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List of African names in Jet magazine, 1971 In September of 1971, Jet magazine published a one-page article that ended up having a strong influence on U.S. baby names. It was called “African … 
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Ms. Theron’s father is Charles, so the name honors her dad. And it’s not a wacky heritage choice, either – Theron’s first language is Afrikaans, even though she speaks fluent English.
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I've learned a lot from this! I didn't even know Theron was South African.
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Zuid-Afrika was in 1938 in de ban van de herdenking van de Grote Trek honderd jaar eerder. Mannen lieten hun baarden staan, vrouwen hulden zich in klederdracht en kinderen werden gedoopt vanaf de ossenwagen.
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South Africa in the 1930s: some Boer children were named in honour of the centenary of the Great Trek (a migration that led to the founding of the Boer Republics), and in honour of contemporary European leaders.
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Today is my 25th birthday! I'm actually feeling pretty great about reaching the quarter-century milestone, so I thought I'd celebrate by taking a closer look at a random selection of 25 of my very favourite names. It's quite an eclectic list!
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Some great names here - and some things I didn't know about Behati.
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I know this name and others will too as the name of super-model Behati Prinsloo who is married to Maroon 5 singer front man Adam Levine who is also a judge on The Voice.
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