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Favorite names you don't hear every day
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Anonymous
Only very stupid people. |
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Upon HEARING Declan people might not think African-American because of the accentuation, but upon READING it, they will. Lots of African-American names begin with "De." Not saying that an African-American-sounding/reading name is a negative, but it's foolish to think that most people will recognize it as Irish and not think of it as another in a long string of African-American names beginning with De.
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Anonymous
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Agree with PP. It's not as though it is a common Irish name--unless someone has Irish heritage they would have no reason to think of it as irish instead of African-American.
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Anonymous
You're joking, right? Card-carrying non-stupid person here, and I absolutely thought Declan was African-American when I saw it here. |
Anonymous
Except that the second part is clan. Like klan. De Clan? Would anyone really think an African-American person would choose that? |
Anonymous
| *shakes head sadly, bows out of the thread...* |
Anonymous
| Dean, Derek, Derrick, Dennis, Deborah, Delilah... all names that start with "De-" that I don't automatically assume are anything in particular. |
Anonymous
Yup, this one got freaky weird really fast. 
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Anonymous
Oh, please. The above are actual, COMMON names. Declan, unless one just happens to know it is Irish, appears to be an invented name with the prefix De-, much like lots of African-American names. |
Anonymous
Really people? Declan is a fast rising name, and especially popular on the west coast. Wait for the wave to reach DC, and you all will be embarrassed that you had this pretty ignorant "sounds like an AA name" debate. |
Anonymous
It is? I live on the West Coast now and have never heard it before. |
Anonymous
| I thought it was pretty common knowledge that Declan is an Irish name. Wicked Irish. But I'm from Boston. |
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Never heard of Declan. Don't care to hear it again.
The OP was interested in Conrad, not Declan. The only Conrad I ever knew in real life (our generation) went by his middle name. But that was when common names were the norm. Now unusual names seem to be the norm. Nay for Conrad. |
Anonymous
| I just posted a minute ago. One more thing. I do have a bias towards common names for boys, I think because our generation of guys I knew growing up all had the same top 10 names. With girls there has always seemed to be more diversity in names. It seems now, though, that boys' names seem to be becoming more diverse as well. |
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I'm shocked -- ok, so my husband is Irish, 2nd generation - but still.... never heard of Declan? ok, so SSA only has it at number 345 or something like that -- but it has grown steadier over the last decade in use HERE in the US.
And if anything.... African American? OMG. |