The Wonderful World of Liberian Names

One could really start a blog on this topic alone. Coming from the US, these names are just so, cool! Here's just a taste:

• Flomo (man’s name, really common, first and last)
• Nyan (“neeYONN”, man’s name)
• Abdullai (really common as a first and a last name, various spellings)
• Abdullai A. Abdullai (I know this dude! What’s his middle name!?!)
• Minister of Information Hon. Johnny McClain
• Willis D. Knuckles Jr.
• Bombo Johnson
• Blomo (first and last)
• Ernestine
• Pendorah
• Napoleon
• Patience
• Comfort (woman)
• Saturday (man)
• Watson
• Macintosh (as a first name)
  
• Negatus
  
• William Quire
• Quaqua Miller
• Max Kofa Klah (hot!)
• Armstrong Bee
• David Dolo, Chester Dolo
• Yiley Tompo (woman, my favorite name of all)
• Lots of last names that end in H, like Teamah, Mulbah, Tarpeh, Tuah, Juah. Must be from one ethnic group?
• Biblical names like Ebenezer, Jonah, Moses. Someone told me which ethnic group goes for bible names, but I don’t remember.

As in many places, Liberian people often have two first names, one formal and one informal. And here they say “C.K.A.” instead of “A.K.A.” Is that “Commonly known as”?

I feel inadequate. I should change my name to something like Augustus Mulbah. Or Champion Tarbell. Or Amos Shavings.