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