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[Facts] Elements of African American names
I'm curious about the origins of African American names. For example if you search a name like Daquan the database says that is a combination of the popular elements Da and quan. Where do these elements come from? I've read that the La-, Le-, and De- prefixes are from French, because of the influence of French surnames; what about other elements like Da-, Ta-, Sha-, -isha, -iqua, and -quan? I've read the claim that -quan came from the Vietnamese name Quan; is there any truth to this? To me it looks like a coincidence. Also I've read someone claim that the use of apostrophes in African American names comes from the spelling of Arabic names like 'Aisha; is this correct?
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Elements of African American names  ·  overtheclouds  ·  11/21/2012, 8:52 AM
Re: Elements of African American names  ·  clevelandkentevans  ·  11/23/2012, 10:38 PM
Thanks (and a related question about French names)  ·  overtheclouds  ·  11/29/2012, 10:24 AM
Re: Thanks (and a related question about French names)  ·  clevelandkentevans  ·  12/3/2012, 6:55 PM
Re: Thanks (and a related question about French names)  ·  LH  ·  12/6/2012, 9:07 PM
Re: Thanks (and a related question about French names)  ·  overtheclouds  ·  12/7/2012, 12:51 AM
Re: Thanks (and a related question about French names)  ·  overtheclouds  ·  12/4/2012, 2:52 PM