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Back to School First Name Facemelt Strut

DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
Just a few highlights from the class lists at my daughter's school this year. Brothers and sisters have really taken it to the next level since I was growing up. The days of Deandre and Tamika are over. Shit is off the chain.b,121b,121Jazzminb,121Sircharlesb,121Xzahnib,121Mahoganyb,121Eboni'queb,121Zalazah
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  • djkingottodjkingotto 1,704 Posts
    beautiful!
  • SelinaKyle83SelinaKyle83 1,042 Posts
    Not school related more immaturity related for me but i caught a bit of the oz idol auditions and there was this chick who's name was Ichi Wang! Lucky she was a real cutie...not so lucky about the name...or voice...
  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    At my last job I had to frequently work a file that belong to a Precious Diamond.
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,129 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121Mahoganyb,121b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121That's a beautiful name. At least it's a real word with both pleasing visual images (my grandfather used to be a wood worker before he went legally blind and taught me a lot about the different types of raer trees) and pop-culture familiarity. Nothing weird about that one. However, it would only work for a black woman, obviously.b,121b,121Not to rehash the famous George Carlin routine, but white women giving their spoiled, obnoxious offspring names of Indian tribes and Los Angeles suburbs is dumb. It sucks that all the formerly hot, film-noirish female names like Ava and Doris/Dorothy are now associated with senile old ladies.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    "Doris" can never sound hot. There was a Doris at school where the wife went. Her mom was Jamaican and would always be shouting "DAAAAAAARIS" really loudly, which made the poor girl cringe.b,121b,121She's changed her name now.b,121b,121To LaShaQuaQua...
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    BTW, disappointed at no SMOOTHTAVIOUSes in the house this year.
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121b,121Sircharlesb,121b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Cant wait for him to be knighted.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121b,121Sircharlesb,121b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121
  • Lucious_FoxLucious_Fox 2,479 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121Mahoganyb,121b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121That's a beautiful name. At least it's a real word with both pleasing visual images (my grandfather used to be a wood worker before he went legally blind and taught me a lot about the different types of raer trees) and pop-culture familiarity. Nothing weird about that one. However, it would only work for a black woman, obviously.b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Mahogany could work for any woman....IMO. Brown wood could describe anyone.....PAUSE.b,121b,121Its gonna take a while for the 70's post Roots Neo-African names to be adapted by other folks.b,121b,121The Shenayes and La-Whatevers arent as prevalent these days. The game has changed.
  • Lucious_FoxLucious_Fox 2,479 Posts
    I'd really like to research the African-American Name Game since the Civil Rights Movement or even as far back as The Migration period.b,121b,121I think this is a common joke w/ all teachers who work in the hood.b,121b,121"Yo, the kid named GOD came into school today.!"
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    There's a site (I forgot how to find) where you can look up number of times a first name is bestowed in a given year, I think it starts in the 60s... but its fun to look up names from pop culture, you can see a boom in Ciaras in the past few years for example...
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121Jazzminb,121b,121Xzahnib,121b,121Zalazah b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121aren't all these traditional (non-English) names/words? I've seen all kinds of spelling of Jasmine/Jazmin/etc.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Quote:h,121b,121I'd really like to research the African-American Name Game since the Civil Rights Movement or even as far back as The Migration period.b,121b,121I think this is a common joke w/ all teachers/doctors/dmv workers[/b] who work in the hood.b,121b,121"Yo, the kid named GOD came into school today.!" b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Too many to mention from my 8 years at DC Children's Hospital Urgent Care & ER, but I noticed a sharp increase in the number of Messiah/Messyah's and Heaven's....End Times perhaps?
  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121Jazzminb,121b,121Xzahnib,121b,121Zalazah b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121aren't all these traditional (non-English) names/words? I've seen all kinds of spelling of Jasmine/Jazmin/etc. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I just liked the spelling of Jazzmin, the use of a silent X and was envying a double Z name since my single Z(uma) name got rejected (yeah I know). Anyway my daughter has a pretty odd name for a white girl, Kathe (pronounced, Kay-tuh). So I ain't throwing bricks. One thing is black names have gotten a lot more syllabic and harder to say. There's all kinds of hyphenated business and lots Js tripping the tongue.b,121b,121Of course Mahogany is common and beautiful. b,121b,121Sircharles makes me think of those Right Guard commercials.b,121b,121As for God, b,121b,121 img src="object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1
  • djkingottodjkingotto 1,704 Posts
    when i worked at comcast we had a customer named "precious leigh"
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I knew a guy named Bum Suck.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121I'd really like to research the African-American Name Game since the Civil Rights Movement or even as far back as The Migration period.b,121b,121I think this is a common joke w/ all teachers/doctors/dmv workers[/b] who work in the hood.b,121b,121"Yo, the kid named GOD came into school today.!" b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Too many to mention from my 8 years at DC Children's Hospital Urgent Care & ER, but I noticed a sharp increase in the number of Messiah/Messyah's and Heaven's....End Times perhaps? b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121how a believing Christian/Jew/Muslim could name their kid Messiah or God (or any spelling variation thereof) is beyond me. I guess the God thing could be 5%-related, but really using these words to describe one's kid is sacreligious in any traditional understanding of these faiths.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    I'm going to name my firstborn daughter Ms. Pacman.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Friend of mine named his daughter "Atari."b,121b,121Shit, I'm named Cosmo. It's Greek (although I'm not) but still, shit didn't treat me well in grade school.b,121b,121I knew a bunch of kids with crazy names, dating back almost 30 years. Went to school with a kid named "Mister." That motherfucker stole my bike.
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    I heard that Terrence Martin (dope West Coast producer/rapper) named his daughter Akai.b,121b,121Pretty fresh if you ask me.
  • pointmanpointman 1,042 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Friend of mine named his daughter "Atari."b,121b,121Shit, I'm named Cosmo. It's Greek (although I'm not) but still, shit didn't treat me well in grade school.b,121b,121I knew a bunch of kids with crazy names, dating back almost 30 years. Went to school with a kid named "Mister." That motherfucker stole my bike. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121There's a Green Bay Packer named Atari Bigsby.b,121b,121The name Mister makes me conjure up a "Who's on First" in 2008 scenario. b,121b,121Cosmo's Mom: Who stole your bike?b,121Cosmo: Mister did it!b,121Cosmo's Mom: Mister Who?b,121Cosmo: Mister from schoolb,121Cosmo's Mom: Your teacher?b,121Cosmo: Mmmmmmom!
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Henceforth I will be referring to my sons as b1Peanut[/b] and b1Plain[/b]. Not sure which one is which yet.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Henceforth I will be referring to my sons as b1Peanut[/b] and b1Plain[/b]. Not sure which one is which yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I didn't register them, but I know co-workers who registered brothers named Million and Billion.b,121b,121Favorite white person name: Amanda Pancakesb,121b,121Favorite baby name that will not be cute in 20 years: Zoe Yo Yo
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,129 Posts
    Cosmo's story about Mister reminds me that Kyrie would make an nice nameb,121b,121Kyrie Eleisonb,121Down the road that I must travel b,121Kyrie Eleisonb,121Through the darkness of the night
  • The-gafflerThe-gaffler 2,190 Posts
    i'm naming my son Chest if not Matthew [Jr.]
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Henceforth I will be referring to my sons as b1Peanut[/b] and b1Plain[/b]. Not sure which one is which yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121A true devotee would not stop breeding until Almond[/b], Dark Chocolate[/b], and b1Peanut Butter[/b] were brought into the glorious light of this world. b,121b,121Don't worry???they won't melt from exposure to the sun.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Cosmo's story about Mister reminds me that Kyrie would make an nice nameb,121b,121Kyrie Eleisonb,121Down the road that I must travel b,121Kyrie Eleisonb,121Through the darkness of the night b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121commonly misinterpreted as "Carry a lazer down the road that I must travel"
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 b,121b,121Don't worry???they won't melt from exposure to the sun. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Just make sure grandma and the aunties ease up on the kisses. b,121b,121b,121
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Henceforth I will be referring to my sons as b1Peanut[/b] and b1Plain[/b]. Not sure which one is which yet. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121A true devotee would not stop breeding until Almond[/b], Dark Chocolate[/b], and b1Peanut Butter[/b] were brought into the glorious light of this world. b,121b,121Don't worry???they won't melt from exposure to the sun. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121In that case I will be adopting a third child and they will be (from oldest to youngest)b,121b,121VENTI, GRANDE, AND TALL[/b]
  • RerogRerog 569 Posts
    I just sold something to a guy with the last name Bodycomb.b,121b,121I also went to high school with brothers named Pepsi and Sprite.
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