I'm not talking about ethnic names, either. I'm talking about for example, the kids at my daughter's school: Jadakiss, Alize, Hennessy...lol...what were their parents thinking? Shoot, I worry about my daughter too, who has a normal, but obviously Muslim name-I hope by the time she enters the workplace there won't be so much hatred for Muslims....
2006-12-16 17:35:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
@tvman-your daughter's name is pretty, I once knew someone with that name-it's Heaven, spelled backwards.
2006-12-16 17:41:47 · update #1
Oh, and YES employers do judge people according to their names-20/20 did a whole undercover special on it a few years ago-some employers threw the resume in the trash if the names were 'too ethnic'.
2006-12-16 17:44:20 · update #2
@Kimberle-I TOTALLY agree w/you. I so believe in giving your children names w/meaning. My chid's father is from Nigeria where men are given carte blanche on what they name their children and because he's Muslim, naturally he wanted a Muslim name for our daughter. So I bought a book of Muslim names that we agreed on and looked at the meanings . Her middle names are Nigerian(Yoruba) and mean something as well. Her first name means royalty, her middle names mean 'God has sent us a blessing' and 'lovely' respectively. Her dad's name is a Muslim/Yoruba mix that mean 'light of the religion' and my name is derived from a Greek goddess of love...Our parents did the d@mn thing! I LOVE YOU, MOMMY! LOL...
2006-12-16 18:03:52 · update #3
i am always asking myself that. i can understand if you migrated from another country and speak another language other than english why your child has a name i cannot pronounce,
BUT it's the black folks who name their children ghetto fablous or made up names that just ..grrrrrrrr..
anyway a muslim name is at least a real name with a meaning. and your child would not want to work in a place that would discrminate based on a name anyway.
a first i blamed it on age but some grown folks in mychurch, educated folk, named theri children after themsleves, they just made the names up. they sound okay but... they don't have a real meaning.
i think names should mean something. mine mean chieftain (it was orignally a man's name) my sister's name means royalty. my mother's name means warrior. is that not cool?
i just think about what if shaquita wants to be a journalist. can you see her reporting as "shaquita johnson for channel 7 news?"
2006-12-16 17:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by kdf_333 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
They seem strange now but we live in a media-concentrated world where being "cool" and "unique" are stressed to unbelieavable lengths.
The most important form of identification we have is our name. I believe that that point is unquestionable. Most people with strange or unusual names have what most of us with generic names dont have: a truly unique sense of identification.
I think that strange or unusual names make it harder for a child to live with because of ridicule from peers, etc. but essentially the parent was most likely trying to be radical for a change without personally affecting themselves.
Ethnic names can also be used as a means of identification obviously, but they assist in identifying a person's ethnic/cultural/national background more than identifying the individual's unique self.
Your daughter is growing up in a much more accepting environment, i wouldnt worry about her too much. I also think that by the time she enters the workplace, CEO's will be named Jadakiss, the President of the US will be named Hennessy and your daughter's doctor's first name will be Alize which means her name wont stand out any more than you hoped it would.
2006-12-16 17:41:59 · answer #2 · answered by Lauren S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it truly is terrible! My cousin became a youngster determine, and her son became named George William. human beings assume that because youngsters oftentimes don't have as a lot understanding on names and their histories, and have a tendency to wish more desirable "youneek" names, as your friends were suggesting. Kudos to you for picking a more desirable classic call it is way less cutesy and fashionable. Your names, Lucia and Jason, are easily wonderful, and paintings on a baby and a grown-up. Lucia's my cousin's call, and that i imagine this is outstanding. Jason became quickly on my famous call list, and that i the picture of it. Your names aren't to any extent further undesirable. they are the finest names i have heard as we communicate, and they're a ways more desirable ideal than the names your friends were suggesting. reliable success on your being pregnant, and that i'm hoping this helped. :) @Erin at the same time as a woman is pregnant with a boy, the tummy kinda droops down a touch. yet at the same time as a woman is pregnant with a woman, her abdomen sits intense. So, it truly is how a tummy can look like a boy. Get it?
2016-10-18 09:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by durrett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people who intentionally name their
children with off names are selfish and
seperatists. They don't consider what
grief and hardship it will bring the child.
As for a Muslim name, that's just a chance
you have to take. All you can hope for is
that your child gets a good education and
plans on working in a field where intellect
matters most.
2006-12-16 17:43:00 · answer #4 · answered by Semaj S 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
there was a recent news episode on TV about this. Those who applied with jobs with ethnic sounding or strange names were called in least for job interviews. People I know personally whom have named their kids weird names truly think their child has a great name. They don't realize the child will be made fun of or judged just by their name on a piece of paper. May favorite funny name is a true name---Esther Hester Wester.
oh my next real favorite--Cathedral Dome.
2006-12-16 17:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by winkcat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Babies are named long before they are looking for a job so parents don't even consider that when naming them.
Christian names used to be "in the family" and not much thought was given to them at all.
Today, names are given more because they are "popular" and for no other reason.
Some names sound strange to us but to others the same name may sound perfectly normal so there will always be jobs for all ( I hope)
Cheers
2006-12-16 17:42:39 · answer #6 · answered by rentongal1958 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The age of the parents plays a role in the name of the children. They think its cool.
2006-12-16 17:38:06 · answer #7 · answered by Mz Biotch 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The age of the parents, the education of the parents and quite simply some parents are being passive-aggressive and hoping their children will not be successful.
2006-12-16 19:03:45 · answer #8 · answered by LS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, parents shouldn't do that....
my parents gave me an english name which is a translated version of my chinese name and trusts me, it sucks to have such weird names...
my chinese name is beautiful but when you translate it to english, it sounds horrible and is meaningless.
I am often teased by my classmates for having such an ethnic name and it's embarrasing!
If you want an ethnic name for your child, please at least make sure that the name is meaningful like " I named you Aiko coz it means a child with love in Japanese"
MY ADVICE: parents, stop giving your children ethnic names that have no meaning at all! how can a mother name her child vagina? what does it represent? it's meaning?
unless you want your child to be embarrased for his/her whole life.
2006-12-16 18:06:14 · answer #9 · answered by charlotte 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know someone that is a nurse is a clinic. Recently a mother named her newborn Vagina. Human services was called but could do nothing. I think that it was cruel to name this child a name like that.
2006-12-16 17:41:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋