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Posted: Thursday February 9th, 2006 22:00 |
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Enmesharra (En-Mee-Shar-Rah), Cuneiform meaning "In control of the motion of the moon"
Benammi (Ben-Am-Mee), Aramic/Hebrew meaning "Son of my own nation of people"
Bashiyra (Ba-Shee-Ra), Ashuric Syriac/Arabic meaning "Glad tiding, joy"
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Posted: Sunday February 12th, 2006 02:17 |
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Im glad to see Zahra on there - thats my nieces name.
I love the name Nabil (my son's middle name) The girl's version is Nabila(h)
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Posted: Monday February 13th, 2006 09:59 |
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I love the names:
Odion= first of twins
Akire= 2nd of twins
Anehita (sounds how it is spelt)
Eghonghon= Joy
Imeutinyan (Im-ue-tiya)= I put my hope on god
Osayimese= God has given me a great gift
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Posted: Monday February 13th, 2006 12:12 |
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Hey mz_nigeria
what langauge do those names come from.
For yoruba names
Taiwo (Tye-wo) is the first born
Kehinde (cane-day) is the second born of twins
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Posted: Monday February 13th, 2006 17:57 |
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Miss Brighter Days wrote: Hey mz_nigeria
what langauge do those names come from.
They are Nigerian, Benin names
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Posted: Monday February 13th, 2006 21:59 |
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you might get flavour from some of these...
http://www.swagga.com/name.htm
http://www.heptune.com/names/
http://www.namesite.com/
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Posted: Monday February 13th, 2006 22:31 |
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| I loved the name Kayode, but Hubby's nephew already has that name.
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Posted: Tuesday February 14th, 2006 05:50 |
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Unami - (oo-na-me) Zulu meaning the creator is with me.
Xoliswa - Xhosa meaning forgiveness.
Dineo - Setswana meaning gift.
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Posted: Tuesday February 14th, 2006 12:39 |
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Oh my goodness Lady vee Kayode was gonna be my son's name without a doubt. Untill a met some crazy guy with that name. I was soooo upset!
iT IS A BEAUTIFUL NAME. It sounds nice and its powerful.
KY-YO-DAY
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Posted: Tuesday February 14th, 2006 14:00 |
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| *BUMP*
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Posted: Tuesday February 14th, 2006 14:33 |
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| thats a cool nickname, bump, for a kid. I love hebrew and Israeli names too
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Posted: Tuesday February 14th, 2006 22:49 |
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MBD,
You know, I was tempted to call him that anyway, as Kayode isn't my nephew's first name, and they called himn Kayo anyway, but I decided it was too close.
I tell you, it was damn hard choosing a name, especially one that Hubby could pronounce!
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Posted: Thursday February 16th, 2006 10:37 |
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@lADY vEE I can imagine!
What name did you choose in the end?
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Posted: Thursday February 16th, 2006 16:36 |
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Miss Brighter Days wrote: Oh my goodness Lady vee Kayode was gonna be my son's name without a doubt. Untill a met some crazy guy with that name. I was soooo upset!
iT IS A BEAUTIFUL NAME. It sounds nice and its powerful.
KY-YO-DAY
LOL that was probably my cousin, he's some crazy dude.
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Posted: Friday February 17th, 2006 14:02 |
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MT - i hope he wasn't!
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Posted: Saturday February 18th, 2006 07:54 |
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i like
hapu, jamal, eli, kem.
and last but not least, benjamin.
(no kids yet, trying for 3 years flat and no joy)
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Posted: Saturday February 18th, 2006 23:53 |
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Girl - Carmen ( I love that name) Efe (love in yoroba, but i think thats the shortened version) Chika (God is greater in igbo i think  an i think thats the shortened version too) Delali (ghanian name, i dont know what it means), Ebony
Boy- Malichi (Mali-kie) messanger of God - name of the last book in the old testament, Micheal, Ishmeal (Ish-mail), Giovanni ( I have no idea of it means anything but i like how it sounds).
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Posted: Wednesday March 1st, 2006 20:26 |
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boys:
hunt
whit
jake
jackson
spalding
Girls:
penelope
lucy
palmer
emily
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Posted: Friday March 3rd, 2006 09:08 |
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I love for girls Kelandra - a great warrior of Javanese fable
Tashelle - i dont kno the meaning
Opal-Ana (I added the ana bit to Opal cause i liked then 2gether!) - mumzy's name and it's a beautiful stone
Serenity - peaceful disposition
For Boys Daray - dark
CeJari - i duno wot it means
Terence - tender, good gracious
Farrell - of proven courage
COPYWRITTEN BY ME FOR MY FURTURE KIDS ...DON'T STEALLLL lol
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Posted: Friday March 3rd, 2006 23:03 |
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My beautiful son was named after his dad and paternal grandfather, Mohamed Issa Joshua. The name Mohamed as most already know is the name of the most high Prophet in Islam.
Issa is the name that my son goes and is the Islamic translation of Jesus. Joshua, his middle name was given by a pastor and as Christians know, it was Joshua who lead the people to the promise land (i'm getting all religious here, dont stop me now).
All of my son's names have strong meanings for me as I am always reminded how powerful those names are and that I have a duty to fulfil as a parent and as a teacher! Mohamed Issa Joshua, came into my life to lead me to a promise land at a time when I was lost.
However, if Issa had been a girl he would have been named after both grandmothers, Kadija or Khadija. The prophet Mohamed's wife. For real this kid came to me as a blessing and is proving just how miracles occur in everyday life!
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Posted: Saturday March 4th, 2006 02:03 |
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Jeez, i can't beleive how long this thread is...
Anyways, so far my favourites for boy names are: Mali, Chad, Nsemi, Djoho(jo-ho) which is my nephew's name, Sankara and Lodja(my former crazy hometown....
For girls: Zulia(i know Abs still beleives that it was her who got to hear of the name first, but i KNOW that i heard it first.....its the name of one of the Cuban athlete), Akasa, which is my older sister's name, Olenga, Nzingha and Dimoke.
I am NEVER calling my childern by any Western, Arab or any imported religious names ....colonialism stops with me, its bad enough i have to carry around the silly name thats completely alien to me as an African and now that i know better, my children will carry their natural, righfull names that ties them to Africa!
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Posted: Friday March 10th, 2006 16:38 |
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AC9311,
The name Diara seems to be a winner with my one of my cousins. She doesn't use the Blacknet, but she just happended to look at the "Baby names" section when I was playing on it. She like the name sio much that she named her first son( she has two daughters before him)" that name. She's even happier to know that it's an authentic African name. Ironically, you said that Diara means a gift. I guess for her her newborn son is a gift because she always wanted to have a son. Now she has one. It's a beautiful name. Unfortunately, she got to the name before I did.
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Posted: Saturday March 11th, 2006 06:38 |
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CeeCee wrote: AC9311,
The name Diara seems to be a winner with my one of my cousins. She doesn't use the Blacknet, but she just happended to look at the "Baby names" section when I was playing on it. She like the name sio much that she named her first son( she has two daughters before him)" that name. She's even happier to know that it's an authentic African name. Ironically, you said that Diara means a gift. I guess for her her newborn son is a gift because she always wanted to have a son. Now she has one. It's a beautiful name. Unfortunately, she got to the name before I did.
My wife and I both thought the name had a very pleasant sound to it when it is pronounced. When I saw the meaning I knew it was fitting for my second born son. He is 10 and doesn't like it too much because kids at school tell him it sounds like a girls name. I keep telling him just wait until you grow up people will appreciate your name. Adults all love his name. I have shown it to him in the book we used so he could read it for himself. He asked me just this week if he could change it and I of course told him no and to proud of his African name. We always tell him and our other two sons how much we love their names.
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Posted: Monday March 13th, 2006 17:51 |
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AC9311,
So far with the name, the only questions that are being asked is " where did you get the name from?" because it's to the unusual sounding name at least here in the states( and was also told that they got it form here). I remebered saying that I like the name Dayanara( pronounced die-ya-nar-a).The same cousin named her her seven year old daughter this name. It's a Latino name that she named after the Former Mrs. Universe Dayanara Torres. In general, she seems to love names that start with D's. She has 17 year old daughter who is named Dana. I think that I like the name Diara and Dayanara a whole lot better.
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Posted: Monday March 13th, 2006 17:52 |
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AC9311,
Oops! I forgot, her daughter is not 17 she's 11. I'm thinking about her stepddaughter's age.
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Posted: Monday March 13th, 2006 20:09 |
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i work with a young mixed race person called kayode. he is constantly being bullied and ridiculed because of his name, they call him coyote and howl! after a while he stopped attending my provision cos he was sick of the names.
i called round to his home and spoke to him and his mum to see what could be done, cos i didnt want him to stop attending, as he also has dyspraxia and the football he played helped with his co-ordination.i asked him waht the name means, he didnt know, neither did his mum, so i went away and researched it. i then called him and explained the meaning of his name to him. he went very quiet on the phone, then quickly hurried of as he said he had something important to do. then 2 weeks later i sat my group down and had an issue-based discussion on names and identity.
each young person said their names and what it meant, whether from a language or personally. when it came to kayodes' turn, he stood up and proudly annouced his name, what it meant where it was from and what it meant to him. he then went on to say that coyotes were one of the most intelligent and resourceful species of animal on the planet, and it wouldnt bother him if they called him that.
well, i was bloody gobsmacked, not only had he gone away researched his name again, but also coyotes and their habitat, etc. after that session, he attends every week, nobody calls him 'coyote' anymore, and to top it off, he wants to be a vet!what have i started? seriously, true story.
kayode (ka-yo-deh/masculine)='he brought joy/god has brought joy'. from the ife yoruba spiritual centre, family of akire or keepers of the shrine of life.
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