Are Latinos selling out by giving their kids American names?

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Emilio and Gloria Estefan named their daughter Emily. Wisin of Wisin y Yandel named his son Dylan.

Are Latinos selling out if they give their kids American names?

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HONESTLY I THINK THAT AMERICANS NAMES ARE BETTER THAN LATINOS LOL!

its just funny when they cant even pronounce it!

i think u can name ur child watever u want as long as u can pronounce it. Other ppl do judge when your hispanic and your name is maegan.

im namin ma kid Billy Bob Joe Gonzalez. :p jk i wudnt do that mejor juan (juanito) :))sounds better!

Well it all depends on your culture. Sometimes cultures are dying out because a latino is named like an American. But we're all american if we're in America. So it doesn't really matter. That idea just goes with us because of the way we were raised.

No becuz in spanish. It could sound beautiful.
N maybe thats y they named them like that.

it shouldn't really matter because we still give our kids nicknames in english... ex: jose= joe, juan= john, perla= pearl, maria= mary... etc.

well i know a lot of white people with spanish names so idk

WELL ANYONE CAN NAME TEIR KID HOWEVER THEY WANT TOO... YO PIENSO Q CUANDO YEGAN A ESTADOS UNIDOS THEY FIND MORE NAMES LOL!!! =) AND THEY MIGHT THINK A NAMEIS COOL N THEY WANT TO NAME THEIR CHILD LIKE THAT!!!!!!! LMAO!!!

I say people can name there kid anything they want it's there kids anyways lol so why should other ppl care seriously.