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Different intention

by genis (guest)

4/17/2004, 7:41 PM

There are a lot of requests for the meaning of modern African-American names. Probably there are plenty of ignorant people that would tell your friend that she has a 'ghetto name', but here at Behind the Name we try to be a little more enlightened. Frankly while there are no etymologic meanings for many names like Daneisha, at least such names are the hallmark of loving parents or relatives put care, thought and creativity into creating unusual or unique

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- shatia (guest)

5/16/2004, 6:40 PM

i just want to know the meaning of my name

- genis (guest) +1

4/17/2004, 7:44 PM

...who put care, thought and creativity into creating unusual or unique names for their children.

And, Daneisha could possibly be a combination of the names Danielle and Keisha.

- Melina (guest)

4/23/2004, 10:51 AM

Just in case there's confusion, I said nothing about whether African-American created names are inferior or anything. I actually like the fact that they are flourishing and supporting their culture. Culture is a hallmark of civilization. Many if not most are very meoldic and euphonious, and certainly they are memorable and unique, 2 very important things to me regarding names.

-Mina

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