In 2014 I featured a series of blog posts introducing you to 2,014 names. For the most part they were names that were brand new to me as well. Some names may be more familiar but I found the meaning or origin or some other aspect of the name made it worthy of inclusion here. You may love some of the names, you may hate some, but hopefully you enjoy learning about all of them.

Saturday, January 25, 2020

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, January 18, 2020

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

Saturday, January 11, 2020

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.