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NOTD Thursday - African names

Girls:

Anika - Pronunciation: a-NEE-ka Meaning of Anika: "sweetness of face" Origin of Anika: African, Hausa

Oluchi - Meaning of Oluchi: "work of God" Origin of Oluchi: Nigerian

Thandie - Meaning of Thandie: "loving one" Origin of Thandie: South African, Xhosa, diminutive of Thandiwe

 

Boys:

Kobe - Meaning of Kobe: "tortoise" Origin of Kobe: Swahili

Taye - Meaning of Taye: "he has been seen" Origin of Taye: African, Ethiopian

Zuri - Meaning of Zuri: "good, beautiful" Origin of Zuri: African, Kiswahili

 

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Re: NOTD Thursday - African names

  • I love Oluchi because I knew a WONDERFUL girl in college with that name (though spelled a bit different), so it brings back wonderful memories of her! I miss her!

    I think Thandie, Taye, and Zuri are nice, but I wouldn't use them. I have friends with a dog named Kobe so to me, it's a dog or a basketball player :)

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  • I think Thandie is really cute. The rest are NMS.

    Cheering on all of my 3T ladies!  DX with PCOS - 11/2012 DH S/A & HSG - Normal - Too many rounds of Clomid = BFNs - New RE 5/2014 - Repeat Testing - Losing 40lbs before injects/IUI



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  • Anika - Very pretty, love what it means.
    Oluchi - NMS.
    Thandie - Same as Anika, very pretty.

    Kobe - All I can think of is the basketball player...
    Taye - Sounds like a nickname to me.
    Zuri - All I can think of is Suri (cruise) and therefore, no.

    Even though I like Anika and Thandie, we wouldn't use them. I think that people would look at me like I had two heads if I named my kids African names since we aren't African at all.
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  • Aimothy said:
    I would have sex with Taye Diggs.

    Back off, he's mine!

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  • Aimothy said:
    I would have sex with Taye Diggs.

    Back off, he's mine!
    Did your momma teach you how to share?

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  • Aimothy said:
    Aimothy said:
    I would have sex with Taye Diggs.

    Back off, he's mine!
    Did your momma teach you how to share?
    Remember, Liz, sharing is caring. We've been through this before.  :P :P
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    5/2012 = Surprise BFP M/C @ 6 weeks
    5/2013 - Femara, Trigger + IUI + Prog = BFN
    8/2013 - Injects, Trigger + IUI + Prog =BFP M/C @ 6 weeks
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  • I love all of the girl names and Taye!
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  • I like Anika and Thandie, but they wouldn't be used. The rest are NMS. 
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  • I like Thandie best of the girls' names and Taye best for boys' names. That being said, I don't think we could ever use any of them for the same reason IslandMonkey gave.
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  • I actually love most of these names (save Kobe). I don't know that we would/could use them, but I do like many of them.
    TTC #1 since Feb. '12. dx: "unexplained" IF
    After 2 shitty IVF cycles and 1 loss at 6+2 (EDD 11/7/14), DH and I are pursuing DIA.
    11/17/2014 - ACTIVE AND WAITING!
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  • I like Taye.
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    Baby Boy born July 2015

  • How does this thread not have a Taye Diggs gif yet? (or 4)

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    TTC #1 since Feb. '12. dx: "unexplained" IF
    After 2 shitty IVF cycles and 1 loss at 6+2 (EDD 11/7/14), DH and I are pursuing DIA.
    11/17/2014 - ACTIVE AND WAITING!
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    Pregnancy was never the end goal; being a mom was.
    I've been holding out on GP: I got drunk once and started a blog: Here it is (11/7 update)
    3T<3

  • Now i definitely want to name my kid Taye. After his daddy.
    IUI - BFP! Baby boy born still - August 2012
    IVF - BFP - miscarriage June 2013
    FET - BFN
    FET - BFN
    Switched clinics
    IVF with PGD - three embryos created, all healthy - July 2014
    FET - transferred two embryos (boy and girl) - Nov 2014 - BFP!
    Baby Boy born July 2015

  • I like them, they are really cool and intriguing names, but DH and I are super white (like we don't tan, we burn white) so those would be odd name choices for us.

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