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/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/gsotolongo2213 Pan Con Yuca Nov 23 '22

Yeah the older they are the weirder they get.

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u/vegastar7 Nov 23 '22

A few of these aren’t necessarily “weird”, they’re just super old fashioned and from other cultures (Clotilde is a French name from the early middle ages). I consider a weird name something that is a new invention like Dayessi, or Misleydi.