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  2. African-American names - Wikipedia

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    Prefixes such as La/Le, Da/De, Ra/Re, or Ja/Je and suffixes such as -ique/iqua, -isha (for girls), -ari and -aun/awn (for boys) are common, as well as inventive spellings for common names. The book Baby Names Now: From Classic to Cool—The Very Last Word on First Names places the origins of "La" names in African-American culture in New Orleans ...

  3. Afro-Haitians - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Afro-Haitians are descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the island by Spain and France to work on plantations. Since the Haitian Revolution, Afro-Haitians have been the largest racial group in the country, accounting for 95% of the population in the early 21st century. The remaining 5% of the population is made up of mixed ...

  4. 175 Best Middle Names for Girls - AOL

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    Long Middle Names for Baby Girls. There's just something about scrolling a nice long name in cursive. Plus a short first name can be well balanced out by the longer middle name. Marceline ...

  5. Haitians - Wikipedia

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    Haiti's population is mostly of African descent (5% are of mixed African and other ancestry), [37] though people of many different ethnic and national backgrounds have settled and impacted the country, such as Poles [38] [39] (from Napoleon's Polish legions), Jews, [40] Arabs [41] (from the Arab diaspora), Chinese, [42] Indians, [43] [44 ...

  6. The top 100 middle names for girls - AOL

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    The top five middle names for girls overall are Rose, Elizabeth, Grace, Jane and Marie. Redmond says the top five trendy middle names for girls are Pearl, Violet, Josephine, June and Beatrice. 100 ...

  7. 90 Middle Names for Girls, Whether You Want Something ... - AOL

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    This Latin name meaning “olive tree” was the most popular baby girl name last year, according to the Social Security Administration. It’s also every bit as lovely as a middle name, with the ...

  8. Social class in Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The mulatto elite dominated governments in the 1930s and the early 1940s and thwarted the political aspirations of the black middle class. President Dumarsais Estimé (1946–50) came to power with the aim of strengthening the middle class. The Duvalier government also claimed the allegiance of the black middle class, at least through the 1970s.

  9. Why Do We Have Middle Names? - AOL

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    A common tradition was making the middle name the maiden name of the mother. Common middle names for girls. According to Kidspot, here are the most common middle names for girls in the USA: Marie ...