There seems to be this African-American trend of putting "De"in front of every name,such as DeJohn and Dewayne.

Touch my coffee and I will slap you so hard even Google won't be able to find you.

If your Puerto Rican? Imagine being called Colon!!

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YT, it’s not really delusional in this case. It’s more to emphasise their black roots, community, identity, a separation from white America because of poverty, lack of or fewer opportunities and all that stuff. But really all they’re doing is putting their kid at a disadvantage and setting their pay ceiling very very low.

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Understood. I took the poster as meaning that the 'De' prefix had become commonplace i.e. was being use by people who weren't African-American.

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Don't get me started on this. I might actually put it in the 'what grinds your gears' thread!

I recently read about a couple in New Zealand who tried to call their kid 4Real. They were barred from doing so in the end, and had to settle for Superman instead.

Then there was another family in France who wanted to name their child Nutella. Fortunately, the French courts were able to stop them (probably before it could spread!).

One new-fangled name that winds me up is Jaxson. Not only is it a surname being used as a forename, which is one thing, but it's also spelled incorrectly, and not just with an 'x' but with a pointless 's' as well!

It's bad enough when you hear of made-up or misspelled names being given to children of people you don't know, but it's even worse when it happens among your own friends and relatives. You can't really say anything about it without causing upset, and it's too late for them to do anything about it anyway. I haven't had any 4Reals, Supermans, Nutellas or Jaxsons in my family, thankfully, but have been left discreetly rolling my eyes at one or two of my friends' and cousins' children's names over the years.

But there is some good news. I met a woman a couple of years ago who had two young children named - wait for it - Arthur and Elsie! OK, it did sound as if she'd given birth to an elderly couple, but traditional, meaningful names that don't need to be constantly repeated or spelled out for people are still around.

Which reminds me, my mum had a cousin named Arfur, with an 'f'. It might not have been right, but at least it was funny!

Never heard of Fletcher Christian then?

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