| Title: | A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy) |
| Notice: | BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy... |
| Moderator: | OASS::BURDEN_D |
| Created: | Tue Feb 13 1996 |
| Last Modified: | Fri May 30 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 996 |
| Total number of notes: | 7139 |
AFRICAN NAMES
Last year while expecting our first child my husband & I
decided that we wanted to use African names. After much searching
and discussion we named our son
KOLADE GENDE
Kolade is West African (Nigeria) meaning "honor"
Gende is also West African (Nigeria) meaning "stalwart young man"
Of great importance to my husband was that our child would have
either his or my initials -- no "juniors", though. If we had had
a daughter she would have been named TAHIRA AISHA -- both East African
names -- Tahira meaning "pure" and Aisha meaning "joy of life".
We're still saving this name for the future.
My husband's name is Kenneth Gregory
My name is Tamra Arlene (I'm told my mother had seen the name
Tamara in a book but decided she liked it better without the "A"
in the middle!
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| 112.1 | digressing questions | KAOA05::LEWIS | Michael | Thu Dec 31 1987 14:20 | 33 |
Why the importance on initials?
Why do some name their children after themselves?
Why not more importance on the meaning of the names?, like you have.
Why/how do people decide on names for their children before they
are even born (i.e. no concept of their qualities). Is it to 'instill'
the qualities or self respect in their children? If so, does this
work/help?
I've heard that North American Indians named their children at birth
based on then current events, feelings, hopes, etc. Then the child
would get an 'adult' name when 'becoming an adult' with their adult
name being based on actual qualities of the person; or, acts which were
to describe/represent who that person actually was. Is this true?
For all/most/any tribes or peoples? If ture, is/was this practice
restricted to North America? Could someone be renamed based on
acts later in life?
With the Nigerian names, do Nigerians regard them as 'names' (in
the sense that most north americans haven't a clue to the meaning
of their own name, let alone others) or do they hear/understand the
'meaning' of the name. What about other cultures?
After reading my questions over, I hope you don't take any of them as
an attack or criticism. My questions are a combination of curiosity
and considerable sincerity. They are important to me for reasons
that I suspect are similar to the reasons that the names you have
chosen are imortant to you.
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| 112.2 | I like those names | HITEST::BLANK | Post no bills | Fri Jan 08 1988 11:46 | 5 |
re:.0
I think those are beautiful names. They also sound very distinguished.
Your children should be very proud of their names.
bill
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| 112.3 | pronounciation..?? | GOONEY::MASSICOTTE | Thu Jan 05 1989 11:28 | 9 | |
I don't know if you still are monitoring this note, but I'm curious
to know how to pronounce:
TAHIRA AISHA
thanks in advance,
Jeanne
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| 112.4 | some names please | CHFS32::CWILLIAMS | Beholding HIM. | Wed Oct 03 1990 18:02 | 10 |
Hi,
I would like to see some more african name and there meaning.
Nov 12 is our due date and we are having a hard time agreeing on
a name.
clay
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| 112.5 | Well, Here's MY Name... | RIPPLE::SLOUGH_AK | Wed Nov 14 1990 11:45 | 14 | |
This might be too late, but...
My name is Akosua (stress on the "ko" syllable); I was born in Ghana
and my name means "first-born girl, born on a Sunday." The only
other Ghanain name I know is "Ama" (girl born on Friday) and Kwame
(forget which day that belongs to!) Practically everybody I get
introduced to comments on how beautiful my name is (I 've lost my
objectivity, though, and don't know). It does make things fun to
have an unusual name, though; people really remember you as the
years pass and you run into them again!
Good luck -
Akosua
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