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Originally posted by Steeltrap
DISCLAIMER: This is just my theory.
I honestly believe that somehow it got into some of our brains after 1970 or so that the so-called "ghetto" names were somehow related to African names like Nia or Imani.
How that happened, I don't know. But I was born in 1964, and I rarely saw names such as Qyntel, Dajuan, Jahtwasia or Shananashaqeesha until much later.
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Aren't names supposed to have meanings to them? If someone wants to give their child an "ethnic" name, why don't they go and find a book of African or Islamic names and find out their meaning instead of trying to create one of their own. I was born in 1970 and my friends have names like Cheryl, Yvette, Michael, Nicole, Anthony, etc. - you get my point. When people started having children from the late 80's until the present, I don't know what the heck some of them were thinking in terms of names. Alize??? C'mon, be for real
I'm just glad that when I had my daughter, I had sense enough to give her a name that was simple for her to pronounce and spell (which she was able to do at age 3)
I do get upset sometimes when folks jack up her name - it's not difficult!!