Names parents give their children often are filled with hope - they predict the future they hope their children will have. Zoe? They want their girl to be a zesty artistic type. Lauren? She's going to be an investment banker.
In Malawi, names just as often describe the conditions by which the children were acquired rather than any prediction of the type of life that child will have.
I know a family with a daughter named Comfort, and a son named Effort. Before it was explained to me that these names fall into the former rather than latter category - they were HI-larious to me.
I knew a guy in Mitundu named Shame. His parents weren't ashamed of him as much as saying "Shame on you!" to people in their village about something not even related to the kid!
Names of places in America are very popular. Lots of Austins (my landlord's first name is Austin, middle name? Texas!). Ladies are sometimes called Florida.
Lately, I've been doing some data entry and have come across some awesome names. I thought it's only nice to share:
Fashoni (Chichewa equivalent of Fashion - this is a guy by the way)
Master
Flywell
Sailence (equivalent to Silence)
Limited
Action
Petrol
Jailosi (ChichEnglish for jealousy)
Biscuilt (one of my favorites b/c not only is his name Biscuit but they spelled it wrong!)
Two boy
Super
Fraction
Raison
and...the winner is...
Disease
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