What's in a Name????

[Ndigayenza]

Originally posted by TimelessDST
I must admit I had to help my unborn nieces dodge many a ghetto name. My sister and I are night in day in taste. Destiny and Desire were among the suggested names. When she asked me what I thought I said "I am thinking Hooker, stripper, porno star, do I need to continue?"

Happy Holidays Sorors and Sisterfriends! Thanks for the laughs.

Lol...Ohh Nooo. My two nieces are named Destiny and Desire. Let's see, Destiny, the oldest, poses for pictures lik a lil model and Desire just can't seem to keep her clothes on. Get this, Desire (age 2) while stipping, stands in front of a friend of mine (age 17) and proceeds to shake her rump and remove the rest of her jacket...Thank goodness that's as far as she got.

Destiny (age 4) thinks she is the supermodel...I see magazines in her future. Bet, the other day I told the lil ones to have a dance contest. Little Miss Destiny is spinning on the floor, throughing her legs up...I think she was break dancing. Anyways, she starts doing the only stipper poses on the floor. I was like...hm mm hm. Oh. No.

Hermana Ndigayenza
Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Incorporada
Fall '03

[Dedicated2Delta]

EVERYBODY NAMED MERCEDES, WAS NOT NAMED AFTER THE CAR!

Mercedes is a name in the Spanish language. Often times, ladies who are named Mercedes get the nickname of Mecha in the Spanish speaking community.

ALSO!!!! THE CAR WAS NAMED AFTER THE DAUGHTER!

This is taken from the Official Website of Mercedes-Benz
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...age/index.html


Mercedes – a Spanish girls’ name meaning ‘grace’ – was the name of the daughter born in 1889 to the Austrian businessman, Emil Jellinek, who had homes in Baden near Vienna and Nice.

A progressive thinker with an interest in sport, Jellinek turned his enthusiasm to the dawning age of the automobile, an invention he knew would be of key importance for the future. As early as 1897, he made the journey to Cannstatt to visit the Daimler factory and ordered his first Daimler car - a 6 hp belt-driven vehicle with two-cylinder engine.

But the car, delivered in October 1897 and with a top speed of 24 km/h, was soon too slow for Jellinek. He demanded 40 km/h and ordered two more vehicles. Supplied in September 1898, the two Daimler “Phoenix” cars, with their front–mounted 8 hp engines, were the world’s first road vehicles with four-cylinder engines.

Emil Jellinek had good contacts with the worlds of international finance and the aristocracy and became increasingly active as a businessman. In 1898, he began to promote and sell Daimler automobiles - in particular, within the higher echelons of society. In 1899, DMG supplied Jellinek with 10 vehicles; in 1900, he received as many as 29.

Jellinek demanded ever faster and more powerful vehicles from DMG. From 1899, he also entered these in race meetings – first and foremost of which was the Nice week – where he would race under his pseudonym, ‘Mercédès’, the name of his daughter aged ten at the time. Initially, he used the name not as an automotive brand name but merely as a team and driver designation.

At the beginning of April 1900, Jellinek made an agreement with DMG concerning sales of Daimler cars and engines. The decision was taken to develop a new engine “bearing the name Daimler-Mercedes”, thereby introducing Jellinek's pseudonym as a product designation. Two weeks later, Jellinek ordered 36 of the vehicles at a total price of 550,000 marks – a sizeable order even at today’s equivalent value of DM 5.5 million. A few weeks later, he placed an order for another 36 vehicles, all with 8 hp engines.


Whew! One day we will all see the light! LOL......oh by the way if you haven't guessed, my name is Mercedes...LOL

[da1udesire2005]

Ok I know that we as Black people can come up with some very unique names, for our children. However, there are times when we have gon to far. Here are some names that I think the Momma's should be slapped for naming their child. . .if you know some then lets hear it.

1. Placenta (i kid you not)
2. Champaigne (alchohol beverages, not a good way to go)
3. Alizay
4. Boneqesha
5. Dashauntianna (I feel bad when she is called for Graduation)
6. Orangejello and Lemonjello (twins, pronounced like (O-ron-Ja-lo, and Le-mon-Ja-Lo)
7.Debanaire

[CrimsonTide4]

Go to this site

http://www.rock103.com/drakeandzeke/_bbn/index.html

and see baby names that are out of this world, like:

Coco Crisp
About Face Turner (maybe related to Ike)
Hank Andbeans
Chellyianiabrookly MyAngel Williams
Snotti Prince King


Oh my Good Lawd:

Boofundus Jackson

Take me NOW Sweet Jesus, take me NOOOOOOOW:
Lesbia N. Gonzalez (1/31/02)

Oh my dayums:

The Bad Baby Name for 1/18/01 is:
UdaBomb Mitchell

Father in HEAVEN:

The Bad Baby Name for 1/29/01 is:
Major Dick Blower

[lovelyivy84]

Those have to be fake.

[CrimsonTide4]

I really doubt these are fake. Parents are now on a kick to name their kids all willy nilly.


Here's another one.
The Bad Baby Name for 2/9/99 is:
Coy D. Roy


I am going year by year. This will keep me entertained at work today.


The Bad Baby Name for 2/14/00 is:
Lifeitself T. Jones

My parents and I would be fighting: The Bad Baby Name for 2/7/01 is: Moodybootie Hill (from Batesville, MS)

HMPH UMPH HMPH: The Bad Baby Name for 2/21/01 is:
Precious Soul McDonald

[lovelyivy84]

As in I love my car more than "lifeitself"?

Lord help them.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
As in I love my car more than "lifeitself"?

Lord help them.

Yeah. . . just like that. Back to reading names. . .


Good lawd
The Bad Baby Name for 2/14/02 is:
I-Perfection Harris
He has a brother named I-Supreme Harris


LMAO LMAO LMAO @ The Bad Baby Name for 2/19/02 is:
Uwe Gross

[Steeltrap]

CT4, thanks for posting this. When will people ever learn?

As for Uwe Gross, that's actually a legit German name.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
CT4, thanks for posting this. When will people ever learn?

As for Uwe Gross, that's actually a legit German name.

This is a Steeltrap special:

The Bad Baby Name for 2/25/02 is:
Jertavious Marquarius R'zeiion Washington

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
This is a Steeltrap special:

The Bad Baby Name for 2/25/02 is:
Jertavious Marquarius R'zeiion Washington

WTF? WTF? WTF? That poor babyperson.

[CrimsonTide4]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The Bad Baby Name for 2/26/03 is:
Jack Offit

I am about to roam into March. So far January and February have been



The Bad Baby Name for 3/17/98 is:
She-Ra


GOOD LAWD:
The Bad Baby Name for 3/26/98 is:
Formica Dinette

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
The Bad Baby Name for 3/1/99 is:
Alpha Omega Cogbill Jr.

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The Bad Baby Name for 2/26/03 is:
Jack Offit

That's nothing. I saw an ep of "The Man Show" a few years ago that had as guests men with sexually suggestive names. Among which were:

Charles Cock (he actually has a sister named Anita)
Jack Hoff (his middle initial was L; what if his middle initial was N?)
Andy Dick--the famous comedian
Dick Hertz

Can't remember the rest, but it was hilarious.

[CrimsonTide4]

The Bad Baby Name for 3/17/00 is:
Tasmania Indiana Jones

The Bad Baby Name for 3/21/00 is:
Darius & Darius

The Bad Baby Name for 3/27/00 is:
Mock`NByrd

The Bad Baby Name for 3/29/00 is:
Beautiful Babygirl Harris

The Bad Baby Name for 3/8/01 is:
Queen King

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The Bad Baby Name for 3/20/01 is:
Champagne Killa Crawford
If this child winds up on Death Row one day. . . .
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[abaici]

Our unique names date back to slavery when enslaved Africans were hesitant to christen their children with the names of the oppressors. The only thing we had control of was our name. Thus this tradition began. I think if no one else embraces names like, Shameka and Keshia, we should at least. It is a part of African American culture. Shouldn't we be just as proud of African American culture as we are of African culture?




*Note* Still, I cannot defend all of the names on this list. Naming your child after an alcoholic beverage is out of control!