would you give your son or daughter an African name ?

[miranda]

no, only if i had a kid with someone african. i prefer to use my grandparents names

 

[Anwulika]

dope name

if i ever have a son, i'm contemplating on naming him Ikenna. i also like the meaning of the name.

I don't know about other cultures but in the Igbo culture, people tend to name their children in relating to the circumstances around his/her birth. They don't give them a name just because they 'like' it.

 

[krioro]

"African"

Too broad, it's not like the whole continent has only one language and/or way of naming.

If you don't know where in Africa your ancestors were from, giving your kids a random African name and claiming it's because you're doing it to honor your heritage is lame.


Having said that, I won't have kids but hypothetically yeah, I'd consider a properly chosen African name.

 

[CoochieMane]

Nah

 

[Blackrogue]

There's a Swahili one my pops wanted to give me. I forget it tho it means king, might give it to my future son or pic a Ghanaian or Nigerian name

mfalme is Swahili for king.

in my culture you can name several ways. you can name according to the circumstance the person was born. Eg in the morning, during the rain etc. mine's Omondi cause I was born in the morning.
You can also name the child after someone else in that persons honor. plus they kinda think you capture traits of the person you were born after.

So yeah my kids will prolly have at minimum a last African name and middle name. and one name will belong to my father for atleast one boy and mother for at least one girl for continuity

 

[richaveli83]

My last name is Nigerian since I'm Nigerian American but got a white man's first name . My babies are definitely having all African names.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Im African so I plan in giving my kids names from my mother tongue/"tribe". I want to establish a family law that all my decesdents have one.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Only if I lived in Africa.

 

[patscorpio]

For sure

 

[Ugo Ogugwa]

It's corny

 

[Lewis Black]

Im just gonna keep it real and say I doubt it.

 

[Drake is God]

Y'all wouldn't have no issues with a euro Cac name.

We are not African we are American. We've had European names for hundreds of years they practical belong to us.

 

[1 other person]

We are not African we are American. We've had European names for hundreds of years they practical belong to us.

I kind of agree with this sentiment but I feel no pride in my last name. The only reason I don't take serious consideration of dropping my surname is I will get dirty looks from family.

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

I don't know about other cultures but in the Igbo culture, people tend to name their children in accordance to the circumstances around his/her birth. They don't give them a name just because they 'like' it.

precisely this, my middle name is igbo what most people do for their first name though is to usually give the child a religious name that relates to a saint or some kind of virtue, i think me and my sister are the first in our family to have broken this norm my mom gave us straight english names.

 

[|r|e|a|d|]

Y'all wouldn't have no issues with a euro Cac name.

outside of life a child's name is the first gift you give them, why name them after your oppressor?