World Cup names in South Africa

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Apparently, now that the Fifa World Cup is taking place in South Africa, parents are naming their babies things like Fifa and Soccer City!

In certain communities of South Africa, the naming of children is an extremely important process, marking a child’s character based on the circumstances of his or her birth. Unlike Western cultures, where children often take on the name of a favorite aunt or grandparent, South African names are often descriptive of qualities to be aspired to.

Full article right here!

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Comments

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

Haha I'm South African(we live in Canada) and I think that's hilarious. My mom loved all those names while she was living there(she was an exchange student) and she considered a bunch of names like that for me before picking a family name from her Canadian side. But yeah, I could've been Pride, India, Savannah, Kruger, Patience, Soleil(because they went to Sun City on their honeymoon), or any number of other names she's mentioned considering for me. I think she was really pulling for Savannah and India, but my dad who is actually the born and raised Afrikaaner was just not having it :P

[apathykisses.livejournal.com]

Soccer City is pretty horrible.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Ha! Well, at least names like Soleil and India are pretty cool...and better than Soccer City ;)

[nimnod.livejournal.com]

At the end of apartheid a lot of kids were named freedom (not in English - this trend is mostly in non-English communities). In Xhosa this is Nkululeka (pronounced in-koo-loo-leh-ka) - quite a nice name IMHO. =)