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Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:06 pm
by paidmonk
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?
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:07 pm
by AbdiWahab252
Shaka
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:08 pm
by Shirib
Dahir if not go Robert
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:08 pm
by Oxy-
Why not simply change it to a Western name ?
Philip, carl, damion etc
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:09 pm
by Enlightened~Sista
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
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:12 pm
by Jamac_Yare
Damian
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:37 pm
by RebelLion1
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.
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:41 pm
by sheekh-Farax-zero
Awuzu, mwariwari, papa bouba , amtayozi, Hichilema, Hakainda, all those names sound good to me.
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:30 pm
by paidmonk
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?
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:34 pm
by AbdiWahab252
Paidmonk,
What about Kamau (warrior in Kikuyu) or Njoroge (njoroge is a very old kikuyu name for a very huge old he-goat)
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:38 pm
by paidmonk
Too Bantu-sounding. I need something contemporary. Kwame is nice.
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:39 pm
by AbdiWahab252
paidmonk,
Kwame is a Bantu one too.
What about Mobutu
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:41 pm
by paidmonk
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.
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:42 pm
by Keyse_0208
Try Maryan
Re: Changing My Name
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:43 pm
by AbdiWahab252
Paidmonk,
Tyrone, Jerome, Tobius, Titus,