Assyrian historical names, avoided?

MesopotamianGirl

MesopotamianGirl

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I have noticed recently that many Assyrian families when giving names to their babies are avoiding the Assyrian/Babylonian names of Gods and Goddess or even the names of the ancient Gods/Goddesses descendants. I was thinking about this, is it because the difficulity of the pronouncing the names in western countries or is it because lack of knowledge in our Assyrian community. I know many names are very popular in our culture,like Sargon, Ashoor, Nineveh, etc.
And people maybe chose to make their baby more special by choosing something not so authentically Assyrian, like choosing an English name like Kevin, Alexandra etc. to stand out? We many beautiful combined or not combined Assyrian names written in old history books that really shouldn't be pushed aside. I have my second cousin who named his daughter Enuma-elish. When foreigners hear this they get curious and search for the meaning and find the history behind this name. I respect everbodays choice, and they're entitled to their right to chose names, i just wanted to bring this up for discussion because it's increasing. Many Assyrians have choosen or still chose even biblical names which myself I would rather chose some of the biblical names then something else, after Assyrian names of course. Myself I prioritize Assyrian names even though some of them are commonly used.
 
because of a couple of reasons.

- Some name their children western names like Kevin because that fits better into the western society (which i think is a ****ed up reason).

- Others give Biblical names to their children because they are religious ... and some do it because christianity has become part of our culture.

- of course there is a lack of knowledge too.

I am a christian and i dont see the use of giving my kid the name of a pagan god. in my view and a lot of other's view the ancent assyrian religion is a pagan one. Therefore the reason I wouldn't name my child Ashur, Marduk, Enana etc. is because those are names representing pagan gods. That is my opinion because im a religious christian. Although such names like Nimrod, Sargon, Ninweh etc. are ok.  :)

That is MY opinion ... and to mee my religion stands higher than my nationality... even though im an umtanaya  :)
 
Okay, my opinion, as Christian, is it?s not Christian if you kill or to support killing.

According to the existance of our nation, which is in danger of extinction, not keeping our culture alive, aware or not aware, is killing or the support of killing our culture.

And as a Christian I belive that the biblical ban of killing is not just regarding humans, but also other things towards good things, like culture, identity, language, etc.
 
If one wants to fit in the western society and at the same time maintain their traditional Assyrian names I would favor such an order in names:

Western name - Assyrian Middle Name - Assyrian Last Name

e.g.

Kevin Sargon Dawoud
 
Hanuni said:
If one wants to fit in the western society and at the same time maintain their traditional Assyrian names I would favor such an order in names:

Western name - Assyrian Middle Name - Assyrian Last Name

e.g.

Kevin Sargon Dawoud
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OR Western name - Actual Assyrian name as Middle Name - Assyrian last name

example - my name

Kevin Sada Yonan
i actually prefer to be called Sada, i hate the name Kevin
 
Our parents gave us all Biblical names which I love. Personally I would do Assyrian name a family name (grandparents name or my/his  parents) and our family surname.
We need another Assyrian named Roosevelt ;)
 
Sorry to offend anyone, but I think it's because it'sweird and sounds more like a nickname.

'Sup, my name is Ashurbanipal.'

Yes, I know there are people with this name, but why?

Christian names are very appealing, simple, and appropriate in every language, not just English.
 
iraqicamel said:
Sorry to offend anyone, but I think it's because it'sweird and sounds more like a nickname.

'Sup, my name is Ashurbanipal.'

Yes, I know there are people with this name, but why?

Christian names are very appealing, simple, and appropriate in every language, not just English.
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how about a black guy named Ashur? there is in my school, and he has no Assyrian lineage whatsoever
 
One can fit in if one integrates of course but when people hear your name you will be regarded as foreign immediately in another way than if your first name is Swedish, or should I say Swedish influenced.
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If you are Assyrian you are foreign no matter where u go. Yuo are not swedish i assume so you ARE foreing there :) unless u assimilated?
 
I don't think Assyrian names are being avoided, you just don't see the complicated ones (No need to), other than that, names such as Sargon, Ashur, Ninos, Nineveh, Shamiram, Ashtar, etc are all still in use.
 
I'm not sure what I will do when I have children.  I just know it was a b!tch growing up with a "weird" name among all the white kids. Even the teachers didn't know what to do with me and put in the ESL classes even though I didn't need it. You are automatically treated differently.


On a side note, my siblings and I all have Assyrian names but my parents, aunts, and uncles (both sides) do not.
 
our culture is not dying because we use some Biblical names along side our cultural names. Cultures devolop and christianity is part of our culture today. Being christians for about 2000 yeas ... OF COURSE we have accepted Christianity into our culture, so its all normal :)
 
AlexSuryoyo said:
Is it a true story????  :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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yes his name is Ashur, I asked his mom once why she named him that, she said because a guy named Ashur saved her life in a car accident once and that he was an angel and stayed with her until she felt better.
 
I come across a lot of black girls named Assyria  :lol:

I have an ancient Assyrian king's name. I used to want to change it as a child since it was so "foreign" but as I grew older my mentality changed from "I hate my name" to "F anyone that doesn't like it".

I had a professor who was taking attendance once, and she ended up looking at me (she was trying to remember everyone's names) and she said "Oh wait, you don't have a normal name..."

:ranting:

It was definitely a Freudian slip.


What's "normal" for me may not be "normal" for someone else.
 
LOL...nice!  but thats not so weird!!.....i mean, my cousins have to told  me a story, they were once walking in the streets of america (i dont know where exactly)  and they saw these 2 black young boys playing football in the street,speaking ASSYRIAN!!........ so they were like (my cousins) said hey hey! come here boys, how can u speak assyrian ???, the boys were like: our mom is ashtnetha (dont know if u have heard about ashetnayes!), and our dad is american!!! lol........but they didnt say dont know if u have heard about ashtnayes, i added that! so u would understand!  :)

and and.....i know one of my cousins has married a chinese woman!!....ya u heard it right CHINESE woman!!!!


one of my cousins also married a foreighner!.....i get soooo sad when hear about these ppl getting married to other racis!!!.... :cry: sometimes i tell mom, and she is like heyy!! its not like u are the one who is getting married!,and i start...but mom, how would assyrians keep to exist when these ppl arent thinking about bla bla bla!  :blush2:
and i was RIGHT!!.....that woman got divorced!!!  :blush2: 
:imsorry:  :oops:  :blush2:  :mrgreen:
 
Personally i don't think it is THAT critical if an Assyrian guy marries a foreign woman... you know, whether if we like it or not, in mid-eastern cultures it is the male who has the biggest chances of passing on his legacy. Of course women can do it too, but personally i think men have better chances at doing so.
 
7ayruta said:
Personally i don't think it is THAT critical if an Assyrian guy marries a foreign woman... you know, whether if we like it or not, in mid-eastern cultures it is the male who has the biggest chances of passing on his legacy. Of course women can do it too, but personally i think men have better chances at doing so.
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Ima adopt 10 black children from Africa and raise them Assyrian hehehe
but women have been keeping our omta alive, THATS why we hold Assyrian women in high regard when it comes to inter-racial marriage.
 
mrzurnaci said:
Ima adopt 10 black children from Africa and raise them Assyrian hehehe
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i say the same lol!!!


i always say that am gonna be rich 'one day' and raise ten african children (BOYS)  in an assyrian way, give them home food money scool but teach them assyrian language and bring them to church..lol    :blush2:  :mrgreen:
 
In America it's true you don't really see too many Assyrian names. We mostly use biblical names, which as 7ayrutha said religion is already a part of our culture. What's wrong with naming the boy Matthew, Luke, Mark, John, Patrick, Nicholas, Peter, Simon, Eddie....

They are all in the bible and probably all have an Assyrian spelling and pronounciation. For example: Matt/Matthew=Mattai, John=You7anan, Simon=Shim'on, Eddie=Yalda...
 
AssyrianRoyalty said:
I come across a lot of black girls named Assyria  :lol:

I have an ancient Assyrian king's name. I used to want to change it as a child since it was so "foreign" but as I grew older my mentality changed from "I hate my name" to "F anyone that doesn't like it".

:ranting:
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:ROFLMAO:



i like the ("F anyone that doesn't like it")....sounds much better! ;)    :mrgreen:
 
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