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Help[Facts] Re: Very Confused!
in reply to a message by Janet
Thank you to all...
My mother didn't misspelled the name. It was given to her that way and many other people have used the name before I was named. However, it seems to be around the Caribbean. Specially in Puerto Rico and Cuba. I'm thinking it might have been a Taino name. The tainos are the indians who lived (and some still live) in the Caribbean. I know for a fact that my family is part Taino but no one knows for a fact if the name is. It crossed my mind that it might have been a mistake of the pronounciation of the name of the tribe Yakima back when there was much interaction between all the different tribes of the Americas. And it became a mame after all. I do know for a fact that the name relates to water. In different ocassions it has been known to mean "river that runs" or "water that flows" that's why I believe it might be a mispronounciation of the river Yakima.
I'll keep searching... I really like my name a lot. It's very musical!
Thank you!
Yamilka
My mother didn't misspelled the name. It was given to her that way and many other people have used the name before I was named. However, it seems to be around the Caribbean. Specially in Puerto Rico and Cuba. I'm thinking it might have been a Taino name. The tainos are the indians who lived (and some still live) in the Caribbean. I know for a fact that my family is part Taino but no one knows for a fact if the name is. It crossed my mind that it might have been a mistake of the pronounciation of the name of the tribe Yakima back when there was much interaction between all the different tribes of the Americas. And it became a mame after all. I do know for a fact that the name relates to water. In different ocassions it has been known to mean "river that runs" or "water that flows" that's why I believe it might be a mispronounciation of the river Yakima.
I'll keep searching... I really like my name a lot. It's very musical!
Thank you!
Yamilka
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