Fanta (first name)

variants

Fanta
Fantamady

Origin and meaning of the name

Fanta is a very common given name in West Africa . The LG Cologne considers the first name Fanta to be permissible in Germany (LG Cologne StAZ 1999, 147 [148]).

The name caused a sensation in Germany, which is mainly known as a drink in connection with other names such as Pumuckl, Schnucki or Pfeffermintze. These were applied for by the parents as names for their child at the responsible registry office and mostly rejected because they contradict general custom and order or the best interests of the child . Lists of relevant court judgments can be found in the article German first name .

Origins

Preferred in the African ethnic group of the Mandinka , who settle in Mali , Senegal , Gambia , Guinea-Bissau , Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso , this name is very common.

Well-known namesake

Cheick Fantamady Camara (1960–2017), Guinean film director and documentary filmmaker
Fanta Damba , musician from Mali
Fanta Naya Diawara , musician from Mali
Fanta Régina Nacro (* 1962), Burkinabe director
Fanta-Taga Tembely , writer from Mali
Estelle Fanta Swaray (* 1980), better known by her stage name Estelle, British hip-hop singer

In the literature

"Fanta" is also the name of a protagonist in Alex Haley's "Faction" novel from 1976 about slavery in the United States , Roots: The Saga of an American Family , which was filmed as a television series under the title of the same name .

Web links

http://www.jurathek.de Extensive collection of rejected first names