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.