Does ethnicity affect opinions of names?
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Does ethnicity affect opinions of names?
| Fri, 09-28-2007 - 10:15pm |
Just wondering what people thought about this... Would you have a different feeling or opinion about a name choice if you knew the ethnic background of the baby. For example, my children are half caucasian and half african american. So, they have darker skin. I have gotten comments, like, they shouldn't have names like Ben or Joe, because they are "supposed" to have something more out there. No one's exact words here, just my interpretation of what has actually been said... in a nutshell. I happen to like "different" names anyhow, but I wouldn't really think it should matter. Honest opinions would be appreciated. WDYT?? Thanks,
Wendy
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There was an article awhile back, I wish I could track it down, but it looked at applicants when they went to apply for jobs.
joanne
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I agree that it shouldn't matter, but I think some people try too hard to give their kid an ethnic sounding name that is actually made up
hello!! yeah i dont like this-i want to ask "you hated your child when you came up with that name right??" i know a lil girl-a very cute, petite little thing-and her name is deshymetrius. (shes in my dds class)i asked my dd if she goes by "dee " and she said sometimes, but mostly she goes by her full name(and i might be spelling it wrong-but im pretty close). theres also a football player who plays for the giants that has this REALLY hard to pronounce last name and his first name is just as bad. again, i think "did you hate your child that much that you would name them that??" i mean if you like a name, then you like a name, but theres also gong overboard with trying to sound too ethnic...take care!!
joanne
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Wendy
ethnicity of names matters to some people. ther are women of my mom's generation who have Latin/Spanish names who are not at all Latin or Spanish. something must have inspired their mom's to give Juanita, Delores, other Spanish names. perhaps, influence of i Love Lucy?
of course some people like some ethinic names, such as i love Joaquin, Hiromi, Dominique, Aaliyah, Pocahontas, Hadassah. quite a range, huh?
i grew up in a small town 70% "caucasian", Spanish, mostly Mexican, many 2nd, 3rd generation, and 2 African-American families, and also many families had adopted Korean babies/children. in school, none of us were prejudiced, the 2 African American brothers 6 yrs apart were never left out, and honestly no one thought a thing of it.
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