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.

Monday, May 25, 2020

More names from "Who's Who in Colored America" 1942

GIRLS


Omolofi - mother to Orishatukeh below. She was of the Yoruba people.

Robertann

Santalia - 

Thyra



BOYS


Binga - this was his mother's maiden name

Breckenridge

Burghardt - this was his middle name but the name he went by. The famous W.E.B. Dubois.

Burrell

Carrington

Countee - the poet Countee Cullen

Elegy

Galaway

Grand Pre - This was a middle name but it caught my eye. Arthur Grand Pre Falls. Physician. Turns out that Grand Pre was his mother's maiden name, though of course, I thought of the Grand Prix race in France. His mother's first name was Santalia, so I've included her above. It also looks like he had a Jr.

Holman

Kirksey

Noy

Orishatukeh - He was of the Yoruba people.

Primas - this was his father's name also

Treston - his son was named this also

Vattel

Wiley

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