Names out of "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Hersilia

Lida

Medora



BOYS

Burr

Crammond

Gardner 

La Vega

Lazard

Le Grand

Lindley

Mihran - this man was from Turkey

Rienzi - although the man in Who's Who was from Georgia, Rienzi is the last name of a notable Italian man from the Middle Ages, and upon whom an opera from the 19th century was based.

Sergeant -This was the man's middle name, but the name he went by, instead of his first name. He was an artist.

Stanton

Sumner

Wellington

Whitman 

Wilburn

Wyndham

Wynkoop

Finding More Names From Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS


 Annetta


BOYS


Alja
 
Allerton
 
Arent

Bartlett

Bowdoin 

Condict
 
Eanger -

Elvin
 
Fassett

Hazlitt

Hervey

Holbrook

Ingram

Lathan 

Macgrane

Mattoon

Roselle 

Sumner

Whitman

592 Names To Go

I only have 592 more names to introduce you to this year. So far you've learned 1,422 new names if you've read all the blog posts in my 2014 names in 2014 series. Here's 23 names to move us closer to that goal. 


GIRLS


Abela - variant of the French name Abelia, which is derived either from the Hebrew roots "hevel", meaning "breath" or "vapor" or "source of life" or else "aplu" meaning "son". It is pronounced "ah bay lah"

Ji-ah - Korean

Richenza - Polish form of the Icelandic name Rikissa, which comes from the Icelandic name Rixa, meaning "wealthy".

Sons-see-ah-ray - Apache, meaning "morning star". Many Apache women did not have individual names but instead were called "ish-tia-nay" meaning "woman".

Wendabi -




BOYS


Alston -

Argus-

Badr-ud-Din - Arabic, meaning "full moon".

Dyton-

Earldon-

Hayk - Հայկ is the original Armenian script of this name, which is the nominative plural of "hay" ( հայ is the Armenian script for this), which is the word Armenians use to refer to themselves (such as people in England call themselves English). Hayk is the legendary founder of the Armenian nation.                  հակական

Olan-

Pol -form of the name Paul used in many languages, such as French, Hebrew, Catalan, Ukrainian. It derives from the Roman family name Paulus which comes from the Latin word meaning "small" or "humble".

Seo-joon - Korean

Too-ah-yay-say - Apache, meaning "strong swimmer".

Whitman




NOT SURE OF GENDER


Bray-

Dartha -

Elgie-

Eltwed - name of one of the first Puritan settlers of Connecticut.

Novis-

Sevra-

Stellar-