Replies

They have done studies in America that show that if there are two equally qualified black applicants for a job, and one is named something like "Dayqyan Mfundo" and the other is named "Mike Jones", then "Mike Jones" is something like 5X more likely to get the job. Giving American born kids idiotic "exotic" names tends to hurt their chances of success and alienates them from mainstream society.

People will scream "racism!" if you crictize black people for doing it, but Field is right that I've seen the trend of ridiculous sounding names very common among white and hispanic Americans since the 1960s too. Some examples of idiotic names that rich white celebrities have given their kids include Pilot Inspektor, Fifi Trixibelle, Sage Moonblood, Memphis Eve, Blue Angel, Audio Science, Moxie Crimefighter, and Bronx Mowgli. Some of the American born hispanic names I've heard include Iker, Jerónimo, Jesús Concepción, Eustaquio, Casimiro, Melquaiades, Crisostromo, Rutilio, Humberto, Aniceto, and Luz (spanish for "light"). And examples of crazy black names include Aaja, Acacia, Ajeenah ,DaQuan, Diezel, Placenta, Lemonjello, Timphanie, Tryphenia, Tywana, Tzaddi and Tzavvi.

Notice I don't include "unusual" names, such as Claribell and Francis (for a guy). Those names are no longer common but I've met people with those names and they're actual legitimate names.

The problem is black people giving their kids faux "African" names they made up themselves, white people naming their kids after cutie objects and things that are not suitable human names, and hispanics giving their kids faux "spanish-sounding" and/or religious blasphemous names. Any of these is going to ostracize the kid in society, IMO.

I've been joking for years that since only Asians consistently give American born children "normal" names (John, Kimberly, Eddie, David, Jane, Molly, etc.), we should appoint a blue ribbon panel of asians to review baby names in this country and fine anyone $200 who gives their kid a retarded name. It sounds a bit fascist but this trend of Mackenzie's and Mackayla's (I know at least 3 women who gave their child that name, including my cousin) has got to stop. I even know a guy who named his newborn son "Rex". That should be a dog's name, not a person.

They have done studies in America that show that if there are two equally qualified black applicants for a job, and one is named something like "Dayqyan Mfundo" and the other is named "Mike Jones", then "Mike Jones" is something like 5X more likely to get the job. Giving American born kids idiotic "exotic" names tends to hurt their chances of success and alienates them from mainstream society.

The problem you are describing is not with the one's having the "exotic" names. It's with the decision makers bypassing perfectly acceptable candidates based simply on how their name sounds.

First off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVHpnixj88

Secondly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P52ilv_bS9E

Regarding names, I’ve posted this before. When my Grandfather came here from Italy at age 14, he changed his name to sound “American” and from what I’ve been told, forbade any language but English to be spoken in his house.

Those days are gone. This country has become a whorehouse run by diseased harlots with a Communist bent.

As for the celebrity names, I’ll add “Zooey” to the list. Sweet, sweet, Zooey.

They have done studies in America that show that if there are two equally qualified black applicants for a job, and one is named something like "Dayqyan Mfundo" and the other is named "Mike Jones", then "Mike Jones" is something like 5X more likely to get the job.

Who is "they" and do they also have links to those reports?

“Some of the American born hispanic names I’ve heard include Iker, Jerónimo, Jesús Concepción, Eustaquio, Casimiro, Melquaiades, Crisostromo, Rutilio, Humberto, Aniceto, and Luz (spanish for “light”).”

If you think those are the “unfortunate” names that Hispanics in the U.S. give their kids, you need to do some more digging (they seem to be names that Mexicans who just got to Chicago might choose for their children). Some of those are real, bona fide names (although a few are rather old-fashioned). Let’s see ...

Iker is a Basque name, a neologism from the 1970s or so (during the Basque rennaissance after years of Spanish hegemony), and has become hugely popular because it is the first name of the goalie of the Spanish national soccer team. Jerónimo is a traditional name, the Spanish form of Jerome, and, yes, the correct spelling is with a J (the 19th century Indian was named Geronimo after an alternate spelling).

Jesús used to be one of the most common names in Spanish, and is still relatively popular in many countries. Unlike in England, naming one’s child after the Messiah was never taboo in Spain (and I should note that perhaps the most popular boy’s name in America today, Joshua, is the Hebrew form of Jesus). But Concepción is usually a girl’s name (often coupled with María) and is awkward, to say the least, when used next to Jesús.

Eustaquio, Casimiro, Melquíades (note the spelling), Crisóstomo (not Crisóstromo) and Aniceto are traditional names in Spanish, although they are used far less often in the 20th and 21st centuries. Being from Chicago, I’m sure you’ve heard of people of Polish descent named Casimir, the English form of Casimiro; and you’ve heard of at least one Melquíades: former U.S. Senator Mel Martínez (R-FL), who served until 2010.

Rutilio I’ve never heard of, but it may be a real name, I don’t know.

As for Humberto and Luz, those aren’t merely traditional names in Spain and other Spanish-speaking areas, they are extremely common and popular ones at that. If you saw a list of 1,000 children with Spanish-speaking parents, it would be surprising if at least a couple of boys weren’t named Humberto (which has remained popular while the English Hubert has fallen in popularity) or if a at least a couple of girls weren’t named Luz.

The names given by Hispanic parents that concern me the most are not traditional Spanish ones, but made-up ones such as Yarielys or Jahir.