Are black names weird or are you just racist?

[Count Chocula]

[Ben Shapiro]

I laugh at names that roll off my tongue funny. Bryce, Biff, Chadington, Tyreese, Rogelio, etc.. They just tickle my mouth. Bink's last name is Steszewski. That's just me though. You're a asshole if you bitch about people not having "real" names though. I can't imagine me learning Scandinavia names without giggling like a school girl they sound so fun to speak.

[Ben Shapiro]

I always envied religious names. They always sound so badass.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Pilot "Standard" Inspektor Lee, son of Jason Lee.
Kal-El Cage, son of Nicolas Cage.
Macauley Culkin.

I gotta admit, with that last one and names like Madison and such, I perceive last names as first names as silly, and, frankly a sign of the reverse implied here. It seems almost as rich WASP to me as Richard Worthington IV, Esq. or something like that. Or at least an affectation of that.

[Pæs]

Thread is about weird names in general now?

I haven't had a lot of exposure to the "blacks have weird names" meme, except through American comedians, but definitely think there's something to the idea that these names are only associated with the minority status of the people in question, as many other unrelated traits are.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Thread is about weird names in general now?

I haven't had a lot of exposure to the "blacks have weird names" meme, except through American comedians, but definitely think there's something to the idea that these names are only associated with the minority status of the people in question, as many other unrelated traits are.

Our warehouse manager's wife's name is Ladonna, which is unusual, but nice.  I rather like it.

Weird?  I don't know about that.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Thread is about weird names in general now?

I haven't had a lot of exposure to the "blacks have weird names" meme, except through American comedians, but definitely think there's something to the idea that these names are only associated with the minority status of the people in question, as many other unrelated traits are.

The point was made that there is an impression that weird names either equal black, or outside of the US, chav, and that weird names have an implication of socioeconomic status. I was pointing out that rich white people also demonstrably give their kids weird names.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I hated the planet after naming my kid and then learning of an annoying reality tv star with same name.   

But then by the time she's an adult said person will be gone from the entertainment world. so eh.

I picked the name because it sounded cute and wasn't overly common.  Though now it is.

I suspect most people name their children what they name for a reason, even if that name only sounds good to their ears. Your name is something given to you by your parent. It's an act of love, really. I know that if I have a daughter, her name will be Brigit, after my paternal grandmother. Boys names would be harder because I don't feel strongly enough about that. If Orangejello and Lemonjello actually existed, there would be a reason significant to their mother to name them that. And they can always legally change their names later if they don't like what they were given.

Personally, I used to hate my middle name. Now I'm ok with it. I always knew the story behind it, but when I was younger I hated it because I thought it was dorky sounding. But my dad was feeling something at that particular time and that's what I was named.

[Trivial]

I hated the planet after naming my kid and then learning of an annoying reality tv star with same name.   

But then by the time she's an adult said person will be gone from the entertainment world. so eh.

I picked the name because it sounded cute and wasn't overly common.  Though now it is.

I suspect most people name their children what they name for a reason, even if that name only sounds good to their ears. Your name is something given to you by your parent. It's an act of love, really. I know that if I have a daughter, her name will be Brigit, after my paternal grandmother. Boys names would be harder because I don't feel strongly enough about that. If Orangejello and Lemonjello actually existed, there would be a reason significant to their mother to name them that. And they can always legally change their names later if they don't like what they were given.

Personally, I used to hate my middle name. Now I'm ok with it. I always knew the story behind it, but when I was younger I hated it because I thought it was dorky sounding. But my dad was feeling something at that particular time and that's what I was named.

Honestly I researched names and such, and then just thought they didn't really mean anything to me personally, and women's names in the family just sound so old or hard to pronounce. 

I don't regret the decision of the name, I'm just annoyed at the reality TV show.  I deleted the comment because I got off topic.

I just find it weird that it seems like there's more weird girls names than boy's names.  Are girls names just on shorter cycle times? 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I hated the planet after naming my kid and then learning of an annoying reality tv star with same name.   

But then by the time she's an adult said person will be gone from the entertainment world. so eh.

I picked the name because it sounded cute and wasn't overly common.  Though now it is.

I suspect most people name their children what they name for a reason, even if that name only sounds good to their ears. Your name is something given to you by your parent. It's an act of love, really. I know that if I have a daughter, her name will be Brigit, after my paternal grandmother. Boys names would be harder because I don't feel strongly enough about that. If Orangejello and Lemonjello actually existed, there would be a reason significant to their mother to name them that. And they can always legally change their names later if they don't like what they were given.

Personally, I used to hate my middle name. Now I'm ok with it. I always knew the story behind it, but when I was younger I hated it because I thought it was dorky sounding. But my dad was feeling something at that particular time and that's what I was named.

Honestly I researched names and such, and then just thought they didn't really mean anything to me personally, and women's names in the family just sound so old or hard to pronounce. 

I don't regret the decision of the name, I'm just annoyed at the reality TV show.  I deleted the comment because I got off topic.

I just find it weird that it seems like there's more weird girls names than boy's names.  Are girls names just on shorter cycle times?

It depends on what you mean by weird, which I reckon is the meat of this thread.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, I can redact me quoting you if you prefer.

[Reginald Ret]

No deletions please, stand behind what you posted.

[Cainad (dec.)]

The weirdest name that I personally know of is attached to a white girl, who happens to be one of my best friends. If that wasn't the case, I'd probably fall into the mindset of "blacks sometimes name their kids weird things," because it isn't really something I think about. That's kind of the background assumption that I think a lot of middle class white Americans make.

[Junkenstein]

This seems relevant:
http://www.sahio.com/the-story-of-two-brothers-named-winner-and-loser/

In 1958, a New York man named Robert Lane decided to call his baby son Winner. The Lanes, who lived in a housing project in Harlem, already had several children, each with a fairly typical name. But this boy – well, Robert Lane apparently had a special feeling about this one. Winner Lane: how could he fail with a name like that?

Three years later, the Lanes had another baby boy, their seventh and last child. For reasons that no one can quite pin today, Robert decided to name this boy Loser. It doesn't appear that Robert was unhappy about the new baby; he just seemed to get a kick out of the name's bookend effect. First a Winner, now a Loser. But if Winner Lane could hardly be expected to fail, how could Looser Lane possibly succeed?

Outcome somewhat predictable, yet enlightening.

ETA- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/31/1027926917671.html

[Suu]

I always figured if I had children, which I'm not, but in the off chance of unexpected surprises, I would give them Mythological or Byzantine Greek names. Because it's sort of a shadow of who I am, but I'd have to be extra careful with it.

Epiphany for example, love that name for a girl, but what the hell would it be shortened to, Pip? Ew.
Euphrosyne (Yoo-fro-see-nay) or Eudoxia (Yoo-doch-ia): another issue.

Boys just seem to have better options for nicknames, even in the exotic. I would probably want to put the odd historical names as middle names, just to save the kid grief growing up from teachers and bullies.