My name here in destee is DEEPY. I took it as a memorial to my brother, He died this year...and was the last living sibling i had..He was actually called deepstuff by all of us when we were very young and that slowly ebbed into deep or deepy.
I am not a male...definitely female...but the name became genderless.....A homage to a very together and deep brother.
So manyof you have interesting names...I wondered if any of you would share how and why the choices you made. as well as pronunciation (phoentically please). Are they names that have to do with the political self, spiritual self, etc...

name: khasm13

pronounciation: same as chasm

meaning: a deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.

meaning2: 13 is the summation of all good and evil in this universe. 13 is also the 7th prime number, so in this epic battle, good will always prevail...if anyone reads my poetry, this is the empirical concept behind most of my poems...

one love
khasm

Name: Uzoka [Birth] nickname

Pronounciation: OO-ZOH-KAR [emphasis on the first syllable which is pronounced quickly read than with a drawn out ooo :) ]

I just now made a pretty lame attempt at trying to give my name's meaning but the truth is I don't know exactly, was never interested in my African roots growing up and hated the calling of my name [especially in front of 'friends'].

I remember my father telling me and it was something along the lines of, 'the path to God is good' or ' this is the path to God' but the second one makes me sound as a little presumptuous :lol:

I met a Nigerian woman when I first travelled to Australia who gave me my full name which I was silly not to jot down, more than five or so syllables long...I'll have ot get back to you on the full name and meaning.

Peace

My name here in destee is DEEPY. I took it as a memorial to my brother, He died this year...and was the last living sibling i had..He was actually called deepstuff by all of us when we were very young and that slowly ebbed into deep or deepy.
I am not a male...definitely female...but the name became genderless.....A homage to a very together and deep brother.
So manyof you have interesting names...I wondered if any of you would share how and why the choices you made. as well as pronunciation (phoentically please). Are they names that have to do with the political self, spiritual self, etc...

I probably have the most general name out there. I'm a black man living in the Atlanta metropolitan area hence AtlantaEbonyMan.

HO - DEE

FIRST TWO SYLLABLES FROM MY LAST NAME ( HO )

FIRST LETTER OF MY FIRST NAME DRAWN OUT. ( D )

A friend called me that one day. I have the same first name as her husband. Sometimes when I meet people. I use my last name. Until I get to know them. When I first met her. I gave her my last name. When she realized we had the same first name. She called me this to irritate :cuss: me. She only calls me by this. It stuck.

My name (NEE' ah MY' ee SHAH' nee) is from the Kiswahili language (most widely spoken language on the Afrikan continent). Nia means "Purpose" and Maisha is "Life". "Ni" is a suffix to indicate that something is "in" or "within", hence, Purpose In Life.

A Zairean friend who once tutored me in Kiswahili (his native language) gave me the Swahili translation of my former screen name and present e-mail address (Purpose In Life), and I have used it ever since.

I regret to learn of your misfortune "Deepy", and offer my sympathy.

Nfant De Milieu is just a rewording of enfant de milieu, which in french means
the middle child. I am the middle child of 5. I often feel that I am misunderstood since I suffer from the middle child syndrome. You wouldnot understand unless you was a middle child.

Hi Deepy ... and Everyone! :)

I adopted my youngest child in 1996, and that time happened to coincide with me getting online for the first time. She was 2 years old and her name is Destiny. When i signed on to AOL for the first time in my life, i had to choose a name and Destiny was taken ... so i chose Destee instead ... and i've been Destee ever since.

As a matter of fact, back then, she would get quite upset with me because she thought i'd stolen her name! I had to explain to her that she is Destiny and i am Destee ... bless her sweet heart ... anyway ... she's kewl with it now.

:heart:

Destee

I adopted my name because I think words are the most important things in this world. It's our frm of communication. Words can make you feel just about anything. And I think I'm on my way to becoming a pretty decent writer and thinker. So here I am, SayWord.

Interesting topic, deepy. And I am sorry to hear of your loss. Watzinaname is a play on words so to speak, from the quote from Shakespeare. My interest in poetry blossomed when I was taking a high school class that focused on his poetry. I liked this particular work because I had to develop a hard shell early. You may say what you think I am, but I know what I am. Peace.

Chukwuemeka (Chu-Ku Eh-Mekka) is my actual first name. It's probably the most common Igbo name for males; the female version being Chukwuamaka (Chuk-Ku Ah Makka). There are other versions which are also popular depending on the area of South-Eastern Nigeria you. The other versions being: Nnaemeka (Nn-na Eh-Mekka) and Chiemeka (Chh-E Eh-Mekka). The meaning of the name being: God (Chukwu) has done greatly (Emeka). Igbo names are funny because a LOT of them have the name God (Chukwu, Chi) in them, this gives the name two parts. The first part is generic (the god name) and the second is the actual name. For example, the generic part of my name is Chukwu, but my "actual" name would be Emeka. Thus Emeka is the name that is most commonly used not Chukwuemeka. And because Chukwu is generic, I can not be called Chuk or Chukwu as short name, it just does n't work (so please don't call me "Chuk" as a short name). If anybody wishes to shorten my name then you can call me Emeka. Thanx.

P.S in fact my short name would actually be Emmy (Eh Me) which is short for Emeka. Does anyone think I should change my forum name from Chukwuemeka to Emeka in order to make it easier for everyone to remember and pronounce?

thank you...and how fascinating and rewarding are your responses ... Names...wow so important and revealing...
nfant...my brother who transition was the middle son (3 of us..i was the baby and only girl)
he was special and different and had difficulties with our older brother alot. true I may not feel it as you, but as i remember deep and our conversations (especially in his last month or so) i hear you
He moved on in may...and it was his spirit that sat me down at this computer and i found destee. Enough of me
I hope others share....

Hello everyone. Christmas is the nickname my first boyfriend gave me many years ago. I used to live in the Bronx, hence the nyc. :)

livinitlovinit = living it loving it. It stands for the patience and sacrafice put forth to get to where I am now. There are plenty more I hope to achieve, but based upon my past, I would have never imagined being given the opportunities I have. When I say I'm truely blessed, I really mean I'm truely blessed to be here and have the family I have and look forward to raising some beautiiful, confident, wonderful, successful lil men and women.

Chango is the Orisha of my godhead in the Lucumi Yoruba tradition and Dada is the Orisha who crowns me with the goodness to do positive things in life. Both are often received together during an initiation, as they are both very similar in their ways save for the fact that Chango tends to be more agressive than Dada and is a better strategist in life. Chango, a born leader, runs things with a more agressive upper-hand, while Dada bestows opulence and good-heartedness over him. Together they fight all the injustice in the world.


Chango was the 4th (some say 3rd) ruler of Old Oyo in West Africa. As an Orisha, he replaced the original "deity of thunder" named "Jakuta". His deeds in life became so notoriously reknown througout the Oyo Empire that he was exalted to Orisha status as a way of remembering him.

Dada was the ruler before him. He was too benovolent, philanthropic and kind to rule a kingdom and preferred to "live it up" lavishly rather than bother with all the intricacies of running an Empire. He abdicated his throne to his brother, Sango (Chango). As a venerated Orisha, he is the "god of vegetables" meaning, not only agricultural abundance, but also things which evolve naturally. He is also patron of all newborn children and deals with eloquence, grandeur and financial success.

69 is my birth year.

This has been my screen name forever and I see no need to be anyone else. I am happy with my simple little name.

da1whoownslife= the one who owns life........ I chose that particular name not trying to imitate God and say I am him.... (many claim) but to show that I am the one who chooses what path I go down.... I am a big believer in free will.... and it takes the right choices to get to your pre-destination....

I GOT MY NAME BEACUSE I AM NIGERIAN ... NAIJA- IS SHORT 4 NIGERIA, SO HENCE THE NAIJA IN MY NAME, AND I JUST ADDED MAN TO IT. NIGERIAN MAN---NAIJA MAN. ALSO IT IS AN EMBRACE OF MY NIGERIAN ROOTS.

Very nice, mind-opening topic here.

Simply put, when I was younger in this life, I was a very negative minded individual, selling, robbing, jumping, whatever I felt like doing at a moments notice, I was all in it.

The Almighty blessed me with inserting me into a facility of corrections 4 6 months, where I was forced 2 miss the birth of my daughter, now 10 years old. This caused me 2 change my way of thinking & living so I will never be taken away from her again.

Therefore, that man-child with a negative mindset became a man with a PositiveMindset.

i luvd readin this topic

i got Badu from Eryka Badu,,, people say i look and act like her!! (not tryn to be like her) i jus have that type of soul... Badu means "manifest truth & light" in Arabic.. and thats what i try to do!!!!

i got the X part from Malchom X...because i feel i am a young , women version of him...

Much love
GOD BLESS :toast:

My real name is Carrie, my daughter's middle name is Monet. I just like the way it sounds.

my name is Birddugurl2
my real name is Shanta (sh on tae)
everyone in my family calls me bird
so i just decided to add the rest
birddgurl2 i don't know why they
call me bird i don't look like a bird
and i surely don't act like one.
i have a page on blackplanet.com if anyone
cares to glance at it one day...
don't forget to drop me a note...
okay enuff about me
deepy i am also sorry about your family
my prayers goes out to you....

this is a nice topic...


because recently sumthing interessting and beautifull happend around this name

"'libertylady"'

My mom lives far from me in the dutch carribian ,and i am planning to move to be reunited with her again.She knows that i write Poetry but she did not knew that my poetname is
libertylady here at desthee,s cause she is a bussy woman...
Recently she send me a mail and told me that she opend a little smal company....bedises her regular job... .
She does painting and crafts and makes cards christmas cards and stuff ,
She told me that she named the company Liberte.....
Than she told me that she did this because her mam and that is my grandma her name is
Liberte with a stripe above the e...
i didnt know about this ..and she didnt know about my poet name...
I asked my grandma and she told me sumthing that even my mom does not know and i still have to tell her..
And that is that when my grandma was born her mother wanted to call her Liberty...


.....unbeliveble....

but the goverment didnt allow her to call her that way...it was not allowed...
So than she turned it in to Libertha....
After she gave them this name they even made a dictionary fault and so it became Lubertha
and it should have been Libertha...

I choose the name libertylady because when i was young they used to call me the free child ..or the child with a free spirrit now that is funny cause almost every child is free...
in spirrit..
l in my being and spirrit am still a child.....
but i added the lady to it because i am a lady (though some dont see me that way because i,m free and some see that as childish)
but i am
woman....






Love L

so interesting and connective...reading about how , why and what it means...
discovering and learning is a key to keeping the threads..
keep em comin...and keep on readin..
thanks...

I'm African and I'm a king. AfriKing. Plus, it ryhmes with African.

i chose my name on a whim (to be truthful) my first poety site was DPJ and out of excitement (or laziness) i decided to name myself Jazz (cause i'm told i talk so much of it) and going from site 2 site i recognized the names/people and didn't want to confuse people so it stuck personally i think it fits...

I have it in another forum. Few find it offensive; I don't. Why the same in this forum? Maybe to test the waters. Maybe to compare the kind of individuals that exist in either sides. At the end of the day, what matters are ideas and viewpoints, which is why I am here.

you are right arabman...what matters are ideas and viewpoints...and yet your name represents exactly that...
which is why i am curious...in the end all is political..what we say, what we eat, how we dress...what we call ourselves...
and my nosiness/curiosity brings me back...to read and to hear from others..let me hear from yawl

all these meanings is just beautiful to know the history behind
the name wow!!!!

I picked "Captain Ray" because.. well, I am Captain Ray! LOL Seemed natural at the time!

Raymond

the_story: easy to pronounce, i got this name because once my mother said to me that when we get to heaven, all of us will have this big book, with everything we do permenantly printed in it...sooooo the name the_story jus sorta stuck...
:heart:
-story

fascinating...informative, thanks yawl

My real name is Rhonda which is Celtic/Welsh for "powerful river" or "good spear." Like most American mothers mine didn't know what my name meant when she named me. She just liked the sound of it. Yet this name so describes the way my life and personality have developed over the years.

When I found Destee Chaka Khan's old song Roll Me Through The Rushes kept going through my mind and I kept hearing that one part "River, River." I kept trying to think of a screen name and finally decided to stop looking and use what was obviously being given to me. What can I say--it just flowed.

Diakonos (dee-ah’-koh-noss) is Greek for “servant”, and is used in the Bible to describe helping others in a selfless manner. The English language derives the word “deacon” from this term found in the New Testament. Depending on the context of the scripture, diakonos can have one of three meanings: deacon (which I happen to be), servant or minister.

Well my Name is derived from the following:

MANy women from the americas to the carribbean to europe to ASIA with whom I cause mental,physical and spirtiual Catharasis.

:smile:

That is a joke.

MANASIA is actually the God of Death in my Science Fiction Novel entitled the Star, this novel was destroyed by some officers at a facility was incarcerated at. I added the C on the name because I aint have nothing else to do.

MISTA LIBERATOR


MISTA STAND FOR MUST I STAE TRUE ANSWERS
LIBERATION MEANS TO BE FREE

MY REAL NAME IS LAMONT THAT WHAT I CALL MY NEGATIVE SIDE
SO MISTA CAME WHEN I WAS LIKE 1O AFTER MY MOMS DIED
I HAD TO BE DIFFERENT I DIDNT SEE ANY THING GOOD UNTIL
I LIBERATED MY SELF FROM LAMONT TO MISTA

AKA LAMONT BEHOLD AND THIS IS I

i am bringing it back...so many energies...want to read more about the destee familee...

Not much to read here....I did not want to use the same name I had used for other sites (blaksheep) cause I was not sure who I would run into and did not want to battle anymore than I had to....I wanted some peice. I joined with someone else so I made up a name quick that she could recognize and sent it to her on MSN that night I joined.

At first, I thought that I was the only Cedric Denson in the world, but then I learned that there is a race car driver named Cedric Denson, and there is an ex-con named Cedric Denson, and then some. I was upset, because I truly believe that when I pass on and go to Heaven, there not be another Cedric Denson that will turn out to be like me. I don't like when my name is used in shame either. I become upset when I see the names "Cedric" or "Denson" in the newspaper for not abiding by the rules of society.

Cedric Denson is my full name. "Ramon" is my middle name, and I do not like the thought of having an "R" in my initials, so I do not use my middle name much. I will grow up in this world succeeding bigger and better than I could ever imagine, and possibly bigger than other people could imagine. I have not hit 20, and I am planning like I am 26, and I take pride in that. That means that I have time.

Why use it on Destee? Because when people want to find out what went through my mind in my younger days, the first place they can find it is right here on Destee's website. Up in New York where I grew up at, people would use nicknames and stuff because they did not want anyone to know who they were, or because they did not like their name enough to be called by their real names, so they came up with nicknames. Well I grew up with the attitude that I love my name, and with the reputation that I have, people deserve to know who I really am. I can be sure that viewers will be shocked to find such a valuable person like myself talking in forums, but when they get to know this one one, they will understand why I am in here. This will show them after reading the poetry and columns and stuff, that I got a big share of knowledge from here, and they will follow.

But yeah, I decided to use my real name on Destee because I was Cedric Denson when I was accomplishing in the past, still am Cedric Denson while I am accomplishing things, and will be Cedric Denson while I am accomplishing things in the future. You will always know me and recognize me as Cedric Denson, no matter what.

I did not want to type this long, but after reading some of the posts in this thread, I thought it would be a great time to tell everyone a bit about myself. My blessings go out to you deepy, I am sorry about your loss, and really hope that everything will be okay for you. That is what we are here for on Destee, we will not let you down. Starting this thread was a very noble idea, because now we know a bit more about eachother. More will come, believe it. Some of us will no longer be strangers to eachother; we are a Family on Destee!

Cedric Denson

Well as all already know my name is Poetic-Soul-Sista

Well I chose Poetic because I write. I am a poet

I chose Soul cause that's where I write my versus and stanzas come from, that's where my poetry live, and many people tell me my poetry is very strong and has very deep meaning. I want people to feel blessed by what I have to say. I feel in order for some one to feel what a person is saying and learn from what that person is saying it must be real. I think truth and love come from the soul, and that's what I try to put into my work.

and lastly I chose Sista because I am indeed a sista and I think sista carry alot of strength behind it. When most people talk about a conscious and wonder Afrikan Queen they usually say sista. I think it give my name power and life.

So that's how I got my name.:) I think it best describes my work what do you think?


Poetic Sista

mrblak...what do you mean not much to read here? ..i don't understand..
I just discovered your name was a way of communicating with someone specific originally....
much to read...i learn about each of us...
or did i interpret you wrong..if so i apologize

Sister Deepy ... may i move this thread to the "Front Porch (http://destee.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=168)?"

I think it may get more attention if it is on the front porch, rather than down in the house ... and it's certainly the kind of discussion perfect for the "Front Porch."

Let me know Sister.

Thanks.

:heart:

Destee

mrblak...what do you mean not much to read here? ..i don't understand..
I just discovered your name was a way of communicating with someone specific originally....
much to read...i learn about each of us...
or did i interpret you wrong..if so i apologize

I suppose I had a reason....the name relates to my past/present alias on other sites and I made it so my friend could tell.....my other name was more interesting to speak on I guess......oh wait...another reason!! I wanted people to know I am a man. I would have gone by "Blak" which people on another site also call me, but I have had people not know which gender I was ....at first...it becomes obvious in certain threads, but when speaking on something not to do with relationships, people have mixed me up before for some reason. :flame: Not anymore. :spinn:

sista destee..
of course you can....you can do anything in your house..
and ifyou think it would be a better place...i definitely trust that...

thanks...

Thank You Sister Deepy!

:heart:

Destee

mrblak
definitely not any more.....
a lot to read..
a lot....

Hmmm and here I thought i thunk i thought i thunk i thought i had thunk that I did answer this one :read: i spose not Hmmmmm :look: ok hehehe....

Triniti424...

TRINITI
It is my stance on TRUE LOVE...PURE DIVINELY BLESSED LOVE...
MAN + WOMAN + GOD (DIVINE INSPIRATION & BLESSING ) = LOVE Pure inspired unrelenting Love... It is a Trinity not the original TRINITY- Father, Son, Holy Spirit - but a TRINITI nonetheless... IMHO if man and woman can respect and Love the spiritual essence that has created US than LOVING each other is understood from a higher perspective... To some its for the birds but it makes sense in my lil world :look: :)

424
DOB doesnt get any more simple than that lol

TRINITI424

triniti
like a baby i am...what does imho mean...
like your concept of triniti...more of the spirit to me..

*giggles* :D IMHO = In My Honest Opinion :) hehehe dont worry sister at least you werent me...before I knew I was USING it in ALL the wrong ways :lol: :) you are jes fine asking :)

Well....
my name does not have any complex meanings behind it
It's just because I have a baby face and people think that I am very
sweet. So,Sweet baby_face. And there u have it!!

I am abig maya angelou fan my favorite poem is When I think about myself. (it reminds me of myself) but you can't exactly use that as a screen name so i chose my second favorite poem phenomenal woman.

When I Think About Myself

When I think about myself,
I almost laugh myself to death,
My life has been one great big joke,
A dance that's walked,
A song that's spoke,
I laugh so hard I almost choke,
When I think about myself.

Sixty years in these folk's world,
The child I works for calls me girl,
I say "Yes ma'am" for working's sake.
Too proud to bend,
Too poor to break,
I laugh until my stomach ache,
When I think about myself.

My folks can make me split my side,
I laughed so hard I nearly died,
The tales they tell sound just like lying,
They grow the fruit,
But eat the rind,
I laugh until I start to crying,
When I think about my folks.

triniti...thanks for the info..now when i see JMO..i know what that means too..thanks again..
sweetbabyface///nice name...may you keep that babyface til you are l06!
and phenomenalwoman...I had forgotten how wonderful that poem is..
thanks for refreshing my memory...

triniti i'll never forget your birthday same as my little boy 424.

keep it coming family

Well I didn't choose my name in the beginning it was given to me in a playful manner. I held onto it because it's just has a sound to it that you can feel..lol
caramel is the complexion and Python is the stature. :x:

keep it coming let us know why you use your Name and the meanings
behind it do share............................................. ........................

some wonderful and fascinating reads on this thread.....

:smooch: Most, well all of my friends call me Peaches. When I call there houses big brothers ask me am I sweet or wheres the cream, little crazy stuff like that so I decided to just pick the name peach_so_sweet because I am a "sweet" person :smooch: :smooch: :smooch:

great we see your sweet sugar from the peach.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

even tho i dont live in ny any more- i always try to rep it. im from rochester .ny.... which we call da roc so thats my name

thanks peaches and daroc and Keita.
and Keita...I really love your signature...you took that passage and said think...move to a higher level...i appreciate that...

I have always been fascinated with Africa & Black People! This fascination has puzzled my family, because although I grew up in a strong black family (mother & father together with no drama), it was never political. I did not get a "Black Encyclopedia" like Michael Evans from Good Times, nor did I get Black History for children. However, I loved my people anyway, and had a natural curiosity about them. Indeed I remember watching cartoons as a child on Saturday mornings. Whenever a black character would come on, they would automatically be my favorite. This would also happen if I was reading a comic book, watching a TV show, or looking at a movie. No matter who the main character was, I would always gravitate towards the black one.

My fascination with Blackness extended into my teenage years. Like many of us, I never learned anything about African history, other than blacks were slaves...maybe a paragraph or two about Martin Luther King. However I knew there was more, so I sought to study on my own, starting with the Autobiography of Malcolm X (I rented it from the Public Library), then moving on to other books about famous & accomplished Black People. My pride in my history & people grew, and my love of black history would never fade.

As started college in the mid-1990s I started to study business (like my father), even earning an Associates in Business Management. However when I transferred to finish my Bachelor's, I decided to use some of my electives to take a course in African history. With this course my love of Black history re-emerged from the background into the forefront! After taking this class, I decided to take another in the African Diaspora. In this class I learned about PanAfricanism, which summarized everything I felt about my people & our history. It is from PanAfricanism that I took my name: PanAfrica!

hmm..... tite story you got there, pan. i'd love to hear more about your journey to the roots.

plainrhythm.... plain... rhy....thm..... rhythm... plain.....

where do i begin? i've always found myself mizundastood, never really was the outgoing type.. until i met someone who actually made a huge impact on my life, he made me feel like i was worth something and he introduced me to poetry. unfortunately all things good must come to an end so we broke up and never really spoke again since i moved to South Africa. To this day, everything i write, i write for him, and in his name... that's where the PLAIN comes from.

rhythm.... rhythm.... beat... drum...

my auntie used to call me her little rhythm before she passed. she says when i slept, i used to sleep with a beat in my mind and a smile on my face... like i had a drum in my heart...

and that's where the name RHYTHM comes from...

AND ALL TOGETHER NOW, SAY IT FOR THE TEAM:

PLAINRHYTHM!!!!

Given name = Kelvin

I had a nickname I have used online since '84. But, I stopped using it just as I quit my last regular job. I have been trading (building) on my name, online now for a few years. So, I want people to know who I am. I have been seen in many different places on and off line, and don't want to confuse people who may require my services.

Kelvin

thankz brutha for allowing us to know who and what you are
the meaning and surely ur be helpful to many now we know !

keep sharing family !

really wonderful discoveries...and understanding of how to pronounce a name... keep em coming yawl....

My mother always called me this.
Rae is my middle name, and I am her baby. My daughter has the same log on since her middle name is the same so we had to change them to babyrae59 and babyrae94, 59 and 94 being the year of our birth. :baby:

Welcome to Destee.com babyrae!

I saw the name babyrae and went wow....that is what we call my favorite cousin...so both you and your daughter have a special place in my heart when i see that name...the major differences are the years...she wishes she were 59 or 94 (smile)
welcome and enjoy

I have always been fascinated with Africa & Black People! This fascination has puzzled my family, because although I grew up in a strong black family (mother & father together with no drama), it was never political. I did not get a "Black Encyclopedia" like Michael Evans from Good Times, nor did I get Black History for children. However, I loved my people anyway, and had a natural curiosity about them. Indeed I remember watching cartoons as a child on Saturday mornings. Whenever a black character would come on, they would automatically be my favorite. This would also happen if I was reading a comic book, watching a TV show, or looking at a movie. No matter who the main character was, I would always gravitate towards the black one.

My fascination with Blackness extended into my teenage years. Like many of us, I never learned anything about African history, other than blacks were slaves...maybe a paragraph or two about Martin Luther King. However I knew there was more, so I sought to study on my own, starting with the Autobiography of Malcolm X (I rented it from the Public Library), then moving on to other books about famous & accomplished Black People. My pride in my history & people grew, and my love of black history would never fade.

As started college in the mid-1990s I started to study business (like my father), even earning an Associates in Business Management. However when I transferred to finish my Bachelor's, I decided to use some of my electives to take a course in African history. With this course my love of Black history re-emerged from the background into the forefront! After taking this class, I decided to take another in the African Diaspora. In this class I learned about PanAfricanism, which summarized everything I felt about my people & our history. It is from PanAfricanism that I took my name: PanAfrica!

Wow your story is powerful brother Panafrica! You provide in me optimistic feelings. I like you. I do.

Well, my new pseudonym means "Kwango" (a huge and famous river in DRC Congo) and "Likemba" (banana plantain my favorite food).

I love water, and I love to eat so..

K.L

Wow your story is powerful brother Panafrica! You provide in me optimistic feelings. I like you. I do. Well, my new pseudonym means "Kwango" (a huge and famous river in DRC Congo) and "Likemba" (banana plantain my favorite food). I love water, and I love to eat so..


Thank You again sister Kwango_Likemba (Abantu)! I neglected to mention that after I took the class in African History, I changed my major (eventually graduating with a Bachelors in History). From there I went to study African Diaspora History in Graduate School. I also love plantains. In fact I had plantains, rice, yams, malanga, fish, and peanut soup both Saturday & Sunday! My wife cooks this especially well, in addition to Okra stew!

wow, you guys are so intelligent and deep. I feel so stupid.....

My Chinese name is Wei Yanping.
People just refer me as Ping so it's become my English name. Sino because I'm Chinese. :)

My name came from one of my poems titled.

Letter to the ignorant racist man

Now prizefighter means a professional boxer who fights to win money. But that is not me. It kind of relates to the song "keep your eyes on the prize..." Well, i figured that i wanted to do more than that. I wanted to fight for whatever i was goin after, whether it involves questioning, or writing, or whatever i have to do. Im very ambitious, as you can see (not vaulting ambition :) ) My name is neutral to gender, so i will let you know that I am FEMALE. :)

I also call myself The Soul Child Written...but i created this name way after I signed up with Destee. So, i just put SCW. thats the initials...and WHEN i finish college and publish any type of work, that will be my psuedonym, SCW-soulchildwritten. Just to let yall know :))

very interesting facts to ones names thankz for sharing family

Mine is really easy. My given name is Patricia, but my brother and cousins all called me Patsy Watsy. As the seasons changed and the afro was the thing to wear, only Watsy remained.

wow, you guys are so intelligent and deep. I feel so stupid.....

My Chinese name is Wei Yanping.
People just refer me as Ping so it's become my English name. Sino because I'm Chinese. :)


You shouldn't feel stupid. I guess we're really deep because we all feed off of each other's knowledge, or questioning, at least that's wat i do. When i came here, i was somewhat intimidated because I was so young, still am, and mostly everyone was over 18. But it's very welcoming here. So there's no reason to feel stupid at all :)

You shouldn't feel stupid. I guess we're really deep because we all feed off of each other's knowledge, or questioning, at least that's wat i do. When i came here, i was somewhat intimidated because I was so young, still am, and mostly everyone was over 18. But it's very welcoming here. So there's no reason to feel stupid at all :)
Thanks. :hi:
I really like it here. I think people here are very nice, except that some people make the impression that non-African-Americans are not supposed to learn about African-American people?!

thanks yawl...i keep discovering...and sinoping prizefighter said it clear..
tis a warm and famial place...so we know you aren't stupid or anything like that...cause you are here...and to me that is spirit and intelligence..
patsywatsy...wow...take me back to those names of youth
and prize..thanks for letting me know about gender (i had that when i first came to...i am also female)...keep your eye on it....

i chose anAfrican because i am an African, ethnically. politically, i am a staunch American (the original; not this modern day "stuff"). if you gottta go there, it's "american African", i.e. an African born in the geological americas. ("north american African" would also be ok, but i think it might be time to recognize that north+central+south=america. thus i feel the former to be more appropriate.)

i'm ok with "a Black Man", i'll bridle a bit (internally) with "Black American", and i'll come close to going ballistic with "African American". why? 3) like the french foreign legion; once you get here, you're an American; 2) dividing America into "[ethnic] Americans" led to the fragmentation that has enabled (and continues to enable) the invasion of America that we are "living" with (time for a constitutional convention to take our Nation back from the oligarchs!); and 1) the historical activities of my poor misrepresented and abused Nation (yup, i'm a full blooded "don't tread on me!" little-r republican [not to be confused with the GOP-type "RepugniKlan"!], as well as an honorably discharged enlisted veteran of the USAF.) around this planet makes me uncomfortable with saying "African" and "American" in the same breath. (hmmm ... <g> maybe a "top ten reasons why" list in the appropriate thread? `scuse!)

i chose anAfrican because i'm tired of, fed up with and all over done with the "divide and conquer" strategy that keeps This Earth's First People split up and disempowered. as long as that obtains, the freedom to continue to loot and pollute our Homeland will continue. (the "back to Africa" movement will resume spontaneously once Africa recalls Herself through reconnection of Her Children. it MUST begin as a "spiritual" thing, that is, through our individual remembrance of Ourselves to Ourself. it MUST NOT begin as a conscious effort to "take back our continent", or through a "radical activism"-type "Africans to/for/by/only Africans" ... yet - that will follow through the global consiousness of our re-acknowledging our African (-ness? -ality?) Self.

erk! as usual, i'm trying to say too much in one place. maybe i should have just dumped it all in my introduction and let y'all pick it apart and put it in the thread it should be in, since you know the community better than i do? (hint, hint! <g>LOL)

anyway, i think you get the idea. <g>

peace!

Brother anAfrican ... my oh my oh my ... such a pleasure bumping into you!

i have done as you asked, and created a new thread with your post above. i titled it ... Hello Family ... I'm New (http://destee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32181).

So glad you feel at home. Thank you.

:heart:

Destee

uhmm i just saw this.. what a wonderful thread..

well on Destee im Soulfulmixx..
quite simple.. im a soulful sista to the fullest.. ( on so many levels) love for culture..my style.. my flow..the music i vibe and nod my head to..the peeps i associate with.. my passion etc..just me! :x:
...and the "mixx".. well im ethnically mixxed being a black Wombman first and foremost..

friends and loved ones call me Keke
peace...

soulfulmixx:hearts4:

so beautiful know the meaning behind the many names keep it coming family so
we all know who and why ! thankz anAfrican & soulfulmixx

uhmm i just saw this.. what a wonderful thread..

well on Destee im Soulfulmixx..
quite simple.. im a soulful sista to the fullest.. ( on so many levels) love for culture..my style.. my flow..the music i vibe and nod my head to..the peeps i associate with.. my passion etc..just me! :x:
...and the "mixx".. well im ethnically mixxed being a black Wombman first and foremost..

friends and loved ones call me Keke
peace...

soulfulmixx:hearts4:

So we finally have the story, thanks for sharing Soulfulmixx!

My name I- read- a- story comes from the many daily stories that I hear from other people. The personal and intimate things that people will often share just to get things off there chest. I believe everyone has a story, many times it is not often shared.

so fascinating the how and why of names...i just went back to the first page and reread some..really interesting

Peace ya'll.
In the first days of this site, i used to post mad poems on here.
I actually think this is the first or second chat site (when it was that OTHER site) that i had ever been introduced to so it was probably the first or second places that i ever used the name Hypnotize.
On the Mic, my name is Mercury Rising (all types of stuff to read into on that)
but Hypnotize (or Hypnotize26) is not very layered.
Peeps always think it's HYPNOTIQ like the drink, but i don't drink so of course
THAT A'INT IT !! - LOL

No doubt yo, it's actually quite simple.

The song "Hypnotize" was Biggie's first single from the Life After Death album.

After all his success and critical acclaim, he was one of the most hated people in
Hip Hop (thanks to unfocused thuglife cats i won't mention).

Frank White faced all type of uphill battles, and being able to overcome the sophomore jinx - prove naysayers wrong - re-affirm the east and BadBoy...
all those struggles were laid to rest with the success of "Hypnotize".

The first time i heard that joint on the radio,
i sat back in the car and said to self ..."we won".

This song was on the charts in Norway, Sweden, the U.S. --- all over the world !
It was faaar beyond a hit. It was a phenomenon.

So I chose this name because it honors Big, and also because it embodies
winning against all odds.

It has been awhile since I've last seen a post from you brother Hypnotize, welcome back, and thanks for sharing your story!

So we finally have the story, thanks for sharing Soulfulmixx!
Yep thats lil' ole me :x: ...your welcome Brotha Pan..thank u
soulfulmixx:hearts4:

peace,

I actually chose my name after I sat back & thought about what is it tha I'm going to do with poetry. My purpose for writing is to give what little information I have thru the written/spoken word poetically!

Thus the name Info (information) - (thru) Moetry (poetry)..........Info-Poetry sounded too bland for me, so I changed the "p" & used the "m" from inforMation..........

peace

My name isn't really that unique, I guess.. But Nubian One.. is just exactly what I am.. I was debating between this an Nubian Goddess..

"The birth of Nubianism or the return of the Nubian consciousness, study of Nubian history, reverence for Nubian culture and the recognition of the Nubian blood and lineage started in Nubia, right there in the South of Egypt, where to be Nubian is to belong to the world's longest lasting civilization and the belonging to a people with the longest lasting kingship on earth. "

Thanks for sharing your stories Nubian One and Info-moetry!

How did I come up with the name Godssoulja? I am the son of a master gunnery seargent who raised me from day one like a solider. However, when God entered my life I became Godssoulja and one hell of a marine.

asoldier in "the army" as the song says...thanks godssoulja for sharing...

What's up, Fammmmmmmmmmmmm?

I am an economist. One of my specialty areas is "monetary" economics. So, hence my chat name. :D

No, I'm not rich. :maddd: :D

wow these are true facts of great names & meanings ........

Wow how interesting! I thought I replied to this but I guess I did'nt. I got the name Remby by accident. I belonged to a professional organization and I guess they could never understand my handwriting. My name is Renee and whenever I would get a coorespondence back from them, it would always come back Remby, no matter how many times I tried to correct it, So it stuck and I even have it on the front of my car with a black butterfly in honor of my neice who passed away about 4 years ago. It is so good to see some of the old names from back in the day ( Watsy, and Hipnoctic) I love you guys. Keep this going.

Remby :wave:

Wow how interesting! I thought I replied to this but I guess I did'nt. I got the name Remby by accident. I belonged to a professional organization and I guess they could never understand my handwriting. My name is Renee and whenever I would get a coorespondence back from them, it would always come back Remby, no matter how many times I tried to correct it, So it stuck and I even have it on the front of my car with a black butterfly in honor of my neice who passed away about 4 years ago. It is so good to see some of the old names from back in the day ( Watsy, and Hipnoctic) I love you guys. Keep this going.

Remby :wave:

Now I finally have the answer to the question I always wondered about, but was afraid to ask! Thanks Remby.

I chose my name because I like sweet tea and I chose to spell it a different way than it usually is. I also chose my name becuase thats what I am= a sweetheart


SwtT+ Sweet Tea

I know it's silly

Pan,

After all these years you ought to be ashamed of your self for saying you were afraid to ask me something. Sweetheart you don't ever have to be afraid to ask me anything and I mean that. :toast:
Remby

I saw my name somewhere.... Can't exactly remember where at this point but when the time came to choose my screen name it entered my mind..... i thought to myself that i wouldn't use it unless it could symbolize something... so i came up with this..

Bio = life..... so i called myself life's rhythm.... the instinctual beat of a heart..... life's drum.... representing love and all things emotional....

My Names Renee,
im supa fresh..
un hunh..
dont mess with me.. un hunh..
cause i dont take no mess.. unh hunh...

YEa.. P.M.S (not just for men anymore:)) is my pen name...
Poetic Manifest Syndrome.. I chose this name cause i usually wrote poetry wen i was enraged over spoiled relationships.. and my mother would tell me i was allways pms'n.. well.. they went hand ain hand.. so why not.. my poetry always manifested when i was sad, enraged.. depressed.. or inpired by new love.. so .. that me.. unh hunh.. unhunh... *muhaz* sorry i took me soo long to add my bit.. but yall know i have really come to love this spot! :hearts4:

MieNYu is the name of a restaurant and I really thought it was cute idea

I picked my name str8remy because after a long day of work I like to come home and relax with the best some music and a cognac (Remy). The name also represent who I am online, relaxed and laidback (its my chillout time)

welcome within nice facts to a name nice everyone join it ...

This will be the third time I've said it on other forums but I'm pretty proud of it my voice is very deep. I have other nicknames like frog,Lurch(old Addams Family), and a whole bunch others. Its to the place now my voice is my signature and I wouldn't be me without it I feel "special". If there weren't so many famous deep voice people out right now I think I would have a chance but too much competition,lol.

i'm bringing it back up...a few people whose names fascinate and maybe if they see this they will share ...
so here it is...

I chose my name from an aspiration of mine which is to be a truly soulful individual, to live evry aspect of my life with some kind of purpose and will. The 2006 part is the year of my high school graduation. I think its pretty simple much like myself, but it has substance.

whew....(wipes the sweat off her forehead)

Well deepy, I finally found it. And to think it was on the front page. :?:

Anyways, Alizentang is just like what it sounds like...ALIZE.....and.....TANG

this used to be my favorite drink because when I met Shaun (the a$$hole that all my love poems are about, and now all the hate ones) I was drinking Alize and he was drinking Tangueray. He came over, poured his double shot of Tang in my glass of Alize and told me to take a sip. I did and liked it. We talked and that was it. A few weeks later I saw him again. He crossed the bar towards me with two drinks in his hand, Then he gave me a smile and said...

"If this is you (handed me a glass of Alize) and this is me (tang), both of us are good by ourselves, but together we're the best. :uhoh: :uhoh: It was so cheesy I decided to give him my number :uhoh: :uhoh: and to this day alizentang is stuck with me because that's my login to too many things to try to change. So there you have it.

And yes, it's still my favorite drink! :angel:

much substance soulful2006...and i am congrats you even before 2006 cause i know you will graduate...and do well

Alizentang....great story...and to be honest didn't pick up on the drinks, even tho i kept thinking the name was familiar...never tried that combination..I bet it waas/is potent...keep flowing....as i try the drink(smile)

Hendrix is the true king of rock and roll.

it's wonderful to see and know why such names was picked
thankz family and friends for sharing a piece of your selves within ....

Do continue to share throughout the community.

It is a name my husband gave me.And it is true I really am soblessed

that's beautiful thankz for sharing with us all
because yes you are soblessed ...............

I named my name from my last freind I brok up recently his name is Ross, and I added the firts three letters of my name. I was thinking he is the one for me. but I did something wrong and he went away from me. leaving a broken heart.

well felt and sad of it's creation but all the same welcome
and happy you join in to express how you foundered this name .

welcome rosshew to Destee.com family Tree

I selected my name because I have always loved the rich color, texture, and quality of mahogany wood. After my first semester in college in the good ole' "sunshine state" of Florida, instead of getting darker, I turned a nice shade of reddish brown. Thus I coined the name mahogany and changed the letters to give it my own special twist. It describes me well, rich color, smooth and soft texture, high quality...So there you have it: MAHOGANEE.

awe Mahoganee that was so endearing and beautiful
how you came about such sweet name and the meanings
i love it ........thankz for sharing upon us this gem...........

A lot of people seem to think that it has a sexual connetation; that's far from the truth. It's a poem by Audre Lorde..... good poetry and good books move me. When reading it I catch myself humming or swaying my head from side to side. I love it!

Thankz for sharing and the name is sweet and soft
like walking on clouds...........happy you express the meanings

A lot of people seem to think that it something sexual, that's far from the truth. It's a poem by Audre Lorde..... good poetry and good books move me. When reading it I catch my humming or swaying my head from side to side. I love it!


WEll I like the name it has class and content.:deal:

Full name is Heru Khufu Un Nefer Maat
It means: He who provides and exists beautifully within all that it is balanced, good and true. Heru is an initiated title. Almost like saying Mr., but Heru simply means:that which is above, referring to a consciousness, a higer consciousness.

wow ! thankz for express and breaking it down ...

I picked Spicybrown, because my parents used to say I had a lil' spunk/Spice to me. Plus, they would use it to specify our complexions, as a nickname.:glasses:

I chose my name because I believe that both destiny and love play important parts in my life.

Lazarus is a symbolic parable to the history of the Black man in America.

A mental, spiritual and cultural resurrection must occur or Afrikans will remain in the cemetery that is the white-defined paradigm of Western society.

Elijah Muhammad makes the same plea in his attempt to resurrect the so-called Negro from the cemetery that is North America. "Come out of her, my people!"

nevar is my real name spell backwards. i got so tired of being associated to that's so raven star. i mean i was called raven symone up until i graduated. so i said if i become a famous writer Nevar was born!!!!!! but shhhhhhh don't tell nobody hahahah!!!!!!1:darts:

nevar is my real name spell backwards. i got so tired of being associated to that's so raven star. i mean i was called raven symone up until i graduated. so i said if i become a famous writer Nevar was born!!!!!! but shhhhhhh don't tell nobody hahahah!!!!!!1:darts:

What will you do if a TV show called, "That's so Nevar" comes out?:x:

funny pan your very funny. who would have thought to take raven and turn it backwards to spell this Nevar!!!!! now since you post it someone will you so jinky!!!!!!!!! panafrica acirfanap couldnt work magic off yours!!!!!!!!! i mean i'm older than her and yet they called me raven symone. or never more quote the raven uhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! that's why i chose nevar. i promise ya noone will hopefully bite that its mine, its mine i tell ya!!!!!!!!:kiss1: :bawling: :nuts: you know i still love you though!!!!!!! always gots to have the last punch!!!!!!!!!!:slingshot :ohmy:

I chose froggy cause its a nickname i got for my hops,

Humm Raven reversed into Nevar was cool i like how u twisted
it around thankz for sharing that with us and how Nevar became ..

Hey Froggy man indeed that say it all on da big Hop Thankz for
sharing why u are the Frogg man .......keep dem hops on beat !

Keep it coming family why u choose the name u have .............

Humm Raven reversed into Nevar was cool i like how u twisted it around thankz for sharing that with us and how Nevar became ..

I agree that was clever. However, as sister River once pointed out, if you read some of her posts on sex & sexuality, "nevar" isn't an accurate description of her.

Hey Froggy man indeed that say it all on da big Hop Thankz for sharing why u are the Frogg man .......keep dem hops on beat !

I've heard young Froggy give the breakdown of his name before...personally I'd like to see the proof of his "hops" on video!

man pan you and sis river got me i cant do nothing but laugh. love ya guys!!!!!!!!!

I chose my name
Cause when I was into production
When I was flowing thats the name I would use
People said I wild out on the mic
Like a soft spoken mystikal
Picture that-Yet now I use it
Cause thats my name in the streets
Everyone in the "CHI" knows me by that
If you got a Chrysler 300 holla at your boy
I have a 300 club im not just a client
Im CEO ya heard get at me!!
P.S. I might have anger issues to that just a rumor though!!!

My relationships never work.
I'm always getting my heart broken so I must be cursed!:crying:

My relationships never work.
I'm always getting my heart broken so I must be cursed!:crying:
No you aren't;you are blessed! Blessed to be alive another day! My expertise cannot be found in relationships, but I will tell you that if you try to make it work, SURELY, it shall work.

CD

Ms. Spicy chose her name to match her temperment, and her complexion(mental/physical)

my screen name is a take on what used to be a tease.....i was always a curious, weird kid.....around 11 years old i discovered various painting forms that was considered "abstract"

....i became enamoured with it, and tried to tell my friends in the bronx about it..of course they laughed like hell, looked at the art and then called me crazy...

from there, they just called me ''abstract", which i hated...then it went to just plain "abbie"..and Im a man.

When Q-Tip of Tribe Called Quest called himself "abstract poetic"..i just reclaimed the name with a sense of pride....
Im still weird, still into expressionism, dada, surrealism and afro-futuristics...still into the 20th century atonal music....

the 219 is just a mystical grouping of numbers....that mean absolutely nothing.

my condolences, deepy....i feel your pain, and your obvious pride and love for your brother. may he rest in peace.

I-khan=icon.

Not the icon that would be worshipped,only that icon that would be seen as a true human being to their own.

This was my nickname in the military. Everyone said my eyes were slanted so they called me chinadoll. The "m" is my first initial.

This was my nickname in the military. Everyone said my eyes were slanted so they called me chinadoll. The "m" is my first initial.

Slanted eyes
Gurl let me show you how I break that back
How I spend that money how I take that back
Do the dam thang-china dol-heart throb
You do the dam thang

Tantrum:

You are tooooo much. Trying to make a lady blush, well its working. Grinning like a school girl.

i'm oldiesman because i like oldies but goodies[classic soul music]

i'm oldiesman because i like oldies but goodies[classic soul music]

That's what's up ...that makes two of us, altho..I'm sure I can go back a long ways.
Oldies is my kind of music..^5
When you come in chat, I will play some for you.

Slowly because within seconds of meeting certain people, i just know they are not good to be in my life. So I keep them at arms length. But, slowly and surely their true colors surface.

interesting name facts y'all keep expressing the true meaning of the names
you pick

I didn't choose my name it was chosen for me by my parents at birth...

Nahshon

my screen name is galnamenikki....gal, because when i went to the islands they all said "ey, come ere gal" or "whas ya neim" so i come up with galnamenikki.

hey brother Nahshon

interesting name sista galnamenikki welcome to destee.com the house of love / peace & respect

I chose my screen because I am in luv with luv and everything that it personafies. If you have never truely luved someone or truely been luved then you would not be able to relate. But for those of you that have. You know what luv does to you. That feeling of euphoria. When the little things make your day. Everything is right in the world. Hence, the 4EVER. If this was a perfect world that is the way I want feel all the time. But since it is not we have to experience the other feelings that are the nature of the beast. But I feel its all in what one is willing to accept or tolerate, and learning to forgive. Sorry I did not mean to ramble. I guess I felt like sharing and since I have been here I find myself wanting to do that alot more than ususal. Thanks for your time.

Much Luv

When you speak of 4EVER it's LUV that makes that happen
I can relate thankz for sharing a piece of you here very interesting facts

Keep expressing Family why and how your Name came to be !

I chose my name a couple of days ago. I have strengthened myself through the hurdles that I've had to jump in the last couple of weeks. I have just learned to appreciate myself and not confuse pride with enjoying my own self worth. I know that I am phenomenal.
:heart: :heart:

welcome within Phenomenal Rose that was a great reason
and very interesting concept to your name welcome to Destee.com

well my name is just the fisrt 3 letters of my actual name .

okay the fisrt 2 letters

AL .....interesting and welcome to Destee.com

Ikoro.

It's "Nigerian", most notably Igbo for spiritual drum/drum.

The Ikoro was used in the village when something of great importance needed to be discussed or brought to attention. The Ikoro were huge drums that, when sounded, would alert the whole village and make them gather at the square.

It's my artistname. My philosophy is only to perfrom about things that are important for my peoples survival or wellbeing, thus, Ikoro.

~Ikoro

Ikoro.

It's "Nigerian", most notably Igbo for spiritual drum/drum.

The Ikoro was used in the village when something of great importance needed to be discussed or brought to attention. The Ikoro were huge drums that, when sounded, would alert the whole village and make them gather at the square.

It's my artistname. My philosophy is only to perfrom about things that are important for my peoples survival or wellbeing, thus, Ikoro.

~Ikoro

Thanks for sharing Ikoro.

welcome within lkoro thankz for sharing a piece of yourself .

As a nubian woman I am a treasure. They say the eyes are the gateway to one's soul. I always get compliments on my eyes - how beautiful they are. Though I am always thankful for the compliments, I feel one's real treasure lies within one's spirit - true beauty.

I am TreasureEyes.

that sweet the gateway through da eyez to see the pure Treasure
thankz sista for sharing why and how your name came to be
welcome sista to destee.com

TREASUREEYES

SOUL
Main Entry: 1soul
Function: noun
Pronunciation: 'sOl
Etymology: Middle English soule, from Old English sAwol; akin to Old High German seula soul
1 : the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life
2 a : the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe b capitalized Christian Science : GOD 1b
3 : a person's total self
4 a : an active or essential part b : a moving spirit : LEADER
5 a : the moral and emotional nature of human beings b : the quality that arouses emotion and sentiment c : spiritual or moral force : FERVOR
6 : PERSON
7 : EXEMPLIFICATION , PERSONIFICATION <she is the soul of integrity>
8 a : a strong positive feeling (as of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor)

fa: the 4th tone of the diatonic scale in solmization
four: a unit belonging to an abstract mathematical system and subject to specified laws of succession, addition, and multiplication


REAL
Function: adjective
Pronunciation: 're(-&)l, 'ri(-&)l
Etymology: Middle English, real, relating to things (in law), from Middle French, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin; Medieval Latin realis relating to things (in law), from Late Latin, real, from Latin res thing, fact; akin to Sanskrit rayi property
1 : of or relating to fixed, permanent, or immovable things (as lands or tenements)
2 a : not artificial, fraudulent, illusory, or apparent : GENUINE <real gold> ; also : being precisely what the name implies <a real professional> b (1) : occurring in fact <a story of real life> (2) : of or relating to practical or everyday concerns or activities <left school to live in the real world> (3) : existing as a physical entity and having properties that deviate from an ideal, law, or standard <a real gas> -- compare IDEAL 3b c : having objective independent existence <unable to believe that what he saw was real> d : FUNDAMENTAL , ESSENTIAL e (1) : belonging to or having elements or components that belong to the set of real numbers <the real roots of an equation> <a real matrix> (2) : concerned with or containing real numbers <real analysis> (3) : REAL -valued <real variable> f : measured by purchasing power <real income> <real dollars> g : COMPLETE , UTTER <a real fiasco>
3 of a particle : capable of being detected -- compare VIRTUAL 3
- re·al·ness noun
- for real 1 : in earnest : SERIOUSLY <fighting for real> 2 : GENUINE <couldn't believe the threats were for real>

I've never seen this thread....man I really need to pay more attention......

Well when I was younger everybody called me Red and it started as Dirty Red, called after a dude I used to deliver things for he was the original Dirty Red then I got the name because I was a Dirty MF I'd do anything to anybody didn't matter to me ...then I was called Snoopy for a minute as I got older because I was like Snoopy on the cartoon I didn't really care what happened I made lemonade out of lemons know what I'm talkin bout.....but Red stuck so as I got older..and even now I go by Red and on the net it's always the same as it ever was I added Mississippi after my first love.....the great state of Mississippi so folk know where I'm from and what I'm bout from the moment they step in the doe.......hence Mississippi Red true living legend... ....yeah nothing deep or whatever just me as I am.....


MississippiRed
The one and only

very interesting facts of how your name became what it is
thankz for sharing MississippiRed

MY NICK NAME MEANS JUST WHAT IT SAYS. THE TEE STANDS FOR THE INITIAL IN MY FIRST NAME WHICH IS TREVA AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KNOW FOR JUST BEING REALLY COOL, AND NICE, BEING AN ALL AROUND A CONSIDERATE PERSON. ALSO MY FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTER IS STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE AND MY GIRLS USED TO MESS WITH ME ALL THE TIME ABOUT THAT SO THEN ALL MY GIRLS STARTED CALLING ME SWEETTEE. MY BIRTHDAY IS AUG. 6 AND MY BEST FRIEND TOOK ME TO NEW ORLEANS TWO WEEKS BEFORE HURRICAN KATRINA LAST YEAR, WHERE ALL OF HER FAMILY WAS (9TH WARD) AND THATS WHERE I WAS TATTOOED ON MY BACK WITH SWEETTEE AND A STRAWBERRY HANGING DOWN DRIPPING WITH JUICE AND THE 29 IS MY AGE NOW AND THATS HOW I CAME TO BE SWEETTEE29

DIDDY FROM THE N/O DID MY TAT JUST WANT TO SAY R.I.P

that was very interesting and how you came to be whom you are
thank you sista for sharing a piece of your self within the family
now i see how you became Sweettee29

My name was chosen because for about a year or two I've been breaking away from the perm and other straightening products. Well about three maybe four months ago I took my braids down and started wearing an afro. When my friend saw me he called me his afro wearing princess. The name has become like my second name, Afroprincess...it's strong, soft, feminine, and powerful to me. That's why I chose this name.

Sister, that has GOT to be the most beautiful reason for a net-name I've seen here so far.

I definetly like you :)

Beautiful name for a beautiful personality. Keep it natural :D

~Ikoro

Just wonderful the way your name came to be from being natural

keep it coming family

lol i wanted 2 start a thread talkin about why we chose our names
this proves that great minds do think alike.

i chose rapchild cuz i believe i was raise by hiphop/rap music
da great side rap that is. tupac,nas........

i grew up with both parents but i dont remember them teachin me any lesson about life.
i hope i will teach my unborn kids something they will remember me by.

interesting so Rap / child came from da music & life missing lesson as child
thankz a million for sharing that

Keep it rollin family

Well, you can probably rob is a part of my name. The boy part is a reminder to give that small part of myself to my wife. If someone says it in a wrong,or bad connotation now. I just roll with it now,because i've heard it enuff from my baby saying"Boy Pplease,or with a come hither look or finger whispering come here."Big boy."

I love that and remind myself of it here.:kiss:

my name is dan and every one calls me dandan

nice place


i like to read and draw hope to enjoy it here

My name is "Shemsi en Tehuti", which comes from the ancient Kemetic language, Mtw Ntr. It means "one who follows divine truth and wisdom". It can also be translated as "seeker of truth" or "one who seeks God's wisdom". I chose this name because this is my true journey in life. It is to seek wisdom, and do as the neter Tehuti did; reveal that knowledge and truth to others.

that say a lot and the reason of the name great name to choose..

Zulile - it means "to travel" or "a wanderer" - in Zulu
It aptly defines a large aspect of my personality

How... I queried the oracles of the Metu Neter (Ausar Auset Society) technically but actually inquired that which is the nexus of me and all that is. After getting my incarnate objective I gave form to it as Khem kefa ab MenNefer.

Alone was I ......


Why..After doing a 7 stint in Leavenworth (USDB) and reading and meditating I decided I wanted to take a more conscious role in creating myself and my name alluded to this as Khem: of no essential form "BLACK". kefa ab: seeking diligently with heart. MenNefer: The beautiful place, Good place, which is actually the Divine Fulcrum, capital of the two lands, Het Ptah Ka

The inference of the stasis that Christ is in through the symbolism of the Halo or Aura circling the head (in the spirit)...Thats MenNefer

Hetepu

Thankz for sharing why ! great names and reasons

I am a member of the Five fold ministry. The five fold ministry comes from Ephesians 4:7-16, which explains it's being, the various ministries, and their purpose. I was ordained a minister 5 years ago and believe in the work.

I am a member of the Five fold ministry. The five fold ministry comes from Ephesians 4:7-16, which explains it's being, the various ministries, and their purpose. I was ordained a minister 5 years ago and believe in the work.

5foldminister ... Hello and Welcome ... :wave:

Thanks for joining, posting, and sharing a little about yourself.

Please make yourself at home, because you are.

:heart:

Destee

COMO WA'ALKI (Sudanese Arabic for HOW ARE YOU?)
my speciality is in etymology!
i hold a great importance to names and what's behind them. if it wasn't for names and the tones in them, it would be 9 times as hard to trace your identity. my mother named me shane. my friends call me shuga shane (like the boxer). i recently changed my name to sha'iyn abdul quduws after studying egipt and etymology. my name means sha' "clay" and the a'iyn principle correlates with etym- and numer- ology. the very tone of this principle is laden in my birth name though Shane is known as Irish. Abdul Quduws is "son of the Holy". This is an Arabic derivative. also known as A'shug Abdullah Gadush (A'shug is LOVE in ancient Egiptian; Abdullah is SON OF; and Gadush is HOLY)

WADU

Thank you for sharing that very infomative info on your name and why


Keep it coming family so we all know who what and why ! to your name .....

I was Born in NYC Harlem and Raised in The Bronx. Harlem and the Bronx are afectionatley refered to as UPTOWN Harlem being Uptown Manhattan and The Bronx being UPTOWN from Manhattan and in 1998 around the time I was looking for a unique monieker A rap group "Deja Vu" (Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq) came out with this hit song "UPTOWN BABY!" which although had some vulgar lyrics braged on and about the street life qualities of the Bronx Heres an excerpt below:

"New York to the heart but got love for all
Lie and die in the fire where I learned to ball
Uptown is the place where I lay my dome
On the streets of the Bronx where my family roam

But if it wasn't for the Bronx
this rap **** probably never would be going on
so tell me where you from?
Uptown baby, uptown baby"


THE REST IS HISTORY I added an "E" which is the "Ole English" spelling the name exudes class style and ponash

this is UPTOWNE baby!

:) nice UPTOWNE! learnt a little about the set up of NY..

I didn't. My parents did.

keep da unique names coming thankz family for sharing a piece of yourself

I use to be tonguetwistnu when I started this poetry thang but with time and how I like to twist a conversation and words in someones mouth, I became twistnwords. Also, my poems usually have a twist to them.


Twist

Am I what I've become
A player of the game
or... just a number
In the cards
Attempting
To maintain ~

I find myself in search of myself

Through poetry

thanks onepoetsought....
your work has always inspired me...

it had been awhile since i had looked at this thread...it still is so fascinating to see/hear how we view ourselves...

wow, so many names and color changes...

where have we gone.....
hopefullly, we check in from time to time....

Just took my initials and year of birth and put them together.