why is it that black children have the most unusual, peculiar and odd sounding names ever created? Why is this
91726
I’ve always thought they were trying to go back to their roots and were using names you would find typically in Africa.  Also many blacks have the last name of their ancestors slave owners, so they may be trying to offset their white name with an African name.
953731
Why can't we make the "N" word powerless for our generation and from now on. It's been a long time now since the slave days.  Let take the hurt out of it, after all the origin of the word is the spanish word for black.
16641
Well, before answering your question, I was watching Dave Chappel's Show ( You know how much he mentions about the N word). \n\nN-i-g-g-e-r, or the N-word is a controversial term used in many to refer to people of African descent. During the chattel enslavement of Africans, it was once the standard, casual English term for black people.\n\nThe word "N-i-g-g-e-r" originates from the Dutch and German "neger," which is their translation for  "negro", which comes directly from Latin "nigrum". The English distorted neger to "negar" to "n-i-g-g-e-r."
734454
LOL!!!\nMe and my brother do it all the time!I guess we're not so weird after all! :P\nI don't want to be rude or anything but this guy on the show The 4400 (when i used to watch it) has the longest weirdest name ever it's Mahershalalahbaz or something like that lol
347268
Because they shun the unfamiliar and critiize anything that is abnormal.  It's not just the "unusual" but in the past it was race.  Unfortunately, the stigma never goes away.  There will always be cruelty to things that people believe are unfamiliar and abnormal.
261168
I wonder that too, it's weird.  I suppose it's natural to come up with names for things you see as language develops- then everyone in your region calls it the same thing. (Hence the different dialects & languages.)  Then I wonder who got to name them- the leader of a group of people?  The first to talk about it?  Very interesting.  \n\nSome words make sense, like snake or wolf because that is how the animal sounds. \n\nI recommend calling things by totally different names that make sense to you, then insist that other people are crazy.  (Reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode where all the words for everything slowly changed for a man.  It ended with him paging through a children's word book in confusion, with things like the word "dinosaur" pictured with a ball.)
961626
They think that they need a unique name to show how special they and their offspring are. You can always tell how self obsessed a parent is by what they name their kid.They really need to think of the child's feelings.Every adult I know who has a "creative" name goes by their middle name or a nickname. Different/creative is as different/creative does. We remember Miles Davis for his musical talent, not because his name was Miles. How sad if the only interesting thing about someone is their name. They need to think that this cute baby is going to be 80 someday, which would make Gwyneth Paltrows daughter a Grannie apple someday! HA!\n\nThe one I dislike the most is "Brooklyn" That is a borough of NYC, Not a suitable name for a child! Beckham named his kid that. I guess it was a toss up between that and Bronx
929120
I don't know why they say axe instead of ask.  I would think it's the same reason that some of them speak Ebonics rather than English.  Their parents never learned how to speak correctly and they just follow suit.  The inner city schools for some reason don't try to get them to speak correctly.  It is a shame because it makes them appear stupid and uneducated and it affects their ability to get a good job as adults.  Not all blacks speak like that though.  Those raised outside of the ghettos and poorer neighborhoods speak the same English that the rest of us do.
812788
i think it's because black people grew up sayin' it & it became kind of a cultural thing cuz black people have always been called that throughout history. so it's kind of ironic that we can call each other nigga, but if a white person says it, we get offensive. it's kind of like when see a girl call her friend b*tch, but if you call her a b*tch, they'll get mad. it's the same overall principle.
518067
Well in my case, it was the late 60's and all the hippies were giving their children these weird names. And guess what? I got stuck with one of them.
959259
Very good question, I don't know why black people are called African Americans. Some black people have never even been to Africa. But it everyone wants to get technical we are all African Americans. when life frist started we all came from Africa. When all the contenients were together it was call something like( shit I forgot the name ) but africa was the center of it all . even in biblicul times, it said we all came from that region. So again we are all African american in a way
1064684
I have never heard of such a thing or anything that even sounds like it.  Given that it was coming from "Fairly Odd Parents", it's pretty safe to assume it was a fictitious body part.
920946
You might want to stay away from hard to pronounce/spell names. Being named after a city or state isn't all that nice either. Remember that this child will have this name for the rest of her life.\nKids are mean, we all know this so why give them something to pick on right away? \nPeople nowadays want to give their child that unique name but sometimes I don't think the parents are really thinking about how names affect that person as he/she becomes older.\nThink about your child's place in this world before you saddle her with something unusual.\n\nResearch shows that children with unordinary names have more trouble adjusting at school. They are more likely to feel like the odd one out and are a possible target for bullies. An unusual name also turns out to have a negative effect on someone’s popularity, grades, mental health, and stress level at work.
880543
First of all how did you go from An African to Negro?  This makes me wonder if you are a racist.  African is a name given to a persons that live in Africa ( America--Americans).  Negro is a racist name given to persons of color in the United States for reason of making one feel more inferior to another.  Now that I finished with that.  If one has a bigger jaw, I guess it is used for chewing like everyone else jaw is used for.   Duh!
1122090
That's some weird name if it's a name....
833692
Ignorance.  I live in a community with a large black population and I never hear educated blacks use the word.  The whole "term of endearment" is BS.  Why would anyone refer to themselves in a negative way?  Its a learned response from a household that is probably poor and uneducated.  The truth is that there are many such households in our country.
866078
I believe names are given by the child's parents or a close family member. U.S culture has sipped throughout the world so it wouldn't surprise me to find some people with more common American names. As for Europeans becoming mainstreams in schools, don't quite see your point. Europeans aren't that fund of Americans trust me I live in Europe.