im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby

• 07-09-2009 11:09 AM

  missmamiashley Joined on 05-31-2009 Seattle Posts 1

  im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact my fiance is african american and italian. Im caucasian with a little bit of native. Im expecting my child to be a carmel color and i cant think of names to fit for a baby thats 1/4 black. Does anyone know any cute names for boys or girls that arent too white (like aaraon or emily) but also arent too black? (like kwame or yolanda) its sorta a weird question but i dont want my family to make a joke of my child because of its name. my family is very white and im the first to date outside the race. PLEASE HELP ME! The only ones i have that i like so far for girl are Maqenna Mae Jean and Kiana Mae Jean. for  boy i like Takoda marquez or Marcel. and Dakariah for both boy and girl. does anyone like those names?

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• 07-09-2009 10:59 PM

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  AmiJanell Joined on 01-16-2007 Dawson Edward Born 7/15/08 Minnesota Posts 1,786

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact Is Maqenna supposed to be like Makenna? If it is... if you want something different go with the orginal spelling Makena... most people try to be unique with the spellings leaving this name hardly used, making it unique! I like Kiana and Marcel I don't like Takoda at all Dakariah.... what about just Aria (Ah- Re- uh) or Sariah (Sah- RY- uh), or Zariah  for a girl (much prettier) and Zachariah for a boy Other ideas  Girl names: Kiara Jayla   Boy names: Aydric Dante

• 07-11-2009 11:03 AM

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  1st time for everything Joined on 04-18-2009 Charlotte, NC Posts 77

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact Hey, I will be having a biracial child as well, and also the first in my family. So I understand name concerns. here is a few ideas. Girls: Gianna, Gabriella, Gabrielle, Jaydon/Jayden (boy or girl), Mya, or Amaya, Graycen Boys: Jaylon,/Jaylen, Braxton, Carter, Drew, Logan, Ashton Not sure if you like any of these or not, but maybe they will give you some ideas. Hope it helps you out some. Good Luck Make a pregnancy ticker

• 07-11-2009 7:43 PM

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  April3462600 Joined on 07-12-2009 Posts 1

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact I'm african-american and I'm naming my little girl Amy. I don't agree with associating names with race or color. My advice for someone having a bi-racial child is to just treat them like a child. Don't worry about your family or you will always be worried about what's too black or too white. Amy was actually my husbands' grandmother's name. Choose a name that's sounds right to you.

• 07-17-2009 12:36 PM

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  MamaJunebugJones Joined on 05-21-2009 EDD 1/28/10 Posts 192	Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact Race and names have NOTHING to do with each other unless there is some sort of ethnically based family tradition you are trying to uphold. I have met MANY darker skinned people with names like "Aaron" and "Emily."

• 07-17-2009 5:29 PM

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  Mrs Garcia Joined on 09-03-2007 The ax forgets; the tree remembers~African proverb Posts 219

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact MamaJunebugJones: Race and names have NOTHING to do with each other unless there is some sort of ethnically based family tradition you are trying to uphold. Well, I actually have to disagree with this. I don't think I've ever met any white people named Jose or Julio. A lot of names have a strong ethnic base. My kids are all half Hispanic and we chose very ethnically neutral first names, but their middle names all have Hispanic roots, except for one of them because his middle name came from a family member that passed away. In fact, I have pretty strong evidence that names have a lot to do with race. Almost all of the junk mail we receive is written in Spanish because our last name is Garcia. Even our hospital bills are written in Spanish. That wouldn't happen if our last name were Smith or Johnson. That being said, you should name your child whatever you are comfortable calling him or her. You don't have to use a name with strong ethnic associations. My kids names are Callista, Vincent and Gabriel. I've met people of all races with those names and they suit my children well. We wanted very strong, classic and classy names that we felt they could be proud of.

• 07-27-2009 3:50 PM

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  MamaJunebugJones Joined on 05-21-2009 EDD 1/28/10 Posts 192

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact Mrs Garcia: MamaJunebugJones: Race and names have NOTHING to do with each other unless there is some sort of ethnically based family tradition you are trying to uphold. Well, I actually have to disagree with this. I don't think I've ever met any white people named Jose or Julio. A lot of names have a strong ethnic base. My kids are all half Hispanic and we chose very ethnically neutral first names, but their middle names all have Hispanic roots, except for one of them because his middle name came from a family member that passed away. In fact, I have pretty strong evidence that names have a lot to do with race. Then we agree to disagree.  My children are half Latin and also have pretty ethnically neutral names.  However, there is a difference in this culture between being Hispanic or Latino/a and black (or African-American if you prefer).  Most black people in the US are Americans who's families have been here for many, many generations.  Like I said, unless there is some strong cultural/ethnic need to give your child an "African" sounding name, or any ethnic name (and there's certainly nothing wrong with that) there is no need to differentiate between names that sound "black" or "white."  And while, you're right, I haven't heard of many "white" prople with names like Jose or Julio, I HAVE met many black people with "white" names.

• 08-14-2009 9:37 AM

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  Mandee_Kae Joined on 10-07-2007 Just taking up space... Posts 688

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact I don't like Takoda, Marquez or Dakariah at all.  They like you're trying too hard to be different...same with the spelling of Maqenna.  I think those are the names that get made fun of...the ones that just sound way different or are spelled way different.  (And as you can see my mom had a thing for e's and spelled my name with e's.  People make fun of it or ask me why I'm trying to be different)  I do like the name Makenna though, and I  do like Marcus or Marcel.  Kiana is pretty too.  Good luck.

• 08-18-2009 10:14 PM

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  BoldBeautifulBirth Joined on 11-08-2005 Puget Sound Area, WA Posts 625	Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact How about: Dominic Marcus Sean Vincent (or Vince) Giovanni Wesley

• 10-15-2009 1:03 PM

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  tiffanyg Joined on 10-14-2009 Posts 6

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact I understand your concerns.. I'm white and my boyfriend is Black/Nigerian (His dad is from nigeria but his mom is african american) so the last name is a traditional nigerian name, he wants there to be a nigerian name in the mix (I'm thinking middle name) But to keep things simple for the baby I think that we should call the baby something which is neutral-- and I think that it DOES matter what your family thinks about your child's name. My boyfriend and I can barely agree on anything for a boy.. for a girl he's not as concerned about the nigerian name thing so we've decided on Alexa. For a boy the name will be Ademile _____ Aiyelawo, and go by the middle name unless we make Ademile the middle name. SO my ideas (which he rejected! haha) were: Austin Reed Dominic Cole Noah Elija Elias and more.. if you find something let me know because we are still searching!

• 10-28-2009 4:40 PM

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  Miss_Kat Joined on 07-05-2007 LA ~Due: 6.18.10~ Posts 265

  Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact  I see that the original post is quite old, but I thought I would toss in my .002 anyway.   Fro a boy I really like the name Byron.  I like it for a white boy, a tan boy a blue or purple boy.  I think its just a great name.  (though I did know a Byron in college and he was a PLAYA lol)  He was darker skinned.  If I have two boys, the second one will most likely be named Byron.

• 11-03-2009 6:53 PM

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  octavia87 Joined on 11-03-2009 Posts 1	Re: im 19 and stuck need name for african and white baby Reply Contact I think for a boy Jullian or Armon. That is a cute name for any race. For a girl i would say Georgette or Anaizah Zaire. Just something to think about.