hi folks...nothing is happening on Ardrew, so I will share this tidbit with you. a reminder, for any of you with African-American information, please share it with afrigenesis. It is a wonderful black network of genealogists and historians. Rebecca ---------- > From: rdea <rdea@seark.net> > To: Valencia Nelson <vnelson@nti.net> > Subject: African naming custom: Day Name > Date: Sunday, November 29, 1998 9:29 AM > > from "A to Zax" by Barbara Jean Evans, p 85-85. > day name: the name given a black child born to parents who > observe African customs. The name indicates the sex and > the day of the week on which the child was born. > Beginning with Sunday, a male child could be named > Quashee, Cudjo or Cudjoe, Cubbena, Quaco, Quao, > Cuffee or Cuffy, and Quamin or Quame. > A female would be named Quasheba, Juba, Beneba, > Cuba or Cubba, Abba, Pheba or Phibbi, and Mimba. > [posted by Rebecca DeArmond] > rdea@seark.net > www.seark.net/~rdea/ > www.seark.net/~history/