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ChynaDoll2006 · 22/02/2010 11:28

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

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TweedyneeCole · 23/02/2010 13:50

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)?

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DebiNewberry · 23/02/2010 13:55

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

Boys
Kwame
Patrice
Garvey

These are my faves.

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MummyTumble · 23/02/2010 14:21

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

Good luck choosing.

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zozzle · 23/02/2010 14:42

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.

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TweedyneeCole · 23/02/2010 15:59

Kia reminds me of this vile song

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livviloo · 24/02/2010 15:24

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

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xandrarama · 24/02/2010 16:07

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!!

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GetOrfMoiLand · 24/02/2010 16:32

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

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bellissima · 24/02/2010 17:28

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

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lilMrInvisiblesmum · 24/02/2010 17:35

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

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AllieW · 24/02/2010 18:28

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.

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mathanxiety · 24/02/2010 18:42

Selafina is a bit like selotape and polythene mixed together.

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wastingaway · 24/02/2010 18:43

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.

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mathanxiety · 24/02/2010 18:44

Araminta? Twas Harriet Tubman's original name.

How about Darius?

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jellybeans · 24/02/2010 18:53

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

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