In 2014 I featured a series of blog posts introducing you to 2,014 names. For the most part they were names that were brand new to me as well. Some names may be more familiar but I found the meaning or origin or some other aspect of the name made it worthy of inclusion here. You may love some of the names, you may hate some, but hopefully you enjoy learning about all of them.

Friday, December 27, 2019

Shedding Light on Unusual Names From "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


 Zénaïde - this woman was Russian




BOYS


Altus

Arsène

Bie - this man was from Norway

Bradford

Carman

Carr

Choice

Egbert

Emilius

Fletcher

Harrington

Irenaeus - 

Jeter

Lingan

Marathon

Overton- this man was named for his father. His last name was Price. He was born in Liverpool, England. But since my Price ancestors lived in Overton, Wales, it just makes me wonder if maybe his father was from Wales or connected with the Price family of Overton, and the first name was a nod to where they were from.

Rastus

Redfield 

Wilder

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