Jamaican names

[ChynaDoll2006]

ttc baby that will be 1/4 Jamaican. At the moment feeling names of Jamaican people I've met over here (admittedly they are all 50-70 years old).

Anyone got some suggestions of some old-school Jamaican style names?

e.g. Locksley, Eastman, Lennox, Sheldon, Percy, Reginald, Cornell

[cordonbleugh]

Marley? Not technically a jamaican name I don't suppose, but refers to Jamaica in a roundabout way.

DD is half jamaican, I called her marley in reference to her heritage

[spudmasher]

Devon

[kurves]

lenworth,david kurt derval darcy lurall

[DilysPrice]

The Jamaican/Caribbean heritage kids I know (quite a lot since I'm in South London) all seem to have either non-specific names (David etc), or names that I would think of as African American (Tyrese, Tiiana, Denyse), or names that go back to their African roots.
None have specifically Jamaican names, with the exception of Marley - which is rather A nice name IMO.
It would definitely be unusual to call a baby e.g. Desmond.

[ChynaDoll2006]

Dilys, I have lived in South London and now live in North so I've known a lot too! I mean a couple of generations older.

[mummyofexcitedprincesses]

Bob.

[shoobedoo]

I know of a Delroy and a Leeroy. Parents names were not Jamaican though - Hyacinth and Vincent!

[SusieCarmichael]

oral is the only one i've heard in jamaica and nowhere else

[thisisyesterday]

i don't know if this is any help??

[chegirlWILLbeserene]

Sorry susie but the Oral I am related to is from Guyana

[AshleyFanjo]

I love the name Blessing for a girl.

[MrsDippers]

LeroyRedbin is a good Jamaican name.

[MinnieMalone]

Thinking of the old school Jamaicans I have known (boys):

Ambrose
Delton
Conrad
Royston
Marvin
Elroy
Errol
Garnett (love that name)

Lots of Jamaicans I know have biblical names. Twelve tribes of Israel names - Levi, Judah, Issachar, Naphtali etc - popular.

[Rindercella]

Am LOVING Marley as a girl's name. Really shouldn't have opened this thread as DD2 will arrive any day (1/4 Jamaican heritage) and We. Have. Decided. On. Her. Name.

[cordonbleugh]

lol a lot of people don't realise that shes mixed race, especially through the winter as shes quite pale skinned in comparison to other mixed race complexions! Her afro kind of gives it away though!

I have to admit, I love DD's name, and it really suits her, but I would not have chosen it if she weren't half jamaican!

Go on Rindercella, you know you want to!!!

[JJ6]

Jamaicans I have met here in Brixton:
Winsome, Doris, Ebenezer, Elroy, Winston, Gladstone, Ignateous, Vincent, leroy,

ette at the end of a name is quite common; Lynette, Claudette, Paulette
and ine e.g. Pearline, Claudeine,

I have met a few Blessings and they have not been one, a Comfort who was vile and a Charity that was downright corrupt!!(that is the problem with Virtue names)

Children tend to be of the new 'made up' or american type names:
Tyrese
Jamari
Jemahal

[Mumcentreplus]

Barbara,Janet,Marlene,Derek,Veronica,Rosetta,Elizabeth,Iris,Rose...

[JJ6]

Just spoke to hubby who works round these parts and he added: Barrington (I love this), Clayton, Clevedon, Nelson, Wesley, Wilton, Cornelius, Easton, delores and Wilma

[littlemissm]

My jamaican parent inlaws are Eudeen & Ellis
my mixed race kids are Jaeden, Paris ,Ebony,Baylee & Tahlia brother inlaw is a Leroy. Other names that can be used are Beresford , Franklin ,Otis,Winston (very jamaican)- Zion , Delroy & of course Marley for girls there are Nubia, Ebony, Pearl , Chantay,Ionie or Iona theres loads more but cant think @ mo will get bk 2 u

[BessieBoots]

cordonbleugh- your DD is adorable

[yellowflowers]

Oh yes barrington is lovely. I like Dwayne and Dean both of which are often given to children with caribbean parents

[cordonbleugh]

Thankyou Bessie

[MinnieMalone]

Love Barrington (Levy!)

Roxroy
Glenford
Ewart
Augustus
Manfred
Willard
Rexton
Neville
Norman (Manley)
Donovan