DT Namewatch, #2: Kinskis & Embracing Ethnic Names

Wow, Namewatch. It's like how, when you learn a new word, you start hearing it everywhere:

Aljosha Kinski [boy], Sonja Moussa, Kenia [girls] [imdb bio]

Marcus Philimon, Demetrius Anthony, Lumay [from Lumei] Jayon [from Jiyang], and on and on and on [an interesting NYT article about not Anglicizing names]

2 Comments

Richard | October 12, 2006 2:52 PM

Aljosha is a nickname for Alexander in Russian.

SC | October 12, 2006 7:23 PM

At my sons school there are a lot of Elijiahs, Isaiahs, and Marcos. It's the little white girls who have the ghetto names.

October 12, 2006