WDYT (ready for a bashing!!!)

[ChynaDoll2006]

TTC.. last name similar to Morgan. Baby will be mixed white Scottish and black Jamaican, a bit of Chinese on the Jamaican side as well.

Girls
Keyshia
Najati
Kia
Nativity (really, is this too ridiculous?)
Aleela
Marigold
Zeilah
Chenai (Zimbabwean name, I didn't make it up!)
Iqra (though not Muslim, do you think this is a problem?)
Selafina
Marisol

Boys
Kwame
Patrice
Garvey
Vincent
Lennox
Issachar
Jawanza

Thanks

[jellybeans]

Girls
Keyshia...ok
Najati...dislike
Kia...like
Nativity ...dislike
Aleela....ok
Marigold...awful
Zeilah...
Chenai ..not keen
Iqra ..not keen
Selafina...not keen
Marisol...dislike

Kwame...ok
Patrice..dislike
Garvey...dislike
Vincent..dislike
Lenno x...like abit
Issachar...ok
Jawanza..dislke

[mathanxiety]

Araminta? Twas Harriet Tubman's original name.

How about Darius?

[wastingaway]

I like Nativity, Marigold and Vincent. Isaachar is ok, though I like the simplicity of Isaac more.

All the Keysha, Leela, Kayla names out there atm are very wishy-washy to my ear.

[mathanxiety]

Selafina is a bit like selotape and polythene mixed together.

[AllieW]

Zeilah is ok and I prefer Seraphina/Serafina to Selafina.

Of the boys names, I like Lennox and could be persuaded by Issachar. You might also consider Isaac and Ishmael.

[lilMrInvisiblesmum]

I like the sound of the name Nativity, but really would you do that to your child, they would dread every christmas.

[bellissima]

I also like Nativity. I think Marisol sounds like a name for margarine in some country I've lived or holidayed in. Like Patrice.

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Keyshia - no, spelling will be nightmare
Najati - yes I like this
Kia - car
Nativity - I like this actually (surprising self)
Aleela - nope, seems made up
Marigold - yes very nice
Zeilah - don;t like names beginning with Z
Chenai - hmm ok
Iqra - not really, esp as not your culture
Selafina - prefer Seraphina
Marisol - lovely name

Boys
Kwame - nice name
Patrice - yep, nice again
Garvey - no horrible
Vincent - no he will be called Vinnie
Lennox - nope
Issachar - no sounds like one of the three wise men
Jawanza - I don't like this either sorry.

So - girls Marisol, Marigold, Nativity
Boys - Kwame and Patrice

[xandrarama]

So refreshing to see a more unusual list of names! You've uncovered some lovely ones there. My favourites are Zeilah for a girl, followed by Selafina; Lennox or Issachar for a boy.

Very impressed at how organised you are, picking names before having conceived. Good luck!!

[livviloo]

is chenai unisex because I know a boy Chenai. I like Lennox and Kwame too. For a girl I vote Zeilah.

[TweedyneeCole]

Kia reminds me of this vile song

[zozzle]

Not keen on girls names, esp Marigold which makes me think of rubber gloves and Kia which makes me think of the car.

But then what do I know as I don't have the same heritage.

Don't mind your boys names.

[MummyTumble]

I think Zeilah is gorgeous.....and would pick Lennox for a boy.

Good luck choosing.

[DebiNewberry]

Marigold
Chenai (Zimbabwean name, I didn't make it up!)
Selafina

Boys
Kwame
Patrice
Garvey

These are my faves.

[TweedyneeCole]

I don't like many of your girl's names, sorry. Remind me of a Chris Rock 'The ghetto called, they want their name back' skit. Marisol is lovely, but very Spanish. Not sure how it would drop on a non-Spanish person.

I like a couple of your boy's names. Kwame is nice - Ghanian, I think? Do you like Kofi? Issachar is lovely - very heavy, biblical name, though. If you like that sort of name, how about Isaiah or Ezekiel?

Garvey is a rotweiler name in my area of London . Bit like Marley. If you want a black hero name - Nelson? Malik (as in Shabazz - Malcolm X)?

[Besom]

I like Najati and Kwame the best.

Don't like Selafina as it reminds me of cellophane (sp?), and I don't like Nativity, but I quite like all the rest of them.

[ChynaDoll2006]

Thanks everyone for your replies! Thanks mathanxiety for the names link, I will be looking through that soon!

Great to hear peoples opinions. People didn't hate them all as much as I thought!

[dizietsma]

Girls
Keyshia
Najati- nah
Kia- OK
Nativity(really, is this too ridiculous?)- YES!
Aleela- OK
Marigold- AWESOME!
Zeilah- OK
Chenai (Zimbabwean name, I didn't make it up!)- OK
Iqra (though not Muslim, do you think this is a problem?)- Meh
Selafina- OK
Marisol- Nice

Boys
Kwame- OK
Patrice- nah
Garvey- Like it, Inch Garvey is a tiny island on the firth of forth.
Vincent- OK
Lennox- OK
Issachar- OK
Jawanza- too like Kwanza

[mathanxiety]

Huge list of Ethiopian boys' names here, plus a link at the top of the page on the right to girls' names. I suggest Ethiopian names because of the multi-cultural nature of Ethiopia (African, Christian, and links to rasta culture too)

[mathanxiety]

Keyshia -- very popular African American girls' name
Najati -- nice
Kia -- a car, made in Korea
Nativity -- Natalia or Natalie have the same meaning. I would prefer Trinity
Aleela -- nice
Marigold -- somehow reminds me of margarine
Zeilah -- nice, also suggest Zeiba (I know one from Ethiopia)
Chenai -- Chennai is a city in Tamil Nadu
Iqra -- I think it would be a problem that it's a Muslim name and you're not Muslim
Selafina -- Prefer Serafina
Marisol -- Like a lot, I know a few Mexican Marisols, also suggest Maribel (popular in Puerto Rico and PR circles in the US)

Boys
Kwame -- quite a bad association (former disgraced mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick)
Patrice -- no, too much of a girls' name, prefer Partick
Garvey -- Marcus Garvey? Prefer Harvey
Vincent -- Love
Lennox -- ok, but I think of it as a girl's name
Issachar -- prefer Isaac
Jawanza -- sounds like a made-up African American name inspired by Kwanzaa

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

I like Chenai, and Aleela

I like Kwame and Patrice

[ILikeToMoveItMoveIt]

I like Marigold, Marisol and Kwame

[BalloonSlayer]

Epiphany is lovely too. However it could have an unfortunate shortening.

[giddly]

When I worked in Africa I knew several girls called Epiphany which I really liked - similar to nativity in sentiment but to my mind prettier

[Maria2007loveshersleep]

Actually I'm now changing my mind & I think Marisol is nice...