Changing My Name

paidmonk · Post by **paidmonk** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:06 pm

Mohamed simply won't get me anywhere in this post-911 world.

I was thinking about going for a tribal/ethnic African name or something like that.

I was thinking Kwame, or maybe go Ethiopian, I really like Tesfay, Gebra, & Tilahun. Maybe Desmond, its popular in Africa & the West.

Any ideas?

Post by **AbdiWahab252** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:07 pm

Shaka

Post by **Shirib** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:08 pm

Dahir if not go Robert

Oxy- · Post by **Oxy-** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:08 pm

Why not simply change it to a Western name ?

Philip, carl, damion etc

Enlightened~Sista · Post by **Enlightened~Sista** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:09 pm

yeah translate Loser in Africa's Hundreds and hundreds of languages...annd you'll feel like a lil kid in a candy shop!...spoilt for choice

Jamac_Yare · Post by **Jamac_Yare** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:12 pm

Damian

RebelLion1 · Post by **RebelLion1** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:37 pm

I knew this arab guy named ahmed, who after weeks of looking for a job, finally decided to change his name to david, the next day, he got a job interview.

Keep your name buddy, it's who you are.

sheekh-Farax-zero · Post by **sheekh-Farax-zero** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:41 pm

Awuzu, mwariwari, papa bouba , amtayozi, Hichilema, Hakainda, all those names sound good to me.

paidmonk · Post by **paidmonk** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:30 pm

A few weeks back in Minneapolis, I saw this Somali cashier kid, aged around 15-17 named KYLE. He was quite new to this country as well.

See how far a name gets you.

Who will get the job? Mohamed the arab terrorist foreigner about to steal yet another American job or LaSafari Jackson, the token Black man that will boost the corporate image?

Post by **AbdiWahab252** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:34 pm

Paidmonk,

What about Kamau (warrior in Kikuyu) or Njoroge (njoroge is a very old kikuyu name for a very huge old he-goat)

paidmonk · Post by **paidmonk** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:38 pm

Too Bantu-sounding. I need something contemporary. Kwame is nice.

Post by **AbdiWahab252** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:39 pm

paidmonk,

Kwame is a Bantu one too.

What about Mobutu

paidmonk · Post by **paidmonk** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:41 pm

I know its Bantu, but I need something with a middle ground. I don't want to go too far into Bantuism. I'm looking for a job as an African-American male, not a Kikuyu or a Kamba.

Keyse_0208 · Post by **Keyse_0208** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:42 pm

Try Maryan

Post by **AbdiWahab252** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:43 pm

Paidmonk,

Tyrone, Jerome, Tobius, Titus,

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