Daquan

To all of you saying "well it could mean blah blah blah in Chinese" I hope you know the word "quan" is pronounced like "chwahn" and not "kwahn".

I think there's a dispute on whether or not the prejudice against this name is "racist." Some have called the name "ghetto." It is wrong and unfortunate that many African Americans live in poor neighborhoods, but this name has a ton of problems with it, and the critique goes beyond race and more stinks of other social problems.
First, the etymology is empty. It's a composite name of nonsense words.
African Americans who do move to better neighborhoods tend to abandon names like these for mainstream names, Biblical names, or traditional African names. There are a number of beautiful and strong traditional African names to celebrate that heritage. I would never condemn a name in that department.
"Daquan" is just ugly, mis-shapen name, and sounds uneducated and unsophisticated.

The decision to give your kid this name is the decision to hobble them professionally in their adult life. Given that most parents do not wish to do that to their kids, that means it could only be done out of ignorance, the kind of ignorance you expect from a parent who choose a name with no etymology.

This name is just awful, utterly awful.

This is a beautiful unique name, but it has been tarnished by black stereotypes and it’s sickening. These comments are as well. It’s sad that anything that is used mostly in the African-American community is labeled ghetto. The fact that people are calling this name ghetto shows how ignorant people in this world can be. A name is just a name but the person behind the name brings the strength. This name is beautiful and shouldn’t be shamed or tarnished. Just because the name is unique and is used mostly in the African-American community doesn’t make it ghetto. I know someone with this name and they’re completely opposite of the stereotypes circulating to this name. Your opinion is your opinion but ignorance crosses the line.

It’s way too unpleasant and ugly. Please parents, stop doing this torture to your child, name them something proper.

It's just a combination of typical syllables that make the man himself and his parents look like idiots. The parents who choose crappy names like this clearly aren't interested in the success of their son. The world is full of prejudice and hard competition, and if you have to choose between employing a man named, say, Daniel, and a man named DaQuan, you'd assume that Daniel is more educated. You can lie all you want, but that's how it works in the real world.

I think you're trying to say it's a prejudiced name, but you sound like the prejudiced person who hears the name. Daquan isn't the nicest name, but we don't have to jump to calling it ghetto.

I don't like it when names don't really have meanings. It's annoying. And this name looks feminine for some reason. I don't like the way it sounds either. I wouldn't use it.

I think Daquan is a nice name. Also, it does have a meaning, actually; it's a combination of the English “Da” and Chinese “quan”, which gives it the meaning of “spring”. Also, if you really dive deep into the potential of the meaning “spring”, you could interpret that to mean the “blossoming of new life”, which is a beautiful name for a child, if you ask me.

This name has no meaning whatsoever, then? I feel sorry for the boys who have to carry this tacky-looking name; it looks lower-class, has no hope of aging well, and it's as though the parents said "We hav to cree8 somthin uneeq, eeven if its ugly." It's pitiful.