I can agree of what you are saying. However, my point wasn't "outlandish" names. My point, I thought, is simple - many people are unfamiliar with names. Just because one might be unfamiliar with a name does not mean it don't have a meaning or origin. I use the Greek name "Enike" as an example since many people don't know how to pronounce it and think it is "made-up". It really isn't. I use another example of showing some variants of the spelling. It is no different with the name "Smith". It has many variants such as Smith, Smyth, Smythe. I thought I made sense the first time. I wasn't trying to argue. No sweat.

Sorry, I did not take it as an arguement at all. You made sense. But a boy named Demarsha?

Here are a couple I pulled from the paper just now: Yugo-Shonda Nei'sha, Altrenet both girls.

what does it have to do with gender? thats what i dont understand. if a girl name was james or what ever then what would it be? please explane

I have been in court with young men with these 'strange' names and you should see them when their name is called. i once announced at my highschools football game. I hit the streets and talk to kids who are out there and I can tell you that the most of them use nicknames.

I don't think you would wonder the problem a young man with the name sue would have.

i said in my last post that it is not my business, I am not responsible for what others name their children. what i have said on the matter is just my opinion and not law.

people can name their children what ever they choose.

i feel and think you are right and i understand what you are saying and i respect it but what are we gonna do about it. i have a daughter and her name is dasheki bryanna shepperson and all me kids gonna have names where i come from and if this is a issue, that what we all need to do.

that name is not that unusual. My grandson's name is pharrellous...i could have screamed. but this was his mothers choice. we have to live with it (Smile).

what is a name does it supposed to have a meaning? is that why we make nick names? lol i understand say no more my brother. i know what you are talking about. it's a shame if nobody else does.

amoni - ok, I'm clearly dealing with a muppet here so let me put it this way, there is only one thing a name has to mean and that is ""it isn't African!!""

Goodness Gracious! It seems bogus. Shonda is very common but "Yugo"-Shonda is questionable. "Nei'sha" is very common as well. It would normally be pronounced Nee-sha but the apostrophe would change the pronunciation to Nigh-Sha. The last one is just for confusion. A boy name DeMarsha sounds feminine. In the U.S. "Marsha" is a feminine name. Maybe it can pass for masculine in Slavic or Scandinavian countries.

I don't know what you are talking about.

I know, not to worry