Re: Birth Names

by xtremelyperfect 8th April 2010, 1:58 am

You guys are too funny! My name is Nadia Exama. I don't have a middle name because my mom was too tired from labor to think of one. What else could her excuse be?! She didn't even pick my first name for crying out loud, lol. WTH? My younger brother has a middle name, hmph! Rolling Eyes

Anywhoo, Nadia means "hope" in Slavic languages. Doubt that's why it was chosen but my dad picked it, further proving that my dad is the man, lol!

by lumii 8th April 2010, 7:53 am

iri9109 wrote:
lol i'm probably the only one here that can pronounce your whole name...are you gonna name your kids yoruba names?? i definitely know my childrens names will be "american" and pronouncable but i think they will have igbo middle names just so they still have some culture lol

i'd only give them easy pronounceable names but i think yoruba middle names would be cute.. but only short names like lola or taiwo which aren't too complicated

by BlondeByDesire 8th April 2010, 9:35 am

sweetdrk1 wrote:My name is Gaye Glasspie...yeah yeah I got all the jokes when I was coming up. I have to share the story behind it. All of my immediate family initials are GG. So my mother wanted to name me Vanessa and my grandmother wasn't having it. I came home as baby Glasspie. After a day or so my grandmother said I woke up happy and went to sleep happy. My smart mouth mother said Happy doesn't start with a "G" and my Moma said Gaye does! So there you have it!

Do you pronounce it the way it looks?

by BlondeByDesire 8th April 2010, 9:46 am

NubieNatty wrote:I got the most ghetto n video vixen/boyz n the hood movie type names of all time. Kisha...actually its TiKisha and i make sure i let everyone know NOT to put an E in my name cuz it makes it ghetto. Think kEyshia cole; kEcia, kEisha, kiEsha, Ke$ha (she aint foolin me wit some dmn keh-sha...im like chic thats a fancy way of sayin Kesha [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] )

Kisha meaning the around the way girl, kickin it on the porch wit the fellaz, braiding their hair wit a 40 oz on the side. knows all the dope boyz, long SWV nails wit a fake LV bag who loves goin to the club wit her girls. mean muggin the haters n buckin on those red bones who "think they all that". hmmm, think Apache video "gangsta bytch".

ok ok ok i know i have a wild imagination but i use to HATE hearin my name on all the ghetto movies; menace II society, belly, or anything stereotyping ghetto-ness. So i let it be known i have TI in front to classy it up. i have no friggin idea why my DAD named me kisha and i keep forgettin to ask [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Tikisha Marie Monagan; my middle name is from my mom and i got like 3 gf's wit the same. i plan on passin it down to my daughter someday **gazing into the heavens** i cant stand my last name and cant wait to get married to change it...it'll be just my luck my husband's last name is Mortimer, Roach, Egglestone, Dicksway or some other random name more weird than mine like Boogermuncher or some crap [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...so i guess it could be worse. folks ask if im german or irish...ummm no im BLACK (refer to first name)

You always bring a good laugh ... lol!

by **Lynnieluve** 8th April 2010, 10:33 am

My name is Saundra Lynn Loving. I always get asked about my last name but I think it describes my perfectly.

My maiden name starts with a "T" So my initials were "SLT" like my dad's. My dad's first name is Samuel so my mom was gonna name me Sammantha, which I sometimes wish she did. At least people would pronounce it right.

Only clear people seem to be able pronounce my name right....Son-dra. I even give people references when I tell them my name and they still get it wrong. I always say, "You remember the show, 227? Remember Sondra? That's how you pronounce my name" I end up getting called Sandra, Shundra, and Sonya anyway.

My aunts on both sides of the family call me Saundra Lynn.
Close friends call me Lynn or Lynnie. My sister in law calls me Lynnie Pooh. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Enough rambling.

by MsJay1121 8th April 2010, 10:58 am

Janay Latifa Bailey

I was originally going to be a Kendra, but one day mom was watching Oprah, and there was a guest in the audience named Janay, and she was hooked! My dad's favorite uncle was Muslim, and insisted that my middle name be Arabic; I hated my middle name for years until I found out it meant precious and delicate, which is pretty fitting =)

by HAMPTONSFNST 8th April 2010, 11:14 am

My name is Nicole Jeanette Nadine Young. Nicole was chosen by my father yet my mother preferred Jeanette but since I was his first and only child she let him have his way that one time. Jeanette, and Nadine are the middle names of my mother's two older sisters and Young represents my father.

I've always been proud of my names because I have two middle names and that meant during graduation my full name would be pronounced. When I have children my daughter's name will be Aniya Nicole and Camron Nicholas for my son. My name must be eminent since they will have there father's last name. I may give my daughter a Native American middle name to pay homage to my ancestry.

by Vee 8th April 2010, 11:50 am

I have tears of laughter after reading these stories...you chicas are hilarious [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] !!!!

My name is pretty simple...Veronica Lee Gilbert.

Lee is after my dad...in fact both my brother and I have the same middle name, he is Henry Lee (country, I know). My mom thought it would be cute for us to share the same middle name...whatever. I considered going by my middle name in highschool, just to be different but I never did [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] . Most of my fam call me, "Ms. V", something my brother came up with when I was born. And I have a few college buddies and old coworkers that call me Vicki (like my name is Victoria).

by **Lynnieluve** 8th April 2010, 11:56 am

@ Vee - My uncle's name was Henry Lee - It's a southern thing. My granddad and dad's middle name are Lee.

by snappynappy 8th April 2010, 12:06 pm

My brothers middle name is Lee, hmmm maybe it is a country thing. My grandparents named us and they are from Virginia and Alabama.

by newcurlieque 8th April 2010, 12:48 pm

My name is Dana Marie Smith-Brown.

Pronounced DAY-NA but for some reason people insist on callin me Donna.

My name came from my mother's sister Anna Marie and her ex husband Danny. I intend to drop Smith as soon as I go to the SS office. Been married 5 years this July and still have not changed my last name lol.

by sweetdrk1 8th April 2010, 12:57 pm

BlondeByDesire wrote:
sweetdrk1 wrote:My name is Gaye Glasspie...yeah yeah I got all the jokes when I was coming up. I have to share the story behind it. All of my immediate family initials are GG. So my mother wanted to name me Vanessa and my grandmother wasn't having it. I came home as baby Glasspie. After a day or so my grandmother said I woke up happy and went to sleep happy. My smart mouth mother said Happy doesn't start with a "G" and my Moma said Gaye does! So there you have it!

Do you pronounce it the way it looks?

My last name is pronounced GLassPee and yes folks always say Glass PIIII. When I tell people how to spell it I say it's glass as in window and pie as in apple and they always laugh. So I am happy see through pie [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by sweetdrk1 8th April 2010, 1:03 pm

iri9109 wrote:
NubieNatty wrote:I got the most ghetto n video vixen/boyz n the hood movie type names of all time. Kisha...actually its TiKisha and i make sure i let everyone know NOT to put an E in my name cuz it makes it ghetto. Think kEyshia cole; kEcia, kEisha, kiEsha, Ke$ha (she aint foolin me wit some dmn keh-sha...im like chic thats a fancy way of sayin Kesha [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] )

Kisha meaning the around the way girl, kickin it on the porch wit the fellaz, braiding their hair wit a 40 oz on the side. knows all the dope boyz, long SWV nails wit a fake LV bag who loves goin to the club wit her girls. mean muggin the haters n buckin on those red bones who "think they all that". hmmm, think Apache video "gangsta bytch".

ok ok ok i know i have a wild imagination but i use to HATE hearin my name on all the ghetto movies; menace II society, belly, or anything stereotyping ghetto-ness. So i let it be known i have TI in front to classy it up. i have no friggin idea why my DAD named me kisha and i keep forgettin to ask [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Tikisha Marie Monagan; my middle name is from my mom and i got like 3 gf's wit the same. i plan on passin it down to my daughter someday **gazing into the heavens** i cant stand my last name and cant wait to get married to change it...it'll be just my luck my husband's last name is Mortimer, Roach, Egglestone, Dicksway or some other random name more weird than mine like Boogermuncher or some crap [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...so i guess it could be worse. folks ask if im german or irish...ummm no im BLACK (refer to first name)

i nearly fell out my chair laughing! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I have tears streaming down my face....hahahahaahahahaaaaa you always perform when I need it most. I swear I love you! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by StephanieB 8th April 2010, 1:43 pm

NubieNatty wrote:I got the most ghetto n video vixen/boyz n the hood movie type names of all time. Kisha...actually its TiKisha and i make sure i let everyone know NOT to put an E in my name cuz it makes it ghetto. Think kEyshia cole; kEcia, kEisha, kiEsha, Ke$ha (she aint foolin me wit some dmn keh-sha...im like chic thats a fancy way of sayin Kesha [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] )

Kisha meaning the around the way girl, kickin it on the porch wit the fellaz, braiding their hair wit a 40 oz on the side. knows all the dope boyz, long SWV nails wit a fake LV bag who loves goin to the club wit her girls. mean muggin the haters n buckin on those red bones who "think they all that". hmmm, think Apache video "gangsta bytch".

ok ok ok i know i have a wild imagination but i use to HATE hearin my name on all the ghetto movies; menace II society, belly, or anything stereotyping ghetto-ness. So i let it be known i have TI in front to classy it up. i have no friggin idea why my DAD named me kisha and i keep forgettin to ask [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Tikisha Marie Monagan; my middle name is from my mom and i got like 3 gf's wit the same. i plan on passin it down to my daughter someday **gazing into the heavens** i cant stand my last name and cant wait to get married to change it...it'll be just my luck my husband's last name is Mortimer, Roach, Egglestone, Dicksway or some other random name more weird than mine like Boogermuncher or some crap [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...so i guess it could be worse. folks ask if im german or irish...ummm no im BLACK (refer to first name)

If you are working as anything other than a comedian, then you have missed your calling! You are hilarious! LOL

by NaturalNixon 8th April 2010, 2:55 pm

CurlieCutes1121 wrote:Janay Latifa Bailey

I was originally going to be a Kendra, but one day mom was watching Oprah, and there was a guest in the audience named Janay, and she was hooked! My dad's favorite uncle was Muslim, and insisted that my middle name be Arabic; I hated my middle name for years until I found out it meant precious and delicate, which is pretty fitting =)

My daughter middle name is GaNay---cute name by the way.

My government name is Shalonda(like Yolonda) Shaivvie(pronounced Sha-V). I have NEVER met anyone with my middle name. Not sure what mommy and daddy was thinking when they name me but hey I LOVE it now.

by HAMPTONSFNST 8th April 2010, 3:07 pm

NubieNatty, you're hilarious.

by LaToya28 8th April 2010, 3:36 pm

My name is LaToya Nicole...no interesting stories, but for some reason older men always jokingly ask me if I'm related to the Jacksons... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by NaturallyPrecious 8th April 2010, 3:41 pm

My Mom gave me the name Trisheena. A name given by a "friend". She didn't like the nickname my grandmother called me 'Trish', so she changed it to Tisheena. Only problem is, when I am called by someone who's never met me, 9 times out of 10 I get called Tanisha. I'm like I know my name's not all too common, but give me a break. How in the ham sandwich do you come to switch the 'sh' for the 'n' for crying out loud. Friends call me Sheena, family Sheen. Didn't like the name when I was younger, now I love it. Apparently a distant relative did also, she named her daughter Sheena. I think I will give my daughter this as a middle name also. My middle name was that of my Great-grandmother ~Livierre. For years I loathed that name also, but once I got older and understood how much of a wonderfully strong and beautiful woman she was I grew to love and admire it.

by EmbracingNaturalMe 8th April 2010, 4:02 pm

My birth name is Resia Mae Walker. I always hated my middle name (way too country for my taste) so I changed my maiden name to my middle name and dropped the Mae. I am officially Resia Walker Haywood. Resia is pronounced Ree-sa, not Resha or Reecie or Rosia or Re-si-a. I can't tell you how many times, my name has been mispronounced. When I was younger, I used to get upset when my name was mispronounced. Now that I am older and wiser, I don't correct people anymore. I just go with the flow.

by NaturallyPrecious 8th April 2010, 4:08 pm

EmbracingNaturalMe wrote:My birth name is Resia Mae Walker. I always hated my middle name (way too country for my taste) so I changed my maiden name to my middle name and dropped the Mae. I am officially Resia Walker Haywood. Resia is pronounced Ree-sa, not Resha or Reecie or Rosia or Re-si-a. I can't tell you how many times, my name has been mispronounced. When I was younger, I used to get upset when my name was mispronounced. Now that I am older and wiser, I don't correct people anymore. I just go with the flow.

I think I'm right there with you. When I get called Tanisha, depending on the mood, I'm like whatever close enough, 'How can I help you'....... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by poeticlyspkng 8th April 2010, 5:15 pm

@ Lynnie- the name your sister in law calls you is my nickname to all my family. Because of my love for Winnie. Sooner or later after getting to know me, many people just add it to Lynnie. I used to ask- who have you been talking too?? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by CrissyQ 8th April 2010, 5:19 pm

EmbracingNaturalMe wrote:My birth name is Resia Mae Walker. I always hated my middle name (way too country for my taste) so I changed my maiden name to my middle name and dropped the Mae. I am officially Resia Walker Haywood. Resia is pronounced Ree-sa, not Resha or Reecie or Rosia or Re-si-a. I can't tell you how many times, my name has been mispronounced. When I was younger, I used to get upset when my name was mispronounced. Now that I am older and wiser, I don't correct people anymore. I just go with the flow.

LOL i was saying Re-si-a.

by ablockle 8th April 2010, 5:49 pm

Antigone Locklear is my birth name. My mom saw the play Antigone when she was in college and decided that when she had a daughter that would be her name. However when she had my sister she decided to name her Twyla, so when I came alonge I nabbed Antigone. For this reason I feel like I was destined to be Antigone!

by naturalmommyGA 8th April 2010, 5:55 pm

My nieces has the same middle name as yours, but she has an "h" on the end of hers. I must tell her what her middle name means..b/c she definitely thinks that is what she is! lol

CurlieCutes1121 wrote:Janay Latifa Bailey

I was originally going to be a Kendra, but one day mom was watching Oprah, and there was a guest in the audience named Janay, and she was hooked! My dad's favorite uncle was Muslim, and insisted that my middle name be Arabic; I hated my middle name for years until I found out it meant precious and delicate, which is pretty fitting =)

by ~JOME~ 8th April 2010, 6:02 pm

My name is Jonesha. I was named after my father (Jonathan) and my grandfather (John). I always like the name because I have yet to find someone whose name is spelled like mine. My name also means "Gift of God". Go figure. My last name is well...just check out my screen name and figure it out, lol. Oh, my middle name is named after royalty... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]. So you can guess, right?

I'm so paranoid about giving my name on the internet, lol!

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