Where do black people get the names for their kids?

[jag]

So I was reading an article about Shaquanda Cotton, the 15 year old girl who went to jail in 2006 for roughing up a female teacher in Paris, Texas, and I got to thinking about some of the important social issues of our time. Was this girl treated unfairly because she was black? Would a white student have faced the same consequences? Was her mistake so egregious that she do jail time? Can we as a society ever get past our racial differences and embrace each other as part of the only race that matters, the human race?

Then it hit me, what the is a Shaquanda?


*No Racist*

So where exactly do names like Shaquanda, JaMichael, DaDontrell and Bon'Quisha come from? Are they historically and culturally significant? DaMarcus sounds like an ancient African name, so I assume most of these names are of ancient African origin.

[Dark Gable]

From African History, combing names or from others. My cousin just named his daugther "Neveah". Heaven spelled backwards. Some simply don't like simple names like Mark, Scott, Tim, Karen, Amy, Mary, etc.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

[BlackSwordsMan]

It started in New Oreleans where they think they're french so they give their kids these pseudo-french names

[BlackSwordsMan]

La fountain jenkins

[Sisk]

*no racist*

phew

[TDMVPDPOY]

not as bad as asians naming their kids by the first sound they hear during labour, or kickin a tin can down the down, and whatever sound it makes names their child

[BlackSwordsMan]

What object makes the sound of Lucy Liu?

[4>0rings]

From African History, combing names or from others. My cousin just named his daugther "Neveah". Heaven spelled backwards. Some simply don't like simple names like Mark, Scott, Tim, Karen, Amy, Mary, etc.

Wow, that's a ty name.

[CubanSucks]

From African History, combing names or from others. My cousin just named his daugther "Neveah". Heaven spelled backwards. Some simply don't like simple names like Mark, Scott, Tim, Karen, Amy, Mary, etc.

your re ed cousin is just what OP is talking about

La fountain jenkins

a little too conservative of a name for most of them

not as bad as asians naming their kids by the first sound they hear during labour, or kickin a tin can down the down, and whatever sound it makes names their child

[CubanSucks]

glad I got a post in before the thread gets closed

[Koolaid_Man]

Is Koolaid Man ok? lol

[Koolaid_Man]

So I was reading an article about Shaquanda Cotton, the 15 year old girl who went to jail in 2006 for roughing up a female teacher in Paris, Texas, and I got to thinking about some of the important social issues of our time. Was this girl treated unfairly because she was black? Would a white student have faced the same consequences? Was her mistake so egregious that she do jail time? Can we as a society ever get past our racial differences and embrace each other as part of the only race that matters, the human race?

Then it hit me, what the is a Shaquanda?


*No Racist*

So where exactly do names like Shaquanda, JaMichael, DaDontrell and Bon'Quisha come from? Are they historically and culturally significant? DaMarcus sounds like an ancient African name, so I assume most of these names are of ancient African origin.

I know how Dok and his Asian playmates got theirs...

It's Asian tradition to thrown a coin in the air and let it land where it may...whatever sound you hear after the coin lands is what the name of the kid will be...

So I imagine Dok's dad threw a penny in the air and it landed on a hollow piece of plastic and it sounded like "Dok"....there you have it...

[ALVAREZ6]

De'Anthony and LaceDarius are a couple of my personal favorites...lol not even caring if the traditional name being modifyied begins with a vowel anymore, crofl De'Anthony. Ja'Allen would be a neat one.

De'Anthony Thomas:



LaceDarius Dunn:



At least they're trying to be creative, can't take that away, and tbh these types of names aren't much worse than the new gay ass trend of naming sons Cayden, Caiden, Jayden, etc, referring to a thread a while back about new popular baby names.

[DMC]

They get them from clinic visits and reading the posters. Syphillis, Chlamydias, Fallopius, Geotometry, and then there's Le-a (ledasha cause the dash don't be silent)

[DMC]

De'Anthony and LaceDarius are a couple of my personal favorites...lol not even caring if the traditional name being modifyied begins with a vowel anymore, crofl De'Anthony. Ja'Allen would be a neat one.

De'Anthony Thomas:



LaceDarius Dunn:



At least they're trying to be creative, can't take that away, and tbh these types of names aren't much worse than the new gay ass trend of naming sons Cayden, Caiden, Jayden, etc, referring to a thread a while back about new popular baby names.

This is true. People name babies never considering they will one day be adults.

[DMC]

From African History, combing names or from others. My cousin just named his daugther "Neveah". Heaven spelled backwards. Some simply don't like simple names like Mark, Scott, Tim, Karen, Amy, Mary, etc.

Neveah isn't Heaven spelled backwards.

That would be Nevaeh.

Don't tell the kid.

[4>0rings]

I know how Dok and his Asian playmates got theirs...

It's Asian tradition to thrown a coin in the air and let it land where it may...whatever sound you hear after the coin lands is what the name of the kid will be...

So I imagine Dok's dad threw a penny in the air and it landed on a hollow piece of plastic and it sounded like "Dok"....there you have it...

Then his Dad picked up the penny and deposited into his banking account.

[DMC]

I know how Dok and his Asian playmates got theirs...

It's Asian tradition to thrown a coin in the air and let it land where it may...whatever sound you hear after the coin lands is what the name of the kid will be...

So I imagine Dok's dad threw a penny in the air and it landed on a hollow piece of plastic and it sounded like "Dok"....there you have it...

So in your case, what does a wet food stamp sound like when it hits the ground?

*welch*

[jag]

My cousin just named his daugther "Neveah". Heaven spelled backwards. Some simply don't like simple names like Mark, Scott, Tim, Karen, Amy, Mary, etc.

Oh, you mean mean actual names?

African History

[jag]

LaceDarius is classic

[Vici]

They get them from clinic visits and reading the posters. Syphillis, Chlamydias, Fallopius, Geotometry, and then there's Le-a (ledasha cause the dash don't be silent)

My sister is an OBGYN and someone actually named their kid Chlamydia.

[DMC]

The names mentioned in the OP are mostly of French origin. Has nothing to do with Africa.

Kunta, that's a traditional African name.

[xellos88330]

So in your case, what does a wet food stamp sound like when it hits the ground?

*welch*

[midnightpulp]

So in your case, what does a wet food stamp sound like when it hits the ground?

*welch*

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