Rolling Out Some Interesting Names from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS



Ardelia

Doretta

Lucette



BOYS


De Lorme

Denman

Doane

Edsel

Erskine

Fairman 

Filibert 

Henley

Hervin 

Hubert

Lessing

Per - this man was born in Sweden

Ruric

Ryerson

Stealy

Vasco 

Worth

"Who's Who in America 1904" Unusual Names Revealed

GIRLS


Eurith


Itti




BOYS


Beale

Boardman

De Forest

Erman
 
Guilford

Manoah

Massey

Mazyck

Mosheim

Norval

Opie - this man was from Tennessee

Palmer
 
Sylvanus

Verner 

Warfield
 
Wheelock
 
Whitelaw

Wyllys

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

Names for the Day After Christmas

GIRLS


Electa

Gheeda

Jemimita - Spanish nickname for the Hebrew name Jemima, pronounced "heh me me tah". Jemima means "dove".

Lozette

Lucina

Reseula



BOYS


Almenus

Ansgar - Germanic, from "ans" meaning "god" and "ger" meaning "spear".

Arend

Asbjorn - Old Norse, from "ass" meaning "god" and "bjorn" meaning "bear".

Bent- Danish form of the Latin name Benedictus meaning "blessed".

Christer -  Danish nickname for the name Christian, which comes from the Latin Christianus meaning "a Christian".

Dagfinn - from Old Norse "Dagfinnr" from "dagr" meaning "day" and "finnr" meaning "person from Finland".

Eilert - Scandinavian form of the Germanic name Egilhard, from "egil" meaning "edge of a sword" and "hard" meaning "hardy" or "brave".

Fridolf - Germanic, from "fridu" meaning "peace" and "wolf".

Gurdon

Orange - this was quite a family name. The father and son had it, then he named his son Orange, his brother also had a son named Orange,

Pierpont - Apparently the banker J.P. Morgan preferred to go by his middle name Pierpont, which was his mother's maiden name.



NOT SURE OF GENDER

Lectie

Names From the Pages of "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Dalinda -a woman from Buenos Aires


 
BOYS


Alba

Barnet

Bela - Bela Pratt was a sculptor, born in Connecticutt.

Butler - he seems to have gotten his first name from his father, whose middle name was Butler

Eltweed

Epifanio

Fitz-John

Hazen

Howell

Le Gage

Marsden

Mott

Rice 

Sedgwick

Treneo -a man from Buenos Aires

Van Dearing 

Waldron

Warley 

Young - this man appears to have been known by his initials, Y.J., but Young was his given name.

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

GIRLS


Elia




BOYS


Cortlandt -  

Daingerfield

Dred

Elmore

Endicott

Ettore

Farrar - the man's middle name, but the name he went by

Fremont

Hilon

Jahial 

Kingsley

Maxfield 

Normand

Norris

Parmly - the man's middle name, but the name he went by

Selim

Sereno - possibly a variant spelling of Cyrano? Sereno Elisha Payne was a congressman born in New York state.

Van Rensselaer

Wheeler

Names Galore from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Angelia

Zelia



BOYS

Alvred

Amant 

Aulick

Aven

Cleland

Coues - the man's middle name (which was his mother's last name)

Dempster
 
Duffield - the man's middle name, but this is the name he went by

Elwell

Emmons - the man's middle name, but the name he went by
 
Hartvig 

Jorgen

Kurre 

Potter

Rensselaer 

Stafford 

Wilberfoss

Wolfred

Names to Spark your Interest

GIRLS


Valborg



BOYS



Clifton

Moyse

Pandro - 

Van Nest - 

Some Interesting Names Which I found in "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Aubertine - the woman's middle name, but the name she went by (she also used the pen name Auber). Really rather remarkable. Annie Aubertine Woodward Moore.



BOYS 


Appleton

Durán- I'm familiar with this as a Spanish surname, but this was the first name of a man born in Colombia.

Effingham

Ehrman

Gouverneur - this man was a jr, as his father was also named Gouverneur

Hersey - this spelling


Lonzo

Loveland

Mirza - or Morteza, I'm not sure if Mirza was a title or type of surname (in the frontal position). This man was from Iran. General Mirza Morteza Khan, Momtazel-Molk.

Montrose

Platt

Prince - hardly the only person named Prince ever born, but I'm fascinated by the use of this as a first name. This man was a physician who graduated from Princeton College, Kentucky

Read - another middle name that the man went by

Richards - the man's middle name, but the name he went by

Rollins

Stanton

Veranus 

Welton 

Wilhelmus

Many Unusual Names from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS  


Antinenette



BOYS

Allyne 

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

Blackley
 
Bloomfield

Chastain

Cincinnatus

Crosby 

Dunlop 

Fillmore

Hinckley

Hulett 

Lorettus

Mansfield 

Parmenas

Selah 

Thorbjorn

Walton 

Weymar 

Wilmot

Selecting Some Unusual Names from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Rosine



BOYS


Allard

Aniceto

Brander - this was the man's middle name, but he was known by this name

Chalmers

Chastain

Eben

La Salle

Larkin 

Laurens

Leverett

Lino

Lisle de Vaux 

Miner

Perriton - this man's mother's maiden name was Perriton.

Rezin

Richmond

Shailer

Theophile

Washburn

Peering at Some Unusual Names in "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Almanza

Arlina

Lafayette - I had not seen this on a woman before



BOYS


Alexius

Benton

Camillus 

Celora

Chambers 

Delmar

Guglielmo

Huguenin - 

Mangasar - this man was from Turkey

Manton

Milburg

Murdo

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

Orison

Rouget De Lisle - I'm not sure if the man in Who's Who went by just Rouget or Rouget De Lisle. This is the last name of a famous 19th century French patriot, Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle, who wrote the French national anthem. 

St. Clair

Severo 

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".

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

Names that I found in "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS

 
Deristhe

Lavinta - I included Deristhe's middle name Lavinta because it was so interesting, I didn't want to pass up the chance to learn about this name! I had to double check to make sure it was in fact a t and not an i, for Lavinia.



BOYS


Adams

Alvirus

Bronson

Church

Colgate

De Wolf - this was his mother's maiden name

Fayette

Harlow

Hewitt

Malverd

Milford

Mott 

Norton

Richmond

Rockwood

Roe

Weldon

Wilford

"Who's Who in America 1904" Names

GIRLS


Huldah

Sophonia
 


BOYS



Addinell

Adoniram
 
Argalus

Binger

Cady

Cheesman

Everis

Fernand

Forbes 

Hinton

Lafcadio 

Marshman

Mayo

Minis 

Poindexter

Thornwell 

Tubman 

Waterman

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

GIRLS


Linnie



BOYS


Birge - another fellow that went by his middle name

Bostwick
 
Burdett
 
Caldwell

Childe

Colbert

Fairfax
 
Hall -  this man chose to go by his middle name

Hastings

Hjalmar- 
 
Kittredge

McDougall
 
Mellen
 
Merriman

Purnell

Rollin

Rush

Sadakichi - another guy that chose to go by his middle name. He had both German and Japanese ancestry.

Valery - because I had not previously realized Valery was ever used on boys

Still Diggin' "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Clarina

Harry-dele

Orillia

Zadel



BOYS


Almon

Benton

Bolton

Braddin

Condé

Donly

Hobart

Hutchins

Joses
 
Murat

Prescott 

Sidford

Stansbury 

Teunis

Willett

Winters

A Variety of Names for Today

GIRLS


Ashleen

Helma



BOYS


Jathniel - Hebrew, from Yathniel, meaning "whom God grants". 

Maceo

Terriel - pronounced like Terrell

Wesby

Still Obsessed with "Who's Who in America 1904" Names

GIRLS


 Aella







BOYS


Alphonsus

Appleton

Asle
 
Augustin

Barlow

Cheever - another middle name used as a first name

Claxton  - another middle name used as a first name


Evarts

Greenleaf

Maneil

Morrill

Othon

Parke 

Rocellus

Tuisco - this man was born in Germany

Vere 

Waller

Wharton

Winder

Who's Who in America - 1904 More Eye-opening Names

GIRLS


Lemira
 
Susa
 
Zona



BOYS


Athelston

Cass - the man with this name was named for a distant relative with the last name of Cass.

Bancroft
 
Bern

Finis

Gilson

Grove 

Halbert

Hamlin 

Heneage

Ignaz - this man was from Bavaria.

Miram

Sears

Strickland

Winckworth

Winfred 

Wolcott

Who's Who in America 1904 - The Saga Continues

GIRLS

Portrait of Marie Louise Fuller by Frederick Glasier, 1902

Loie- nickname for Louise (the woman in the book was Loie Fuller, who created the Serpentine Dance)



BOYS


Alcée

Aretas

Chiles

Ditlew

Ewald

Farquhar 

Gottlob

Harrington 

Hulbert

Kuno - this man's father was Danish

Manning

Ogden 

Persifor 

Placidas

Stuyvesant

Walbridge 

Williston

Woodbridge 

Worthington

A Bunch of Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS



Ardeen

 

BOYS


Barr

Brother - the man was a reverend, so he was Reverend Brother ____.

De Scott 

Delos

Don Calvin

Dorman

Elbert

Heman

Kellogg

Larkin

Lehman

Lucilius

Moritz

Mutis

Patricinne

Rieman

Robley

Rollins

Winfield 

Names After Fruit-picking

I picked a few pears and blackberries and these names.

GIRLS


Animus - this lady, though her name was Animus, went by Anna.


BOYS


Bedrich

Enver

Tiburcio

A Wealth of Rather Unexpected Names

GIRLS


Dellona

Herma

Lucina

Submittee

Teethina - this lady was a contestant on Family Feud

Vilettie



BOYS


Harfield
 
Mann
 
Tyle - said like the word "tile".

Who's Who in America 1904 - Some More Names

GIRLS


Caro




BOYS


Albertus
 
Beekman 
 
Blackburn
 
Collins
 
Delphin

Eaton

Emilius 

Gano

Gotthard

Haldeman 

Liverus

Omenzo 

Patterson 

Pemberton

Plimmon

Pitts

Raynal

Thure
 
Wills -

Who's Who in America 1904 - More Names Found

GIRLS


Danske - this woman was of Danish ancestry


Varina - this was the wife of Jefferson Davis




BOYS


Acton

Alston

Anstruther

Bashford

Beman

Coe

Cushman

Fisk

Hayne 

Holman 

Hughes

Lockwood

Ozora
 
Pendleton 

Ruthven

Test - his first name was Charles, but he went by Test

Trevanion 

Wirt - this man was from Virginia, where there was a county called Wirt County. 

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

Continuing With Names From Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS


Zitella




BOYS

 
Blackford

Carolus

Dighton

Freeman

Frowenus 

Kinahan

Lathrop

Leartus

Mendes 

Moncure 

Nellis

Orator

Orello

Price

Richardson

Rossetter

Sherwin

Stanton 

Verplanck

Additional Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS


Ednah - I've included this more for the spelling than anything.


BOYS


Azro

Champ 

Creston

Cummings

Dumont
 
Elverton

Emmons

Fenimore

Fleming 

Greenleaf

Hardy

Hobart 

Hopewell

Octave

Person

Placide

Sanderson

Treadwell

Winthrop

My Name Obsession Continues with Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS

Izora



BOYS


Abiram
 
Adna
 
Alford
 
Armistend

Bliss
 
Bukk
 
Burns

Consul 

Donelson

Erlon

Eustathius
 
Fabius

Florian 

French

Glentworth

Hampton

Hereward

Johnston

Le Grand

Lisle 

McKendree

Mellen

Montague


Oberlin

Platt - another man who went by his middle name


Rolla

Starr

Waller

White - This was the man's middle name, but it is the name he went by.

Wilkinson

One More Installment of Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS


Lelia
 
Lephia

Lorinda



BOYS

Aldis

Amasa

Causten

Gelett

Huber

Jirah

Leffert

Ransford
 
Roberdean 

Romanzo

Rousseau
 
Sanger 

Saunders

Stevenson

Stimson

Swan

Waldron

A Further Installment of Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS



Leopoldina

Neltje



BOYS


Ballington

Bonaventure

Delavan

Don Alfonso

Fayette

Fenton

Hancal

Le Baron

Levant

Libert -

Marriott

Marston

Orvon

Platon - this man was from Russia

Rocliff

St. George

Tams

Tasker 

Another Installment of Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS

Johnstone- this woman was an actress



Kühne 

Lura


BOYS

Alburto -

Blackwood

Craven

Digby

Dowling

Isbon


Kyrle - This was the man's middle name, but he went by this, instead of his first name (Harold). He was an actor. He used Kyrle as his stage name. He was named for his maternal grandfather, Admiral Kyrle Money (so he had been named Harold Kyrle Money).

Ledyard


Maecenas - 

Poultney

Prosper - This was the man's middle name, but he went by this, instead of his first name (Louis). He was a physician.

Rogers

Roswell

Sereno


Van Brunt - 

Winfield

Wooster

Still More Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS


Tryphosa



BOYS


Amzi

Barton

Don Carlos

Foster

Gershom

Kemp - 

Lewellys

Ohio Columbus - both a first and middle name I think. He ran the Diamond Match Company (pretty sure these are the matches we always buy) and went by his initials, O.C.

Outram

Pope - this was the man's first name and he was a U.S. senator from Georgia, Pope Barrow.


Roberts - I am still fascinated by using Roberts instead of Robert

Sherburn

Tarleton

Thurlow

Truxtun

Waltman 

Wharton 

Wingrove

Wolcott

More Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS


Annulet

Myrta


BOYS


Arcadius
 
Barnas

Barton
 
Brayman

Brown - Brown itself is not so unusual and its meaning needs no explanation. I thought its use as a first name was unusual though.

Butler

Cecilio
 
Decatur

Foy
 
Galusha

Melville

Purley

Selden

Snydenham

Stockton
 
Sturges - this was actually the man's middle name, but the name he went by, so I've included it here.

Tarkington

Wilmer

Some Names from Who's Who in America 1904

GIRLS

 
Auretta



BOYS


Addis

Ales - this man was from Bohemia


Bristow

Cleveland

Dankmar

De Alva

Eben

Elbridge

Faxon

Gross -

Healy

Jewett

Laurentius

Milward

Morton

Penrhyn

Perley

Templin

Wilbert

Names of Poets (Though You Might Not Know Them)

I got these names from poets who did not win the National Book Award for Poetry, but were finalists.


GIRLS


Layli-

Lyrae -

Solmaz -



BOYS


Danez -

Galway-

Names of Interest of Boston Marathon Winners

My cousin just qualified to race in the Boston Marathon next April! I got curious and read a bit about it. Given his qualifying time, I wondered how much faster the winners are. (about an hour and a half faster). And I noticed quite a few interesting names. Here they are:

MEN

Stylianos  - from Greece, won in 1946

Suh - from South Korea, won in 1947

Gösta - from Sweden, won in 1949

Shigeki- from Japan, won in 1951

Doroteo - from Guatemala, won in 1952

Keizo - from Japan, won in 1953

Veikko - from Finland, won in 1954

Hideo - from Japan, won in 1955

Antti - from Finland, won in 1956

Franjo - from Yugoslavia, won in 1958

Eino - from Finland, won in 1959, 1961, 1962

Paavo - from Finland, won in 1960

Aurèle - from Finland, won in 1963, 1964

Morio - from Japan, won in 1965

Yoshiaki - from Japan, 1969

Olavi - from Finland, 1972

Toshihiko - from Japan, 1981, 1987

Abebe - from Ethiopia, 1989

Gelindo - from Italy, 1990

Cosmas - from Kenya, 1993, 1994, 1995

Lameck - from Kenya, 1997

Rodgers - from Kenya, 2002   * Bill Rodgers, an American runner,  won the Boston Marathon 4 times

Hailu - from Ethiopia, 2005

Deriba - from Ethiopia, 2009

Lelisa - from Ethiopia, 2013, 2015

Meb - from USA, 2014

Lemi - Ethiopia, 2016

Yuki - from Japan, 2018
 ...................................
wheelchair racers *1975 on

Heinz - from Switzerland, 1994, 1996

Masazumi - from Japan, 1997

Hiroyuki - from Japan, 2007



WOMEN
*the women's division of the race officially began only in 1972

Miki - from USA, 1974

I recently saw a lady with this name as a commentator on a tv news show. Her name was said like Mikey (long I sound). Not sure if the marathon runner said her name like this, or like Mickey (short i sound). I don't know if it derives from the Hebrew name Michael or from some other origin.

Liane - from West Germany, 1975, world record 2 hrs, 42 min, 24 sec

Fatuma - from Ethiopia, 1997, 1998, 1999

Lidiya - from Russia, 2007

Dire - from Ethiopia, 2008

Teyba - from Ethiopia, 2010

Buzunesh - from Ethiopia, 2014, current course record at 2 hrs, 19 min, 59 sec

Atsede - from Ethiopia, 2016

Worknesh - from Ethiopia, 2019
 ...................................
wheelchair racers *1977 on

Wakako - from Japan, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Ending the Week with New Names

GIRLS

Laurenda

Lavana - pronounced "lah van ah". Name of a contestant on Family Feud.

Malvina


BOYS

 Fontain

Best Movies of the Year - 2008

There are just 8 movies on this list, but I instantly knew they belonged here when I saw them in a list of films released in 2008. I did not select any movies I have not seen, nor did I select movies I thought were good, but did not instantly think "this has to go on the list".



WALL-E
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Rachel Getting Married
Quarantine
Bolt
Doubt
Valkyrie
Defiance

Wake Up to Some New Names

GIRLS


Munmun -



BOYS


Garrion

Nokter

Phillips - I am intrigued by the use of Phillips instead of Phillip as a first name.

Samson - Canaanite, from "shimson" which comes from "shamshiyanu".

New Names Around Every Corner

GIRLS


Curline

Margota

Micia



BOYS

Teganissorens - Onondaga, this name is also written as Decanasora. The Onondaga were a member of the 5 Nations of the Iroquois. I did not find a meaning for this name.

A Good Mix of Names

GIRLS


Auli'i - 

Cortie - this was the name of our waitress the other night. She said it was not short for anything nor was she aware of being named for someone or where it came from. Perhaps the parents just thought of this on their own? It's easy to speculate about a name's origin, coming from some other name. But in some instances the parents just think of a name spontaneously.

Daveigh - feminine form of Davy, a nickname for the Hebrew name David.

Fairuza

Mayim

Rhona




BOYS


Holliston

Policarpo

Skylan

Toran

Yale - name of a silent film child actor, Yale Boss.

Names for the Last Day of the Month

GIRLS

Rinaldina



BOYS

Caswell

Half a Dozen Names

GIRLS

Dixine


BOYS


Armstid

Bosley
 

Clough

Prentiss
 
Weedon

Aiming for Names

GIRLS

Alferetta

Harolyn

Nayo

Verda

12/20/19 I saw this name again today in an obituary.

BOYS

Forace

Names I found in an Elle magazine

GIRLS

Arpana

Jaycina

Sterling

Tezza

A pair of interesting names I came across today

GIRLS

Mardee



BOYS

Demoy

Names I Happened Upon

GIRLS

Athenade



BOYS

Risdon



NOT SURE OF GENDER

Mattha

Dusting off some incredibly old names

GIRLS

Ankhesenpaaten - Egyptian, her name was later changed to Ankhesenamun for religious reasons.

Asmunikal - Hittite



BOYS

Adad-nirari - Assyrian

Anitta - Hittite

Arnuwanda - Hittite

Ay - Egyptian

Kurrunta - Hittite

Niphururiya - Egyptian

Sarrikusuh - Hittite

Sarruma - Hittite, a god that was the special protector of Hittite kings

Suppiluliuma - Hittite

Tudhaliya - Hittite

Zannanza - Hittite

Names from a few generations back & the younger one as well

GIRLS

Blakesley





BOYS

Harcourt

Hartley

Who'd have guessed? Some unusual baby names given in 2018

According to data published by the Social Security Administration, this is how many children were born with each name in 2018.


GIRLS


Bexley - 295

Saniyah - 285

Heavenly - 283

Zainab -279

Jaylee - 275

Ezra - 274

Queen - 274

Scout - 269

Raylee - 254

Denver - 248

Aadhya - 246

Jovie - 246

Marlowe - 246

Aranza  - 245

Spencer - 244

Emiliana - 243

Zendaya - 240

Ainhoa - 239

Arleth - 237

Kaisley - 235

Saanvi - 235

Honesty - 233

Kamari - 228

Sevyn - 226

Zayla - 221

Halo - 219

Zoya - 219

Rosalina - 216

Raya - 213

Blessing - 212

Jaylani - 212

Kensington - 211

Majesty - 211

Maylee - 211

Loyalty - 210

Hensley - 208

Inaaya - 204




BOYS


Brixton - 296

Sutton - 291

Damari - 279

Briar - 277

Franco - 277

Keanu - 277

Kaiser - 274

Koa - 273

Ledger - 264

Maxton - 264

Aldo - 263

Gatlin - 260

Kace - 256

Saint - 254

Cain - 251

Kylo - 251

Nova - 251

Onyx - 251

Kenzo - 249

Kyng - 248

Zakai - 239

Brentley - 237

Dakari - 235

Wesson - 234

Juelz - 232

Imran - 225

Lyric - 223

Davion - 222

Elon - 222

Jairo - 221

Boden - 217

Reign - 217

Draven - 216

Khari - 215

Creed - 214

Jad - 213 

Harper - 212

Zev - 211

Decker - 210

Torin - 210

Bowie - 209

Harlem - 209

Kalel - 209

Kylen - 209

Lian - 208

Kabir - 207

Benton - 206

Bear - 204

That's a LOT of kids with such an unusual name!

According to data recently released by the Social Security Administration for the year 2018


GIRLS

Davina - 391 babies were given this name in 2018

Malaya - 377 babies were given this name in 2018

Malani - 371 babies were given this name in 2018

Princess - 370 babies were given this name in 2018.

Amani - 369 babies were given this name in 2018

Itzayana - 359 babies were given this name in 2018

Ailani - 358 babies were given this name in 2018

Haisley - 354 babies were given this name in 2018

Chanel - 353 babies were given this name in 2018

Legacy - 344 babies were given this name in 2018

Braylee - 343 babies were given this name in 2018

Dior - 342 babies were given this name in 2018

Royal - 337 babies were given this name in 2018

Zaniyah - 331 babies were given this name in 2018

Hunter - 327 babies were given this name in 2018

Saoirse - 325 babies were given this name in 2018

Dalary - 323 babies were given this name in 2018

Karter - 312 babies were given this name in 2018

Rivka - 311 babies were given this name in 2018

Zhavia - 306 babies were given this name in 2018

Jayleen - 305 babies were given this name in 2018



BOYS

Koda - 334 babies were given this name in 2018

Brecken - 321 babies were given this name in 2018

Can you believe this many babies were given these names in 2018?

Names from the Social Security Administration's data for babies named in 2018

GIRLS

Amora - 538 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Armani - 412 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Galilea -  419 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Monroe - 500 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Nalani - 412 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Palmer - 429 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Romina - 442 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Royalty - 836 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Sutton - 581 baby girls were given this name in 2018

Yareli - 412 baby girls were given this name in 2018


BOYS



Zion - 2153 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Zayden - 2126 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Brantley - 2092 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Messiah - 1983 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Prince - 1058 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Zaiden - 704 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Case - 559 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Duke - 527 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Sincere - 461 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Axton - 456 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Kase - 430 baby boys were given this name in 2018

Dariel - 401 baby boys were given this name in 2018

A Few Old-fashioned Names

GIRLS

Oma

Oretha

Retta


BOYS

Laywell

Gosh Almighty! A Bunch of New Names

GIRLS

Bessina

Maral - this may just be a variant spelling of Meryl, Merle, or Merrill, but I came across it in written form, so I don't really know.

SeQuette

BOYS

Cloyd

Harrington

Langdon

Seburn

Tillotson

Waitman


NOT SURE OF GENDER

Glynnell

Orvia

Names for a New Year

GIRLS

Joylynn



BOYS

Granderson

Jussie

Maltba -this was the name of a German boy in Ohio that died of scarlet fever, but I don't know if the name's origin is German or not.