Message: "favorite "African-American" names"

[Opinions] favorite "African-American" names

by number1212

3/15/2014, 3:23 PM

What are your favorite names listed in the African American usage. Mine are:
Braylon
Dedrick
Deon
Jamaar/Jamar
Lamar
Tory
Kyree (although it is not in the database)

Kenya
Kiana
Latasha
Shanice

#African-American

This message was edited 3/15/2014, 3:31 PM

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- zebra_cakes

3/17/2014, 11:33 AM

Is there a list here on this website for these names or are people just mentioning ones they know?

I like Kiante ("kee-AHN-tay"-- I know it looks weird but it sounds nice) as a boy's name;
Zora for a girl....

- New_Chloe (guest)

3/16/2014, 9:07 PM

I really like

Antoine
Kamaria
Isis
Sojourner
Zamounde
Quvanzhan
Nisi, Niecy
Butterfly
Lamorne
Lamar
Chakaia
Ivory
Ebony
Thelonious
Medgar
Omar

I'm sure not all of these fall strictly under "African-American"...

- Llewella (penguiny7)

3/16/2014, 2:22 PM

I think Qiana is pretty.

- Dracotorix

3/15/2014, 7:41 PM

Andre
Antoine
Deandre
Deangelo
Deion
Deonte
Jamar
Marquis
Rashaun

Iesha
Imani
Ivory
Kalisha
Kenya
Kiana
Keisha
Qiana
Tanika
Tanisha

- RoxStar +4

3/15/2014, 6:08 PM

I haven't bothered to look at the list but I have always thought that Ebony was one of the most elegant names out there. I understand that in UK and Australia Ebony is common on white girls, but that is very definitely not the case here in the US; it started being used in the seventies and eighties as a symbol of black pride and for that reason I imagine a white Ebony would be looked at pretty oddly, especially by blacks.
Ebony is now out of fashion but I think it would fit right in with Jade, Ruby, Diamond, etc.

- Ismene (Madyson)

3/15/2014, 9:01 PM

I really like Ebony, it's got a pretty lilting sound and nice imagery. I wish it were perceived as more usable on white folk.

- Hola123

3/15/2014, 6:26 PM

I'm in Canada, which I guess might make a difference although I definitely think Ebony is unpopular here too. I grew up with a white Ebony and I never thought it was weird, and I don't recall anyone I knew making comments or finding it weird. She did, however, say that sometimes people assumed she was black before actually meeting her.

I don't really like the name, only because it reminds me of super popular Emily.

- rem +1

3/15/2014, 6:12 PM

In grade school, I knew a sibset with an Ebony and a Mahogany. Mahogany was teased and called "hog", though I always thought Ebony was a pretty name for a dark girl.