Are Latinos selling out by giving their kids American names?

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thu 10/29/2009

A child walks down a New York City street while holding on to his parent's hand.

(image by rakastajatar via flickr)

Emilio and Gloria Estefan named their daughter Emily. Wisin of Wisin y Yandel named his son Dylan.

Are Latinos selling out if they give their kids American names?

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84 responses to “Are Latinos selling out by giving their kids American names? ”

we can name our kids whatever we want to name them

★ мιzz yandel ★ ..

thu 10/29 1:35am

i agree it shouldn't matter ?

$$$CARLITO$EL$ PANAMENO$$$

thu 10/29 1:38pm

agree with u

Adri Eli Queen

thu 10/29 2:01pm

Yes i agree pero
some ppl name thier kids like the guerritos
then they kant even pronounce them rite..

мizz gùεяα™

thu 10/29 5:42pm

It just seems weird to me that we have begun to conform to white names to give our kids better futures. Pretty soon "Jose" will be replaced with William and John.

ContrabandTV

thu 10/29 2:27am

I think that as Latinos we should change the perspective that most of the US has on us, and show that it is much more important to look at the qualifications of the person rather than the hereditary factors, after all your culture should nvr be the deciding factor in landing a great career, that's just plain ignorance on the hiring side of this situation....just my opinion though...