Black ppl have tons of made up and or unusual names.
White people have joined the made up name game.

My white DIL (I am bi-racial) has a list of made up names for my future grandchild/ren.

It is what it is. But lots of made up names from both black and white families are impossible to pronounce correctly from guessing if you see them on a piece of paper. I always ask people who have unusual names how they pronounce their name before I attempt it to be respectful. But honestly, some names are too nonsensical in spelling vs pronunciation for anyone to guess correctly without asking.

Anonymous wrote:Moon Unit
Dweezil
Diva Muffin

All white people.

Born to a man treated with high doses of radium as a child and who grew up next to the mustard gas facility at the Aberdeen Testing Ground in our beloved Maryland.

Anonymous wrote:What about the 'white people' thing in the south of double first names? They're all upper upper middle class, old money...

I'm thinking of the girls I went to college with from Alabama/ Mississippi/GA/SC who are named/did for their daughter Katie/Anne/Mary and then a last name -

Mary Mitchell
Katie Mack
Anne Carter
Sarah Benton
Annie Lawson

Southern double-names:

(i) reflected the importance of first name in daily conversation (so if everyone is Miss Anne or Miss Sarah, then you would add a second to differentiate them)
(ii) reflected the importance also of your extended (generally the mother's) family, in a semi-feudal environment.

I hope it stays, so we don't say Goodbye Norma Jeane (fine, she was from southern California).

Anonymous wrote:I named my daughter Sabine. I got lots of heat from my family, because they had never heard of it, and thought it would be troublesome for her later in life. Turns out, we looked at my husband's family tree (dating back to 1663, all German), and there were lots of of "Sabinas" or "Sabine."

His family was proud of me for keeping the name in the family. I had no idea. I just named her after a character in a book I loved in college.

My mom is still pissed, and calls her by a different name. My daughter doesn't correct her, but ignores it. Go Sabine.

The Sabines were a tribe on the Italian peninsula that pre-date the Romans. Hard to say its not traditional!

I look down on made-up names. I don't judge the child because they didn't have a say in their name. I am a teacher and I sometimes just cringe when I see what parents name their kids. Weird spellings trying to be different are the worst. Carsyn, Kaside, Koopr, etc. Even worse than those are the names with incorrect apostrophe usage like Ca'din. His name was Cadin which rhymes with Aidan. No need for an apostrophe. My last name was/is mispronounced my entire life so I know what that feels like. I named my kid something simple so he didn't have to deal with that.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a group of college friends who think the trashiest white girl names are Dawn and Tammy. Back in the 1990s they used to "pretend" they were named Tammy and Dawn and use trashy gritty accents and everyone thought it was quite funny. I am quite sure they would now include fake family names like Madison and Kayden in there too.

During my teenager soap opera watching days in the 80s, I wanted to have twin girls and name them Amber and Autumn.
Good thing I wasn’t a teen mom!!!
Later I was told Amber is a “stripper name.” Dawn too.

I worked with two, yes two women named Amber Dawn. One born in the early 1970s, one bornrn in the late 70s or early 80s. Both white. The younger Amber Dawn has kids with trendy names with made up spellings. I'm talking extra vowels, unnecessary apostrophes, spellings that are so off they're no longer phonetic. One is Ma'cynziy (Mackenzie).

I’m calling BS...hahaha! There’s no way that’s real.

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Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, names are extremely important and I always, always, always am sure I pronounce the children's names correctly- no matter the ethnic background. Names are a big deal, IMHO

Well you are the only white teacher who feels that way. I grew up with my name being massacred by every white teacher and they didn’t care

My name gets massacred by most Americans regardless of race.

Why are you so obsessed with skin color?

Not sure how it impacts pronunciation or care...

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, names are extremely important and I always, always, always am sure I pronounce the children's names correctly- no matter the ethnic background. Names are a big deal, IMHO

thank you

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Anonymous wrote:I have a group of college friends who think the trashiest white girl names are Dawn and Tammy. Back in the 1990s they used to "pretend" they were named Tammy and Dawn and use trashy gritty accents and everyone thought it was quite funny. I am quite sure they would now include fake family names like Madison and Kayden in there too.

During my teenager soap opera watching days in the 80s, I wanted to have twin girls and name them Amber and Autumn.
Good thing I wasn’t a teen mom!!!
Later I was told Amber is a “stripper name.” Dawn too.

I worked with two, yes two women named Amber Dawn. One born in the early 1970s, one bornrn in the late 70s or early 80s. Both white. The younger Amber Dawn has kids with trendy names with made up spellings. I'm talking extra vowels, unnecessary apostrophes, spellings that are so off they're no longer phonetic. One is Ma'cynziy (Mackenzie).

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, names are extremely important and I always, always, always am sure I pronounce the children's names correctly- no matter the ethnic background. Names are a big deal, IMHO

Well you are the only white teacher who feels that way. I grew up with my name being massacred by every white teacher and they didn’t care

As a teacher, names are extremely important and I always, always, always am sure I pronounce the children's names correctly- no matter the ethnic background. Names are a big deal, IMHO

Why do we have this thread name?

Just write people?

The amount of racism, classism, and elitism in this thread is shocking, appalling, and sad. OP, I’m white and can’t recall a time when I’ve ever judged a person based on their name or its spelling.

Anonymous wrote:Moon Unit
Dweezil
Diva Muffin

All white people.

And what about Ashley?

Moon Unit
Dweezil
Diva Muffin

All white people.