Some black people make efforts not to learn because it is seen as acting white. Or so I have heard. According to a study I have read, black women use these ridiculous names to do the opposite. I guess you could call it acting black. The study also gave some statistics about the percentage of all babies born in one year in L.A. or some place, which were given names that less than five people on record shared.

~75% of black children were given names that less than five other people on record have, compared to ~5% of white children.

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From http://www.behindthename.com,

Matthew: English form of Matthaios, which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattityahu which meant "gift of Yaweh".
Luke: From the Greek name Loukas which meant "from Lucania"
Frank: From a Germanic name which referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks. The Franks settled in the regions now called France and the Netherlands in the 3rd and 4th century. They derived their tribal name from the name of a type of spear that they used.
Carl: German form of Charles.
Stephen: From the Greek name Stephanos meaning "crown".

Don't be so dense.

Why do names have to have meanings behind them?

Are we like fuckin native americans? Black Rain .. I'm sure would have a story behind him for which we'd sit around a campfire in the middle of a tp village.

Black people are a little behind in naming, they name like they're in an African tribe.