I am African American and it is a big part of our culture to make up unique names for our children. My name is very rare. Alkia (AL-KEY-UH)
My father's name is Al and Kia was a very popular suffix in the 70's
I am going very non-traditional as far as my culture goes. The names I want sound very yuppy like... Kennedy & Camille for girls and my boys will be named after my DH (his request) and my Grandfather(I promised as a little girl).