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Boris Kodjoe
Born to a German mother and a Ghanaian father, Boris Kodjoe’s name is actually a lot longer than the version we get to see in his acting credits, and some of it is inspired by movies and family members, and it’s in full, Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe. He broke down how he got his full name and what Tay-Natey means to BET:
“My full name is Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe. Boris comes from Boris Pasternak, who wrote Dr. Zhivago, my parents’ favorite movie. Frederic is my uncle’s name. Cecil is my grandfather. Tay-Natey means “first born child” in Ghana. And Ofuatey-Kodjoe is my family name. My origin is from Ghana, my father is from there, in West Africa.”
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