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When Baby Names Become Battlegrounds Between Cultural Identities

My Somali wife wants to name our daughter after her grandmother but the name is unpronounceable for my American family and I worry about what school will be like.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A child's name carries the full weight of identity, belonging, and the parents' vision of their future.

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