Kyson or Zendrick for a boy

[Surinah]

My husband and I can't decide between these two names! We are both 50/50. Which name do you prefer?

Zeinidine shortened to zein is cool, maybe Zendrick shortened to Zen is cool too.

Totally agree Rolf. Fenella see my post above. Using unique, invented names IS part of some black cultures. It started in the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement in the US. Black people wanted to differentiate themselves from white people, but a lot of their former cultures had been lost due to them being brought over as slaves and being forced to take on new English names. To differentiate themselves they then had to invent new names.

All names were made up at some point so do what you like OP.

With regard to the "made up" names or names that are spelt differently, I don't think it is unique to black culture. I do however think it is more common amongst the lower classes regardless of ethnicity or race.

I read threads like this and go into a mock Casablanca mode " of all the names in all the world you had to go for this one" except I do it in a Katherine Hepburn drawl so it sounds good.

What country of origin are you from OP? Then we can suggest some culturally specific names.
Agree that Kyson sounds like the name someone would give an aggressive Staffordshire bull terrier. It's truly awful. For anyone of any culture/race. To me it says: A cross between Tyson (Tyson fury/Mike Tyson - both awful) and the letter 'K' - so popular with the Kardashians.

Zendrick is marginally better, but doesn't have any meaning. Agree Kendrick is much better, an actual name (Kendrick Lamar).

Knowing your cultural background would help narrow down suggestions.
Idris?
Remy?
Zachary?

I'd go for Zendrick.

Zenny as a nickname?

Where are you from, OP?

I know of two Kysons (north west England) so it's not that unique.

Both utterly dire. What about Henry?

Thank you Sophonia
Lower classes Former Babe ? Nice.

Lower classes Former Babe ? Nice

Come on, it's hardly a secret that certain names are considered middle class and some are more associated with working class people. I was making the point, that the sneering comments are more to do with class than race. It wasn't a comment aimed at any poster in particular.

Personally, I dislike names at both ends of the social spectrum. Oscar is actually my absolute worst name, along with Jayden.

Myson is better than Kyson.
Henrik is rather nice.

OP do you and your OH have very usual names? A unique name is quite a lot to burden a child with.

It was your use of the word lower that I found off, FormerBabe, not the reference to a class system.

Lower/upper/middle/working. There's no offence meant by the wording. It's not necessarily something I think, more a reasoning on other people's reactions to certain names.

I don't like Oscar either. It sounds like a name I'd give a pet.

I don't like Kyson, it makes me think of Mike Tyson who is hardly someone to name a child after. It also sounds a bit like a dog name to me.

Of the 2 I would go for Zendrick, it would be ok for a child or adult.

I only know one Oscar: my cousin's boy, and she's about as working class as you can get!

Of the two I prefer Zendrick.

I'd have thought it fairly obvious that if you ask a question like this in a particular country, your replies will relate to how that name would be pronounced and interpreted in this country, in relation to this culture.

If I put a list of names on a French forum, I'd expect precisely this.

It would have been wise therefore, to flag the country in the OP.

I do like Zendrick - are made up names popular in the country you are in op?

You can't really get cross just because some people think your made up names are silly, you asked them to give their opinion after all!

Zen is rather nice, so I vote Zendrick. If you want “unique” though, I’d keep looking as both are very close to familiar names, especially Kyson.

I love Zinedine, suggested above! How about:

Lazare
Eleazar
Zephyr
Kaiser
Kordian
Zuma
Knox

Answers on threads with names of this style are so depressing. Just goes to show a lot of people don't have much to do with the African/Caribbean community (Caribbean especially)
My partner's family are Jamaican so his family have this 'style' of name. Our children don't, but he did suggest some. His parents find it incredibly odd that white British people repeatedly use the same names. I quote 'all kids are called Molly or George, how do they have any identity'
I like Molly and George, but I ever so slightly see their point. From their pespective it must be a little odd.
Surely your children have people in their class called Kaiyah/Aniyah/etc. It does not mean a person is uneducated, they just want different to you.
I find a lot of it is quite racist, too. I always dread the inevitable poster comes on to say they know a La-a. No you don't.

But to answer your question OP, I like Zendrick. It's like Kendrick (Lamar) who I love. I do prefer Hendrick/Hendrix though.

Not a fan of Kyson. I know one already and a Kaiyan/Kairon/Kylan/Kylo so there's a fair few variants around.

If the names are made up and have meaning to the OP - how will anyone else know that? So that's irrelevant, although I am curious

Where is the OP living/planning to live? If it's the UK then asking opinions on a UK board us appropriate, otherwise - again - irrelevant.

It's likely that the 'nasty lady boo hop' comments will be what some people will actually think when they hear a name. Not everyone who says 'oh what a little lovely name!' means it. Some will be thinking 'what the hell name is that??'.

I have a friend who has a very ordinary British name. However is another language it translates along the lines of 'shit piss' or 'poo wee'. I'm sure if her parents had planned a move there they would have wanted a heads up. A kid in DSs class had a surname that was a swear word (think bollocks or arsewipe) in English so the family adjusted the name when they moved to the uk.