WELL I BELIEVE ENVIROMENTS DETERMINES THE KIND OF NAMES GIVEN TO THE YOUNG ONES.WE AFRICANS WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN OUR LIVES. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY,I WAS TOLD THAT THE ESSENCE OF NAMING IS TO DISTNGUISH ONE SOUL FROM THE OTHER.

AFRICAN NAMES USUALLY REFLECT THE PARENTS FEELINGS AT THE TIME OF BIRTH.SO YOU COULD COME ACROSS NAMES LIKE "ABEBRESE" WHICH MEANS SUFFERING.ALSO NOT ALL THE CHILDREN BEAR THE NAME OF THEIR FATHER.SOME CHILDREN ARE NAMED TO HONOUR RELATIVES WHO NEVER HAD CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.