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Originally posted by FeeFee
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!!
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Exactly, FeeFee. There are tons of resources available so you can name your child with meaning. For instance, my girlfriend named her baby Imani Hannah. I believe Hannah was her grandma's name.
If I have a kid, I certainly won't name my child Britney
or some other trendy name. As for me, people slip on my name because the I is pronounced like a long E.
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