Kick Back, Relax, and Read More Interesting Names from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Janetta



BOYS


Bowman

Crayton

Emlin

Fenton

Fernand

Flavel

Gonzalez 

Leonor

Livingston 

Medill - this was the man's middle name, but the name he went by.

Melbourne

Nicoll - not sure if it is said like 'nickel' or 'Nicole'. 

Pirie

Robertus

Smoloff Palace -  His last name was Love, so he had quite the name.

Starling 

Tully

Witten

Wright

Unusual Names Taken From "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Florenza

Gesine


BOYS


Adna

Armin

Blewett

Bringhurst

Crawford

Delavan

Fitzhugh

Ingersoll

Leavitt

Lunsford

Medwen 

Mial 

Milburn

Montague 

Moritz

Robbins 

Tennent

Trumbull

Meting Out More Unusual Names

GIRLS


Clytie

Markella

Martika

Shoneen

Dana - pronounced like Donna. This lady was a panelist on the show What's My Line?




BOYS
  

Dravon



Not sure of gender 

Sarett

Filing Away Some Unusual Names from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Lyda



BOYS


Albion

Alpha

Burnet

Clesson

Cowden

Ellsworth

Gaetano

Genio 

Kenesaw Mountain - this man was named for the battle during the Civil War in which his father was wounded. His nickname was Kenny.

Loomis

Pomeroy 

Rudyard 

Sanford

Stillman

Strickland 

Tallmadge

Wilton 

Woodbury

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

Names From 115 Years Ago -- "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Persis


BOYS


Albinus
 
Almet

Alpha

Bartlett

Burris

Brayton

Dugald

Eastman
 
Fellows

Hale
 
Halsey

Hennen

Herrick
 
Holmes 

Lambert

Myer

Rossiter
 
Summers

Tudor

Recent Name Finds in "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Minna

Zephine -  this was a lady's middle name, but it was so interesting, I wanted to include it


BOYS



Alleyne

Ammi

Collis

Cordell

De Witt

Emlen

Eppa

Eri

Gaillard

Jere

Lorrain - another name I did not know was used for men in earlier days

Otey 

Paulus

Prentiss

Rockwell 

Stilson

Wiles - although this was his first name, he went by his middle name Robert

Woods