I hope this doesn't come off as ignorant or anything, I just like learning where names and words come from, the cultures, languages, etc.

So like, my mom's best friend who helped raise me was Mrs. Tawana. My buddy was Daquan. Are those from African/Latin American names? Did Black Americans make their own names for their own culture?

My buddy's name is Todd Volpe, which is sort of funny because it means "Fox" in Scottish and Volpe is Italian, coming from the Latin "Vulpes, " which means "Fox," so his name means "fox fox." Or, "Cunningly cunning." That's sorta what I'm getting at.