Names at Year's End

GIRLS

Florilla - a woman born in New York state in the early 1800s

Harkey - a woman of Indiana from the 19th century

LaWanna - the name of a state representative where I live. Her nickname was Lou. She was 85 when she died so she was born in 1935. I'm curious where the name came from and how Lou came to be her nickname.

Thorena - a woman from Indiana born in the second part of the 19th century

BOYS

Babel - this was a 19th century fellow from Indiana

Boy Names All

BOYS

Kinloch 

Mentford

Polo

Quavion

Rigg

Stallone

Tripper

Vontrell

Winner

Yunior

Zyking

A Few Names For Fall

GIRLS

Pamelyn

BOYS

Busby

Tyle

Labor Day Weekend Names

GIRLS

Gerardetta

Johnetta

BOYS

Almon

Benson

Dennison

Talmage

Talmon

A Fistful of Names

GIRLS


Grazina

BOYS

Gibb

Hanford

Hines

Moultrie

Names from Social Security Administration Data from 2014 A to Z

GIRLS

Noralie - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Ozara - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Prynn - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Quinna 5 girls were named this in 2014

Rus - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Stonie - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Trishna - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Urenna - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Victor - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Wilson - 5 girls were named this in 2014

Xinrui - only 5 girls were named this in 2014

Yu - only 5 girls were named this in 2014

Zyelle - only 5 girls were named this in 2014



BOYS


Avondre - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Bryken - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Cohutta - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Durand - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Erioluwa - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Furious - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Godrick - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Hy - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Icarus- 5 boys were named this in 2014

Jp - though I'm guessing the family actually writes it as J P. 5 boys were named this in 2014, but I would guess there are a lot more that go by this.

Ku - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Ludwin - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Motty - 5 boys were named this in 2014

Some Summertime Names

GIRLS


Randalynn

Verree

 

BOYS


Willibald

From "Who's Who in Colored America" volume 6 (1942)

GIRLS


Marva

Matalene - possibly a variant spelling of Madeline. It was the lady's middle name, but the spelling was interesting.

Verina



BOYS


Beasley

Estes

Fleming

Hyland

L'Avnire - this was the man's middle name but the name he went by

Lewyn

Louia - this was his father's name as well

Mackie

Melendez - his middle name but the name he went by

Motea

Munn

Rienzi

Roseau

Sergeant

Simuel

Thompson

Zachonia

Additional Names from "Who's Who in Colored America" 1942

GIRLS


Ambia

Judia

Lizena - middle name, but it caught my attention so I wanted to include it

Myrl - this was a middle name, but it was an interesting spelling so I wanted to include it

Mytrolene

Plymouth


BOYS


Albon - his father was named this as well

Chalmers

DeHart

Donorell

Egerton

Hall

Jeremyer - this was a middle name, but since the spelling resembles the way Jeremiah sounds in some places I thought it was good to include it

Kemper

Lather - son of Vertis, below

Legolian

Mayo

Prather

Vertis - father of Lather, above

Virnal - I thought this was an interesting spelling of Vernal

More names from "Who's Who in Colored America" 1942

GIRLS


Omolofi - mother to Orishatukeh below. She was of the Yoruba people.

Robertann

Santalia - 

Thyra



BOYS


Binga - this was his mother's maiden name

Breckenridge

Burghardt - this was his middle name but the name he went by. The famous W.E.B. Dubois.

Burrell

Carrington

Countee - the poet Countee Cullen

Elegy

Galaway

Grand Pre - This was a middle name but it caught my eye. Arthur Grand Pre Falls. Physician. Turns out that Grand Pre was his mother's maiden name, though of course, I thought of the Grand Prix race in France. His mother's first name was Santalia, so I've included her above. It also looks like he had a Jr.

Holman

Kirksey

Noy

Orishatukeh - He was of the Yoruba people.

Primas - this was his father's name also

Treston - his son was named this also

Vattel

Wiley

Names from the book "Who's Who in Colored America" volume 6 (1942)

GIRLS


Ezella 

Maudelle

Quinetta 



BOYS


Birdius

Caska

Delmo 

Doc - his son was a jr. and was given this name as well

Graves

Harsba

Lenine

Letchen 

Linwood

Love  

Lovelace

Macon

Narris

Rector

Spearing - This was his middle name but the name he went by

Subbeal

Tandy - his father's name was Tandy as well

Names to Make You Think

GIRLS


Bitte

Ennia

Scribonia

Vibia


BOYS


Aelius

Nicarchus 

Valgius

Vedius



NOT SURE OF GENDER


Nunnally

More Interesting Names From More Interesting Volumes

These names come from a couple of books I came across after stumbling upon the 1904 volume of Who's Who in America. They include:

Who's Who in Pennsylvania 1904
 Who's Who of the Colored Race 1915


BOYS

Brower

Corwin

Holstein

Medill

Reading

Rodman 

Tilghman

Names to Think About This Afternoon

GIRLS


Emmala



BOYS


Bror - Swedish

Naunton - I'm assuming this is a male name, I just saw it in some movie credits.

Interesting Names Revealed From "Who's Who in America 1904"

Zitkala-Sa

GIRLS

Abba - I hadn't seen this as a girl's name before

Giulielma

Lien - Chinese

Zitkala-Sa  - Sioux, meaning "red bird" or "cardinal bird". She lived in Utah and studied the Ute Indians here, even though she was a Yankton Dakota Sioux who had been educated in the East.



BOYS


Ammi - 

Claiborne

Kan-Ichi  - Japanese

Ming - Chinese

Odus - an alternate spelling of Otis?

Wing - Chinese

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

GIRLS


Andromache

Virna



BOYS



Ariosto

Beekman

Earley

Egerton

Espy

Gorham

Hervey - possibly an alternate spelling of Harvey

Huntington

Lightner

Marcius

Payne

Reynold

Stanyarne

Talcott

Uranus - I find it fascinating that someone was named this

Warring

Westel - this man was named after his father

Winand

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

GIRLS


Luvia



BOYS


Aldred

Bartow

Blanchard

Burns

Cabell

Capell

Courtland

Cressy

Epher

Fairfax

Fanueil -  I guess this name is unisex. I've encountered it on a woman and now on this man.

Greenough

Hiller

Laenas

Minton

Post

Revere

Rolla

Thompson

Several More Unusual Names From "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Antha

Briseis

Francese - I thought this was an unusual spelling of Frances

Ina
 
Malvina





BOYS


Aldace -  maybe an alternate spelling of Aldous?

Booker
 
Brainard
 
Elwyn
 
Geerhardus

Kerr

Kinsley 

Legh - perhaps this is an alternate spelling of Leigh? His gravestone also spells it this way.

Marshman

Merton

Maunsell

Parmenas 

Thorstein 

Vespasian

 Worcester

Now Even More Names From "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Ebba - this woman lived in Sweden



BOYS

 
Albion

Breck

Chapman

Charlemagne - I never thought about anyone besides Charlemagne being named Charlemagne.

Crawford

De Loss

Gurdon

Lambert

Loring

Lyon 

Millard

Pier - this man was born in Italy

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

Ridgely

Stiles 

South

Weller -this was the maiden name of the man's mother

Willett -this was the maiden name of the man's mother

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

GIRLS


Kiyo - Japanese



BOYS

Almon
 
Denman
 
Farish

Flavel 

Gates

Hannis

Laforrest

Lansing

Merris

Mills

Nikola - this man was Greek, rather famous still today, actually, Nikola Tesla.


Pardon - ironically, or appropriately, the man was a judge

Reuen

Slason - maybe this is an alternate spelling of a surname like Slawson and used as a first name?

Spence

Thure - this man was Swedish and this was his middle name, but the name he went by. His first name was Bror.

 
Waddy
 
Wirt

Zera

Unusual Names to Enjoy from the Pages of "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Anliza

Delight- Maybe because so many people have called me Delight over the years, I was excited to see this woman in this volume. Delight Sweetser, just sweetness all around!


Kazia - probably an alternate spelling of the Biblical name Keziah

Leonice

Lucelia



BOYS



Arba - This man's middle name was Lorraine. Who knew that Lorraine was a masculine middle name once?

Brandreth  - this man was given his mother's maiden name for a first name


Daisetsu - Japanese

Givens

Kogoro - Japanese

Lorado - possibly an alternate spelling of Loredo?

Mayer

M'Cready - this man was given his mother's maiden name for a first name

Moorfield  - this man was given his mother's maiden name for a first name

Nevada -

Ovando

Reneke - Dutch form of  the name Rene

Sewall 

Wag - Not sure if this is a nickname or a full name

Witmer - this was the man's mother's maiden name

Check Out These Names

GIRLS


Idolina

Judianna



BOYS


Arlon

Excel - explained as a word name for the fellow who was named this.

A Few Names From "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Evaleen
 
Lutie


BOYS


Ainsworth

Alviso
 
Burleigh

Cady -

Corwin

Denton

Durham

Halvor
 
Harmanus

Irenaeus - a middle name, but the man went by this name

Leonhard - I thought this was an interesting spelling of Leonard.

Lispenard

Lorillard

McCants - a middle name, but the man went by this name

Thorvald

Torvald 

Waring 

Yates

Some Unexpected Names From "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Theodosia



BOYS


Algie

Arley

Bohumil

Buren

Devello

Donaldson - middle name, but the name the man went by

Furnifold 

Goldwin

Hoke

Hoyt

Huntington 

Newman

Orson

Preserved - This was actually a middle name, but I was fascinated by it.

Ruel
 
Swagar 

Thetus 

Wharton 

Zemro

Names By The Mile

GIRLS


Borislava
 
Janeta

Milena
 
Owen - traditionally a masculine name (Welsh), but I saw that a musician named her daughter this.

Tsvetelina

Vasilena



BOYS


Atanas

Joro

Kitodar

Velislav
 
Vlado


NOT SURE OF GENDER
 


Albena
 
Asya

Atanaska
 
Boyan
 
Dacho
 
Dencho
 
Dimitar
 
Dimo
 
Dobril

Grecia
 
Hristo
 
Iva
 
Ivailo
 
Ivo

Jivko

Kamen

Kiril
 
Kiro
 
Kostadin

Lubo
 
Lubomir
 
Metodi
 
Miroslav

Petko

Pooja
 
Rosen
 
Rumen

Stanimir

Stoycho

Sumrah
 
Svetla

Svilen
 
Todor

Trayan
 
Turlough
 
Tzvetelin

Uthara
 
Valio
 
Venelin

Veselin

Vesko

Yana

Yanko

Yasen

Zornica

 

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

GIRLS


Elmina



BOYS



Aurelius

Baldwin

Bernhard

Bradhurst

Bunford

Coleman 

Cordenio

De Alton

Donatus 

Doremus 

Dorsey

Elmon

Garvin

Lamson

Laurenus

Minot

Philetus

Reinhold

Seaton

Names to Take Notice Of

GIRLS


Jillinda

Leopoldina 

Lueen



BOYS


Samoset - Abenaki, name of a Nauset chief that the Pilgrims met when they arrived in Plymouth, Massachusets. He was originally from Maine.