LADAINIAN AND LATORSHA: PARENTS TO BE
NFL player LaDainian Tomlinson and his wife LaTorsha dazzled in black as they posed at The Third Annual Night of Nights on May 15, 2010.
LaTorsha is due with the couple’s first child, a baby boy, later this year.
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Photo:Carol Sonstein
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Hi, this is a good post!
Both these names are ghetto and trashy.
Please give your child a real name like Colin or Nancy.
Thanks.
Black people are their own worse enemies. Get off the name tip and let them people name their kids WHATEVA.
Seriously, ‘Whateva’ is a great name.
My name is nappykat, and I support the ghetto names club.
Woah, a black NFL player with a black woman and having black kids? Is this day and age?
Who let the cat outta that bag on that one.
Anyway, CONGRATS. Cute couple.
They are a cute couple. Congrats to them! I’m a “La” child also LaTanya and I love it; what ever they name their child is their business. I just wish them a healthy baby and a happy life!
WOW..THESE PEOPLE ON HERE ARE HILARIOUS!!! THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG,BLACK COUPLE WHO ARE EXPECTING A BABY THAT WAS CONCEIVED AFTER MARRIAGE AND ALL YOU ALL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS THEIR NAMES? SMH @ TODAYS SOCIETY… CONGRATS TO THIS BEAUTIFUL COUPLE
They are a beautiful couple. Congrats to them
You guys are so funny…..NOT!
And NO… you Black Americans do not name your kids after any African Culture (@ Mimosa)!
And Yes, most of the Black American names does imply a certain level of conciousness/or the lack of it, on the part of the parent.
Not being rude in any way just stating the obvious.
“YOU BLACK AMERICANS”???? OBVIOUSLY U ARE NOT A BLACK AMERICAN SO HOW DO U KNOW THE NAMES GIVEN TO KIDS ARE NOT CULTURAL…STICK TO YOUR ROOTS IF U ONLY WANT TO PUT OUR PEOPLE DOWN. U SOUND SO IGNORANT TO ASSUME BLACK PEOPLE DONT NAME THEIR KIDS NAMES WITH MEANING…THAT JUST SHOWS HOW CLOSED MINDED U ARE..SMH U ARE NOT STATING OBVIOUS UR STATING YOUR GARBAGE OPINION….
Sangria,
You are on the wrong site..
whoo those names! lol
man, pls I hope they don’t name their kids “LA—.”
Nice looking couple though and congrats…
Wow, a young black celebrity couple that married before starting a family? O_O *checks for flying pigs*
All joking aside, I wish them all the best on their new addition and new life as a family.
I’m genuinely happy for them!
Stop…you’re killing me…checking for flying pigs. LOL.
I thought this was their second child.
I too am genuinely happy for them.
Congrats!
omg when i first saw the pic before reading the title i thought they were teenagers lol they’re so young…congrats to them though lol
I remember how excited he was when he found out. Congrats to them! They are a good looking couple.
Lol we haven’t moved passed judging people by their names yet? Oh, ok. But LT is a very intelligent and humble guy, I like him and his wife together. But I swear it seems she’s been pregnant forever!
Who care what some of you think when it comes to naming their child!!!! don’t pay any bills in their house. Evelina Rae always making statements about someone’s name as if hers is the greatest. Just happy to see black love and happiness. Peace and congrats to them both on their baby.
AGAIN “LUVBUG” as i stated last time you said you didn’t like my name on the Nia Long page…you don’t know my name, so whatever!
LuvBug ~ My thoughts exactly!!!!
No one on BCK is paying LaDainian or LaTorsha’s bills –
So why would they care what they name their son ??? !!!!
Just GLAD to see two black parents together who marry and then have kids…unlike most folks who do it the other way around…or just have kids but NEVER get married!
GREAT BLACK LOVE !!!
Congrats to this beautiful couple.
Congrats! Whatever they decide to name their child will be their business. Names that start with “La” are not stupid.
How beautiful are they? Congratulations.
Congrats to this couple .. im just afraid of what they name the baby as well lol
Why “lulu”? Why be “afraid”? These 2 people didn’t name themselves, their parents named them. They had no say in the matter. Just silly, that’s for sure.
Hopefully they don’t name their son “LA”-SOMETHING-STUPID
All the best! I hope you have a healthy baby boy!
“SOMETHING-STUPID”
Yeah like Evelina…JK
Typing “JK” after you make a rude comment doesn’t make it any less rude. Grow up. She’s entitled to her opinion just like everyone else who posts here without your asinine personal attacks.
agreed.
and maybe saying stupid sounds a bit harsh but…it is what it is. i thought the same thing.
Yeah but yesterday on the Michael Lynch post wasn’t Evelina the one who asked what is up with everybody naming their babies Laila, Rose, Sunday, etc.? So she questions those names and calls this couples name stupid? What is a suitable name to her? Also wasn’t her comment kind of rude?
TP, i didn’t say i didn’t like the names Laila or Lola i said what’s up with everyone naming their children those names. They’re not very common names, but i think the popularity is growing.
Um was my comment directed at you? Her comment was rude so I replied with a rude comment. Childish? Sure. Now while I wouldn’t name my child something like that, that is their business if they choose to. Those names have no meaning just like the trendy names you see going around today. Ex. Caden, Jaxson, Destiny, Carson, Nevaeh, etc.
Also seeing as I have no doubt that people with names like that read this site (this is bck after all), I’d suggest you stop calling their names stupid.
i didn’t call LADAINIAN AND LATORSHA’s names stupid. I said i hope they don’t name their son “LA” because they both have it (which is fine) then add something random (or as i put it stupid) Someone on another page (michael lynch) had good examples of stupid names that i had just read, it was my opinion on “unique” names that come across as “stupid”, but again i didn’t say their names were stupid or names that begin with LA are stupid.
Lol @ Beth. You have a point.
That was not necessary. You know if you heard those names while walking down an urban street, you’d shake your head or raise you eyebrows.
I do not always agree w/Evelina Rae, but she is entitled to her own opinion, just like you are.
She doesn’t like the name…that’s her issue. Don’t make it yours.
How do you know SHERLEY? Just because YOU think a certain way doesn’t mean everyone does. If “Sherley” is your real name are we to assume your mom was uneducated or “ghetto” thus the uncommon spelling of your name? Or maybe your mom liked the name, but wanted to put a unique twist on it?
I have to admit that long ago I was guilty of thinking negatively about the way others chose to name their children. I realized I was going along with what I’d been subjected to and just going along with what everyone else thought, but after assessing it for myself I didn’t have any issue with the names.
My mother named me Sherley & spelled it this way because in my culture that is the way one spells it.
Now I was about to put you in your place till I notice your name is Mimosa. Figured you been thru enough with that already.
When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.
Sherely, “Mimosa” is just my screen name. I thank you for proving my point though, but am sorry to say your ignorance is still showing. Now go look up ‘mimosa’ and find out what it is and was before a cocktail was given the name.
Apparently you seem to think I give a damn about you or your “screen name” chosen after a drink. Why not pick Alize or Hennessey?
How’s that for my ignorance showing through.
My friends and I have all made a non-ghetto pack to not name our children “La, Da, Ta” anything. I know I roll my eyes every time a customer service rep answers with one. You can be unique without sounding ignorant or ridiculous…and that goes for Jermajesty, Pilot Inspecktor, and other stupid celeb names too. But at least the celeb kids don’t have to deal with that stigma because they aren’t applying for the jobs we are.
Maybe it’s because no one in my family have “made-up” names but I’d never do that to my child. It just screams, “Guess what race I am and what type of neighborhood I’m from?” even if it couldn’t be further from the truth.
You may now proceed to light me on fire…
Monique, i like your opinion on the subject.
Celebrity kids won’t really need to hand in resumes, so it’s different, i agree. Names like Domani(da-money) T.I.’s 2nd son are odd, but he’ll get by. Sometimes it has a lot to do with the parents age when the child was born. In T.I.’s case he was like 20 when he had Domani and at that time he felt that was “proper” name to give his second son. I like that he named his others Messiah, with obvious meaning, King (Clifford,III.) and Major. Those names show he wanted to make them strive for the highest and be the greatest as their names are; although, it doesn’t mean i like those names for my own…his reasons for naming them this make them seem better. Maybe if he has more he’ll name them General, Emperor, Duke or Colonel.
I agree 100%. All 4 of us girls had “LA” middle names — LaShae, LaShaunn, LaKatrice, and LaNyette. Two first names are pretty “hooded”; Thankfully, my youngest sister and I lucked out and were named by other relatives.
LaShaunn here tossed that name out of the window as soon as I got married, so now my maiden name is my official middle name.
LOL!
Whatever they decide to name their child will be their business. Names that start with “La” are not stupid.
I didn’t say that they were. I said “LA” because both of their names begin with it. I said something stupid cause black people love to name their kids stuff like LaQueeshiana DaFabulous ect. this was actually discussed on a different BCK page(MICHAEL LYNCHE AND FAMILY AT THE “UNNATURAL HISTORY” PREMIERE)where people that work in HR toss out resumes with names that are hard to pronounce and spell.
@ Evelina Rae, you really need to get a clue as do a lot of other people. People make the assumption that every (Black) name they’ve never heard must not have any meaning without making any effort whatsoever to research it. A lot of times people’s names are taken from African tribes, countries etc. I will go even further to say that even if someone’s name can’t be found in the baby name books and sites doesn’t mean it’s without value. That shows how biased things are. Anyway, every child’s name means something to their parents. I have a preference for names that pertain to nature/plants and all 4 of my kids are named as such. I can just imagine how “Stupid” someone thought it was to name kids after flowers (such as, Lily, Rose, Violet) when it first occurred, but it became the norm. It seems that no matter what African Americans do and their reason for doing it people (even our own) are determined to see us as and state that we are “ghetto”. The people that take issue with names only need not name their children that way. Just because YOU don’t like a certain form of name doesn’t mean you should put down those that do. What people name their children isn’t for YOU to like anyway, it’s for THEM. If their kids take issue then they can have it legally changed when they are of age.
So to reiterate, although we’re on a blog we’re not supposed to have any opinions? We’re supposed to just nod and smile at every post to be polite? Thanks for the memo.
I don’t need to get a clue, thank you very much. It’s my opinion and i’m free to voice it…just as you’re free to disagree and state your own opinion.
Name are funny and don’t mean anything unless you’ve chosen them. I have mixed raced cousins named Tyreese and Taneesa and full black cousins named Riley, Melissa, John and Dylan…people are very surprised when they see them ’cause they don’t “fit” their names (what society says people with these names should look like)I think you should name your kids what you want to name them, but i don’t have to like it…not my kids just my opinion. I’ve chosen to name my kids something in between the classified “ghetto” name and the classified “white people” names, but maybe someone out there will still say they’re names are too “black” or too “white” that’s their opinion and they’re free to state it.
When I first saw this picture I thought Mekhi Phifer had a new baby coming and she reminds me of Lela Rochon.
Anyway, they are a gorgeous couple and I’m very happy for them that they are expecting. 
Lol here comes the lynch mob! Its really not that serious, I swear sometimes this website reminds me of “Hot Topics” on The View!
So?
So, what? You want more? It was my observance and my opinion. If you have nothing to add then you have the ability to keep it moving.
I’ve added more than enough. Now what?
I am right there w/you. I saw their names & I was like what is up w/those names?
Who names a boy LaDianian? Now I’m sure it stands for something, like a combination of mom & dad name. This doesn’t mean I think he’s a bad person; I just think his parents could have not done that to him.
LaTrosha could have been from the era when the La-s were popular. Latasha, Latanya, etc. Again this does not mean I think it makes her a bad person; just wish her parents would have chosen another name.
I can imagine they both had a laugh when they got together. It sounds so cute…just like them.
They deserve this miracle & I know they will be great parents. But I do hope their child’s name does not begin w/La. Unless of course he’s name after dad…then all righttt!
Congrats….the wife is very pretty.
What a lovely couple! Congratulations!