Unusual Names to Enjoy from the Pages of "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Anliza

Delight- Maybe because so many people have called me Delight over the years, I was excited to see this woman in this volume. Delight Sweetser, just sweetness all around!


Kazia - probably an alternate spelling of the Biblical name Keziah

Leonice

Lucelia



BOYS



Arba - This man's middle name was Lorraine. Who knew that Lorraine was a masculine middle name once?

Brandreth  - this man was given his mother's maiden name for a first name


Daisetsu - Japanese

Givens

Kogoro - Japanese

Lorado - possibly an alternate spelling of Loredo?

Mayer

M'Cready - this man was given his mother's maiden name for a first name

Moorfield  - this man was given his mother's maiden name for a first name

Nevada -

Ovando

Reneke - Dutch form of  the name Rene

Sewall 

Wag - Not sure if this is a nickname or a full name

Witmer - this was the man's mother's maiden name

Deck the Halls With Names

GIRLS


Arvalee

Sigolène - French form of the German name Sieglinde. It is also part of the name of a town in France, Sainte-Sigolène in Haute-Loire.

Uvada - a place in Utah, combines the names of Utah and Nevada. My cousin's grandmother was named this and is from this part of the state.




BOYS

Roldán - Spanish form of the name Roland, which comes from the Germanic name Hrodland, from "hrod" meaning "fame" and "land".