Naming your black child "Black" FTW.

[daisybuchannan]

Sept 26, 2013 12:44:18 GMT -5 LLL said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:30:47 GMT -5 MWOS said:

my name means bitter

Nailed it!

no joke, my middle name means misery. THANKS MOM

This made me seriously lol.

[daisybuchannan]

Sept 26, 2013 12:45:19 GMT -5 cville said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:44:18 GMT -5 LLL said:

no joke, my middle name means misery. THANKS MOM

mine means "leaves."

my brother's means "gift of god."


THANKS MOM.

Is your bro a Matthew??

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Sept 26, 2013 12:46:10 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:45:19 GMT -5 cville said:

mine means "leaves."

my brother's means "gift of god."


THANKS MOM.

Is your bro a Matthew??

yup.

[Captain Serious]

Sept 26, 2013 12:25:34 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Again, I don't think they did it on purpose. It's just hilarious to me that a family adopted a little black boy and his name translates to "Black".

Yeah, I'm starting to think, "Thou shalt not name your child after a physical characteristic that distinguishes his racial background from your own" should be included in adoption contracts.

[bostonrunnah]

Sara means Princess. Even when I WASN'T wearing a crown, no one gave a damn what my name meant.

[Deleted]

"The name C***** is a baby boy name."

THANKS, OBAMA MOM.

[fuckyourcouch]

mine means "white fairy" or "white phantom"

i was doomed to be ultra pale.

[Captain Serious]

Sept 26, 2013 12:49:17 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

My brother's name means "slender". WTF.

He is a skinny little fuck though.

Makes me wish I had your brother's name, whatever it is.

[fuckyourcouch]

Sept 26, 2013 12:50:11 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:49:35 GMT -5 fuckyourcouch said:

mine means "white fairy" or "white phantom"

i was doomed to be ultra pale.

LOLOLOL, white phantom.  You're a fucking superhero, man.

if i married a kieran, could we be ebony and ivory? or would we make a panda?

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Sept 26, 2013 12:51:12 GMT -5 fuckyourcouch said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:50:11 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

LOLOLOL, white phantom.  You're a fucking superhero, man.

if i married a kieran, could we be ebony and ivory? or would we make a panda?

or would you make gray smoke?  so many questions to ponder.

[LLL]

Sept 26, 2013 12:46:15 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

I tried to find a nice Italian to marry so I could use Giovanni or Giada. No dice.

Random.

One of my fave girl names is Svetlana but neither H nor I is Russian so no go. That's okay though, it probably means 'da fuq?!' so we lucked out.

[Deleted]

My name means victory of the people but don't think I'll buy some super-hero costume anytime soon.

Unless it's Halloween or "date night" with H.

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2013 12:55:08 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

I don't know what Thomas or Jack mean.

Also, I'm fucking DEAD at naming the child Kunta Kinte.

Thomas actually means "twin."

Jack, as I know you know, is a derivative of John, meaning "God is gracious."

And yes, I am bored as hell...

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Panda means "black and white cat-foot."

[auberge]

Sept 26, 2013 12:43:58 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:39:52 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Listen, the way I see it, if they had named the kid Kunta Kinte or something I'd be swollen with righteous indignation.  I just really doubt they looked up the name.  They probably just really like it.  It sounds nice.  I like the name.  I could totally see myself naming my little mixed baby that and then feeling RULL DUMB when somebody tosses me a baby book and is all "page 52, honey.  Page 52."

Ok. In India, people name dark skinned boys, Krishna and dark skinned girls shyamala. I assumed they were doing the same. If it was unintentional, I am sure they would be super embarrassed. but if it was intentional I would be side-eyeing their name choice.

Please stop

[starlily]

Sept 26, 2013 12:43:58 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:39:52 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Listen, the way I see it, if they had named the kid Kunta Kinte or something I'd be swollen with righteous indignation.  I just really doubt they looked up the name.  They probably just really like it.  It sounds nice.  I like the name.  I could totally see myself naming my little mixed baby that and then feeling RULL DUMB when somebody tosses me a baby book and is all "page 52, honey.  Page 52."

Ok. In India, people name dark skinned boys, Krishna and dark skinned girls shyamala. I assumed they were doing the same. If it was unintentional, I am sure they would be super embarrassed. but if it was intentional I would be side-eyeing their name choice.

No.

[pedanticwench]

My name means "beloved." Just so you all know.

[wannabe]

Mine means "white wave."

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN??

[meggers5]

My name means princess, which is accurate.

BF and I were talking about boy names once, and I said I liked Ezra. BF thinks the meaning of names is really important so I wiki'd it. Turns out Ezra in the old testament cleansed the community of mixed marriages. So...uh that's off the table lol.

[mansplain]

Sept 26, 2013 12:42:37 GMT -5 @sloanpeterson said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:35:12 GMT -5 sequins said:

Why are you all convinced that it was unintentional? the first name as little dark one for an african american baby ought to be intentional. That is too much of a coincidence.

This.

[sonrisa]

Sept 26, 2013 12:43:58 GMT -5 sequins said:

Ok. In India, people name dark skinned boys, Krishna and dark skinned girls shyamala. I assumed they were doing the same.

Sequins didn't move to the US until adulthood, right? I think she is just mentioning this for why she assumed the decision was deliberate while the rest of us didn't. She has talked about cross cultural confusion before.

I know I've had some stupid moments when my previous experience and exposure crashed into the new culture where I lived. 

[orangeglow]

Kieren is on our short list for a boy.  It's a type of track race in cycling.  I know the "meaning" but it doesn't mean much to me in that sense. 

Although this story is amusing - I really hope that the parents are not THAT big of assholes.

[agnes]

My first name is a flowering plant, more like a weed.

My middle name is made up. IT HAS NO MEANING. Mom butchered a Farsi name and "thought it was pretty." 

[Yankees21]

My name means "ewe" and my brother's means "dragon". His is way cooler!

[starlily]

Sept 26, 2013 13:37:56 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Sept 26, 2013 12:43:58 GMT -5 sequins said:

Ok. In India, people name dark skinned boys, Krishna and dark skinned girls shyamala. I assumed they were doing the same.

Sequins didn't move to the US until adulthood, right? I think she is just mentioning this for why she assumed the decision was deliberate while the rest of us didn't. She has talked about cross cultural confusion before.

I know I've had some stupid moments when my previous experience and exposure crashed into the new culture where I lived. 

But her assertion isn't even true for her culture.

I am dark. Many of my 50+ cousins in India are dark. Miss America is dark. None of us are named Krishna or Shyamala.

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Sept 26, 2013 13:47:12 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 26, 2013 13:37:56 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Sequins didn't move to the US until adulthood, right? I think she is just mentioning this for why she assumed the decision was deliberate while the rest of us didn't. She has talked about cross cultural confusion before. I know I've had some stupid moments when my previous experience and exposure crashed into the new culture where I lived. 

I apologise for the confusion. I was kind of stunned that they would do that intentionally. Seemed pretty insensitive. But people have made it clear that its probably unintentional.

That's not what you said at all.

You said, "Its [sic] on purpose, right?"

If anything, you were surprised it was unintentional.

[Alyssa]

Honestly, I doubt they looked up the meaning and attached it to a baby who just happens to have darker skin than they do.

[orangeglow]

My name means honeybee!  At least I get a tangible object that I can exploit...

[sonrisa]

Sept 26, 2013 13:49:15 GMT -5 starlily said:

Sept 26, 2013 13:37:56 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Sequins didn't move to the US until adulthood, right? I think she is just mentioning this for why she assumed the decision was deliberate while the rest of us didn't. She has talked about cross cultural confusion before.

I know I've had some stupid moments when my previous experience and exposure crashed into the new culture where I lived. 

But her assertion isn't even true for her culture.

Perhaps not. But I'm assuming that she said this because in the region of India where she grew up people actually do this. 

ETA: According to what she posted, at least her own family does this. 

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Sept 26, 2013 13:55:52 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Sept 26, 2013 13:52:07 GMT -5 sequins said:

No. some, I guess. My cousin was to be named shyamala because she was a dark skinned baby. my aunt intervened because she thought it was insensitive and named her something else. The custom of naming babies over how they look is dying out. Gowri is the name for fair skinned babies. I hate that custom.

Ok, so then it's clearly not a common practice. Based on what you're saying every Indian person would be one of two names.

LOL.