A friend and I were laughing over our geneaology and the strange names. Her family is Scot-Irish, mine French and Spanish. She has Sophronia and Obijohn. I have Olampye and Balthasard Esnould.Thank goodness no one used them again. How can ANYONE look at a newborn and call it 'Olampye'? Why not Otable, or Osofa?
But these popular black names are unpronounceable! What is it? Are they trying to sound high-class and sophisticated by adding 'la' and 'sha' to everything? Where and when did it start? There are beautiful African names from African languages, but this garbled amalgamation of Baby Daddy and Baby Mama's names with a 'la' in front and a 'sha' behind just SCREAMS 'low class'!