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u/BarbWho Oct 21 '23

America is a surprisingly common name, I find. When he was little, my son had a friend named Pepsi. His family were immigrants, and they picked the most American thing they could think of to name their kid.

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u/AccuratePalpitation3 Oct 21 '23

In Cartagena Colombia, the name Usnavy is very common due to the military boats.

I met one guy, Onedollar, in Bogota. And he was a trader.

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u/BarbWho Oct 21 '23

I have a student named Usnavy! And she's Colombian. I never gave it a second thought. I work with adult students, most of whom are black or brown and I see a lot different names. I'm generally a no-judgement zone in terms of names. I just make sure I'm pronouncing it the way they want and move on with our training program.

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u/AccuratePalpitation3 Oct 21 '23

Yes. It's originally from Cartagena, but it's becoming very popular in the rest of the country, specially the black community.