But those are nicknames, which most but not all Dominicans have. Papolo and Papito are really common. My neighbor is called Beba but his real name is Ramon. DeeDee is Dela Doreen ...etc. Mono, a cousin is Jose Ramon.
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why are so many Dominicans named "Wilson?"
My ex had a name, had a nickname, but everybody called her yet another name.
Let's not even get started on the folks who make up names based on other family members.
Stuff like Yoreylizman, jaqulinkynico, Georhenlizda.. I've known so many.
And we've already been through the folks named after movie character and holidays.
Let's not even get started on the folks who make up names based on other family members.
Stuff like Yoreylizman, jaqulinkynico, Georhenlizda.. I've known so many.
And we've already been through the folks named after movie character and holidays.
We're an English speaking forum so I used the English spelling of each name. Soy consciente como se escriben estos nombres en espanol.
Which app?
My Spanish is far from perfect but I'm too lazy to use an app. WhatsApp is as close as it gets.
I didn’t know they were nicknames. I thought caralarga got his name from his grandfather who was a goat.
You mean tell your from Jersey?
Holly cow...
Now it all makes sense.
Bust away 😂
Some mispellings I've seen on DR streets
Jhon F Kennedy (John, of course)
Charles Summer (Charles Sumner)
Tiradientes (Tiradentes)
Correa Ysidron (Correa & Cidrón)
Estrella Sadala (which is Estrella Sadhalá)
Funny coincidence My SIL's family has a friend (now in New York, set up their own business there) called Elvis, but nobody actually calls him with that name, only on his cedula. Very funny, social and a nice guy. I'm not sure if that's exactly his name on the cedula, but they call one of my wife's closest uncles Freddy. Somehow looks like it too.
This is is very common in my wife's family on his father's side. Almost nobody is called what their cedula says, not even resembling. My wife's stepmother is called with a name that is actually a valid Spanish name, even some important people in the current govt are named like that. She's never called anything else, by anyone. Imagine my face and surprise when I was one of the people who were tasked with helping with some important banking papers during a house purchase, and I had to confirm that her name matches exactly what her cedula says. That was the first time ever I saw her cedula, with her full official name. The names had zero same letters, and the official name was really weird and twice as long. At that point I did however understand why she was called with a different name.
As I understood that apparently this name thing is a bit sensitive topic in the family, I never said anything about it.
Sounds like names in my spouse's family, Luis, Raul, Winston, Andres, Ramon, Angela, normal names. The grandkids, Angela, Ashley, Alexander, Dariel, Ruben, Hailey, Michael, common names. Now the extended family, that's another story. There is a Maco, Chelo, Dorito, Fa, Sambo, names like that. I doubt those are their real names but that is what I know them as.
Some people have more than one nickname. I have 4. For whatever reason one is popular among known Dominicans in the USA and another nickname from a very small group. In the DR another nickname is the most used and the 4th one is now disused because one grandmother was basically the only person that called me like that. None of those nicknames are even remotely related to the another nicknames.
I respond to all of them wherever I hear them, except the 4th one since it was said by one person. I get kind of annoyed if I hear anyone else calling me that.
"Jordan" is another name that seems to be popular, at least in Samana
Not sure why either
Maybe because of Michael Jordan?