I meant race or ethnicity cause some people think you're trying to be something you're not.I don't get why though there is a black girl i work with and her name is selena and some people are like she isn't hispanic,or mexican stuff like that and i have seen black guys who call themselves by nicknames like gotti,giovanni,and vito.There was an asian girl i went to school with named emily and people had comments about that.My friend is puerto rican and black and the father of her children is sicilian and her son name is vito and she said she got comments why do some people do this?
2007-05-26 20:01:32 · 14 answers · asked by shyababy05 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
and read the question before attacking me cause like i said i don't see anything wrong with it but see people all the time who do i think it's your business what you name your kid my name is easy to pronounce and people go out their way to mispronounce it it seems like
2007-05-26 20:14:48 · update #1
So you think I should call my daughter 'Mohammed'??!!
2007-05-26 20:06:42 · answer #1 · answered by dr c 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm, that's interesting. I'm from California and this is the first time I'm hearing about this problem. Regardless, cultural names are a representation of something; whether it be an emotion, a symbol, a saying, etc. It's a way for diferent cultures to describe something of meaning. If you think of it, that's no different then the everyday words we use in the English language, they are all derived from something. So how are names any different? It's not stealing because no one "owns" the name. If anything, using names from other cultures and understanding where these names comes from shows your willingness to be open to the ideas of other cultures.
2007-05-26 20:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by AdvisenEthics 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, Issues such as this seem to be more extreme in the US. You appear to be more racially divided than ever and drifting back to the unenlightened time of the pre 1960's. Im British and my wife is British we have 4 children. ! has a scottish name, 1 has a french name, 1 has a russian name and the other is an Israeli name. Not once did we think oh no we can't name this child that because it is a Black childs name. You think thats a nice name I think it would suit them. Thats the real world
2007-05-26 20:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by Vengeance_is_mine 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those people are just ignorant. I once new a White man named Jamal Brown and a Hispanic girl named Jen Lee. People should name thier kids wht ever they fell like. I have my full name is made up of 5 names from different cultures.
2007-05-26 20:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by Ayita 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Names are part of culture and say something about who we are. People who convert to islam tend to rename themselves using muslim names for that reason. The same way many White names today are from the bible because of the tradition of being christian, so are hebrew rather than european.
Really you can name yourself anything, but if I see the name Toibin Maquire I expect it to belong to someone of Irish ancestry, and Bella Freeman I would expect to be a black woman.
2007-05-27 03:16:43 · answer #5 · answered by cernunnicnos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are just dumb and want to ****** about anything and everything. I've met a lot of black people with Spanish or Italian sounding names like Antonia, Antonio, Francesca, etc. My cousins are Mexican and have Italian names. I have Italian friends with English names. I think it's nice that people want to use names from other cultures/ethnicities.
2007-05-27 22:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mari76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people are just plain old out and out ignorant. I named my daughter (who is deceased) Caitlin Grace and everyone said that was white name, but I don't care what someone else thinks. I gave my child a name that meant something to me...Grace is the one thing I wished for her.
If I ever have a boy I will name him Geoffrey (after Chaucer, one of my favorite authors) Declan (Irish name, but I love it!!). I'd much rather a name like the ones above to one that is made up and hard to pronounce...it can scar a kid for life.
2007-05-26 20:08:26 · answer #7 · answered by Gloria H 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-08 22:21:26 · answer #8 · answered by sander 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people give names THEY like giving no mind to their kids!
2007-05-26 20:20:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's a big deal. I plan to name my future daughters Natalia and Katya, which are both Russian. I love the names. People are welcome to ask questions about it, but not to criticize.
2007-05-26 20:11:03 · answer #10 · answered by Calista 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter. You do what you want to do always.....as long as no laws are broken everything is good.
2007-05-26 20:32:57 · answer #11 · answered by simplesimon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋