Ever notice that jamaican reggae artists have the weirdest first names?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Like Barrington, Rupert, Delroy and such?

Very odd

[Wat_Tyler]

1. Horace.

You've gotta love Horace.

Of course, Bob and Peter let the side down a bit. Maybe that's how come they died young, hmmm?

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. And a weird LAST name, too.

"Horace Andy"...sounds like something got reversed.

[EnfantTerrible]

2. Yeah... Bob and Peter are pretty wierd.

:smoke:

[RandomKoolzip]

3. Like "Big," "U-" or "Toots?"

I like their nicknames better: "Scratch," "Wire," "Chinna."

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. Apple and Skelly from Israel Vibration

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. Like "I?"

[fudge stripe cookays]

6. Would Yellowman be considered

a first name? Or a last name?

Like...Bob Yellowman.... or Yellowman Smith?

Fudge is confused.
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[muriel_volestrangler]

7. You mean as opposed to normal names

like Elvis? Or Chelsea?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. Imean like Garnett

[Wat_Tyler]

9. A lot of them seem to be colonial hangovers.

I think that explains Horace, Barrington, Winston et al.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. That would also explain Bob, Peter,

Desmond, etc. In fact, nearly all of them are English names. So what's everyone's point?

[Wat_Tyler]

16. Well, my point is that they're mostly colonial hangovers.

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. So a 'normal' name for a reggae star

would be something like 'Abubakar', if they had a Nigerian heritage, or 'Kofi' for Ghanaian.

[Wat_Tyler]

19. No. Perhaps the colonial hangover names are normal.

[jonnyblitz]

10. i like "Barrington" if he is the one that does "Murderer"

Levy is a strange last name for a Jamaican also...

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. Yes he is - also Under mi sensi. Me under me sensi!

[Village Idiot]

11. Shabba Ranks and Buju Banton

[Elginoid]

13. Bob? Peter? those really are some weird names alright...

:eyes:

I think someone's having a hard time handling their high this morning...

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. There is a guy called Yabby-U

I didn't manusfacture that with my heightened senses

[Donkeyboy75]

20. Not just the reggae boys.

I have a Jamaican friend named Cheslan.

Also, if you look at the Jamaican soccer team, you are treated to a Fitzroy, Hubert, Linval and Marlon.

Anyone have any idea where the names come from?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. I know a kid named Leandrew

:shrug:

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. The soccer team ARE the Reggae Boyz!

http://www.thereggaeboyz.com/ ;-)

Fitzroy: Norman French surname (meaning 'son of the king', I think); used as a first name in Sherlock Holmes: "When, however, another morning had come, and I found that beyond the arrest of young Fitzroy Simpson nothing had been done, I felt that it was time for me to take action."

Hubert: Saxon for 'bright form'; previously used by Vice President Hubert Humphrey

Linval: possibly a French or Belgian surname; both soccer (Linval Dixon) AND reggae (Linval Thompson)! "On trouve aujourd'hui en Martinique une famille Cassius de Linval, qui semble originaire du Sud-Ouest, mais le nom Linval me demeure inconnu. On dirait évidemment un toponyme, mais je n'en trouve aucune trace. A noter que le nom Linval se rencontre dans le Nord et en Belgique." http://www.jtosti.com/noms/c3.htm

Marlon: Old French for 'little hawk' (ie 'merlin', I think); probably inspired by Marlon Brando

[Donkeyboy75]

23. I didn't spell it with a "z," note

and...thanks for the info. :)