"Black" Names

<p>Gweneth Paltrow and Chris Martin from Coldplay did apple, and I believe it was Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, their kids are Scout, Tallalah and Rumor.... odd.
Moon Unit does take the cake.</p>

<p>Rumer is named after Rumer Godden, the author - it's Rumer with an "e", not "o", and it's Tallulah after Tallulah Bankhead the actress, and Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird</p>

<p>Rumer is still a weird name as is Scout, which was fine for a character in a book, but IMO is a dumb sounding name for a real person. I also always assumed that "Scout" was the character in the book's nickname.</p>

<p>Then there's the surname problem. Pete Lacock, a former Major League OF/1B is the son of the original host of Hollywood Squares, Peter Marshall. Marshall changed his name for his show biz career. Lacock kept the family name...and judging by his stats he could have only profited from following his father's lead:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=lacocpe01%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=lacocpe01&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And who remembers a singer named Peter Lemongello? I recall TV ads to buy his records claiming that he had sold millions of albums all across Europe and New Zealand. I looked him up. Here's a 1976 Time Magazine article on him:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947685-1,00.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947685-1,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>MadTV has a sketch about a girl named Bonifa Latifa Halifa Shirifa Jackson.</p>

<p>Looks like they forgot the most important name of them all "Latoya."</p>

<p>Sorry D'yer maker...that "dbag" thing wasn't aimed at you...I should have made that clearer. You haven't said anything insulting...I was referring to the poster before me with his "PC police" comment. Sorry for confusing you lol!</p>

<p>Latoya isn't funny though.</p>

<p>People I actually know:</p>

<p>Lucious
Preshus (yes...it's pronounced Precious)
Delisha
Princess
Kloey (unfortunately, that says Chloe)</p>

<p>There are more, but I can't think because its nearly 1 and I've got nothing but my name on this 4 page essay.</p>

<p>Actually, if you think about it, the hard "c" from "Chloe" is sillier than "Kloey."</p>

<p>Is Lucious pronounced "LOO-shuss" or "LUSH-ess?" It was a common name given to boys in the late 19th century and was common enough to receive a ranking as late as 1959 among common baby names, so an odd pronunciation would make it interesting. Or if it is a girl you're talking about...</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nameplayground.com/Lucious%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nameplayground.com/Lucious&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There is nothing funny about Chloe.</p>

<p>D'yer, it's pronounced LUSH ess, which is why I grouped it with Preshus (pronounced Precious).
They sort of seem to go together.</p>

<p>chloe is a french name</p>

<p>which is why spelling it "kloey" is an abomination.</p>

<p>^</p>

<p>God forbid anybody dare tread on the holy French language. No amount of snobbery will undo its slide into the 2nd tier of languages.</p>

<p>here's some sexy names:</p>

<p>Lashoya
Tatiyana (provided she has long hair)
Orlisha (Or-lee-shuh)
Kendra
Ashanti (duh, look who has it)
Aaliyah
Yesenia
Kayla
Kylee
Solari</p>

<p>Lashoya? Sounds like soy sauce.</p>

<p>lol. whata bout Solari? sounds like a space station?</p>

<p>Orleesha sounds nice though. in fact, ashanti blows the rest outta the water! damn she's hot</p>

<p>You forgot Kasandra (it kind of fits in baller4lyfe's list.) My favorite female name is Alexis, though I'm not sure many others would think it is sexy per se.</p>

<p>Oh wait, you guys just wanted "black" names right? I don't think Alexis is a "black" name, but I think Kasandra could be (I mean it mixes into baller4lyfe's list, so maybe.) But just ignore the Alexis part of my previous post. I just realized that by writing this post, I am causing you to read more, thus annoying you. So just ignore this too. And this. And this. And this. My bad, just ignore this. Stop reading already! If you have come this far, you totally have no life, STOP READING! Okay. Good. Are you still reading? Tsk Tsk, shame on you. Okay bye.</p>