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I was at the checkout line of a grocery store and noticed the name tag of the young black girl ringing up my items on the cash register.
Her name was Zentyne.
Curious, as to her unique name and spelling. I asker her how to pronounce it and was it a foreign name?
She told me that her mother like "Zen" buddhism and her favorite gum was "Dentyne".
So her mother put the two together and named her Zentyne.
Did I mention the girl was black?? .....
You think Yolanda is a weird, unusual name? It's a common Spanish name.shaneykwa, lashanda, yolanda, etc...
Before racism is called out, I have plenty of black friends. They, and their siblings have "normal" names, I.e. Justin, Jason, Chris, etc.
Just curious why you name your kids names like D'brickishaw, Barkevious D'quell (all NFL players first names) and so on. I don't know 2 people in this world named Barkevious. Is it a "unique" thing? My black friends don't know the answer so I'm asking participants .
I'm a minority too and I know all races have weird, uncommon names like apple and candy for white people, Jesus for Spanish, and so on.
You are welcome!
Hippy names were terrible.All people regardless of race name their children some strange names.
I went to a predominately white middle school, and knew a kid named "pisswillie", one named "scooter", and yet another (girl)
named "moonbeam", and one other named "storm".
Dawn Rain, Winter Storm, Summer Mist, even knew a Cozy Forest, and of course, all the fuckin' Dylans.
I always immediately doubt the upbringing of anyone named Dylan.
Hippy names were terrible.All people regardless of race name their children some strange names.
I went to a predominately white middle school, and knew a kid named "pisswillie", one named "scooter", and yet another (girl)
named "moonbeam", and one other named "storm".
Dawn Rain, Winter Storm, Summer Mist, even knew a Cozy Forest, and of course, all the fuckin' Dylans.
I always immediately doubt the upbringing of anyone named Dylan.
I was in middle achool in the 60's, so I am certain the nature names were a brainstorm during one or both parents being on an acid trip.
Hippy names were terrible.All people regardless of race name their children some strange names.
I went to a predominately white middle school, and knew a kid named "pisswillie", one named "scooter", and yet another (girl)
named "moonbeam", and one other named "storm".
Dawn Rain, Winter Storm, Summer Mist, even knew a Cozy Forest, and of course, all the fuckin' Dylans.
I always immediately doubt the upbringing of anyone named Dylan.
I was in middle achool in the 60's, so I am certain the nature names were a brainstorm during one or both parents being on an acid trip.
They say if you remember the 60's you weren't there.
Hippy names were terrible.All people regardless of race name their children some strange names.
I went to a predominately white middle school, and knew a kid named "pisswillie", one named "scooter", and yet another (girl)
named "moonbeam", and one other named "storm".
Dawn Rain, Winter Storm, Summer Mist, even knew a Cozy Forest, and of course, all the fuckin' Dylans.
I always immediately doubt the upbringing of anyone named Dylan.
I was in middle achool in the 60's, so I am certain the nature names were a brainstorm during one or both parents being on an acid trip.
They say if you remember the 60's you weren't there.
The 60's were an interesting time for me. Being bused out of a predominantly black school environment to the exact opposite, was an adventure that I hated at the time, but if I had it to do over by choice, I would do it all over the same way.
Depends on what you call normal. I know a couple of white girls named Spring. I know a white kid named Symbol and another named Tesseract.Before racism is called out, I have plenty of black friends. They, and their siblings have "normal" names, I.e. Justin, Jason, Chris, etc.
Just curious why you name your kids names like D'brickishaw, Barkevious D'quell (all NFL players first names) and so on. I don't know 2 people in this world named Barkevious. Is it a "unique" thing? My black friends don't know the answer so I'm asking participants .
I'm a minority too and I know all races have weird, uncommon names like apple and candy for white people, Jesus for Spanish, and so on.
You are welcome!
Thats not from the muslims that sold them into slavery. Thats from the religion of Islam.When I taught, I was amazed at all the Jibrins, Jamals, Alis, and other names from the Muslims that sold their asses into slavery in the first place.I was at the checkout line of a grocery store and noticed the name tag of the young black girl ringing up my items on the cash register.
Her name was Zentyne.
Curious, as to her unique name and spelling. I asker her how to pronounce it and was it a foreign name?
She told me that her mother like "Zen" buddhism and her favorite gum was "Dentyne".
So her mother put the two together and named her Zentyne.
Did I mention the girl was black?? .....
Almost all of my girl cousins have Islamic names. Some people have no problem with Americanized names. Has nothing to do with being connected to slavery.I never knew the girls to get the Muslim names.I am amazed that black people in America still name children after their ancestor's former slave owners; John, Sally, Patrick, Jane, Robert, Mary, Steve, etc. .....When I taught, I was amazed at all the Jibrins, Jamals, Alis, and other names from the Muslims that sold their asses into slavery in the first place.
I guess they just make up the weird names for lack of ones not connected to the slave experience.
Frankly, you'd think eventually they would get over it.
Why would that be amazing if they live in the US and are not islamic?I am amazed that black people in America still name children after their ancestor's former slave owners; John, Sally, Patrick, Jane, Robert, Mary, Steve, etc. .....When I taught, I was amazed at all the Jibrins, Jamals, Alis, and other names from the Muslims that sold their asses into slavery in the first place.
Lydia is a beautiful name. Only an ignorant bore would think otherwise.If you're gonna name a female offspring "Lydia" you really should just cut to the chase and go modern with "Midol".
WikiLydia is a feminine first name of Greek origin Λυδια. The name means "woman from Lydia."[1] Lydia is a name in the Bible. Lydia was a woman of God; she loved to hear God's word and put it into action. She also sold purple clothing. In those days, purple was seen as rich and royal. Lydia of Thyatira, woman and deaconess in the New Testament's Acts of the Apostles was a purple cloth dealer. She was the apostle Paul's first convert in Philippi and thus the first convert to Christianity in Europe.
