African-American Name for White Child?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe I read through 4 pages and OP still hasn't posted the name!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people are giving OP a hard time. I love, love, love the name Finnegan. My husband and I are both Hispanic with a very Hispanic last name. Our son looks like very hispanic. While I know that it would be perfectly okay to name our son Finnegan (Finn for short!), I am sure people would look at him when he is older and be like, "huh? Finnegan Lopez-WTF? Then he would have to explain, No, I'm not Irish, (just one look would confirm that!), blah blah blah.

So, I don't think OP is automatically being rascist and people cannot seriously believe that there are some names that are so associated with a race/nationality that a person outside that race/nationality so named would at least cause some puzzlement.

I think that is all the OP was trying to get across.

This made me smile. I have a Finn Paragas. Our last name is Philipino (although could sound hispanic or even greek!) and first name Irish (from my side of family). It works for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kufe Murphy?
Jermain McShain?
DeShane McShain?
Shatoya O'Dwyer?
Li'lphatty Hanratty?

HAHAHA!

[Anonymous]

LaQuiefa Bonifa

[Anonymous]

FriedChickenequia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's Nevaeh and it's 'heaven' spelled backwards. Or at least that's how it started out until people just liked the sound of the name and spelled it however they wanted. Any way you spell it, it's TERRIBLE.

I prefer Anavrin.

[Anonymous]

Fine -- the name is ... Bob

[Anonymous]

We're European American but I loved the Japanese name "Keiji" for a boy. My husband wouldn't do it. I would gave called him Keij for short.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: FriedChickenequia

Careful...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach Pre-K to mostly Latino children. Over the years I've had Latino boys in my class named

Franklin
Wilson
Jefferson
William
Johannes
Darwin
Alvin
Joachim
Andrew

Really opened my eyes.

total snark comment alert - harder to deport Franklin fernandez than Juan fernandez.

Um (a) - not really

and (b) - people in Latin America name their boys things like this all the time. I personally know a Franklin in Latin America. There are also Erwin, Wilson, Eddy, Jenny, etc. It's fairly common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fine -- the name is ... Bob

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[Anonymous]

Ebony?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach Pre-K to mostly Latino children. Over the years I've had Latino boys in my class named

Franklin
Wilson
Jefferson
William
Johannes
Darwin
Alvin
Joachim
Andrew

Really opened my eyes.

total snark comment alert - harder to deport Franklin fernandez than Juan fernandez.

Pre-K teacher here. What are you talking about? It opened my eyes about the diversity of names people choose for their children. My experience has been nothing but positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Joaquin Phoenix go by "Leaf" Phoenix as a child actor?

Nope. River, Joaquin, Leaf and Summer were all siblings.... (I think there was even one more but I don't remember)

You're wrong. Joaquin was the Phoenix formerly known as Leaf.

[Anonymous]

Willie McWilliams?
Gerald Fitzgerald?
Darius Aquarius?
Ceaser Wheezer?
LaMont Jermont?