Need help w/ African name, please.
Warren Brown
I work in an Intensive Care Nursery and would like to try to help the parents
of an adorable little premie discover the meaning of a name that they are
considering giving her. They would like to name her "Nyla" which they
said is Swahili but the dad is adamant about not naming her until they
know what it means. They would hate to have her go through life with a
name that means "smarmy little weasel" or something like that ;-) !
Seriously, they have pretty much decided on a middle name of "Chinasa"
which they said means "God answers prayers" since it is so appropriate in her
case. Their last name has two syllables so the name "Nyla Chinasa ______"
has a very nice ring to it.
If anyone can provide any information I would be most appreciative.
TIA.
Warren Brown, RN
Children's Hospital-Oakland
Oakland, CA
Faye Costarell
Check books in the reference section of your library for books of names
might include African names.
Somewhere, I found the meaning of the name of a slave, "Cuffey"
who was named in a New England will. In African, Cuff means he
was a male child born on Friday.
Faye
Colin Fletcher
war...@netcom.com (Warren Brown) wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I work in an Intensive Care Nursery and would like to try to help the >parents of an adorable little premie discover the meaning of=
a name that >they are considering giving her. They would like to name her "Nyla" >which they said is Swahili but the dad is adamant=
about not naming her >until they know what it means. They would hate to have her go through >life with a name that means "smarmy li=
ttle weasel" or something like >that ;-) !
>
>Seriously, they have pretty much decided on a middle name of "Chinasa"
>which they said means "God answers prayers" since it is so appropriate >in her case. Their last name has two syllables so the name =
"Nyla Chinasa >______" has a very nice ring to it.
>
>If anyone can provide any information I would be most appreciative.
>
>TIA.
>
>Warren Brown, RN
>Children's Hospital-Oakland
>Oakland, CA
>
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I'm actually no help at all.
But have you thought of posting to the soc.culture.africa newsgroup?
I've kinda done it with this reply. Hope it helps.
.. Colin.
Colin Fletcher
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Whoops. It's soc.culture.african
I left off the 'n' on my first attempt.
Hope this one helps more!
.. Colin.
Bob St. John
arn't many left but a game park was established to protect them 20 years
ago.
Faye Costarell
On Sat, 3 Feb 1996, Margaret Olson wrote:
> > Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.misc,soc.roots,alt.genealogy,
> > soc.culture.africa
> First off - do you REALLY get soc.roots????? That newsgroup was
> removed about Jan 1 1995 from the list of newsgroups and was
> replaced by soc.genealogy.misc - and a list of 7 soc.genealogy
> newsgroups.
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Margaret:
I merely replied to the original posting.
Faye