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[Post New]06/28/2009 08:38
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Except that the second part is clan. Like klan. De Clan? Would anyone really think an African-American person would choose that?


Brilliant!
[Post New]06/28/2009 08:43
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Declan might be Irish, but everyone will think he's African American on hearing the name.


Only very stupid people.


You're joking, right? Card-carrying non-stupid person here, and I absolutely thought Declan was African-American when I saw it here.



http://www.babynames.org.uk/african-american-names-list-d.htm


[Post New]06/28/2009 09:18
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Declan might be Irish, but everyone will think he's African American on hearing the name.


Only very stupid people.


You're joking, right? Card-carrying non-stupid person here, and I absolutely thought Declan was African-American when I saw it here.



http://www.babynames.org.uk/african-american-names-list-d.htm




Interesting list. Of course, it can be used on both sides of this discussion--either, "See, Declan isn't on this list?" or "See, Declan resembles many, many names on this list."



[Post New]06/28/2009 09:31
Anonymous
It is an Irish name, yeah, but that doesn't mean it doesn't sound like an AA name. Perhaps especially to people who aren't AA.

There are plenty of Irish Declans (I found from Google), but there is also Declan Jogi .... from Zimbabwe.... http://www.discoveret.org/force/html/jogi.html

[Post New]06/28/2009 09:34
Anonymous
PP here. I'd like to add that Elvis Costello's given name is Declan.
[Post New]06/28/2009 09:43
Anonymous
This thread should be renamed the Declan Debate!

Also, Declan sounds like "The Klan". Not a good name.
[Post New]06/28/2009 09:44
Anonymous
I get the sense that the hijack of this thread has been motivated by the mother of a recently baptized "Declan" who is now horrified, perhaps concerned is a better word, that her DS may have a name that sounds AA.
[Post New]06/28/2009 12:25
Anonymous
Girls:
Evelyn or Eve
Sadie
Marisol (like Mary-soul)

Boys:
Rafael
Sebastian
Levon (I love the song by Elton John and if we have another boy that may actually be his name)
[Post New]06/28/2009 12:32
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Girls:
Evelyn or Eve
Sadie
Marisol (like Mary-soul)

Boys:
Rafael
Sebastian
Levon (I love the song by Elton John and if we have another boy that may actually be his name)


I like the song, but at the risk of re-opening that can of worms - Levon sounds like an African American name. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
[Post New]06/28/2009 12:51
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I get the sense that the hijack of this thread has been motivated by the mother of a recently baptized "Declan" who is now horrified, perhaps concerned is a better word, that her DS may have a name that sounds AA.


Nope. I'm the one who posted Declan as a possibility and this is the first time I'm posting since then. I'm horrified that the name has caused such a silly conversation. My apologies to the OP.
[Post New]06/28/2009 13:25
maynie
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Anonymous wrote:*shakes head sadly, bows out of the thread...*


Yep. It is sad sometimes to see how people really think. "Many African American names, eh?" I can't think of one in my family or that I've known growing up. And I have a huge family. 17 aunts and uncles and countless amounts of cousins. I would be interested to know how many anyone has personally met. Come on, let's back up that stereotypical assumption.
[Post New]06/28/2009 15:46
Anonymous
There's a Declan in my kid's class - can't be that originial. (And for the record, he's not A-A).
[Post New]06/28/2009 17:28
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:This thread should be renamed the Declan Debate!

Also, Declan sounds like "The Klan". Not a good name.


It does not sound like "the Klan", it sounds like deck-Lan
[Post New]06/28/2009 17:30
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Girls:
Evelyn or Eve
Sadie
Marisol (like Mary-soul)

Boys:
Rafael
Sebastian
Levon (I love the song by Elton John and if we have another boy that may actually be his name)


I know children, five and under, with all of these names. Heck, one of them lives in my house.
[Post New]06/28/2009 18:50
Anonymous
Have always loved the following girls names: Pilar, Kendall, and Kiki. I have two boys (and think we're done), but these would definitely finalists if I were to have a girl. Not sure my husband would agree...
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