Langston
The great African-American Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes put this one on the map; actor Laurence Fishburne adopted it for his now grown son, born in 1987.
Hughes was born James Mercer Langston Hughes, Langston being his mother’s maiden name.
Some similar choices are Lanford, Landon, Langford and Langley.
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