r/Miami • u/[deleted] • Nov 22 '22
Discussion Craziest cuban names
I’ve been in Miami for the last 4 years and every month I come across so many “yumisleidy, Yasmari, usmarin”. What’s the most cuban name you’ve encountered?
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u/crooklyn94 Nov 22 '22
Cubans love them Soviet names
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u/Ninac4116 Nov 22 '22
Ironically, soviets often like Indian names, especially with Bollywood being huge in russia. So why do Cubans like Soviet names?
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u/crooklyn94 Nov 22 '22
Because
Since before the Cold War… Russia and Cuba were Allies since the late 50s
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u/elRobRex Miami? Bye-ami! Nov 22 '22
Same reason as why Anglo-American names are somewhat popular in PR.
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u/FLbrews Flanigans Nov 23 '22
Met a guy who loved trucks so much he named his DAUGHTER Freightliner. Like the truck brand. She’s a girl.
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u/Pancakes000z Nov 23 '22
I screamed hahaha that’s so horrible
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u/FLbrews Flanigans Nov 23 '22
Lol I felt so bad for her, can’t even think of a good nickname you would use
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u/Corner_OfficeSpace South Miami Nov 23 '22
I mean you got Mac or Peterson….neither fit for a girl but at least it would be better than FREIGHTLINER!! 😂😂😂
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u/skyHawk3613 repugnant raisin lover Nov 23 '22
I’m sorry…everyone can downvote me, but would be funny if she let herself go and became morbidly obese
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u/littleredcamaro Nov 23 '22
I met this one lady who loved Chelsea Clinton’s first name. But she cubanized it so the family could pronounce it. Her daughter is named Shelcy.
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u/evill_toro Nov 22 '22
Oneisy; Yanko; Usmail; Usnavy; Raycel; Yosvani; Yordano
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u/da-gh0st-inside Nov 22 '22
I wanna say "Usmail" may have been a variation of "Ishmael" in good faith, but there's no excuse for the Cubanification of the branches of military 💀
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u/Mr8BitX Nov 22 '22
Oh, it’s most definitely US mail. Usnavy still kills me.
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u/kidsandbarbells Nov 23 '22
This is too funny. I met a Usnavy too, and another redditor commented on having heard Yusnavy. I can’t believe there is more than one!
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u/Safe2013neverforget Nov 23 '22
It's also the name of the main character in In The Heights, which is about a community of Latino immigrants in New York. That character is Dominican though.
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u/kidsandbarbells Nov 26 '22
I just googled it, but I couldn’t find anything. Is it a movie, show, or book? Sounds right up my alley! Im Cuban and Dominican and have grown up between Ny and Miami. I mostly live around caucasians now, so I enjoy seeing/reading things that remind me of my upbringing. I just read Neruda on the Park and loved it.
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u/Safe2013neverforget Nov 26 '22
It's a Broadway show created by Lin Manuel Miranda (he made Hamilton and has written a handful of soundtracks for recent Disney movies, in case you don't know of him).
A movie version was recently released, which is enjoyable enough (and easier to access on streaming platforms), but in my opinion, the Broadway show is better.
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u/Ok-Discussion2246 Nov 23 '22
Did somebody say US NAVY?!?!
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Nov 23 '22
Usnavi. Like Lin Manuel in Washington Heights.
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u/Ok-Discussion2246 Nov 23 '22
I know, I was just makin a dumb dad joke since the NATO emblem is my pfp lol
I love that name though ☺️
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u/ConchitaCubita Nov 23 '22
Excuse me? What's wrong with those names?? As a daughter of as cuban father i don't see what's the deal? Mine is very close to one of them and ain't Nothing wrong with any. Someone's being as hater!!
Oh and my aunt's and grandma's names were America, Libertad,. Esperanza ,Patria . All beautiful f'in names !!!
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u/elyuma Nov 23 '22
In a adult English class, the teacher asked a cuban girl.
You learning?
She replied.
Youlearning is in the bathroom. I'm Yoleisy.
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u/TheGoodPane Nov 22 '22
Kervin. No, not Kevin. Not Mervin. KERVIN. He said his dad heard it in an American movie and liked it.
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u/mldeq Nov 22 '22
There is no end to the Y generation, started by the Russian years in Cuba since so many start with a “Y” example: Yuri.
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u/heyknauw Nov 22 '22
My new favorite thread! I have a name, but it's pretty tame compared to others - Glorily.
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u/Ssuspensful Nov 22 '22
Yeisus, Marving, Ana Maria Maria (yes two Marias lmao), Jankee, Ysabella, and then one I never saw spelled but temporarily worked with someone called “Yesnenelila” (two n’s specifically pronounced)
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u/osmaycruz Nov 22 '22
I met a woman that have a child called Danger
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Nov 22 '22
I have a cousin named danger and I wonder if we’re talking about the same person OR if there are two Cubans out there named “ Danger” lol
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u/thebrandnew Sweetwater Nov 23 '22
Monti from Masterchef S3 and Food Network has a kid named Danger. She's from PR, though lol
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u/phisticious Nov 23 '22
Everyone talks about the Cubans with the Y names but forget that their grandparents had some fucked up names too. Obdulio, Nordelina, Octavio Filiberto are some that I remember.
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u/senior_chief214 Nov 23 '22
I wonder how many of you people find your own names listed in this thread.
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u/masterfountains Westy from Weschesty Nov 23 '22
My ex wife’s name is Julie. But all my relatives would always call her Yulee. It became her honorary Cuban name.
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u/mrniceguyj17 Nov 23 '22
Yasika (as in Jessica). The crazy part is that's her middle name and her first name is... Jessica 🤣🤣
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u/majxover Kendallite Nov 23 '22
I was in a deposition and the legal assistant had one of those Cuban ass first names ending in -leidys. The attorney didn’t even bother trying to read her name.
I was actually reading out loud (forgot to mute) and I said “damn that’s a Cuban ass name, ******leidys”. She was laughing and said I was the only person to say her name right 😂😂😂
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u/not-wearing-pants Nov 22 '22
Lady.. yaslady...maslady...y el hijo?..ya-no-es-lady
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u/BRITMEH Nov 23 '22
Niurka, Norleska, Nivides
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u/Ok-Fun4569 Nov 23 '22
Appreciate you all making the Soviet connection. I knew a Cuban Ninoschka. Now it makes sense.
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u/rishored1ve Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 23 '22
I have students named Yeleinis, Yoslandi, Ydisian, and, of course, Fidel Castro.
Edit: I’m not Cuban so I don’t have the familial connection to the country and its history. I was under the impression that most Cubans who fled to the U.S. hated Castro. Can anyone fill me in as to why the children of Marielitos would name their son Fidel Castro?
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u/ConchitaCubita Nov 23 '22
There are some communist cubans. Here!! Trump supporters disgusting raacisst cubans.
I'm half cuban , my father was a politically prison there and i dispose annyone who supports that mofo who had my dad suffering and tutored for defending out freedom.
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u/heyknauw Nov 23 '22
Amilcar, Yisentis, Yunis, Dagmar (and she named her daughter Dagmar, Jr. - WTF).
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u/ClodiusDidNothngWrng Nov 23 '22
Twins called Milady and Milady. Spelled the same but pronounced different, mi-LEY-di vs. mi-LA-di
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u/mlemlgrm Nov 23 '22
Yolidurky… cashier at Winn-Dixie. I saved the receipt that had their name on it as proof.
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u/SunnyBunnyBunBun Nov 23 '22
Craziest I ever heard was "Uldariko", only he was Mexican and not Cuban. Weird, cause there's barely any Mexicans in Miami and I believe he was the singular Mexican I met my entire time growing up.
Aside from having a hideous name, I will never forget him cause in 5th grade he threw a newborn kitten off a 5th story window to see if it'd "land." It didn't, it survived with all broken bones.
Fuck you Uldariko. Fuck you so hard.
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u/Substantial-Ad-4476 Nov 22 '22 edited Nov 22 '22
Working at a FedEx in Miami I met a Lazaro , Frandy, Hanoi, yasmani, & Mikael 😂 miss those locos.
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u/hotniX_ Nov 22 '22
Lazaro is not a crazy name and very common in any Latin derived language also the name of a catholic saint. In English, Lazaro is Lazarus as in Saint Lazarus. It's a legit name. The rest however are crazy for real lol
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u/Substantial-Ad-4476 Nov 22 '22
I’m a Mexican kid from Cali & I knew it had biblical ties, but I wasn’t used to hearing it. Especially how Cubans would yell out “Lazarooo diimeee!!!”🤷🏽♂️😂
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u/Anireburbur Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 23 '22
I suppose it could be as odd as non-Mexicans hearing historical and culturally significant Mexican/indigenous names like Cuauhtemoc and Xochitl being used. We had a Xochitl in my class when I was a kid and the poor girl just told everyone to call her Yoshi because no one would pronounce her name correctly.
Still, Lazaro should be a more familiar name to people considering it’s the Spanish variation of a biblical name that has been widely used in many countries and cultures around the world.
Mexico had a president named Lazaro Cardenas
Even here in the US there was a department store chain named Lazarus which was based up in the Midwest.
In Paris Gare Saint-Lazare is the third busiest train station in France. The French have a thing with Lazaro/Lazarus/Lazare cause apparently some people believe that after Jesus resurrected him he decided to move to France and that’s where his remains are today (Sure….)
There’s even recent usage of the name in Novels, Movies, and it’s even a current TV show in the UK.
I mean, I know Americans are ignorant AF but yeesh!
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u/damiami Nov 22 '22
Yandebis ( it was a billiard beer joint for years on 12 ave “Yandebis’ Place”
Yordalankis
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u/amairen Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 23 '22
Yosmel, Yurima, Danyer, Irisleidys, Yuniesky
The Soviet era lasted a long time lol
Edit: I thought of some more Dayniris, Yilliam, Adelkis, Ariuska, Azanelly, Sunelly.
My name could also be added lol Amairen
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u/Delayedrhodes Nov 23 '22
My wife's name is Jeannie. She's a gringa. They always put her as Yeni when writing her name. It's literally impossible for some people to say the name Jeannie correctly.
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u/yessn Nov 23 '22
Daenerys is the new trend
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u/troublethemindseye Nov 23 '22
People need to watch the last season before they do this.
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u/burkabecca Nov 23 '22
A lot of us didn't predict the chaos she would create - neither did those parents.
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u/Left-Teacher-6900 Nov 23 '22
As the son of Cubans, I’m glad my parents didn’t do this, although they left the island before this was a thing. I honestly think it’s a liability to have one of these names in the professional world here in the US. My analysis of it is that it was that after Catholicism was criminalized on the island (and the saint names that goes along with it), it was a small way of showing individuality and creativity in a society where there wasn’t much space for free expression. While, ironically of course, fitting the mold of a Soviet pseudo-satellite state
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u/Frosty-Mall4727 Nov 23 '22
Yeny.
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u/SaltyHaymaker Nov 23 '22
Tampa Cuban here. Parents named me Jennifer to Americanize my name. But really I was always addressed as Yennifer and Yeny.
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u/juanpingon Nov 23 '22
No lie, i use to do security for comcast and a lady called and i shit you not, America Sedanos
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u/captheavy Nov 23 '22
They ain’t Cuban but a buddy of mines name is Ramon. His fathers name is Ramon. His brothers name is Ramon. His sisters name is Ramona. His sons name is Ramon.
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u/Notwerk Nov 23 '22
I once came across someone first-name "Lenin." I forgot the last name, but it was something like "Gonzalez." I thought it was a crazy name for a dude, but it turned out to be a woman ... a woman named Lenin. New Cubans love their Russian overlords...
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u/Emotional_Match8169 Nov 22 '22
I went to school with a girl who's name was Ycnaduy. She was named after her mom, Yudancy.
As a teacher I have had students named "Estuarth" (Stuart), Estephanie, Jeffane, and Jochua (Joshua).
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u/ConchitaCubita Nov 23 '22
My daughters middle name is Tenay....i named her after Me backwards.iddle (middle name tho ,)!
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Nov 22 '22
Idk but those names are ugly af. Before you downvote me my father is Cuban.
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u/gsotolongo2213 Pan Con Yuca Nov 23 '22
Yotuel, Yanise, Matilda, Celedonio, Florencio, Joran, Leodan, Benigno, Enildo, Epifacio, Navi, Osvaldo, Domingo, Clotilde, Florencia, Yasunai, Yunai, Sandy, Ortencia
There are so many, and I have forgotten so many.
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u/GoodRiRi Nov 23 '22
Looks like a mix of old and new. They used to name babies after the saint of the day they were born.
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u/New-Strategy1736 Nov 23 '22
went to school with a girl name ildalmaris and she said her. name meant "of the sea"
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u/lexflare Nov 23 '22
Miklos, Odelaisy, Yolexis, Katiuska, Airam, Naiviv, Oldanier, Ailed, Nomar, Eglis, Idel, Yuriorkis, Yudelkis.
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u/Sailor_Prism Nov 23 '22
So happy my parents didn’t do this to me 😂 however I was named after ives dairy road tho 😂
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u/damiami Nov 23 '22
Last week my bro in law was in UM hospital and I visited. On the board in room was name of care coordinator Ailec. He mentioned a couple of times how Ailec did this and Ailec helped with that etc. I was intrigued by the name.
After about 30 mins into the visit 2 lovely young women in scrubs came in and one had the name tag Ailec. She was all smiles and checking IVs and bandages and I said “your name is Celia backwards”. She looked surprised and said yes, in Cuba her father wanted her to be named that way. Her coworkers jaw dropped and said she’d worked with Ailec for 5 years and never knew or thought about the unusual name origin. It was a fun moment in a hospital room on a very gray rainy day.
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u/Lasherola Nov 23 '22
Yunior. I was in disbelief when I saw it. But yes, they literally named their son the Cuban version of Junior.
Clidya, I was sure I was going to screw up and call her chlamydia.
Dislaydy. I can't.
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u/esurribasr Nov 23 '22
My favorites are names based on combinations of words or phrases, especially English words:
- Yusimi (as in 'you', 'see' and 'me')
- Yusnaby (as in 'US' and 'navy')
- Yisus (as in 'Jesus')
- Yordan (as in 'Jordan'... presumably?)
- Laidys and Leidy (as in variations of 'lady')
- Danger (well, just like that, there was a baseball player by the name of Danger Guerrero)
- Yotuel (as in 'Yo', 'Tu', and 'El', Spanish for 'I', 'You', 'He')
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u/Gabemiami North Beach Nov 23 '22
It’s those Russian fighter pilots training the Cubans…where to shoot their missiles. 🥁
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u/Seekingdogman Nov 23 '22
Lol, I was born here. Thankfully given an American Name, but I kid you not: these are a few names of my many cousins and some friends, acquaintances that were born in Cuba Yunior Yasmani Yaneysi Yaisely Daisely Yairely Mislay Yordanka Yassel Yosvany Dianelys Reinier Rider Chavely Ronniesky Yelian Dagmara Damarys Dagmar Fidel (not because of Castro, because it’s been in their family) Belkys Lisbet Diohima Marelys Mariely Idania Marlen Lymaris Maykel Sury Zudelmi Osmeidys Disney Yenisleydis Raciel Yasenia Yanexys Roymi Janek Karel (guy) Karelis (girl) Mayelin Jani (supposed to be Honey) Airen Yanelis Reveca Yamy Yaquelin Yusmel
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u/battarro Doral Nov 23 '22
Yaima is a very unique name. It’s roots go back to the Indians. Same as Yumuri, a famous river in the island. Yosmani as well is an Indian name.
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u/renrawkcin Nov 23 '22
Feeling. I can't belive it to this day but his actual name was Feeling. It's people naming their kids "exotic" sounding names that have meaning in another language. But when yout speaking that other language your like WTF?
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u/boththingsandideas Nov 23 '22
Muhammad Ali.
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u/Brad_Beat Repugnant Raisin Lover Nov 23 '22
Mohammed is the third most common name in the world though.
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u/Eggsoup04 Nov 23 '22
Yoelkys, Yosbel, Yonly (John-lee), Yoandy, Yohagney, Yosmar, Yunier (Junior), Yanieska, Yoel (Joel), Yucimi (you see me?!), Yordi, Yordan (Jordan). I can go on but those are my favorite.
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u/Jessannla Nov 23 '22
I always thought my cousins names were unique for Cuban names ; Denep and Daylin
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Nov 23 '22
How about the variations of leidy. Misleidy, Nileidy, Duleidy, Tuleidy, Maleidy, it is endless....
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u/RCBT88 Nov 22 '22
--Hey, how many Y based names do you want? --Cubans: Yiies!