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The African-American Baby Name Book. Berkley Books. ISBN 0425159396. Tan, Hui Ren (2022). "Black and White Names: Evolution and Determinants". The Journal of Economic History. 82 (4): 959–1002. Zulu, Itibari M. (July 2017). "Synergizing Culture: African American Cultural Recovery through African Name Acquisition and Usage" (PDF).
Southern African-American Family on Porch. African American genealogy is a field of genealogy pertaining specifically to the African American population of the United States. . African American genealogists who document the families, family histories, and lineages of African Americans are faced with unique challenges owing to the slave practices of the Antebellum South and North.
Cuffee, Cuffey, or Coffey is a first name and surname recorded in African-American culture, believed to be derived from the Akan language name Kofi, meaning "born on a Friday". This was noted as one of the most common male names of West African origin which was retained by some American slaves. [1]
-aj (pronounced AY; meaning “of the" ) It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj (from the village Lashaj of Kastrat, MM, Shkodër). It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an [i] in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve ...
The Quander family is believed to be the oldest documented African-American family that has come from African ancestry to present day America. Historians believe so because they cannot find any records of any other African-American family whose ancestry has been consistently kept and published. The Quanders are from the Fanti tribe of the Akan ...
Masculine given names originating or commonly found among African Americans. Pages in category "African-American masculine given names" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.