Stupid "black" names...why?

[KnitShoni]

I really wanted to call Child Rum Lavendar Blue. Everyone said no. *pouts*

Lavendar Blue makes me think of Lavender Brown...

[boringscreenname]

I live in a big, diverse city so I've seen a little bit of everything. Most of the names I encounter are pretty normal, if not a little boring. But every now and then I see one that makes me do a double take. One that stands out in particular was a mother in a store calling for a child named Mimzy.

Generally speaking I don't really care what other people choose to name their kids, because it really doesn't affect me or my life. Naming is such a personal choice, and different people (myself included) have different criteria and ideas about what they think construes a good name and what they think is a bad name.

When I was pregnant my husband and I decided we didn't want to use any biblical names for our kids. We're not religious, and we also think that biblical names are way too popular, and was something we wanted to avoid for our kids. We wanted a name that wasn't too popular, but wasn't completely obscure, and was relatively easy to spell and pronounce.

For our son we decided on Spencer Elliott. I wanted Elliott as his first name but my husband said no. He wanted Blake as his first name, but I said no. So we compromised and found a different first name and then used Elliott in the middle spot. Our daughter is named Vivian Judith. We both just liked the name Vivian, and Judith is in honor of my grandmother who passed away from breast cancer when I was young. A lot of people think our daughter's name is old fashioned or that we named her after someone, but we didn't we just liked it.

[Andara Bledin]

I think once you've hit the "Sounds like an Elf in Middle Earth" point you may have gone a bit too far. >.>

How about was actually named after an Elf in Middle Earth?

My mother knew a woman who named her daughter Galadriel and mangled the pronunciation in the process. The girl's nickname was Gala (pronounced gay-la).

I go by Tony my middle name and have done since 99ish, only my brother, a cousin that I see infrequently and friends from oop norf still call me by my first name, I forget they are talking to me when they call out my name.

My boyfriend's mother is named Susan. She never goes by Susan. She used to have her own law firm and she had told judges that she is Susie with the explanation that if she gets to the Pearly Gates and St Peter calls for Susan, she's going to hell because she doesn't answer to that name.

Except, the people you're talking about generally want an African SOUNDING name for their child. They don't necessarily want a true African name, due to the reason I listed.

Except that most of the time those names don't sound anything like African names. They sound like made-up American names trying and failing to sound like African names more often than not.

I went to high school & community college with a chick named Babette.

Babette is a pretty traditional sort of name. From the same origin as Elizabeth, actually.

I really wanted to call Child Rum Lavendar Blue. Everyone said no. *pouts*

I'd use the traditional spelling for Lavender, but I think that's actually quite a pretty choice for a name.

When I was pregnant my husband and I decided we didn't want to use any biblical names for our kids.
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For our son we decided on Spencer Elliott. I wanted Elliott as his first name but my husband said no.

Elliott is a biblical name, actually. It's a French variant for Eli.

^-.-^

[Hyena Dandy]

Elliott is a biblical name, actually. It's a French variant for Eli.

FOILED AGAIN!

I've got a double-biblical name.

An apostle, and an angel, and also an aliteration. :P

[Andara Bledin]

An apostle, and an angel, and also an aliteration. :P

Is that an angel or an archangel?

I've got double-biblical as well (though both are derivatives and not direct), though no alliteration.

^-.-^

[Lace Neil Singer]

Wouldn't have a clue if mine was Biblical; however, my name and middle name together is the name of a character in an old horror movie, so that's pretty cool.

[IDrinkaRum]

Babette is a pretty traditional sort of name. From the same origin as Elizabeth, actually.

OoO ... Didn't realize that. But still don't like the name Babette (too odd for me and the jokes she got over her name ... OoooO boy! Also, come to think of it, it didn't help that her middle name started with a "J" and so her initials were BJ ) and I personally, don't like the name Elizabeth.

My first name (Amy) is Latin for "Beloved" and my middle name is the feminine version of Dionysus (Greek God of Wine) so my names mean "Beloved God of Wine". Hehehehe. However, the only wine I like are whites & reds that aren't so dry. Also, wine isn't exactly my favorite to drink. So I'm weird (but then again, I grew up in a house where my parents were almost practically teetotalers).

[Gravekeeper]

My dad's entire side of the family is raging hardcore Roman Catholic so you can bet your ass I got stuck with a Biblical name. >.>

I hate when people automatically shorten it after learning it, however.

[IDrinkaRum]

Both sides of my family are Roman Catholics. No Biblical names here.

As I said before, Mr. Rum's middle name is Biblical and he hates it. It's not a "normal" biblical name neither. It's Zadok. Really. Honest-to-goodness. Zadok. And his father wanted Zadok as a first name (so instead of B Zadok which is his name, he would have been Zadok B). Mr. Rum is named after both of his grandpas. Mr. Rum's paternal grandma was all like, "Son, you're an idiot. B Zadok is fine. Don't do that to your own baby boy". I think I would have liked his grandma.

[Ginger Tea]

If by some twisted turn of events I end up fathering a child I want to name a boy Judas, every other biblical name has had plenty of turns and out side of the bible I've never encountered it aside from "Arnold Judas Rimmer" from red dwarf.

Aside from my middle name, I share the same name as a movie director, but thats not why I no longer go by my first name, nor was I named after him.

[Lace Neil Singer]

If you want to guess which horror movie character I share a name with... well, think TVs with static, scary clown dolls and swimming pools full of corpses. Tho I was not named after that movie, seeing as it was created after my birth. That hasn't stopped people from referencing that, oh no.

[SkullKing]

I just want to add that where I came from "Candida" is not so uncommon a name. It is still used as a word, it means pure, or sincere. I have seen it used in very sweet ways.

My personal suggestion for my sister´s name was Brenda. It is a short strong name, with a nice meaning.

Both me an my sister were name after historical personalities. One of the greatest concerns of my mother was to give us easily spelled names not easily made in to perjorative nicknames.

[fireheart17]

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My first name (Amy) is Latin for "Beloved" and my middle name is the feminine version of Dionysus (Greek God of Wine) so my names mean "Beloved God of Wine". Hehehehe. However, the only wine I like are whites & reds that aren't so dry. Also, wine isn't exactly my favorite to drink. So I'm weird (but then again, I grew up in a house where my parents were almost practically teetotalers).

Hi-five to the Amy's! My middle name is not so fancy. unfortunately it's also associated with a certain child's TV show and I get SO many people singing the song to me when I tell them my middle name.

[daleduke17]

Hi-five to the Amy's! My middle name is not so fancy. unfortunately it's also associated with a certain child's TV show and I get SO many people singing the song to me when I tell them my middle name.

Is it the little Mexican girl who walks around with a monkey?

[IDrinkaRum]

The Amy's are awesome! Well, at least I think so.

Yeah, I don't think there's anything associated with my middle name & children's shows. That I can think of off the top of my head.

Child Rum's first name is actually my maiden name. Which I'm happy about. At least I can remember how to spell it. Though I can't count how many times I've been asked why I'd spell it with "just a y" instead of an "ie". Oi. Really? The "just a y" is, I think, the more popular spelling.