Trying to put this is the least offensive way and not really knowing how…I’ve always loved the name [name]Cora[/name] but I just saw the movie [name]Django[/name] and one of the slaves in it was named [name]Cora[/name]. Then I google imaged it and a bunch of the girls that came up were African-American. I’m not a racist but if there’s a name that’s traditionally used for a different race than mine than I try to avoid it. Is [name]Cora[/name] a black name?
On the same kind of note, is [name]Ivy[/name] an [name]Asian[/name] name? [name]Ivy[/name] is the name of the Chinese American Girl doll and I saw somewhere that [name]Ivy[/name] is used a lot more by [name]Asian[/name]-American parents. Would you picture an [name]Ivy[/name] as [name]Asian[/name]?
Sorry if this is offensive to anybody, I’m trying to put it the best way I can!
I don’t think either of them are tied to a certain ethnicity, especially in [name]America[/name], the great melting pot. Now, many students at my school classify black names as made up sounding, ending with the -eesha sound or having an apostrophe in the middle of the name (i.e. [name]Tyrus[/name], [name]Letitia[/name] and L’[name]Shawn[/name]); and many people refer to these names as African American names, which I don’t get.
I know an [name]Ivey[/name] (pronounced exactly like [name]Ivy[/name]- the spelling is her mom’s maiden name) and she is of Hispanic descent. I would never assume it belonged to an [name]Asian[/name] girl, because there isn’t a ‘v’ sound in Chinese, Japanese and Korean (though I believe either Hindu or Sanskrit does). But I wouldn’t be surprised to meet an [name]Asian[/name]-American girl with the name; many children from other cultures have Western names.
While certain names do bring out racial and ethnic assumptions from many (i.e. [name]Keisha[/name], [name]Mei[/name]-Xing and Krishnan), in the Western world it is generally common for Western names to not have associations to any race, nationality or ethnicity.
I’ve never thought of either name as being particularly “black” or “[name]Asian[/name]”.
Some names are obviously of another culture, but I don’t think [name]Cora[/name] or [name]Ivy[/name] are.
The only [name]Cora[/name] I know is a 20something white woman and the only [name]Ivy[/name] I’ve ever met was a friend of my grandmother’s (not [name]Asian[/name]). However, I’ve had it explained to me that Asians really like flower names when choosing English names. When I was at uni, there were 3Chinese Lilys on my floor in residence… But these were not their “real” names, but names they chose to make it easier for us Canadians to pronounce their names. [name]Lily[/name] became a popular name for babies a few years after I graduated.
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The only [name]Cora[/name] I know is a 20something white woman and the only [name]Ivy[/name] I ever met was a friend of my grandmother’s (not [name]Asian[/name]). That said, it has been explained to me, that when choosing English names for themselves when studying or in English speaking countries, Asians favour flower names and names from favourite novels (like [name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables they said). There were 3 Chinese Lilys on my residence floor at university, before [name]Lily[/name] became a popular name for babies
No definitely not. I love both names for any race/nationality. I only think of names like “[name]Shaniqua[/name]” as being african-american and i don’t know of any [name]Asian[/name] stereotypical names.
I wouldn’t associate either name with any particular ethnicity either. [name]Nor[/name] does either (as far as I know) hold a sensitive meaning to people of any ethnicity (as far as I know of), it’s not a name like [name]Jemima[/name] or anything of the sort.
Agreed. I mean, I can see [name]Ivy[/name] working on a little adorable [name]Asian[/name] girl, but both [name]Ivy[/name] and [name]Cora[/name] are so vintagey-delightful (and rather classic!) that I don’t think it’d be an issue for a little girl of any nationality.
I agree, no ties with either name. I was an American Girl [name]Doll[/name] lover when I was younger, and I remember when [name]Ivy[/name] came out. So I guess I will always think of that doll when I think of the name [name]Ivy[/name]. But I still don’t think it has ties with any ethnicity though.
Here’s the thing: I’m an asian and I live in [name]Asia[/name]. My friends names are [name]Elisabeth[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Veronica[/name], [name]Nadya[/name], [name]Natalia[/name], etc. Those are all real names. So no, I do not assiciate names with the ethnicities (except the very obvious ones). [name]Cora[/name] and [name]Ivy[/name] are definitely not obviously culture related, so I think they are universal names.
