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Help[Opinions] Re: What do you think about these beautiful African girls names? (Vote and Comment)
in reply to a message by Namaide
Most of these are fine in terms of how they would sound as given names in the USA, but I don't think a lot of your derivations are correct. For instance, this list claims Hadiya is from "gift" while the derivation given on this site is "leader." And as has already been mentioned, it's difficult to accept a derivation just given as "African" instead of from a specific African language.
THere also is a lot of confusion between "name used in the USA derived from an African word" and "name actually given to children born somewhere in Africa." Ashanti is an example of an AFrican word which has been taken up as a given name in the USA but which I do not believe is used as a person's name in Ghana, where the ethnic group is located.
THere also is a lot of confusion between "name used in the USA derived from an African word" and "name actually given to children born somewhere in Africa." Ashanti is an example of an AFrican word which has been taken up as a given name in the USA but which I do not believe is used as a person's name in Ghana, where the ethnic group is located.
This message was edited 9/26/2021, 11:21 AM
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