Current Events > How do you feel about people giving their babies names from other cultures?

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Example- White parents naming their baby, Takashi or Hakeem.

Cool names IMO and shouldnt affect anyone.

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very great

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Completely fine with me
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i'm naming my next child mohammed
even if it's assigned female at birth

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That is culture appropriation and they should be crucified openly on every public forum available. /s

Just makes them a target for bullying tbh.

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*shrug*

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Not as bad as naming a child Dick

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What if the name's from another culture, but it's already in your culture?

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How do you fee about black parents naming their kid Michael, Bob or Jim?

See how stupid this is? Name your kid whatever you want.

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DDirtyDastard posted...

That is culture appropriation and they should be crucified openly on every public forum available. /s

Phantom36 posted...

How do you fee about black parents naming their kid Michael, Bob or Jim?

See how stupid this is? Name your kid whatever you want.

Exactly.

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dont care

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Its fine. There are no exclusive rights to names.

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I can't imagine a world or scenario in which I could give less of a shit

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Just fucking spell it right

i'm giving my future kids french names and nobody can stop me

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It seems like they're trying to vicariously redefine their own identity through their kids, which is something a lot of parents do but is ultimately looked upon as selfish.

Like another poster said, you are begging for kids to bully them. Like, it's fine if there's some profound reason, but this is a child's life you're playing with. Try to take it seriously.

Like dumbasses who name their kid Sephiroth or Naruto or something. No, it isn't illegal and you can do it if you want, but if you want to do something like that so bad change your own name.

I don't really care. Even if it's weird for a white baby to be named something like "Jeong" it's better than the stupid unique names parents try to come up with like "Sssst" (pronounced like Forest because it's four s, t)

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NoxObscuras posted...

"Sssst" (pronounced like Forest because it's four s, t)

wait, what

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The Trent posted...

wait, what

Yep... It's about the same level of ridiculousness as Abcde (pronounced ab-si-dee) which made the news back in 2018 when an airline employee mocked the name.

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it's unfortunate that the child gets mocked like some second hand smoke situation when the parents are the ones who should be openly shamed

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I'mma name my child Sparrowhawk.

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--Zero- posted...

shouldnt affect anyone.

Except, y'know... the child.

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I have more of an issue with people who think they've come up with some amazing original name just because they replaced a few E's or I's with Y's in a name that's existed for millenia. And even that's more just "an issue" in the sense of "I'll see it and think, oh, that's stupid".

If y'all wanna give your kid an original name, make up a name that sounds like it could be a real one. (But that requires actually thinking, even if it's still pretty fucking easy.)

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Giving your kid an unusual name introduces them a lifetime of people asking what's up with their name. I have an unusual name, but I'm my case I was named after my grandfather and his grandfather before him, so I actually have a story. I can't imagine having to explain it as often as I do and not having a story. "Oh my dad just thought it sounded neat" is going to be awkward every time.

I assume people with common names don't have to worry about this.

I never seen this in person.

But to me it's a "you're doing too much imo, but also, do you".

I'm not the person to decide if that's cultural appropriation.

We definitely gonna see Anime names in America like a mother fucker in the next decade.

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Im native and named my girls Olivia and Hanna. We all have traditional longhouse names but theyre a fucking nightmare to spell out.

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you mean like Daniel or Joshua?

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I think its fine

I love seeing white Jamals.

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Realistically, if I was sociopathic enough to have a child in this fucked up world, I'd give the girl a really pretty name after a flower or a gemstone, and the boy would be named something that made him sound strong, maybe even a bit rebellious.

But seriously, if you're having a kid these days you're doing a disservice to them and the rest of the world.

NoxObscuras posted...

it's better than the stupid unique names parents try to come up with like "Sssst" (pronounced like Forest because it's four s, t)

NoxObscuras posted...

Yep... It's about the same level of ridiculousness as Abcde (pronounced ab-si-dee) which made the news back in 2018 when an airline employee mocked the name.

I mainly recall La-a ("Ladasha")

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HylianFox posted...

you mean like Daniel or Joshua?

This. Biblical names are from another culture unless you are ethnically Jewish

Zikten posted...

This. Biblical names are from another culture unless you are ethnically Jewish

That's the funny thing about Biblical names

Nobody names their kid Mephibosheth or Nimrod
:/

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Phantom36 posted...

How do you fee about black parents naming their kid Michael, Bob or Jim?

See how stupid this is? Name your kid whatever you want.

I mean, due to slavery, colonialism, cultural diffusion, etc., such names are a part of various black cultures.

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HylianFox posted...

That's the funny thing about Biblical names

Nobody names their kid Mephibosheth or Nimrod
:/

Just name your kid Barrabas or Judas, see how their life turns out.

HylianFox posted...

I mainly recall La-a ("Ladasha")

What about Lemonjelo and Oranjelo?

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nativengine posted...

What about Lemonjelo and Oranjelo?

I've only seen these names in cartoons and standup routines

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g0ldie posted...

I mean, due to slavery, colonialism, cultural diffusion, etc., such names are a part of various black cultures.

well, Toby was a much duller name than Kunta Kinte

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nativengine posted...

Im native and named my girls Olivia and Hanna. We all have traditional longhouse names but theyre a fucking nightmare to spell out.

Do you or any of your family have traditional names? Tbqh I wish my family had more of a connection to our Polish ancestry

while we're on the subject I must say I really like my name

it's not too unusual yet I've never met someone else who has it
I know of other people (mostly celebrities and other famous people) who have it, but not anyone personally

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HylianFox posted...

well, Toby was a much duller name than Kunta Kinte

iirc, slave masters did what they could to erase whatever culture people who were enslaved had, so they were given both European names and were often given the last names of their masters.

the more "black" sounding names you get now started during the 60s/70s, where the black pride movement started.

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g0ldie posted...

iirc, slave masters did what they could to erase whatever culture people who were enslaved had, so they were given both European names and were often given the last names of their masters.

the more "black" sounding names you get now started during the 60s/70s, where the black pride movement started.

well yeah, a big aspect of 'Roots' is how the African slaves were stripped of their identity

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truu.

I don't think I've seen the original Roots since I was a kid.

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wait maybe i should name my kid kunta kinte

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