Felicia and Sharnessa

[ChynaDoll2006]

How do you pronounce Felicia? Is it fel-EE-sha? or fel-ISS-ee-a?

And what do you think of Sharnessa? I know it is a made up name. A girl called this was in a band I LOVED when I was younger. What kind of impression does it give you?

My middle name is Felicia, pronounced fel-ISS-ee-a

And yes, I did get the fellatio comments at school, and Priscilla ones...I quite like the name though, it's Italian for happy (and I am, usually)

I remember a couple of Ricki Lake's 'guests' from my student days. Their names have stayed with me all these years: Twlya Finfrock and Marveleen Panky. You may want to add those to your shortlist.

Vanessa Sharnessa Jenkins from Gavin and Stacey

I really wouldn't

Ch'aannessa

No that makes too much sense
C'haannessa

sorry both awful, made up names give an impression of no class or good taste. Sorry just my opinion, based on people I have encountered with kids with that sort of name

didn't mean the Felicia name just the other one

Nah, seriously I am not joking. I just have an unusual taste in names. And round where I am (north & south london), you can get away with quite a lot.

Some kids I know

Twyla
Aneevah
Amani
Tyresha
Sanaa
Tyronie

Jayden
Rico
Devonte

I only like Sharnessa because of the band I loved when I was young.

And I really don't know what's so bad about Yaniece. Yaniece Thomas hasn't done badly for herself.

By the way, I think I have now conceived, whoever said I hadn't. I will find out in the next couple of weeks.

Dont know about your choice of names (mine was always counted as a bit suspect )

But DD was Chynna Skye, so love your posting name.

What about?

Alicia
Alyssa
Anastasia
Annalisa
Lucia
Jolie

Also know of sisters called Hallelujah (Halle) and Hosanna (Anna)

Sharnessa from Big Brother here

You know a lot of very chavvy sounding kids.

And flame me all you want for daring to use the "chav" word but you know I'm right.

Felicia just reminds me of the car.

may i suggest

shielanessa
margaretanique
paulinenetto
brendasiana

blinks... haha

and about 'chavvy'. Yeah if they were white the names would sound chavvy. But they're not.

You think you have conceived but you won't know for a couple of weeks?? How does that work then?

What if it's a boy?

Waiting to see if I am pregnant! It's early stages yet. If it's a boy it will be Kwame or Garvey.

you HAVE to watch this lol

I like Felicia because of Felicia the Critic, a book I loved as a kid.

Sharnessa just makes me think of Vanessa, which a lot of people like but makes me think of synthetic fabrics.

that video is not racist at all..

i parp on your emoticon

Honestly, Sharnessa sounds to me like a name from a character in the Wire, which is fine if you're a black woman growing up in downtown Baltimore, but probably not quite right if you're [insert race] growing up in [insert random area of the UK]. Depends where you're from I guess.

Felicia is ok, prefer Felicity...

I like Kwame, Chyna (for a boy, clearly).

A friend has named their son Philip. He says they've had comments that it's not a very black name, which he's gobsmacked at, but says ds (still a baby) going to be a doctor not a rap artist, slightly tongue-in-cheek but also I think serious. He also used the term chav to describe some naming choices, although he didn't specify.

Kwame I like. Not keen on either girl's names.