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Lets not forget Lemonjello & Orangejello. Honest name of twin boys.


Sorry, but I have met like 500 people from coast to coast and across to foreign lands who SWEAR to having gone to school with these two URBAN MYTHS.
 

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The worst are names after high-end retailers trying to make your kid sound high maintenance:

Tiffany (by far the worst and yes I'll catch hell for it), Chanel, Gabbana, Versace, etc. Naming your kid after a commercial enterprise is tacky.
 

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A little off topic, but have you also noticed how murderers are punished like your parents used to punish you? You know. If you didn't do your chores your mother called you by your full name.

Like for example:

I'm sure people thought John Gacey was a really nice guy, but that John Wayne Gacey is a brutal murderer.

And why do they have such country names? You have never seen an Eldrick Robert Alexander III commit a murder, but a Billy Roy Collins? OH YEAH! quote] Many serial killers are known by three names.

It is socioeconomics. Yes, it is.
Yes, as there were many freed blacks after the end of the war who changed their slave names to something that reflected their newly gained freedom. There are many prefixes and suffixes that can even help one to determine the generation of the individual. As I said, it is a parent's right to name their child whatever they desire. I was merely expressing my opinion. I never said the names were ignorant. I know that often the bottom line is that the parent likes the sound of the name or wishes their child to have at least one unique thing in their life that is truly their own. The irony is that often this very desire causes the child to be stereotyped according to education, income and race.
My dad has always hated his name. He was named after two dead presidents Cleveland Mc Kinley

Supposedly, Anfernee Hardaway's name was intended to be Anthony but the hospital mispelled it on his birth certificate.
That is so wrong!
 

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A little off topic, but have you also noticed how murderers are punished like your parents used to punish you? You know. If you didn't do your chores your mother called you by your full name.

Like for example:

I'm sure people thought John Gacey was a really nice guy, but that John Wayne Gacey is a brutal murderer.

And why do they have such country names? You have never seen an Eldrick Robert Alexander III commit a murder, but a Billy Roy Collins? OH YEAH! quote] Many serial killers are known by three names.

My dad has always hated his name. He was named after two dead presidents Cleveland Mc Kinley

That is so wrong!

Well,

Your father is not unique in that. My grandfather was named Rutherford (After Rutherford B Hayes). When he got old enough he had it changed.
The pastor I mentioned earlier was named after Woodrow Wilson.
Likewise there are many Sugar Rays, Joe Louis, Jessie Owens, etc. During segregation and even now parents look to the achievements of prominent blacks and name their children in hopes of inspiring them. Each generation has names that it favors.
 

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That's true, many a black man has been saddled with the name of an early president.

Lest we forget how many Nadia's popped up in schools nationwide after Nadia Comanecci won gold in the Olympics back in the 70's.

Well,

Your father is not unique in that. My grandfather was named Rutherford (After Rutherford B Hayes). When he got old enough he had it changed.
The pastor I mentioned earlier was named after Woodrow Wilson.
Likewise there are many Sugar Rays, Joe Louis, Jessie Owens, etc. During segregation and even now parents look to the achievements of prominent blacks and name their children in hopes of inspiring them. Each generation has names that it favors.
 

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I have this cousin, you know the type "I found Islam in jail" type? Well his new name is Charles X and he is on this trend of these whacked up names:

Tezara Kalimba
Metrese Deku

I told him he should change his name to Okamefunde.
 

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The worst are names after high-end retailers trying to make your kid sound high maintenance:

Tiffany (by far the worst and yes I'll catch hell for it), Chanel, Gabbana, Versace, etc. Naming your kid after a commercial enterprise is tacky.

I have a cousin named Tiffany, and it's a very common name these days. Not sure whether it originated as a name because of Tiffany & Co. or because of Tiffany style lamps, or something else.
 

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I have this cousin, you know the type "I found Islam in jail" type? Well his new name is Charles X and he is on this trend of these whacked up names:

Tezara Kalimba
Metrese Deku

I told him he should change his name to Okamefunde.


My brother's alter ego is: Mustafa Rasheed Al-shabazz "Bang Bang" Quadruple X :biggrin1:
 

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My brother's alter ego is: Mustafa Rasheed Al-shabazz "Bang Bang" Quadruple X :biggrin1:
hahahahaha :biggrin1: funny


I have this cousin, you know the type "I found Islam in jail" type? Well his new name is Charles X and he is on this trend of these whacked up names:

Tezara Kalimba
Metrese Deku

I told him he should change his name to Okamefunde.


hahaha I have a cousin like that as well. His real name is Clifford I can't remember what his muslim name is. When he got out his grandmother declared he could pretend he didn't like ham or bacon if he wanted to, that would be more for her; but she wasn't calling him anything but the name on his birth certificate. :tongue: You gotta love old school black women, they seriously ROCK!
 

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My brother's alter ego is: Mustafa Rasheed Al-shabazz "Bang Bang" Quadruple X :biggrin1:

Remember that scene from House Party where Pops crashes the party:

"What's yo name boy?"
"Clinton. Clinton X. I'm a Moslem."
"Moslem? Good then run yo ass home and get me two bean pies and a poke chop samich.":biggrin1:
 

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hahahahaha :biggrin1: funny



hahaha I have a cousin like that as well. His real name is Clifford I can't remember what his muslim name is. When he got out his grandmother declared he could pretend he didn't like ham or bacon if he wanted to, that would be more for her; but she wasn't calling him anything but the name on his birth certificate. :tongue: You gotta love old school black women, they seriously ROCK!


LMAO! That is so true! One of my ex beaux after growing up Presbyterian all his life got a divorce and converted to Islam. I met him again a few years after this miraculous conversion and thought how perfect for the man who used to lock me in cars so no one could speak to me. His religion helped to justify much of his regular behavior. The first thing he asked upon seeing me again after more than a decade was "Are you still fertile?" I suppose he was looking for a vessel for his fruit of Islam...
 

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I didn't read all the posts so I don't know if anyone mentioned Gwyneth Paltow's choice of names for her baby girl: Apple. What is with that? I don't think she will ever forgive her parents and I don't think hers is the name that would sit at the top of the list in HR as njqt pointed out earlier!
 

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I didn't read all the posts so I don't know if anyone mentioned Gwyneth Paltow's choice of names for her baby girl: Apple. What is with that? I don't think she will ever forgive her parents and I don't think hers is the name that would sit at the top of the list in HR as njqt pointed out earlier!


I did along with Moon Unit ,Dweezil, and Satchel.
 

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My first wife worked in an optician's office and kept a secret notepad with strange names of clients, but more usually client's children.

My two top favorites:

Pajama (PAH-juh-mah) the woman said she saw it in a catalog

Vageena (rhymes with Regina) because it sounds so feminine. It sounds totally feminine to me. Apparently someone at the hospital would not let them use their original spelling. Thanks for small favors.
 

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I love that type of guy . . . not. They are usually in their early to mid 50's, tops in their field professionally; and have just woken up to find they want children. :confused: They always make me feel like a brood mare.:mad:

LMAO! That is so true! One of my ex beaux after growing up Presbyterian all his life got a divorce and converted to Islam. I met him again a few years after this miraculous conversion and thought how perfect for the man who used to lock me in cars so no one could speak to me. His religion helped to justify much of his regular behavior. The first thing he asked upon seeing me again after more than a decade was "Are you still fertile?" I suppose he was looking for a vessel for his fruit of Islam...