy]Miranda, sweetie, don't keep any weapons in the house. Twins can be all telekinetic and spooky, and those two are going to wreak some revenge on your ass. [/COLOR] *
I am having this baby boy on Aug 6. Dad and I love Alexander Scott but our last name is Smith. Will the initals be a huge problem? We don't want him to be teased. *[COLOR=Navy]That's OK. Kids are pretty uncreative when it comes to teasing. They'll never eventually spot that one. [/COLOR] *
I like the name Jayden for a girl and Jaden for a boy. I'm also thinking of other bisexual names. *[COLOR=Navy]Try taking out a personal ad in the adult weekly. [/COLOR] *
When we named our three sons we wanted something different. By accident they all ended up being names of cities. Denver Kade Lional Karson Cole Lorne Cody Walker Royal Their thrid names all come from family, Dad, and Great Grandpas. *[COLOR=Navy]I'm not seeing the city names. And I'm not seeing the accident. And I'm not seeing the need for those poncey second middle names. In fact, I'm not seeing at all. These names have made me go blind. [/COLOR] *
May I suggest: Calaya Tanith Calaya Branwen Calaya Delphine Calaya Faerin Calaya Gwendolen Calaya Maeve Calaya Magdalen Calaya Mairead Calaya Niamh Calaya Nimue Calaya Roisin (ro-SHEEN) Calaya Siobhan (sha-VON) Calaya Talwen Fainne Maeve Fainne Roisin Fainne Tanith *[COLOR=Navy]No. No, you bloody well may not suggest them. Please leave us alone and resume reading "The Annotated Legends of the Runes of the Mystical Arthurian Knighthood of the Sacred Circle of the Shield of the Spell-Casting Princess Faeries of the Grail of Blackwynne Castle. Book II." [/COLOR] *
What I do want is a name that is unique and sounds dignified without being "laughable". What I do NOT want is a name that is so different, it takes a lifetime to get used to. My mother did that to me and I fuss with her about it to this day (I'm almost 34). She named me Zebrena Nanzet (which is a variation of Sabrina Nanzette), which she says she found in a baby book in the late 60s. No matter how much emphasis I put on pronouncing the 'Z' in my first name, people have already started spelling Sabrina. Let me just tell you that I have been cursed with spelling my name everywhere I go. And I do mean everywhere. *[COLOR=Navy]We believe you. Poor thing. Having a perfectly normal middle name like Nanzette spelled so strangely. [/COLOR] *
Can I get some thoughts on naming a girl Emerson? There's no reason behind it, I recently met someone with the name and fell in love. *[COLOR=Navy]I got an e-mail on this one from a lady who met another woman with a girl named Emerson. It went predictably. Mom: "...blah blah blah named Emerson." E-mailer: "That's nice, like the poet?" Mom: (blank stare) E-mailer: "Like Ralph Waldo Emerson?" Mom: (blank stare. Probably accompanied by sound of crickets.) "WHO???" Stupid public schools. [/COLOR] *
My husband and I can't agree on a name. We are having a girl in aug. Already have one girl named Brooke Alayna. [Really basic last name] is the last name so we don't want a REAL common first name. He likes Amaya Dawn or Amaya Michele. I like Mikayla or Jenna? *[COLOR=Navy]Amaya Dawn. Well, am I? Damn it, I asked you! Answer me! [/COLOR] *
It's fun to have a little story behind names, for retelling later on. My sons name involves my middle name (Rae) and my daughter has a similar middle name (Mae). We knew we were getting a Son, an so his named worked out to be Graeson. Kinda neat. [COLOR=Navy]The f*k? How did that "work out" when you "got" your son. Brain...hurts... [/COLOR] *
We have one daughter, Haley Matisse. We're trying to decide which girl name to use next.... The list we can agree on (at least to consider) follows: Alyssa Anneleise Caitlin Carrigan Gentry Makenna/McKenna Merrigan Mia Reese We'd like to use Shaye, Grace, Raine or Catherine as the middle name if possible. [COLOR=Navy]Oh where to start!? a) 20 bucks says if you asked Haley Matisse's mom, "Like the painter?" she'd have no clue what you were talking about. Much like Monet, it has become trendy. b) She neglects the obvious names: Pablyn Picasso, Markenna Chagall, JoAhn Miro. c) Merrigan is definitely a new one for me. I prefer Mexigan - it sounds so much more confused. d) Gentry. (sigh.) MyddleKlas? Boodgewassey? (I'd suggest Hegemony but I'm afraid someone will take me up on it.) [/COLOR] *
Lucida Grande Zenobia for a girl (plus you can use Zoe, Bea or Zen as nn) & Japheth for a boy (jay fit). *[COLOR=Navy]The Mocha Lucida Grande Zenobia - now available at Starbucks. [/COLOR] *
It seems to me that the name "Scatman" is a great one. you know: after semi-singer and comedian Scatman Crothers. I keep envision having a son named Scatman. I can imagine everyone he meets saying, 'What a cool name.' Which is good because that way they'll have something to like about him even if his personality is really off-putting. Or if he's shallow or a bully when he's like 13, when he should be getting into punk rock or something. At least they'll think he has a hip name. But don't use it, cause I thought of it. *[COLOR=Navy]Damn! But your arguments are so compelling! If he grows up to be an asshole, people will still like him. And if he's a meek nerd, no one will POSSIBLY find something mean to call him as is name is already a toilet insult. And then Jack Nicholson will hit him in the chest with an axe. [/COLOR] *
I really like Freddie Prinze jr. and heard his father was famous and died tragically. What was his name? *[COLOR=Navy]His name was Scatman. [/COLOR] *
I m thinking of naming my baby Vashara Rashea. *[COLOR=Navy]That sounds ominously close to part of the chant to summon the demon Pazuzu! [/COLOR] *
Brittany after the statue- Brittania *[COLOR=Navy]'Cause nothing in, say, France is called Britanny. Nothing big like a province. Nothing else in England called Britannia, either. Nothing big like...England. [/COLOR] *
I just found out that I am expecting a baby girl! While I have a boys name picked out (Guillermo junior, after his daddy...for backup, lol, cause those doctors arent always right!) I'm debating between a few girls names. Tell me what you think. Lorelei Jakarta (yes i know its an indonesian city but i think its exotic) Beyonce Noelle Heaven Starr *[COLOR=Navy]Yes. Exotic. As exotic as martial law. Meanwhile, in your madness you've gone and concocted one of the best Playmate names ever. [/COLOR] *
Owen James Wyatt James Mason James *[COLOR=Navy]Wanted dead or alive, for robbing the Wells Fargo stagecoach! [/COLOR] *
My father-in-law has talked me into naming my new baby boy "Ovie Cecil [last name] IV." I really don't care for the name but I'm willing to name him that if I have a good nick-name. I need help!! *[COLOR=Navy]Don't worry. You never could have seen it coming when you married Ovie Cecil III. [/COLOR] *
[COLOR=Navy]Come on everyone, it's Forehead Slapping Time! Hit yourself hard enough, and you'll be as smart as these people! [/COLOR] * Vienna - Does anyone like it? I thought it was kinda pretty. The little girl is 4 who has this name. It's an Italian name....and I thought it was pretty. What do you guys think? [COLOR=Navy]Among the responses: [/COLOR] * * " It's a pretty name. I thought of Italy right when I saw it." * " its pretty...I think of Vienna Italy - the place - right away" * "It's kinda pretty, but nms. It is very Italian sounding, though." * "Pretty name, thought of Switzerland instantly!!"
Farewell, guys named "Joe" and "Steve"...au revoir, "Jane" and "Susie". You had your chance.... and now your time is up.
[B]Gangway for "Brandyn" and "Lucida Zenobia"![/B]
2005-07-25 23:08 | User Profile
More.
I've suggested to my sister that she name her little girl to be - Manchester. She's not sure about it but she's considering. What do you think? [COLOR=Navy]Clever. Like being named Pittsburg or Schenectady. Kid'll grow up to be beaten to death by Liverpool fans. [/COLOR]
I once met a lady named Rodana. I think she runs a successful internet business. [COLOR=Navy]In her spare time she destroys Tokyo. [/COLOR]
I'm thinking about naming my baby "Zannia Amari Smith", but whenever I tell people other than my family they just look at me and say "thats different". [COLOR=Navy]I guess people are put off by weird names like Smith. [/COLOR]
For a girl Tierrainney Mackanzie [last name] for a boy Tristin Gabrielle Reese [last name] [COLOR=Navy]Oh yeah. Every boy wants Gabrielle as a middle name.. And that girl's name could use a few more syllables. Hell, if you're going to give your kid a cool super-villain name like Tyranny, spell it right! [/COLOR]
DAKOTA BEAR for a boy.
[COLOR=Navy]Only if your last name's Rabinowitz. [/COLOR]
I'm considering Christina/Kristina/Krystina for my baby girl that will be born in two weeks. I don't want to use a name that is too popular. I am also considering Christiana/Kristiana/Krystiana. Does this last group sound too fancy or sophisticated? [COLOR=Navy]Don't worry, with a sophisticated name like Krystiana, she'll be moved up from regular lap dances to the Champagne Room in no time. [/COLOR]
Does anyone have any suggestions? We are all up for exotic names. We especially like Japanese names but have yet to find any that strike us. [COLOR=Navy]There's always Rodana. [/COLOR]
I am not pregnant yet but thinking about names...I just thought of the name Lourdes Solange. This baby will be 75% latina and 15% european :) [COLOR=Navy]...and 10% polyester. [/COLOR]
Female names:
Aelfreda- elf strength Agatha- pure, strength Beatrix/Beatrice- bringer of happiness Eadu-wealth Edith-wealthy battle Everild-boar battle Muriel-sea bright Osthryth-Gods strength Sigga-victory Theode-people,nation
Male names:
Adhelm-noble helmet Beorn-warrior, brave Cenwig-brave in battle Dunstan-hill stone Eadmund-wealthy protection Eadulf-wealthy wolf Godric-Gods ruler Heahstan-tall stone Tunric-town ruler Tunwulf-town wolf
We have narrowed our name choices for our daughter down to 3...Aidan, Ciara (Key-ara), or Sierra. We're worried about a few things with these names...mispronunciation, misspelling, and confusion for girl/boy.
I am Italian and would like a bit of "Italy" in the name since our last name is of Irish descent and these first names are all pretty much Irish as well.
COLOR=Navy:[/COLOR] For a middle name I would suggest Caramia. I think Aiden Caramia would be pretty. Or Sierra Bella. (Can you tell I don't know much Italian?)
What is a nature realated name for a boy? I am pregnant with a boy and I already have four girls. My girls are Summer Skies, Autumn Night, April Shower, and Spring Flower. Please help I am due in November. Star Light
My son is named Mason and I don't see what is wrong with that. I have been suffering with my husband saying if this baby is a girl he'll name her America. I have tried to change his mind thousands of times, but he is stubborn. It's not that I'm not patriotic, I'm just thinking ahead to her school days. I don't want my child to have to endure being called "Miss America" or any other corny attempts at humor.
[COLOR=Navy]Damn it, woman! If you don't name your baby America, the terrorists win!
i have a daughter named emma grace and another named brooklyn hope. i was wondering if i should name my next daughter nicole faith or kennedy faith.
my wife & i decided to name our daughter MARA JADE after the mother in Star Wars. if it's a boy well name him ANIKEN MICHEAL. we are star wars fanatics. do you think we went too far?
[COLOR=Navy]First off, and I had to look all this up, the mother of Aniken Skywalker is named Shmee. Now there's a name.
I know that I have said this a million times before,
[COLOR=Navy]None of which we've heard before, thank you.[/COLOR]
but it really irks me when people get on this board and tell people that they shouldn't name their children unique/modern names. Their argument is that when they get older, their "cute" name won't make any sense. I get what they are saying, and I respect their opinions, but this is the way it is, people!!
[COLOR=Navy]And because it is the way it is, all those who don't think it should be will be ordered on to trucks and shipped to labor camps until they decide to name their kids Mykynzy.[/COLOR]
Look at the paper once and see the birth annoucements, they are all newer names. Go to a kindergarten class and look at the attendance sheet, they are all newer names also. Face it, times are changing.
[COLOR=Navy]You vill like zee stupid names! Old names are counter-revolutionary! [/COLOR]
I lived in a world where there were a million Josh's, Matt's and David's. Now there are a million Kayla's, Samantha's and Brittany's. Pretty soon, there are going to be a million Brayden's, Jordan's, and Madison's. Don't worry about your child growing up to be a Grandma MacKenzie, because that is going to be a normal name for her generation. Just like we have Grandma Mildred's and Grandpa Frank's, whose names have gone out years and years ago.
[COLOR=Navy]Yeah, well I lived in a world where plurals aren't spelled with apostrophes. "Comrade's! To give your kid's normal name's is against the teaching's of our fearless leader! You will change your way's and have lots of kid's with pretentious name's!"
Meanwhile, this staunch advocate of doofy names has gone and unravelled the primary pro-doofy name argument: Unique names make kids unique. Over and over I've read people complaining they don't want their kid to be Jenny W. or Kevin P. at school, when all they've done is set up their kids to be the even more silly Braden J. or Brooklynn M. Damn you, irony! [/COLOR]
2005-07-26 12:25 | User Profile
Nice thread. I read a report on Badlands a few months ago (I can't find it now) about a young black woman who had just had a baby in the hospital, and the nurse came in to ask her what she wanted to name the baby. She stared blankly for a moment, and then said, "Nosmo King Johnson.' The nurse replied, "Nosmo? Is that a family name?" To which the proud young mother said, "No, I got it from up there," and gestured toward the sign above the door. No Smoking.
2005-07-26 17:55 | User Profile
Relative reports a black woman who named her baby "Placenta Mae" after being told what the afterbirth was called. Sorry if you were eating.
The nutty white names remind me of George Carlin's quip about the four men heading the '96 presidential tickets: You may be disappointed with the choices, but at least they had the decency to be named BILL, AL, BOB and JACK.
2005-07-26 19:09 | User Profile
These are some of my fave boys and girls names and i would sooo much appreciate any comments you have!!! thanx! (or just pick out your faves from my list if u dont want to comment on them all!) Girls: Phoenix (FEE nicks) Rhianyn (ree ANN in) Shailyn (SHAY linn) Siena (see EHN uh) Trinity (TRIN it ee) Valerie (VAL ehr ee) OK, I'll cut this off right here. This lady's crazy. She clearly sits around all day thinking up adorable names that work very well on cats. Scads and scads of them. Then she spells them phonetically VERY carefully, yet can't make a cohesive sentence on her own. And Valerie? What the hell kind of name is that? Freak! Uh.....what????
Valerie has been a common girl's name, here in the USA at least, since longer than I've been alive.
As for Rhianyn, that's just an oddball spelling for Rhiannon, a Celtic goddess and good, old fashioned Welsh name.
Oddball spellings aren't anything new; spelling standardization is relatively recent and variant spellings of personal names never really went away: Catherine, Katherine, Katheryn, for instance.
Surely there are better targets for ridicule out there than anonymous internet nobodies who gush over potential baby names.
2005-07-26 19:10 | User Profile
The 'Valerie' crack was a JOKE. I'm pretty sure of that. In fact the entire website is humorous in intent.
2005-07-26 19:25 | User Profile
Well Frank Zappa's kids were named "Moon Unit" (girl) and "Dweezil"(boy).
Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue named his son Gunnar.
Eddie Van Halen's son is named Wolfgang.
2005-07-26 19:27 | User Profile
[QUOTE=il ragno]The 'Valerie' crack was a JOKE. I'm pretty sure of that. In fact the entire website is humorous in intent.[/QUOTE] "Not Without My Handbag" is a pretty good short claymation film by Nick Park:
[url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000051YMM/002-3073043-2567260?_encoding=UTF8[/url]
2005-07-26 19:28 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]Well Frank Zappa's kids were named "Moon Unit" (girl) and "Dweezil"(boy).
Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue named his son Gunnar.
Eddie Van Halen's son is named Wolfgang.[/QUOTE] See, now there's the problem: there is a big different between intentionally loopy new names, and good old fashioned names that have simply fallen out of popularity.
Here's to the little baby Hengist and Horsa's out there as yet unnamed.
2005-07-26 19:33 | User Profile
Gunnar and Wolfgang are fine; ethnic names are not the problem. It's dumb names. You want STUPID celeb babynames?
Penn (of Penn and Teller) named his kid "Moxie Crimefighter". His daughter.
Actor Jason Lee (whoever the fk HE is) named his kid "Pilot Inspector". Seriously!
Jermaine Jackson's son is named "Jermajesty"; Gwyneth Paltrow has a kid named "Apple"; Bob (give me money for Africa) Geldof's kid is "Fifi Trixibelle".
I blame Zappa, actually. He and Bowie started this trend, possibly as a joke. Now look where it's gone.
2005-07-26 19:42 | User Profile
[QUOTE=il ragno]Gunnar and Wolfgang are fine; ethnic names are not the problem. It's dumb names.[/QUOTE]My point exactly.
The problem is that too many people are ignorant about everything to do with names, language, and history. They mostly can't tell the difference between good old, but unused, personal names, and bizarre made-up crap.
I once had an argument with someone who was convinced that Tristan was a "girl's name". Tristan! Naturally this person had never heard of the great medieval epic, Tristan and Iseult.
That brings up a different pet peeve of mine: the steady erosion, or theft, of male names that become de facto female names due to this type of ignorance.
2005-07-26 21:35 | User Profile
Female names:
Aelfreda- elf strength Agatha- pure, strength Beatrix/Beatrice- bringer of happiness Eadu-wealth Edith-wealthy battle Everild-boar battle Muriel-sea bright Osthryth-Gods strength Sigga-victory Theode-people,nation
Male names:
Adhelm-noble helmet
Beorn-warrior, brave
Cenwig-brave in battle
Dunstan-hill stone
Eadmund-wealthy protection
Eadulf-wealthy wolf
Godric-Gods ruler
Heahstan-tall stone
Tunric-town ruler
Tunwulf-town wolf
I believe these are really old fashioned European names, some Celtic in origin others Norse.
Maybe hearing all of the stupid made up names that the blacks go for has created a kind of culture clash and whites are merely doing a one upmanship by selecting real names of historical and cultural value.
2005-07-26 21:39 | User Profile
My fiance and I want to name our kids after Greek/Roman historical figures and deities.
2005-07-26 21:55 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Hugh Lincoln]Relative reports a black woman who named her baby "Placenta Mae" after being told what the afterbirth was called. Sorry if you were eating.
The nutty white names remind me of George Carlin's quip about the four men heading the '96 presidential tickets: You may be disappointed with the choices, but at least they had the decency to be named BILL, AL, BOB and JACK.[/QUOTE]An enlisted Negress, who served in the same unit as I, in the US Army, was named Female (pronounced like tamale). The story was that her crack whore mother took it from the wrist tag, that the hospital had placed on her, which said female.:afro:
2005-07-26 22:39 | User Profile
[QUOTE=BlueBonnet]I believe these are really old fashioned European names, some Celtic in origin others Norse. Maybe hearing all of the stupid made up names that the blacks go for has created a kind of culture clash and whites are merely doing a one upmanship by selecting real names of historical and cultural value.[/QUOTE]There is a wonderful book I recently bought a used copy of, unfortunately out of print, called the Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (note, this is the real thing, not one of those useless "baby name books"):
[url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0192812130/qid=1122416949/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3073043-2567260?v=glance&s=books[/url]
"Christian name" of course referring to first names.
The amount of names that have fallen out of use is pretty amazing. English first names are a mix of old Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Norse, Greek and Roman, and Hebrew influences.
Little known fact: in the very old Germanic languages, including Anglo-Saxon, many names ending in the letter "a" were masculine, not feminine; the rule we are used to where names ending in "a" are female and those ending in "o" are male names, is derived from the Latin languages, it was not known in the old German languages.
For instance, the two Anglo-Saxon leaders who first arrived in Britain were Hengist and Horsa, both male.
Tolkien got the name Frodo from an old Anglo-Saxon hero, Froda. Tolkien changed the name to Frodo because modern readers would assume that Froda was a female name, which it was not.
2005-07-26 22:46 | User Profile
[QUOTE=MistWraith]My fiance and I want to name our kids after Greek/Roman historical figures and deities.[/QUOTE]
Blacks have been doing this for a while now. Surely you remember [I]Cassius [/I] Clay!
Sometimes they'll start out with a name from antiquity and modify it (hilariously). Rapper Cisqo, for instance was created by merging [I]Cicero[/I] and [I]Crisco[/I].
Funniest ever black names, to my ear, are [I]Sharmonica [/I] and [I]Carhonda[/I]. [I]Female[/I] and [I]Placenta Mae[/I] are pretty darn close, though.
2005-07-26 22:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=il ragno]Blacks have been doing this for a while now. Surely you remember [I]Cassius [/I] Clay! Wasn't that more true of an older, better educated generation of blacks, though? Cassius Clay is the last black I can thinnk of with a classical Latin name.> Sometimes they'll start out with a name from antiquity and modify it (hilariously). Rapper Cisqo, for instance was created by merging [I]Cicero[/I] and [I]Crisco[/I].
That's a stage name, though, is it not, and not his birth name?> Funniest ever black names, to my ear, are [I]Sharmonica [/I] and [I]Carhonda[/I]. [I]Female[/I] and [I]Placenta Mae[/I] are pretty darn close, though.[/QUOTE] Come to think of it one does occasionally run across blacks named Hannibal, blacks being of the mistaken notion that Hannibal was "black", so I suppose we still see some "classical" names in black use, but only if they support weird Afrocentric ideas about history.
2005-07-27 00:53 | User Profile
Every generation has some unique names. Yes, gone are the days of such one-time popular names of Beaulah, Gertrude, Mabel, Myrtle, Prudence, Luella, and Harriet for girls. For boys we seldom see, Byron, Elmer, Ulysses, Horatio, and Horace. I'm sure some time down the road they will make a reappearance.
2005-07-27 19:51 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Wasn't that more true of an older, better educated generation of blacks, though? Cassius Clay is the last black I can thinnk of with a classical Latin name.[/QUOTE]Octavius Barned played receiver for UNC. Trajan Langdon played hoops at Duke. There have been a couple NBA players named Lucius in the past 30 years. Demetrius (classical, but not Roman) is fairly common among blacks.
2005-07-27 20:41 | User Profile
[QUOTE=mwdallas]Octavius Barned played receiver for UNC. Trajan Langdon played hoops at Duke. There have been a couple NBA players named Lucius in the past 30 years. Demetrius (classical, but not Roman) is fairly common among blacks.[/QUOTE] I see. I suppose these names are probably part of their family tradition by now.
2005-07-27 20:56 | User Profile
[QUOTE=il ragno]Blacks have been doing this for a while now. Surely you remember [I]Cassius [/I] Clay![/QUOTE]Another reason to return to good, old fashioned Anglo-Saxon names, if that is your ethnic background, or Celtic or other names if appropriate.
I don't think we'll be seeing too many blacks named Aldwulf, Beorn, Aelfwine, Theodoric, Seigfried, Hermanric, Attila (this was actually a Gothic name, not a Hunnish name), Totila, Hengist, Horsa, Leif, etc., to name a few Germanic names off the top of my head.
Although, come to think of it, the good old fashioned Germanic name Cedric seems to find favor with blacks, for instance "Cedric the Entertainer".
Eh. Can't shake the bastards I guess.
Hmmmm......want to name your son Adolf, but don't want the stigma? Return to the Germanic root source: Adalwolf sounds nice.