Creative Dominican Names

the gorgon

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Following on from that, I once met a girl called Macbeth.

In the category of names that don't travel too well - Scarys and Gaudy (F) and Jerpis (M).

names that don't travel too well; i love it.

by the way, Jerpis is pronounced Herpes. maybe his mom saw some public service sexual advisory at the clinic, and thought it was a clever name.
 

Chirimoya

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Some people with traditional names are given a more modern/unusual name as a nickname or adopt one themselves.
Or sometimes it is to avoid confusion within the family when a child is named after a parent.
Some also claim it is a tradition of African origin "to confuse the gods of death" or something of that sort.
 

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Some Dominicans give their children such hard to pronounce namea that even other Dominicans cant pronounce them. Then add a reginal accent and a gringo like me has no hoper
 

the gorgon

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And lets not forget:

James-Bond.jpg

get away, JD. you made that with photoshop!!
 

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Not everyone has unique names. Almost every time I turn down a moto driver in Sosua, he tells me his name is Tony Montana and tells me to ask him for anything I need.

I guess that's a real common name. jk
 

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On my way from Chicago to Michigan a couple of weeks ago I stopped at a restaurant for Breakfast and my server's name was "Seminar" as in someone attended a seminar. I also know a kid whose name is Courvoisier. Dominican names have gotten crazy over the years as DominicanYorks return with their Americanized kids and everyone tries to emulate that. In my family alone some of my nephews (Jorfry, Anyolina, Jhoan, Wilmer, Wilmer II, Yolenny, and so on...) not too crazy per se, but apparently nobody wants to be named Ramon, Jose, Manuel, etc...anymore.
 

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I've met an Aquaneta, a Pandora, and a Forticia, and all A-A women. And just last week, I heard a Mexican woman talk to her daughter, Cinderela, and I'm assuming with one 'L'.
 

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We have a Dominican friend named Bely (pronounced Belly). Her Mom heard the name while in the hospital after giving birth to her and liked it...so Bely she is!
 

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When I was teaching, I encountered many unusual names. The oddest was no name at all. A girl in my class was called "Babygee" because her parents never changed the "Baby G" on her birth certificate.
 

Chirimoya

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suarezn said:
apparently nobody wants to be named Ramon, Jose, Manuel, etc...anymore.
They do in the upper-middle/upper classes. Almost without exception, kids are given very traditional and dull Spanish names.

I've met an Aquaneta, a Pandora, and a Forticia, and all A-A women. And just last week, I heard a Mexican woman talk to her daughter, Cinderela, and I'm assuming with one 'L'.
A friend - not Dominican - called her daughter Coppelia.
 

the gorgon

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They do in the upper-middle/upper classes. Almost without exception, kids are given very traditional and dull Spanish names.


A friend - not Dominican - called her daughter Coppelia.

exactly, Chiri. the classes you allude to still call their kids Lisa and Carlos. i don't think you will find many a Yuberkis in the Brugal family.
 

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Mr. AE's Dominican nieces and nephews from Santo Domingo who have children have given them mainstream names: Michael, Jacob, Donnie, Nicholas, Jose, Christian, Jasmine [the only 'different' name]. And none of them are named after their parents or grandparents.
 

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Kind of related, and not funny, is this article in the NY Times this week about foreigners giving their children "White" names [English].

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/are-you-going-to-give-him-a-white-name/

Reminded me of the guy named Jose who couldn't get even one interview after sending out hundreds of resumes.... he sent them back out, dropping the "s", as Joe. He got a job right away, from one of the companies who had previously ignored his resume.
 

bob saunders

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Kind of related, and not funny, is this article in the NY Times this week about foreigners giving their children "White" names [English].

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/are-you-going-to-give-him-a-white-name/

Reminded me of the guy named Jose who couldn't get even one interview after sending out hundreds of resumes.... he sent them back out, dropping the "s", as Joe. He got a job right away, from one of the companies who had previously ignored his resume.

My stepson calls himself Joseph instead of Jose not for work reason but because he got tired of people calling Josy.
 

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My wife is named Felicia. Her mother is Indiana. Her brothers call my wife indianita (little Indi). Some people call her Indi, some anita, rarely is she called by her proper name.
 

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all i know is that new babies are only allowed three names....family name + and two others...(three) must be an ink shortage or space on the form shortage. as all in my family have three given names and one family name (4) plenty of ink and plenty of space on birth certificates /registry etc...
 

Aguaita29

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I know a girl named Candyleidy (Sounds like Candy Lady).
In elementary school my best friend was named Leidy. This is a name that is still popular. I used to be upset for not having a "cool" name, but later I realized that I had actually been lucky.

I could have been a Yenifer, a Estefani, a Smelly, or even worse, a ****leidy. :eek: