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