Where do blacks get the names for their kids?

[Mr. Goosemahn]

Originally Posted by wogitalia

That is just ridiculous, it would obviously be an N, not an M. Now I feel like you are just making this **** up...

Um...

[MetSox17]

Originally Posted by wogitalia

I'm genuinely interested in where the Da, Ja, La, etc in front of names does come from?

Lack of creativity. Throw a "Ja" or "Da/e" in front of any regular name and you have a black name!

Jamarcus
Demarco
Demarcus
Jacoby
Jacquizz


Wait, wtf? Jacquizz?!

[soybean]

I hope this thread doesn't get locked. It'll just prove how sensitive this board is.

This thread isn't racist, the OP never said anything derogatory condescending or insulting.

But yeah there are some strange names out there:

like D'brickashaw (sp?) fergeuson?

And just to expand on this.

I'm chinese and in high school me and my friends use to make fun of how korean girls were always named grace or ester.

[soybean]

Ooh and just a little tidbit of information before this will most likely get locked by some sensitive mod.

a majority of blacks' last names came from their master's last name when they were slaves. When slavery ended they just simply adopted their masters' sur names.

(learned that from a tutor in high school)

[MetSox17]

I like rice.

[soybean]

if he wasn't as famous as he is now, would you guys consider "Lebron" a funny name?

EDIT: unrelated but my favorite football name is probably Israel Idonije

[Mr. Goosemahn]

I know Kobe was named after Kobe beef, no joke.

From Wikipedia:

His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu.

[trademaster]

I know this cashier from KFC who named her daughter Obamanesha, WTF? 0_o like I said *no racist*

[wogitalia]

I actually know a guy named Kobe who is 26, so before Kobe could have influenced it.

I also know a couple of girls named Kobe or some variant spelling, same sort of age.

So it's not the rarest name!

[soybean]

Juqua Parker, Jaiquawn Jarrett?

[Caddy]

This is a question without an answer

[MetSox17]

T-Dog, from The Walking Dead, is named IronE. Yes, exactly like that.

[bantx]

[MetSox17]

[Complex]

Anybody on this board that is black besides RaidersNation that could explain to us, where the Da, Ja, La, etc in front of names does come from?

I also want to know why white people name their kids names like Angus, Gus and Billy Bob

[Brodeur]

Morgan Freeman is awesome.

[sbh15]

Originally Posted by Xiomera

I was once in a class in college with a girl whose name was La-Sha.

When the prof took attendance on the first day, the girl was upset because she pronounced it wrong. As the girl explained, you're supposed to pronounce the hyphen as "dash." La-dash-a

I wish I were making that up.

this is a famous interwebz story... are you saying you were in this class?

[bantx]

But for srsz I know a few

dekembres
jaques
dejuan (theone)
karlesha
Jakawn


I also have a white friend named Darrel and always used to mess with subs by getting upset for mispronouncing it saying it was suppose to be pronounced as DUHRale

[sbh15]

also, theres a football player where i go to college named terrell who pronounces his own name t-rel

[Complex]

This one girl in my old neighborhood was named LaShonda and she was white.

[wogitalia]

I also want to know why white people name their kids names like Angus, Gus and Billy Bob

I'm not sure why you think Angus is weird? It's a Scottish/Gaelic name that has been around forever. I dare say it has gaelic origins and a genuine meaning it is that old. Gus is just a shortened version of Angus.

Billy Bob is just two shortened names joined as one and really unless hyphenated is just a shortening of William with Robert as a middle name. So again, not exactly absurd. Both being very common names.

Really as far as "white" names go you picked some of the less odd ones.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

My roommate met a white girl called Sequoia. It's some kind of tree.

Also, Purdue's former basketball players JaJuan and E'twan. The Juan is pronounced like the spanish version. His name is a ghettoed version of a spanish name.

And E'twan is not derived from anything, I think. Twan is nothing, and maybe Wan is another ghettoiffication of the name Juan.

[MetSox17]

Not to mention ex NBAer DaJuan Wagner.

[yodapoop]

Originally Posted by Brodeur

Morgan Freeman is awesome.

Best African American/Black actor going? I think so. Between him and Denzel, am I wrong?

[wogitalia]

Best African American/Black actor going? I think so. Between him and Denzel, am I wrong?

Will Smith... How do I indicate trolling?

Don Cheadle has to be up there though in all seriousness.