The name Zahra was to have been lman's own name at birth, but a senior member of the family changed it to lman at the last minute.
If you go to any elementary school classroom in Texas, some kids in there are going to be named either Austin, Dallas or Houston.
Can you imagine me calling myself "Ruiz"? "Pablo Ruiz"? "Diego-José Ruiz"? Or "Juan-Népomucène Ruiz"? I was given I don't know how many names.
Every single laundromat, grocery store, everything is called 'Lupita' in Mexico.
My full name is Olatunde Olateju Olaolorun Fagbenle. I was named after my grandfather. It's Yoruba, which is, like, southern Nigeria.
My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as 'wee one.'
Jalen is a universal name, and girls also are named Jalen.
My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day.
