Poor Child: 5 Hood-ish Baby Names That Take Creativity Too Far

November 30th, 2011 - By Renay Alize

Naming your child is an important task that shouldn’t be taken lightly. This is the name people will call your little bundle for the rest of his or her life…Unless it’s so terrible that they have to change it– like in the case of 9 year old New Zealand girl named Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii. (Don’t worry the court ordered that she become a ward of the state until she could legally change it.)

Most people, black people included, take the power to determine what a child will be called very seriously. Black people, always known for setting trends, have a legacy of naming their children something unique (if not the word “Unique” itself). There’s history behind the tradition though. In the 1960s, black parents were deciding to do away with the traditional, European names in favor of celebrating African tradition or creating and blending their own new sounds.

So while we know the history behind such “interesting” names, there are still some that just give us pause. Check out this list of names that just do way too much and not enough at the same time.

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  • Donna

    Don’t these idiot parents realize that they are identifying their children as black by naming them ridiculous, made-up names? I worked as an EEOC Coordinator for a major health insurance company in the 1970s when affirmative action was popular. Photos of prospective applicants were not allowed, nor was any reference to their race so as to preclude employers from not hiring minorities, namely, blacks, based on their race. But now, with these ridiculous names, it’s obvious what their race is. If you want your kids to be accepted by this country, stop giving them these ridiculous names. Sorry, but white men still control who gets what in the US.

  • KC

    How about the name Schnl? It pronounced Chanel. SMH

  • http://www.facebook.com/conshnkell411 Constance Shnooky Kelley

    Dijonnaise.. I guess her mother was a big fan of condiments.