Well, there was the tennis player Stefan Edbergh and the rock musician Duane Allman. Spelling is different, but the names aren't new. I wonder what would be the effect of having "Loser" or "Wimp" as your first name?
When I had my first two kids, I went with names of streets nearby for their names. Now that I have another child on the way, I'm thinking of starting a naming scheme after cars. Interestingly, I have always gotten virtually no response to any resumes, etc. I've sent out at times I was attempting to get jobs. In the back of my mind, I wondered if my last name and the fact that all the famous "Paiges" I know of are African-American played a role in that. ETA: In high school, I dated a girl named Kenja. In nearly every discussion I had about her with other people, one of the early questions would be "Is She Black?"
Great post! It's sad but human nature seems to push most people into joining a click. Now we are all born in certain catagories: white, latino, black, or asian...... But from about the age of high school people start to join social clicks skaters, head bangers.... How much acceptance do we really have for those who are different than us? For the most part we are all the same, but we make small differences into mountains. Just look at how people treat each other just based on skin color. You might share the same home town, the same educational background, or the same religion, but if you're not a certain color the attitude is you can't get in here. I used to work this old school kind of guy and he would say things like: If you're white you're right, if you're black get back, and if you're brown stick around. I would just laugh back then, but now I see what he meant.
I know this guy. He played highschool soccer with my best man. Singin' dude, right? Wierd too. A bit. As for the "designer" names... my wife's cousin names her kids somewhat traditional names, just mispells them IMO... Justen Jaxun Jerzi I cringe when I think of the crap they'll go through later i life... I know another kid named "Judstin" -he went by "Jud"
Another article on ABCnews had this 20 "Whitest" Girl Names Molly Amy Claire Emily Katie Madeline Katelyn Emma Abigail Carly Jenna Heather Katherine Caitlin Kaitlin Holly Allison Kaitlyn Hannah Kathryn 20 "Blackest" Girl Names Imani Ebony Shanice Aaliyah Precious Nia Deja Diamond Asia Aliyah Jada Tierra Tiara Kiara Jazmine Jasmin Jazmin Jasmine Alexus Raven 20 "Whitest" Boy Names Jake Connor Tanner Wyatt Cody Dustin Luke Jack Scott Logan Cole Lucas Bradley Jacob Garrett Dylan Maxwell Hunter Brett Colin 20 "Blackest" Boy Names DeShawn DeAndre Marquis Darnell Terrell Malik Trevon Tyrone Willie Dominique Demetrius Reginald Jamal Maurice Jalen Darius Xavier Terrance Andre Darryl
I went to High school at Bellaire with a guy named Mister. Is it the same guy? African American guy, kind of sweet in the wrong way?
Lechón means just the same in Phillipino as in Spanish. That's cool. How about a former co-worker my wife had: "LaLenya". Here's the kicker: she is WHITE. BigSherv, what does THAT sound like in Phillipino? It's TheFirewood in Spanish.
Diamond - The only person I knew with this name was a CrossDresser in the . . um . .. "in the process" [or a stripper .. but doubt it was their *real* name] QUOTE=BigSherv] 20 "Blackest" Boy Names DeShawn DeAndre Marquis Darnell Terrell Malik Trevon Tyrone Willie Dominique Demetrius Reginald Jamal Maurice Jalen Darius Xavier Terrance Andre Darryl[/QUOTE] Dominique = a Girl's name HURRAY!! My name isn't on the list Rocket River
Someone I work with named her kid The Promise. Not 'Promise', but THE Promise. WTF kind of jacked up name is that??? GOD, I hate her. What a stupid ****ing ****. I want to punch her in the stomach as hard as I can. And damn, what an ugly ass pan-face kid she has! I hope he ****ing dies.
I wonder if there's a correlation between basketball career success and names... Mike James: got paid John Salmons: Got paid Jason Richardson: got paid Bonzi Wells: still looking for a job.
I guessed nobody else realized the brilliance of this post. I laughed for quite a while at it. Anywho, a friend of my dad's was a school teacher in Florida. She had a student (right around 2000) named ****head. Literally, ****head. She said she was blown away when she saw that on her kindergarten roll call. Apparetnly, it's pronounced "Shi-theed."
Also, if I were ever to name a baby of mine something "unique," being the medical nerd that I am (and x-ray nerd, at that), I think I would go with Incus(a bone in the middle ear that makes for a pretty awesome name, in my opinion). Seeing how I'm not so cruel, I've already decided that the first dog of my own that I ever get shall be named Incus.
If you are named Connor, Tanner, Wyatt, Cody, Dylan, or Justin, chances are I don't like you. Logan and Cole are probably going to be bad asses... what's that old Carlin routine? Hi Todd I'm Tucker... But nothing beats "The Promise." Seriously, that is the flyest ****ing name of all time.
Oh my damn! The promise? The promise of what? Getting your face beat in every day? The promise you will be tormented your entire child hood and you will go postal when you older?
My daughter was born in April, and we went with the whitest girl's name available. But for the next kid, we're going with Turpentine.
My step sister and her husband, two of the most whitebread people you'll ever meet, named their two daughers Araya and Kya....I still can't get over it.
this is soooooo going to D&D.... and many blacks consider "acting white" to be a negative connotation. it's a two-way street.
