"Black sounding" names and their surprising history

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What's in a name? Sometimes it's just our imagination, and other times it's an attempt at a political statement. Black names have been satirized and stereotyped for a long time, but they have a unique and downright surprising history. Azie and Evelyn discuss the history, culture, and influence on "black sounding names" for #SayItLoudPBS
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@SayItLoudPBS 5 жыл бұрын

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@HerodiasM 4 жыл бұрын

Mahinda Githaiga Crystal too

@ShukreeTube1 4 жыл бұрын

My mom says she got my name from construction worker she met while he was working on my grandmother house she liked it so she told the man " if I ever have a son I'm going to name him that" lol I often joke with my mom that she was probably being fresh lol.. but Shukree is my name. It's ok if cant pronounce it's ok my gmom cant ether!! 😊😊

@lolitis01 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, you're human. Mistakes happen, even if it happens again in the future, you are forgiven lol.

@shells500tutubo 4 жыл бұрын

I think the Mormons in Utah are trying to catch up with the creative names, at least from a spelling standpoint.: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMx5mMt017WYiqc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fb6Apdd7sLbRcmQ.html

@mgithaiga1 4 жыл бұрын

@@marriagenuggets1038 true

@queenbee6705 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh who never found their name on keychains growing up 🙋‍♀️

@dongysakura418 4 жыл бұрын

Me I have a traditional African name. I just look for my initial

@ashley.the.swiftie 4 жыл бұрын

Mine was the one they were always out of!!

@mollie-wankenobi8655 4 жыл бұрын

I would be able to find it so easily but my parents went with Mollie instead of Molly.

@amberlyhennig3874 4 жыл бұрын

🙋‍♀️

@dbaucom 4 жыл бұрын

I never have

@marcilk7534 4 жыл бұрын

A girl from my high school was named Marijuana Pepsi. She rocks her name and recently got her PhD.

@tedlovejesus 4 жыл бұрын

Marci LK I thought Cauliflower and Coriander sounds cool too 😎

@Silversumire 4 жыл бұрын

Omg they make a freakanomics episode about her!

@marcilk7534 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Rodgers Maybe someone who is looking for a positive story for motivation.

@yaqarahletellier9118 4 жыл бұрын

This name is legendary because I heard about this name from someone else months ago too lol

@damnbro_idc 4 жыл бұрын

Hate to say it but that is genuinely cruel of the parents. Glad she got her degree though

@DR-xc6um 4 жыл бұрын

"La," "De," etc. prefixes from French/Creole... mindblown! 😲

@semiramisbonaparte1627 4 жыл бұрын

Duh?

@JacksterDude12 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it never occurred to me either, so that was cool to know!

@SongSingsSoprano 2 жыл бұрын

@@semiramisbonaparte1627 Right!!!! Like who tf didn't know that.

@7iscoe 2 жыл бұрын

@@SongSingsSoprano well if u know romance languages, all of them have a de or la

@blakjak38 3 ай бұрын

@@7iscoeExactly. Unless the person is from Louisiana, there’s really no French connection. It’s just something black American women made up cuz it sounded “cute”😂

@RashekaO 4 жыл бұрын

My parents promised my older sister that she could name me if I was a girl (confident that I was a boy). Sure enough here I come and my parents kept their word to a 10 year old who named me Rasheka. She cannot recall to this day why she chose this name or the meaning. It took me a while to embrace my name as I felt it was “ghetto” when I was younger. Funny story though; years ago I went into a local fast food restaurant in Chicago and when I gave the worker my name for my order he complimented my name and told me my name meant something along the lines of above others or royalty and is Indian in origin. You learn something new everyday!

@kumbeetjirimuje4193 3 жыл бұрын

Your comment made my day. Who knew your little brother new some words from India.

@twebster179 3 жыл бұрын

Lakisha is Frida Pinto's character's name in Slumdog Millionaire. Lots of "Black sounding " names in Indian culture too.💓

@veronicawong1426 3 жыл бұрын

Love love your name! A good friend of mine has the same name and I call her sheka ❤️❤️❤️

@ERomine 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you’ve embraced your name because it’s really a beautiful name. I used to dislike my name because it’s “old fashioned” and it’s definitely “white” lol. My name is Emily. It’s grown on me. 😉💖

@zainmajali 3 жыл бұрын

Rasheka sounds arabic "رشيقة", meaning graceful :) your sister unknowingly gave you a lovely-meaning name

@Jimmyboygohome 4 жыл бұрын

If someone has a “difficult” name to pronounce I will make it my mission to make sure I learn it and pronounce it correctly. No nicknames unless they really prefer it. Put respect on names

@deva190 4 жыл бұрын

Me, too because it hurts my ears to hear someone mispronounce my name so Think others feel the same way. That's why I try my best to pronounce it correctly.

@nachothedrownedlegend704 4 жыл бұрын

God bless you both! I despise the name Karen because no one can pronounce mine so karen is what their brain autocorrets to

@meredythcosta6977 4 жыл бұрын

Same. It will definitely take me a long time, and I will butcher it for a few weeks, but I make it a mission to get it right. Also spelling it correctly, but that’s more because it was such a pet peeve of mine when people misspelled my name when I was younger. Not so much anymore though.

@SparklingSilverCurls 4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree and am the same way. I want to make sure I'm being respectful and make sure the person knows it's important to correctly pronounce their name. I feel people are dismissive if they don't bother learning the correct pronunciation just because it's not in someone else's vernacular. Or even just *try* to say it correctly....it's not difficult to just try.

@mooch6232 4 жыл бұрын

Bunny Tsukino I appreciate you !

@tosinakinnagbe8131 4 жыл бұрын

When she started saying Oluwatosin Akin- I fell out of my chair😂 that’s my name. It just threw me back because it’s so rare here.

@azariakin3956 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao my last name is Akin😂😂

@morganmckenny6875 4 жыл бұрын

Tosin I know an Oluwatosin where I live 😂 it is rare

@tosinakinnagbe8131 4 жыл бұрын

Morgan McKenny that’s cool! I’m glad there’s more of us😂

@merhawei8318 4 жыл бұрын

Tosin 🤣🤣🤣

@alexawild7346 4 жыл бұрын

Tosin its a Nigerian name from the Yoruba tribe

@jenniferhickman8532 4 жыл бұрын

When people are excited to meet you, & you can see their happiness dwindle away because they were expecting blonde hair & blue eyes.🙄

@notrend204 4 жыл бұрын

Thats messed up

@RishaBond 4 жыл бұрын

My freshman year roommate was a (white) girl who traveled a lot in India. She totally thought I was going to be Indian, as I'm pretty sure the college dorm assignment people did, too, when they put a "Risha" with her. She was shocked when I showed up with my blonde hair & blue eyes. I'm from Chicago (South Side not suburbs), my parents "made up" my name and just liked the way it sounded. My friends growing up thought it was pretty normal, but when I moved to the West Coast, people suddenly had trouble pronouncing it.

@orunmila8861 4 жыл бұрын

Lol imagine the opposite when the preconceived stereotypes disappear after merting a "Jamal"

@kimleblanc6089 4 жыл бұрын

@Jennifer Hickman we have the same last name well Hickman is my maiden pretty cool since this a video about names Hickman isnt really a common name ive only met maybe two or three other Hickmans in my life and im 30 im sure if you have brothers or maybe its you and your husbands name but did you ever get called hickey man growing up

@Callhermsross 4 жыл бұрын

Kim LeBlanc Actually Sis the Hickmans are in South Carolina.

@camiciabennett 4 жыл бұрын

I literally NEVER comment on youtube vids, but this is seriously real. I'm a white girl with a "black" sounding name (pronounced Kah-mee-shah), which has given me a *small* insight into the discrimination many face when they aren't named something like John, Jennifer, David, or Jessica. I am THANKFUL for my name, because it has helped me empathize with others, it has given me the opportunity to connect with others, and it has created a bond with so may people I adore. This video is amazing. Thank you so much!

@PHlophe 3 ай бұрын

camicia, this is a literal "walk in my shoes"

@zengseng1234 4 жыл бұрын

I’m white and I was calling out to my coworker “Shaneequa” and some other white person asked me why I was calling her that, like if I was insulting her. “Because that’s her name!” 😡

@shaniquajones4280 4 жыл бұрын

zengseng I’m a Shaniqua! You’d be surprised how many people love to tell me “we say that as a joke in my family!” 🤔😒

@grechellemccoy546 4 жыл бұрын

Shaniqua Wright My cousin Shaniqua gets that all the time! The worst is when they say "you don't look like a Shaniqua" 🙄

@lisab9541 4 жыл бұрын

@@shaniquajones4280 that is just rude. Sorry people are idiots.

@revlaird6979 4 жыл бұрын

perhaps is because of the way you purposely bit the name out of your mouth as most Anglo Saxons would they deliberately pronounce something and a degrading level and then smile and say I'm only just pronouncing with her name is you know exactly what you do you know that but that's to be expected📞📞🎶🎵

@keepingupwithtristan 4 жыл бұрын

That's funny

@majdavojnikovic 4 жыл бұрын

When i was working with kids, i met a boy from Suriname who was named Tiamo. His grandma invented his name, not knowing that 'ti amo' means 'i love you' in italian :))) I thought that this was fantastic: every time someone calls you he tells you that he loves you! I loved it.

@lolabint3411 4 жыл бұрын

majda vojnikovic very sweet.

@notreallyaki9027 4 жыл бұрын

Oh that is so sweet

@MerrowMeghan 4 жыл бұрын

That's funny! I know a young woman with that name. She was born in Malawi

@BriarRouge 4 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAWWWWWWWW!! That’s so sweet!

@rhebeccabouva5067 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Suriname😊and we make a lot of names up😂mostly combine the parents name

@mscout1 4 жыл бұрын

Please, keep making up new names. We need to have a large pool of names to prevent collisions -- singed, the 5th Matthew in english class.

@DoomLocust 4 жыл бұрын

I hear you. In High school I was one of 3 Jasons, just in my group of friends alone and it was not deliberate.

@metrovalleyeats 4 жыл бұрын

Yoooo I was one of 8 different kaylas in my grade 😭😭

@emmajunewood3913 4 жыл бұрын

mscout1 my name is Emma I feel the struggle 😂

@vedhil 4 жыл бұрын

i work with two tiffanys, two ashleys, and then there’s Dentist Tiffany that works next door to our bakery. please, for the love of god, keep making new names. i literally cannot devote any more brainpower to differentiating another tiffany.

@periodt3670 4 жыл бұрын

“singed”?

@miedo8114 4 жыл бұрын

White Monique here! Never knew my name was a 'black sounding' name. So nice to know. Hello sisters!

@Mr4one6 4 жыл бұрын

What's the story behind your naming, and where are you from?

@miedo8114 4 жыл бұрын

Hi @@Mr4one6, I'm from the Netherlands. They have two types of spelling here: Monique (the French way) and Moniek (the Dutch way). My name is spelled the French way. My parents were in love with the name even before they were married. I believe the name comes from north Afrika form a goddess named Monna/Monnica and later it became more populair in the Christian world because of Saint Monica. The meaning "advisor' of the name Monique comes from this saint, I believe.

@001islandprincess 4 жыл бұрын

Miedo 811 Greetings. There really is no such thing as “black” sounding names as black is just an erroneous colour descriptor and status. So at the end of the day, in America, people associate names being affiliated with African Americans as many African Americans may choose particular names when in reality, the majority names are European in origin and have nothing to do with Africa. Makes Americans seem dumb and ignorant. Just my two cents.

@MsTexas73 4 жыл бұрын

Miedo 811 I went to school with a Monique AND a Moniek. Both were black. Most I knew were black. I think the first time I met a white Monique was when I worked at the Public Library during my college days. And she was actually from France. I loved hearing her say my name (which sounds French although not French in origin).

@miedo8114 4 жыл бұрын

@@001islandprincess hi! That is why I had black sounding names between ” “, just like the title implies. The thing that I find interesting is that a European name as my own has developed through culture as a new frequently used in the black communities. Through this video you can see how names travel, change and can be traced back to its origin. I wil not say that Americans are dumb in any way, that would be an erroneous descriptor as wel to my point of view.

@Estrellitawilliams 5 жыл бұрын

Lord! When you pulled that baby out with a full set of box braids.....LMFAO!!!

@Jade-dw3kr 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@katelinparks9536 4 жыл бұрын

Right 😂😂😂

@umissedme2 4 жыл бұрын

I had to stop myself from screaming at my desk!!!

@dalion7790 4 жыл бұрын

@Estrelitawilliams right I was 💀😂

@gloriayamato5426 4 жыл бұрын

‘Hi Baby...(walking away) Dad?’ 😂😂😂

@lolaopal8884 4 жыл бұрын

“Tyrone was a kingdom in gaelic ireland” - and is still the name of a county in Northern Ireland

@prettyrat. 4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Olmetti Typo? 😂😭

@ClowneryAtItsFinest 4 жыл бұрын

I knew a FIIIINE guy in high school named Tyrone. He was beautiful! Tall, slim, dark skinned, slanted eyes, and dimples.....he was just too fine to be named Tyrone. Why would anyone name their child Tyrone?🤷🏾

@alexkeightley1 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! It's still a place!

@ImehSmith 4 жыл бұрын

😯😲

@jenn4593 4 жыл бұрын

Awww :)

@emrmch 4 жыл бұрын

Tyrone is still a County in Ireland 😂 (pronounced Tear-own)

@hs3244 4 жыл бұрын

*Northern Ireland

@annikid7010 4 жыл бұрын

* north of Ireland

@lexs1943 4 жыл бұрын

They are reaching with finding places that are the same as "black names" No one was sitting around saying....lets name our kid after an 11th century city in England....Quintrell. Lolol.

@hs3244 4 жыл бұрын

@@annikid7010 No, Northern Ireland

@FirstnameLastname-es1ko 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was pronounced ‘tie-rown?’ I’m from the Republic of Ireland, maybe we pronounce it differently in Leinster. But yes, it’s an existing county in Ireland haha

@isabellebergevin 4 жыл бұрын

This was super interesting and informative. I've been a college teacher un Montreal, Canada for almost 17 years and my students come from every possible ethnic/cultural, background so I've had to learn hundreds, if not thousands of unusual (to me) names over the years. One that I remember from a long time ago (2005, to be exact), was a girl of Haitian origin who's name was "Elysabelle". My own name being similar but more common (Isabelle), I asked her once where her name came from. She explained that her parents liked the name "Isabelle" but that her father's name was "Élysée" (like the famous boulevard in Paris). They basically fused both names and came up with "Elysabelle". Genius! Why chose between two names that you love, when you can mash them up and make a new, unique one!

@gwendolynhinson4496 4 жыл бұрын

There exists more than 30 babies I have had the pleasure and honor of naming. I leave a legacy that I am quite proud thereof. I began naming babies in 1984 by combining the names of loved ones such as you mentioned in your comment. LoveLove

@delaneymarie9281 4 жыл бұрын

bella and edward from twilight type vibe

@CaraRowen 3 жыл бұрын

In Haïti it's also very customary to hand down name! In one of my friends families all their first born daughters are named Marie and go by their secondary, or middle, names. 🤔

@gotmilk8803 3 жыл бұрын

How do you pronounce the name.I tried doing it... but, it's sounds kinda wierd to me. Just saying and asking

@isabellebergevin 3 жыл бұрын

@@gotmilk8803 Which one, Elysabelle, or my own name (Isabelle)? If I remember correctly, (it was 15 years ago, after all), my student pronounced her name in French so it sounded like "Ay-Lee-Za-Belle". As for Isabelle, it's a pretty common name so if you're not sure about that one, I suppose you can find an audio clip online that can show you the proper way to pronounce it!

@deesnicecream1402 4 жыл бұрын

My married name allowed me to schedule a job interview over the phone, but once I arrived... One hiring manager even swore to high Heaven that she NEVER spoke with me over the phone and denied we had a scheduled interview. Needless to say, I didn't want to work for that company had I made it past the reception area.

@marywatkins9438 4 жыл бұрын

Wow.😐😐😐

@shawneegirl1980 4 жыл бұрын

Wow no ma'am...that just goes to show that if a company is racists...it doesn't matter WHAT your name is...

@kinduvabigdeal 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a discrimination suit to me...

@kissesforthemisses 4 жыл бұрын

That's really awful. 😟

@janedoeski9196 4 жыл бұрын

Thats sad smh

@annafre1789 4 жыл бұрын

When I hear Natasha I think Russian

@johnlabus7359 4 жыл бұрын

Russians makes up the largest group of Slavic people, so it makes total sense that you'd think of a Russian. My entire family is Slavic, but I was sadly given a non Slavic name.

@saintsaens21 4 жыл бұрын

да.

@desireeprince7710 4 жыл бұрын

Like she's chillin' with a little dude named Boris, out there tryna wreck a moose his homeboy, a squirrel...

@HolandaChiquita 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah idd, sounds very slavic to me. Even if it's a common name in the Netherlands too.

@flipk6486 4 жыл бұрын

I think of that & black widow

@veronicawong1426 3 жыл бұрын

My sons name is Zaimani.. a “made up” name combining Zaiden and Armani!! A day after my son was born his pediatrician told me his name has Swahili origins and means “A long time ago” or in other words an old soul🥰🥰🥰🥰 love the creativity that come from our people!!!

@SinewRending Жыл бұрын

*I don't necessarily find that creative.*

@gaelle4863 8 ай бұрын

No there is a different Zaimani Zamani is what means in the past or long ago

@kpoplovve775 4 жыл бұрын

I once worked in the HR dept of a health industry company and was blown away to witness that resume callback or consideration was based upon the applicants name, college attended, and the address/zip code which they stated that they resided in. "Equal Opportunity Employer" - NOT!

@pinwheelart2825 5 жыл бұрын

“Correct them when they say your name wrong then watch their tongue stumble over it’s own discomfort as it tries to find its footing on a land it cannot steal” - To All The Girls With Heavy Names - Elisabet Velasquez

@rozempire2843 5 жыл бұрын

Pinwheel ART Beautiful

@WispsandWhimsy 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, thank you!

@mon6745 4 жыл бұрын

This 👆🏾 again!!!

@zucchinigreen 4 жыл бұрын

Preach!

@MentalAbility28 4 жыл бұрын

Profound

@ebonymargaret 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Ebony and I was named after the Ebony tree whose wood is not only beautiful and unique but strong and resilient. The name Ebony means more than the hue black, it symbolizes black resilience and a uniqueness that is desired by many. 🖤

@deva190 4 жыл бұрын

I never met a non Black persona named Ebony.

@TripOGi100 4 жыл бұрын

@@deva190 I have, went to school from jr high to high school with a blonde blue eyed white girl name Ebony. My name is Ebony also and it made me cringe whenever I heard her addressed by her name bc she always attempted to act as what she perceived as being black. I'm still scarred in my 30s. Please don't name your white baby Ebony lol you can sample any other name😅😖

@deva190 4 жыл бұрын

@@TripOGi100 oh, wow.

@ienaella538 4 жыл бұрын

Also certain shades of black like Ebony can mean eternity, everlasting or endurance in the language of color. I think that’s pretty awesome.

@ilyhoshi9840 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Ebony too :) My parents chose it because of the gift mentioned in the Bible haha. Then they chose Marama as my second name. Marama means moon/light in Maori and they chose it so it could contrast with Ebony which is dark/black :)

@loriep.9493 4 жыл бұрын

This was such a fun and informative video ! I am in my 60's , White, and grew up in South Central Los Angeles. Names have truly changed over time . I don't think I knew a DeMarcus or a Lakeisha in my day . Black little Boys where named Robert ,John ,Kenneth ,Joseph. Black little Girls were names Debbie , Cynthia , Sandra, Donna . I do remember a little boy named Cortez ...that was about as dramatic and unusual as it got. My Name , Loretta , was unusual for its day and I usually was the only one in my class at school who had that name . My Mother wanted to name me Lorie (which is my nickname ) but someone in the family beat her to it and named their new baby girl, Laurie . My Mother told her Nurse at the Hospital (who just so happened to be Black French Creole) that she was sad and probably would end up naming me " "Patricia". Her Nurse had the solution : Call the baby Loretta , after actress Loretta Young (popular actress back then ) and then you can still call her Lorie for short . The rest is History .My Mother was happy again and got what she wanted after all. Also, many people when they have not met me in person assume that because my name is Loretta , that I must be Black ! I Just love it ! God Bless all.

@AvecPoesie 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing that! I found that so interesting. I am of French/Haitian ancestry and my father, rest his soul, loved listening to classic country music. As a little girl in the 90s, I remember how much he loved the singer Loretta Lynn and that name has always occupied a space in my heart. I just thought it was such a pretty name. I still do.

@loriep.9493 4 жыл бұрын

@@AvecPoesie Thank you for your comment . That's very kind of you to say so ! I love Loretta Lynn too. Not too many Loretta's around these days ....sadly its a name that's dying out . I didn't like it so much as a child. Its a name you have to grow into , I guess (smile ) God Bless you and thanks again for your nice comment !

@marianafreitas4357 4 жыл бұрын

My black family's name Freitas was chosen by us, just so we wouldn't have the same name of my great grandmother owners.

@manuelacardoso3111 4 жыл бұрын

Are you brazilian?

@TP-qz7cp 4 жыл бұрын

Freitas almost sounds like German "Freitag" to me, which means Friday :)

@NG-cx1mm 3 жыл бұрын

Freitas originates from Da Freitas, Portuguese Ashkenazi Jews.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 жыл бұрын

Well, that makes sense, tho. I'm curious about not "ethnic" names, but obviously made-up ones Example: Felon. (She was killed by an el train in Chicago when she jumped down to get her phone) Lemon (heard of two of these) Silohette (salesgirl) And no joke, a woman who got arrested for solicitation: "Female." Pron "Fem-ah-leh." As another person said, curious to know why you'd maje your kid's life harder...jc

@The10thManRules 5 жыл бұрын

Ok, now send this to all employee HR and hiring departments ASAP!

@pgee1errrr92 4 жыл бұрын

RETiredGM 🤯yes!

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 4 жыл бұрын

@@pastelpurpledeathbed Reeeeee! Reeeeee!

@yanderdreams7489 4 жыл бұрын

White people

@cenonya4967 4 жыл бұрын

I work in HR and gravitate more to "ethnic"sounding names out of protest lol

@sweetvictory89 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so serious though

@angeliqueskye7127 4 жыл бұрын

My boo thing is Italian and his name is D’Angelo and my grandma was SHOOKETH when she saw he was white lol

@khadija2fly 4 жыл бұрын

Angelique Skyë 😂😂😂😂😂

@Chris-wx5ti 4 жыл бұрын

I know an Italian with the last name of D'Angelo, but never first name.

@Jennifer-is8bv 4 жыл бұрын

That is my last name. 😀

@angeliqueskye7127 4 жыл бұрын

Chris he has like 4 names can’t pronounce none of em. 😂

@quabenathalamus510 4 жыл бұрын

💀💀💀💀💀💀

@chakhan29 4 жыл бұрын

My mom loved Chaka Khan and Rufus she went to a concert in 1978 and two years later I was born Cha-Khan.

@ThejeffJr8 4 жыл бұрын

Cha-Khan Rand seriously?

@LaRoche_ 4 жыл бұрын

Poor girl

@loveyoursign2923 3 жыл бұрын

My cousin's name is LaShaka. My uncle said he named her after his favorite singer Chaka Khan. When she got married she changed her name Renee Griffin. Her middle name is really Renee. She hates her birth name. The name she really likes is Vanessa. After she divorced she changed her name back to Renee Taylor.

@jrmetmoi 3 жыл бұрын

Cha-Khan Rand 🎶🎶I feeeel for youuuu.....I think I luhhhhve you🎶🎶

@chakhan29 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThejeffJr8 Seriously

@swtv1754 4 жыл бұрын

I work at a hospital in an office, and Evelyn is now becoming popular again with newborns. What is surprising is that many "old people" names are trendy again.

@frickinmatchbox 4 жыл бұрын

The part about French names made me smile. I'm in Quebec and your average Monique is a 60-year-old white lady and Antoine is a white guy aged 30 or less. Seems like every region is different. Thanks for the great video!

@g.m.9180 4 жыл бұрын

Same! I’m in France, my white aunt is named Monique, and Antoine is a super common name for white millennials, but not too common among Black or Arab kids. The same analysis in other countries would probably be just as fascinating! For example in Iran most middle aged people have Islamic names, it used to be the default, but as a reaction to the Islamic revolution, a lot of millennials instead got Persian names (from the Persian language and mythology ; Persian was the main language of Iran since antiquity) which is comparable to Europeans switching from catholic names to greco-roman mythological names in certain eras like enlightenment when they went through identity crises and started questioning their faith

@georgeboehringer5530 4 жыл бұрын

I met an older guy up there named Gaytan I called him Gatan

@Banana-lk7tf 4 жыл бұрын

So true! I'm from Quebec too!

@JasmineLajeunesse 4 жыл бұрын

ouiii j'ai pense la meme chose

@chrisa.s.9679 4 жыл бұрын

My mom’s name is Monique and she’s a 52 year old Italian woman haha

@OwolabbyAzeez 4 жыл бұрын

If you're scrolling through the comments I hope you have a phenomenal day. Get ya bread and all the crumbs too. Stack and act broke Ladies and Gents :)

@cookee888 4 жыл бұрын

Bless fam. U 2 😍

@shemiyahyasharalla7695 4 жыл бұрын

May u be blessed as well😉

@lupe2947 4 жыл бұрын

“I don’t got it”- to those that like to “borrow” money

@NoFaceNoCaseREVIEWS 4 жыл бұрын

🖤

@AllAmericanBabe 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks honey

@thetrickisirarelyrespond5945 4 жыл бұрын

The irony of defining Latifah's character's name but not "Latifah" lol.

@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds 4 жыл бұрын

Graf Aramaic from someone whose name is, coincidentally, Aramaic😏--they actually DID define 'Latifah'. Watch it again.

@diamndz1021 4 жыл бұрын

they put the meaning of Latifah right next to the meaning of the character's name

@Sarah.Riedel 4 жыл бұрын

the Key & Peele skit 😂😂😂 "Ladennifer Jadaniston" 💀

@iluan_ 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention the name of one of my favourite black artists Tupac Amaru Shakur. His name is native american, specifically Quechua. He was named after Tupac Amaru II, a Peruvian revolutionary who lead an indigenous revolt against colonial occupation. The name Tupac itself, means something like "Royal".

@bobcharlie2337 4 жыл бұрын

Nice!!

@dawnc.3711 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that!

@genisay 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I did not know that. Interesting to know where his name came from.

@thetrickisirarelyrespond5945 4 жыл бұрын

Although his name origin is fascinating, in so far as this video is about "black sounding names", "Tupac" is a straight up wildcard. I mean maybe 20 something years after his death there are a bunch of kids named for him but that'd still be pretty rare in 2019- plus it's hard to overstate just how unusual Tupac's name was amongst black people in his heyday.

@Melanin_Move 4 жыл бұрын

Aaaaaand African. Amaru like Ameru & Amhara people. Shakur for Chaka & Shaka or Shaki. The Tu is common amongst some West & Southern Africans. And the Egyptians. Sooooo that melanin has origins that travelled to the Americas loooong ago.

@gracethegiraffe1831 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Grace🤗 it was gonna be Trinity but my mom survived 9/11 and she said Gods Grace saved her

@annabelgrace1267 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. HE did. Amen.

@-Bloomingtales 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I was in middle school during 9/11 I forgot you guys are teenagers now. Time flies. So glad she made it out!

@cyagami90 4 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful

@lapris7380 4 жыл бұрын

Grace The Giraffe aww that’s adorable

@stanblackbeard4732 4 жыл бұрын

Aww thats cool. My name means "Gods Grace" or "Grace of God"

@Sillykat420 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, as a British person I would have never associated the names Tyrone or Natasha with black Americans. For Tyrone I think of Ireland and for Natasha the immediate image is Russia.

@TP-qz7cp 4 жыл бұрын

Same!! But I think that's a European thing :)

@minimooster7258 3 жыл бұрын

Well it depends how you're saying Tyrone. If its Tie-rone, that's black, if it's tuh-rone, emphasis on the second syllable, that's more Irish, to me, at any rate

@umarscamartistjohnson1784 3 жыл бұрын

Really?!?!? Lol that’s weird asf being from u.s.

@crazyleaf257 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they were saying that Tasha is the Black version of Natasha

@josecopas 2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I'm south american, and when hearing Natasha i think of someone slavic, and when hearing tyrone I think of the Backyardigans character lol

@NiamhCreates 4 жыл бұрын

My aunt's name is Tasha... but she's white. My 2nd great-grandfather was Jerome (also white). Stephen Colbert's middle name is Tyrone. Cool video, guys! I enjoyed watching. :-)

@Nghilifa 4 жыл бұрын

Jerry Seinfeld's real first name is Jerome.

@Grokford 3 жыл бұрын

I know a White guy named Jerome Antoine

@putinisaterrorist2047 3 жыл бұрын

@@Grokford you can find many Jerome Antoine in FRANCE.

@marianabernal9479 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone deserves the minimum of respect and having their names pronounced correctly. It takes 2 seconds to double ask their name and pronunciation.

@HeartSongPony 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it is a bit more difficult than that, like when languages use letters or sounds that we don't have. Like in Japanese, they use the rolling consonant "lr" sound. So there might be a name like Kilralra which uses sounds we don't typically use. Since we don't use it, our ear isn't trained to hear it, and we have difficultly conceptualizing what is being said. That "lr" is also where the stereotypical Japanese "Helro" comes from. They do not have the letter "L" in their alphabet, so most can not make the "L" sound without the "R." Whether an American is struggling with Kirlarla, or a Japanese with Lily, there are languages barriers that can affect our ability to interpret and repeat names properly. Granted, some people are just ass hats who intentionally act like pricks and love to microagress on massive levels.

@AmandaKayHowell 4 жыл бұрын

I am around a lot of people (Vietnamese) who can not pronounce my name correctly do to English not being their first language. I'm not in the least offended. It's the manor in which you mispronounced a name, not the fact you mispronounced it. I can't pronounce their names well either. Love and respect is the issue, not what you call someone!

@marianabernal9479 4 жыл бұрын

Amanda Kay Howell I agree, one thing is phonetic relevance and the other is the fact that some people just don’t care at all or aim to pronounce it correctly. I met once a man from Africa whose name was Anotidaishe. First time I had heard that name so I asked again so I could pronounce it correctly. He told me he was grateful with me for being interested in pronouncing his name the right way. Imagine being grateful with someone for using the most basic rule of cordiality with you.

@litchtheshinigami8936 4 жыл бұрын

Well i live in the netherlands and i have to retell my name like 5 times for people to pronounce it right

@singtalklaughli8999 4 жыл бұрын

People don't do it here 😂 but I'm also way to shy to correct someone when they say my name so there are a lot of people who mispronounce my name and i don't know what to do when they find out they were saying it wrong 😭😂

@dsnyw 4 жыл бұрын

From an uncommonly white Darnell, thanks for the informative video. Love the way you express the power and beauty of unique names. Now I’m off to gather some grass.

@lizb2620 4 жыл бұрын

I went to middle school with a white guy named Darius!

@no_peace 4 жыл бұрын

I was talking to my mom about a kid i knew named Darnell and she was like oh no that's too bad. I didn't understand and she said "that's a girl's name :(" because she only knew one white woman named Darnelle

@melissasaint3283 4 жыл бұрын

I can easily imagine a white Antoine, but I grew up speaking patois French to men named Rene. 😂

@nikkieke2134 4 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome to the barbecue Darnell

@tawelwchgaming8957 4 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolium_temulentum cheers

@HKOlaura 4 жыл бұрын

The Freakonomics podcast recently interviewed Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck about her research into the way students with uncommon names are treated by teachers, classmates & school administrators. Azaneea/Azie: when you spoke about people not being motivated to learn your full given name, it reminded me of some of the discussions with students Dr. Vandyke spoke about in her interview. An affectionate nickname for a little baby is diminutive out of love, and feels very different from the explanation for a person choosing to not to learn your name because it’s “too hard.” My sister and I have very common names , and my mom always told us she chose her our names because she didn’t want us to experience the same frustration she had with how people inevitably mispronounced her name. (She’s named Dana: pronounced Dan-na, rather than the more common Day-na) I’d love to hear from parents about this...how have your feelings about your own names played a role in what you’ve named your children?

@tak81527 4 жыл бұрын

Gram named me Tamara, pronounced "tam-uh-ruh" (think "camera"). Most people pronounced it "ta-mare-uh"....it's happened so many times, half the time I respond like it's correct lol. But it's impossible to mispronounce my kids' names... Christina, Katherine, and Albert (altho we call him AJ)

@mandyvancleave1054 4 жыл бұрын

My parents named me Mandy, yet people still lengthen it out and call me Amanda. When we had a son and discussed naming him Jake, we decided to name him Jacob because I thought people would lengthen his name anyway, and to give him the option of having a more formal name. He’s definitely Jake ;) This backfired once when we had a plane ticket with his name as Jake and his passport has Jacob, someone comparing the two didn’t understand that Jake is the nickname of Jacob. I came this close to naming him Jakob.

@intercat4907 4 жыл бұрын

My son's name has four letters, two syllables. It's Hebrew, and several people have called it "too hard". It sounds a little like "Liam", so people use that and say it's "more American". That's not difficulty, that's control. Especially the part where "Liam" is an "American" name.

@dreaminginthewoods7495 4 жыл бұрын

My named is Dreamer pronounced dreamer lol and I swear people literally go out of their way to make up a name for me and they go “so it’s just like Dreamer, like in the dictionary? That’s cool” and I swear it’s because I’m black 😂

@dixiedawnmillergoode6850 4 жыл бұрын

I’m always fascinated by names. As a substitute teacher, calling roll without butchering the pronunciation is often the hardest part of my day. We have more Hmong and Hispanic and Tolowa and Yurok names than a lot of places, but it’s fun to hear where the names come from. I’m a Dixie from northern Wyoming, never saw my name on merchandise. Dad dreamed he had a daughter named Dixie Ann but didn’t want my initials to sound like a swear word so changed the middle name to Dawn. I don’t know where this comes from, but my preconceived idea of black names was that they were often precious stones, Ruby, Opal, Pearl, Emerald, Diamond, Topaz.

@monember2722 3 жыл бұрын

Those names you mentioned are "black" names from a previous generation.

@rfrolicarts 4 жыл бұрын

"My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.' Quick lesson: My tribe is Igbo, and you name your kid something that tells your history and hopefully predicts your future. So anyway, in grade school, because my last name started with an A, I was the first in roll call, and nobody ever knew how to pronounce it. So I went home and asked my mother if I could be called Zoe. I remember she was cooking, and in her Nigerian accent she said, 'Why?' I said, 'Nobody can pronounce it.' Without missing a beat, she said, 'If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.'" -- actress Uzo Adaba. The same principle should apply to "black sounding" names and frankly, all names that are different than white normative names. Being faced with an unfamiliar name is just an opportunity to learn. EDIT: Please read my whole comment. It's clear that I am quoting Uzo Adaba. I'm not speaking from experience.

@kuldoxy5637 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, ur mom is a real African!

@tijanaself897 4 жыл бұрын

why is your username a german name and a white pfp?

@meoowwwwwwwwwwww 4 жыл бұрын

Man, idk about y’all, but as somebody who speaks Russian I’ve never met any white person who doesn’t speak Russian who can pronounce Tchaikovsky or Dostoyevsky

@Kiwi653 4 жыл бұрын

@@tijanaself897 Its a quote ... did u read the whole thing

@Nyx773 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kiwi653 Rebecca needs to learn how to use paragraph breaks (enter/return key) to make her comments more readable and less confusing. Plus start off with the name of the person she is quoting, as in "To quote actress Uzo Adaba: "My family is from ... "

@TeaTimeWithEyek 4 жыл бұрын

"Beke" actually means white/light skinned in some dialects in Igbo, so it's interesting to discover how that was translated into a name, versus a description.

@AEHudg 4 жыл бұрын

But low key.. now we say that name to describe white/light women with light eyes and soft hair and we didnt even know that lol

@TeaTimeWithEyek 4 жыл бұрын

@@AEHudg EXACTLY!!!

@queenofthewhores 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Dominica (not DR) and we call white and very light people Beke.

@kay4912 4 жыл бұрын

Tea Time With Eyek well I grew up and met a couple of Puerto Rican girls names Blanca and Blanca means translates as “white” in Spanish. The word “blanch” in English is probably related

@starlalala5006 4 жыл бұрын

Tea Time With Eyek it’s my old friend’s surname from his dad who is full Ghanaian

@Avery2TheCOOLKidsYup 2 күн бұрын

Y’all are the best hosts/educators! I learned so much, thank you!

@AbsoluteCaramel 4 жыл бұрын

I love this video!! It’s nice learning about the origins of some of our names. For so long I bought into the misconception that certain “black” sounding names were “hood” or “ghetto.” Then one day I thought, everyone else has their own culture, and our original cultures were stolen from us, so why can’t we create new ones for ourselves? I now view our names as something unique to our culture.

@neshamazing 4 жыл бұрын

I love this! I am Antonesha, and my name is inspired by my deceased uncle Antonio. Why not Antonia? Because it was 1993 and my parents had to put some "esha" on it 🥰❤💅🏾

@SweetSerenity_247 4 жыл бұрын

I have a cousin with the same name and same spelling! She’ll be happy to hear that she isn’t the only one with this name. ☺️

@deva190 4 жыл бұрын

I remember in the 90s "esha" and "ita" ( pronounced eeeta) were popular endings for girl names.

@neshamazing 4 жыл бұрын

@@SweetSerenity_247 that's so neat! My parents swear they made it up! What's the story behind her name?

@DijahSabreena 4 жыл бұрын

My baby sister is Esha!!!

@kkurajam 4 жыл бұрын

Walker Flocka I think Antonesha is actually quite a pretty name I actually really love names with esha on it

@tHustr4 4 жыл бұрын

Having grown up speaking French I remember always being puzzled as a kid when I saw "Jérôme", "André" and "Monique" being referred to as "black" names on TV lol nice video

@fifipierre8663 4 жыл бұрын

True I m french. And the people i known with these names are all white. Even africans and french west indians dont really used this name. Yvette is also used by africans americans.

@alibentz8692 4 жыл бұрын

I’m from a really white family and my cousins are Natasha and Monique Natalie and Nichole

@camillevoyage9727 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah lmao every white French person has a great uncle named André

@sashamendieta2570 4 жыл бұрын

J'ai toujours pensé la même chose!

@SheaTru 4 жыл бұрын

Fifi Pierre My second name is Yvette, so yep. I was named after my mother but I’m not sure why she was given French names. Her first and middle are French. I was told my first is French but it’s debatable.

@susanwilson0161 4 жыл бұрын

What an amazing, humorous take on black culture. So informative.

@pattyayers 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve always wondered where ‘Trayvon’ came from. Me friend’s daughter recently named her twin boys Trayvon and Vontre.

@amandatran4207 4 жыл бұрын

Patty J. Ayers oh that's really cute!

@diamndz1021 4 жыл бұрын

those are cute names. From what I looked up the name Trayvon means brave or the chosen one

@unreadthoughts2588 4 жыл бұрын

p jealous much?

@rachelsyrup 4 жыл бұрын

"People didn't really want to learn my name, they acted like it was sort of a hassle." Ffs how rude and selfish can you BE?? IT'S THEIR NAME. LEARNNNNNN ITTTTTTTTT.

@melissaspencer3985 4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! Minimum level courtesy: using a person's preferred name!

@sarahbarabe8470 4 жыл бұрын

People lazy and selfish

@Sasu123456789x1 4 жыл бұрын

Yup! 👏🏾

@moxygirlhey 4 жыл бұрын

I know ! My Spanish teacher was always so rude to me and called me a different name all the time, my last name was constantly butchered even when I was being recognized positively. Being the only non Latino student in that class period just really sucked, and he knew to make sure I was different daily. Just learn my damn name

@emmandaline 4 жыл бұрын

But I really identify with that because my name is Emmanda. If I don’t introduce myself as Emma, people think it’s Amanda and then get annoyed when I explain it.

@mayanpaw 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Nycole with a Y because: 1. I was a c-section 2. There was a LOT of morphine involved And 3. My mom thought it sounded French

@xXxkennykrunkxXx 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao bless your mom

@runswithrabbits2470 4 жыл бұрын

Ericka with a C and a K because my mom couldn't decide which spelling she liked best🙄

@myadagreat8975 4 жыл бұрын

I instantly thought Nyquil

@potatopirate5557 4 жыл бұрын

Hey that's better than "Refuse" as in ref-yoos, ie garbage... the woman who shared a room with my mom at the hospital when she had me... she named her baby Refuse because she liked that "it sounded French" which is both brilliant and absurd because it actually is a French word... but for garbage.

@mayanpaw 4 жыл бұрын

@@myadagreat8975 the automatic messages from the school definitely pronounced my name as NyQuil

@Ostara2024 4 жыл бұрын

I just want to say how interesting and informative this is! Thank you for all of your hard work & research!

@yerocb 2 күн бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you!

@kmj2000 4 жыл бұрын

French names started to become popular after Black troops came back from fighting WWII in France, which was also a catalyst for the Civil Rights movement. Black troops faced little racism abroad, only to have to come back to intense segregation under Jim Crow.

@moemoe5309 4 жыл бұрын

Also WWI.

@NibblesTheNibbler 4 жыл бұрын

Naturally they wouldn't face much racism from Europeans during WWII. Europe was destroyed in every way. Regardless of their color, they were a part of the massive US military that was liberating them. The black soldiers were also well armed and trained, and thus the decimated European populous would have no way to fight their black liberators if they decided to be jerks and felt it was justified to act racist toward them and start a fight. Prior to WWII, Europe was very racist and nationalistic. A number of European countries had oppressive and racist colonial assets in Africa and Asia. France and Britain had the largest colonial empires; certainly the largest presence in Africa, and French subjects were treated horribly (as were all colonial subjects).

@mollyfarquhar824 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@GameFreak7744 4 жыл бұрын

@@NibblesTheNibbler Also the Europeans were just... less racist. Racist, sure, but... less. The British population, for example, were disgusted at the notion of segregation when US brass wanted segregated pubs, and there was even a small... incident over it in Bamber Bridge. You have to realise that in places where slavery just wasn't ever a thing (like the UK, where it was literally never legal) the general populous didn't exactly share the attitudes of the rich and powerful who had stakes in colonialism. (Also as a side note, you have to remember than the Royal Navy literally blockaded Africa to stamp out the slave trade. Yes, there were likely selfish reasons for doing this, but the general public had to be sold on the idea that this was The Right Thing To Do.)

@cinema_chic 4 жыл бұрын

First black (and Native American) female pilot, Bessie Coleman, had to go to France to be taught how to fly because the US facilities refused to teach minorities. France was far less racist and sexist than American.

@naufrage0 5 жыл бұрын

Why yall pullBrandy out the water like that!!??!?!?! Im SCREAMING

@Evelynfromtheinternets 5 жыл бұрын

i've been known to have no sense!!! lolololol

@k.s.alexander9427 5 жыл бұрын

🤣💯

@jazzomj 4 жыл бұрын

DEAD.🤣🤣🤣

@kristalraquel551 4 жыл бұрын

I hollered!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@loganelizabeth8672 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. Approaching it this way makes people more receptive to hearing it, so well thought out and expressed. You both were so informative and funny. I'm someone who enjoys names with historic origins so this was right up my alley. Love it.

@KrissyChacon 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not black but I was named after Nina Simone (My name is Kristina Simone). My mom loved her voice and her story and decided to name me after a powerful woman in the music industry.

@lucilesautot7740 4 жыл бұрын

I'm French and for me, "Monique" is definitely a name for a white granny 😄 very interesting video ☺

@ThisCharmingBat 4 жыл бұрын

I've only ever known one Monique & she was Mexican!

@caIIhermomo 4 жыл бұрын

@@ThisCharmingBat omg I'm Mexican and my name is Monique too lol

@itsalwayshalloweenexceptwh5118 4 жыл бұрын

I'm dutch and "Moniek" is an older lady who is very traditionally dutch, and probably friends with "Ingrid".

@dannywolfpero 4 жыл бұрын

I knew a Korean-American named Monique.

@ItsAshaMac 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Evelynfromtheinternets 5 жыл бұрын

LOL We had a lot of fun with this one! **performs masculinity** **wears a mustache and a red lip at the same time** Oh and Quintrell Thomas is a real basketball player and it’s Terrell as in Owens!! :DDD thanks for watching y'all!

@TheOne-th8eh 4 жыл бұрын

Evelyn From The Internets Shai (singing group) Rob (my father is Robert) ia (feminine) My sister is Tarobia (combination of mother and father- Tameka and Robert)

@hunnybunny6801 4 жыл бұрын

The uncle was hilarious!

@missthis4140 4 жыл бұрын

You ladies are wonderful! My kids watch you.

@alexiswilliamsinc 4 жыл бұрын

This series ..exists. My head exploded. 🤯 Bonus: I also learned about my middle name from this, which tempts me to watch the middle name vid next... Love love love love love!!!

@Luxesharee 4 жыл бұрын

This is by far one of the best videos I have ever seen on KZfaq. Thanks for sharing.

@CalebtheArtist_ 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Caleb. The meaning behind my name is “Faithful”, My mom got my name out of the Bible Caleb, in the Old Testament, one of the spies sent by Moses

@shadowsinmymind9 4 жыл бұрын

Ive always like that name. It means loyal/faithful and also means dog. Ive never met anyone with the name though. Do you pronounce it as Kay- leb or Ka- leb?

@sinisternightmare 3 жыл бұрын

The name Caleb sounds so cool. It has a mysterious ring to it.

@tangent94 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the origin of Caleb is either the hebrew word "Kelev" (dog), or a combinations of the words "col" (whole) and "lev" (heart) - wholehearted.

@TheAmazingHuman 5 жыл бұрын

Ok ladies, it's time to take this show on the road. PBS do I hear an HBO/HULU/NETFLIX collaboration? No? Well, I should. Get on it! These women are a treasure. 💕👊💕

@erikaarnold4780 4 жыл бұрын

Mary Elizabeth I agree! , but it important for us to be represented on PBS. It was refreshing to see these ladies on the landscape with such a fresh take on culture and history. Wherever they go, they will be awesome 👏🏾🎉

@TheAmazingHuman 4 жыл бұрын

@@erikaarnold4780 absolutely! Having our culture represented and explained on PBS is wonderful and exciting. My idea to collaborate with additional platforms was made only to suggest expanding their media presence to inform a wider audience. I adore PBS.💕🤗💕

@erikaarnold4780 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheAmazingHuman It would be great if they had sort of a "Vice" type formatted show where they could really get out in the streets with their stories. I would totally watch that...or anything they do...together... but I truly love a lot of the programming on PBS! 💖

@TreeFreak 4 жыл бұрын

Unless they start espousing conservative views, they are truly safe on KZfaq and will reach a much wider audience here.

@BFDT-4 4 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@TheDanie7412 4 жыл бұрын

My sons name is Darius, which is a Persian name, but I can't tell you how many times people say it's a black name. I'm from Germany and didn't know that it mattered until I came to the states.

@MarkBonneaux 4 жыл бұрын

Not just Persian but one of the greatest Persian rulers who gave Greece hell if I remember right

@nestorismaelflores3625 4 жыл бұрын

He is the champion from league of legends :3

@Cantetinza17 4 жыл бұрын

I love Darius and Armon

@dkourosh 4 жыл бұрын

In Persian it's Daryush, Darius(Dario in spanish) is a latinization of the Persian name. Like Cyrus in English, but Kourosh in Persian. And even Persia is a western name, it comes from the southern province in Iran called Pars, the Greeks called the people and the place persis and the city Parsa persepolis.

@wikki7560 4 жыл бұрын

This is also a popular polish name

@itsbelledivine 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't know how I have never seen your channel before! I love the breakdown of the lesson mixed with banter 👏👏👏

@SurferSandman 2 күн бұрын

This was entertaining and informative. Thanks for sharing!

@hey34 4 жыл бұрын

Shout out to Dr Marijuana Pepsi and her dissertation on this very topic!

@jacquelynhudson5475 4 жыл бұрын

Yessssss🙌🙌🙌🙌

@jauxro 4 жыл бұрын

I hear she's super nice too

@searchingonline6430 4 жыл бұрын

I love this comment!! Dr.Pepsi making waves.

@blacktea69 4 жыл бұрын

I really wish I was smart enough to find a dissertation and read it lol.

@jamesmcinnis208 4 жыл бұрын

@@blacktea69 You wish you WERE smart enough...

@pinwheelart2825 5 жыл бұрын

"give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right." ~Warsan Shire

@pistaluv 4 жыл бұрын

and on that note warsan fittingly means good speech in somali, the male version being warsame!

@mon6745 4 жыл бұрын

This 👆🏾!!!!

@ThisIsMissCheeky 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Warsan means good news, same goes for Warsame.

@pistaluv 4 жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsMissCheeky "war" is speech it can be used as news (bearer of good news) or just talk in general

@astoldbynickgerr 4 жыл бұрын

I love her.

@mojavajax2620 4 жыл бұрын

Evelyn, corazoncito! I so enjoy everything you are producing!

@tmalone2530 4 жыл бұрын

You girls KILL these video! Excellent job!

@darnellparks3142 4 жыл бұрын

Now why in tf is my name in the thumbnail 🤦🏾‍♂️😂

@kelly2fly 4 жыл бұрын

They really like your name. They mentioned it several times. 😉

@stigmatamartyr4223 4 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@jaybird2048 4 жыл бұрын

Aye uncle Darnell

@mochalatte904 4 жыл бұрын

My name is pretty “normal” but I chose to give my daughter an African name...I chose a Swahili based name, “Niara”, which derives from “Nia” meaning utmost purpose ❤️ EDIT: several Swahili speakers informed me that Niara is NOT from the language but I love the name, the meaning that I found and I’m still considering it as a unique, black name and an homage to my African ancestors ❤️

@ashleyg39 4 жыл бұрын

Danielle Wise that’s such a pretty name. One of my first best friends were named that❤️❤️

@raiaray1 4 жыл бұрын

My sister’s name is Niara too!

@CBlargh 4 жыл бұрын

There you go. I think that's what I would do too... I scrolled down bracing for this thread to be pure evil, and was pleasantly surprised! Thanks for sharing your experience.

@giggleberryjuice8205 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Danielle and my daughters name is Niah. Wow!! Great minds think alike.

@mochalatte904 4 жыл бұрын

giggleberry juice omg!!! What a coincidence! That’s amazing! LOL great minds DO think alike! ❤️

@christmasina 4 жыл бұрын

I love your given name! No one says my mother’s name correctly, but I love it. This is a great way of teaching. Thank you❤️ We pass down old family names as a way of fostering a connection to our past, and remembering those who came before.

@VickiCampbell-1216 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ladies. This was fascinating!

@VanessaBasora 5 жыл бұрын

Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck was able to make the best of her name. She embraced it and that’s admirable to me. 😁

@bronwynecg 5 жыл бұрын

Beader4life I legit thought that was a new flavor of soda til I saw she did something great! 😂🤣😂🤣😂

@VanessaBasora 5 жыл бұрын

RedDragon Smaug ☺️

@k.s.alexander9427 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@religiohominilupus5259 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasminepearls1047 Are you being sarcastic? Btw, cool name--please don't spear anybody though! Lol

@LisaFrank39 4 жыл бұрын

That is unique.

@catbeara 4 жыл бұрын

Tyrone is still a place in Northern Ireland. 😅 A county to be exact.

@amanuel_23 4 жыл бұрын

Really... wow

@AoifeOConnor1996 4 жыл бұрын

Yep - from NI here. Know plenty of Irish (caucasian) men named Tyrone who have joked about going to America and people expect them to be black. Also it's pronounced "ter-own" as opposed to "tie-rown".

@Beth-uc7jb 4 жыл бұрын

It comes from the Irish Tír Eoghan meaning Eoghan’s (Owen’s) land/country

@nottodaylilbaldhead 4 жыл бұрын

Also a place in Georgia lol

@TheNerdyVirgo 4 жыл бұрын

cool to hear my name in a positive light for a change ☺️

@Vasper79 2 жыл бұрын

Just saw this on my feed today and absolutely loved it! learned so much. Part 2 please

@hillaryf7332 4 жыл бұрын

This was very interesting! Thanks for making!

@VanityMania 4 жыл бұрын

My father named me Vanity beacuse he loved prince. The end. It's cute so I'll take it.

@yudahel8521 4 жыл бұрын

it's super cute, let them tell they say your name is west African and it means the one who got looked at, or its Swahili, your dad read an Arabic book and got your name out of there. like c'mon people. these are Africans in these videos, trying to rob us of our uniqueness but notice how they encouraged African sounding names. like who tf in 2019 would name their baby Tyrone?? do they not know black American names of 2019??? nope because they're African

@kikifarris6873 4 жыл бұрын

That is soo cute i like your name!!!

@x0xTHLover4Lifex0x 4 жыл бұрын

Yudah El I get what you're saying but it is true that alot of traditional Black American sounding names are inspired by African names. In the 60's and 70's black Americans got more into their culture as well as Islam and you start seeing names like Aisha, Khadijah, Latifah, Fatima, etc. Those are Muslim/Arabic names. And then you go into the 70's and 80's and you see more variety to those names - Lateefah, Shateefah, Khadeejah, Iyesha....etc. African names like Tinashe, Kwame, erc became names like Tanisha, and the Quan and Quana (Dequan, Naquan, Shaquana; etc) names you see alot of during the 80's and 90's. So really it isn't about being 'unique'. It's just another developed culture. More to the point French and Irish names also played a part in the development of Black Americans names...using De or La as the prefix and use of hyphens is from France. So are names ending in 'ique' or accent 'e'. Ique would eventually lead to 'iqua' so names like Shanique and Shaniqua are basically French inspired. And so are names ending is 'isse' 'issa' and 'isha'. Names like Shawn, Shavon, Kiara, Kiana, Breanna, Tiana, Shanay, Sasha are inspired by Irish names - Sean, Siobhan, Briana, Ciara, Sinead, and Saoirse. It's more to it than you think than just being unique or being robbed of our uniqueness. Everything has a meaning or a reason than just throwing letters in the air and making stuff up.

@JessiPeele 4 жыл бұрын

I have a friend named Glorious Joy because she was just that when she was born. Her parents struggled to conceive.

@opulence_prime 4 жыл бұрын

Vanity Insanity I respect your Dad and love your name.

@fernandosalvador369 4 жыл бұрын

That's why my daughter is a stealth latina. No one expects a Claire.

@SonniDez 4 жыл бұрын

Fernando Salvador This cracked me up.

@alysarae6141 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahah right on!

@pierina1705 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@yanna420 4 жыл бұрын

Fernando Salvador good job

@TheXgrl8otx 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 dead

@sithdestroya 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative and very respectful to both sides. I did not find anything pretentious and/or feel at anytime that y'all were talking down to the audience. If only more people would handle subjects as calmly and respectfully as you two ladies did! Great vid, can't wait to see more!

@beesnuts 4 жыл бұрын

I am so glad KZfaq suggested this video for me to find you ladies. I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Can't wait to watch more. :)

@chloe01010 4 жыл бұрын

“It’s giving me a working at the pyramid tonight vibe” FRANK OCEAN REFERENCE YESSS

@kissmedesi 4 жыл бұрын

chloe 121 YAAS I CAUGHT IT TOO!

@lillaughingal 4 жыл бұрын

This video came up on my recommended videos and I’m so glad I watched it. It’s so interesting and informative! Thank you girls. My name is Ifeoluwayimika, which in Yoruba (Nigeria) means ‘Surrounded by the Love of God)’. My mum said that my grandpa always gave his children a slightly different version of your standard/typical Nigerian names. Along with my other 12 names, each with different meanings, nobody calls me my full first name. So I go by Ife (means love), which growing up in the UK was difficult to pronounce for your non-Nigerian people. So for ease of others, my mum introduced me in school as “Iffy” as apposed to “If-eh”. Only until I got to university at 18, did re-introduce myself as “If-eh”. 😊 Lol I just wrote a mini essay by accident, my bad! Great video though! 👍🏾👌🏾

@Call-me-Al 4 жыл бұрын

It was interesting to read though! And that's a beautiful name

@bobsponge6062 4 жыл бұрын

That's a fun name to say.

@S-K. 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story Ife! Beautiful name

@ArielManxx 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Your name is sooo beautiful!!

@verbition 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! I'm Ifeoma and went all through school with the same nickname, but spelled it Iffey. Now I insist on people using my full name

@haitianprincess215 4 жыл бұрын

I just stumbled on your page randomly and found this video. Very informative and entertaining. Subscribed.

@LiliumFar-Traveler 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE learning about names, and this was so much more informational than I thought it would be.

@wesleyrm76 4 жыл бұрын

I have the same name as my grandfather. Anytime we were together, he'd introduce himself and say, "I'm named after him." Always made me smile.

@lionessprowess3581 4 жыл бұрын

I have a cousin named Wesley. I always thought it was an elder person's name.

@AnakaStar 4 жыл бұрын

I am named after my grandfather too. 😀

@AndreaSmith3 4 жыл бұрын

My mom gave us all racially ambiguous names (aka ones that could be interpreted as “white”) because she wanted us to have equal opportunity for when we applied to jobs.

@vanessa-mv3ul 4 жыл бұрын

my mom did that with my first name she just wanted me not be already judged by my first name. and she just liked the simplicity of “vanessa”

@ShoulderMonster 4 жыл бұрын

My dad used to hate his name growing up, but once in the job market learned to love it from just how "professional" sounding it is. My brother has the same name and reaps the benefits too. My mom and I have average "white" names too. I'm happy with my name, but it really sucks the system is this way in the first place. I hope it changes soon, but honestly I think if I have children I'll name them something safe, too...

@sylviababajide7660 4 жыл бұрын

She is wise because its true! We get hated on for certain.

@joshuabutera2734 4 жыл бұрын

Sad that anything associated with black is “unprofessional “ or bad

@Fancichick765 4 жыл бұрын

same here

@lar_s 4 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic!! Thank you so much for making this. So interesting and informative - I never knew any of this before. Also, omg I freaking LOST it at the "oh..... uhh, hi baby????"

@_Slicedbread 4 жыл бұрын

That is a well put together video, ladies. Very informative, and slight comedic. But entertaining, none the less. Thank you for sharing your insight.

@cadarinthecold2374 4 жыл бұрын

I died when the babies came out with box braids. But the video was amazing.

@deetheefoodie 4 жыл бұрын

My name is Davicia (DaVeeCha) a mixture of my mother (Felicia) and my father (David). I love my name!!! It’s unique to me.

@amakarita4520 4 жыл бұрын

Original!

@lakeishadean4298 4 жыл бұрын

I sooo butchered your name before reading how to pronounce it lol. I love it. Very unique.

@YeetusTheFetus 4 жыл бұрын

I have a friend whose name is a portmanteau of her parents’ names but she’s Jewish, not black.

@jaidasimone_ 4 жыл бұрын

That’s cute 😍......reminds me of da Vinci

@tinicoleofficial 4 жыл бұрын

Davicia Dee Harris that’s cute!🤔 David is my top fav name

@happysun5045 4 жыл бұрын

Asmeret: Eritrean name, mening it has lighten up 😊

@peacelovercreater123 4 жыл бұрын

That’s such a beautiful name.

@happysun5045 4 жыл бұрын

@@peacelovercreater123 Thanke you so much 💚 I like your name too 💚

@peacelovercreater123 4 жыл бұрын

Happy Sun my middle name is way better. It’s Adelia

@happysun5045 4 жыл бұрын

@@peacelovercreater123 omggg thats an amazing name 💚 What does it mean? 😊😄

@peacelovercreater123 4 жыл бұрын

Happy Sun it’s a German derivative of Nobility I think but I’m named after my great aunt

@BasilWyrth 4 жыл бұрын

xD the Moses reenactment had me burst into laughing. thank you for the laugh and knowledge. Needed it.

@educatedbrowngirl 5 жыл бұрын

My mom wanted to name me Prudence but my dad came up with Candace which is the title given to queens of the Kush kingdom in Africa

@mon6745 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh- glad I learned this today

@kamronisaiahjohnson2718 4 жыл бұрын

The Kush Kingdom? Can I get a place ticket there? Lol

@dugebuwembo 4 жыл бұрын

Candace and Candice are the Greek versions of the original Kandake Nubian titled for Queens in Ancient Sudan...

@Josiah-X 4 жыл бұрын

I think you should change it to Prudence if you want to. The Kushite Empire has a proud story/past.

@Msboochie2 4 жыл бұрын

James Kibirige Boy the Greeks were just appropriating everything from Kush/Egypt!

@soleneallcaps 5 жыл бұрын

It is so interesting to learn how African-American used the "De"; "Le" and "La"! I never connected the dots. Here in France we don't put it before our first names, it is more something you put between the first and last name, like Andre De Champollion, or Jean-Francois De Richelieu (Woud LOVE to hear an African-American pronounce this haha). And usually it is (white) people with some kind of royal or high ranked ancestry, the "De" meaning "from", as in "from that family, from that lineage, from that place". Also noooooow i get the "é" in Beyoncé! Because it is indeed a typical French sound. Just like in my name "è" Solène (different pronunciation tho). Always a fight to get (non-french) people to place the accent right on your name... Loved the episode!

@cammiosis 4 жыл бұрын

Solène i can pronounce those names with ease 😂😂😂

@blessedby5 4 жыл бұрын

I took french for many years but even I didn't connect the "de" "le" and "la" in Af-Am names. Here's one for ya. I have a relative who was born around 1991, and her mom was in her early to mid 30s at the time. She named her daughter Je T'aime, except she spelled it Je'Taime, and of course being a black family in the south, there was no way we were going to stick to the traditional French pronunciation of the name (j'TIM), so she's called something that sounds like (Juh-TAM) (rhymes with pam).

@cammiosis 4 жыл бұрын

BlessedBy5 I took French in Jr high for one semester. I got an A and the teacher was French. Spain came here first. All the Romance languages are the same.Spanish, French, Italian etc .. it takes 2000 years for a language and a culture to die

@ameenahsf 4 жыл бұрын

My daughters name is Anaise. We added the E at the end for Americans who wouldn't see or get the accent mark in French. My family is part Louisiana creole. French definitely had a huge impact at least in a lot of places in the south.

@13579hee 4 жыл бұрын

Well Beyonce is actually of French ancestry

@bree2bme835 4 жыл бұрын

Love the knowledge provided ..and the humor added...keep em Coming!!!!

@Okamiobidala 4 жыл бұрын

Alright, who wrote Beyoncé??? 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

@localuna4953 4 жыл бұрын

As a white person, I found this very interesting and informative. I try to be knowledgeable on as many topics as I can be and this helped me with that. knowing these things can help with those little prejudices we all deny having. Thank you.

@emmandaline 4 жыл бұрын

As a white person named Emmanda, people have thought I’m black just on paper, so I see a little of the prejudice, and it causes awkward interactions in job search scenarios.

@TheRealAmythyst 4 жыл бұрын

@@emmandaline I feel you my name looks like I have a green card I was born in West Covina my mom's people were here prior to English Colonization but it was all because of my African Asian Father I get the *AM I speaking to such and such or is there interpreter? Or the "OH" look where are you from... ATLANTA by way of California*🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿

@georgeboehringer5530 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a white racist and I like this video. I have no problem with black people butchering the English language. They should have their own names. Maybe there's an honorable respected older black lady musician who could become the queen of African American etiquette and write a list of proper black names

@zulephizus1212 4 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboehringer5530 The the English language itself is a butchered amalgamation of other Latin languages.

@georgeboehringer5530 4 жыл бұрын

@@zulephizus1212 I think it's funny how different places of the world have their own take on the English language