GIRLS
Achsa - this is a name from Relief Society Magazine 1941.
Marba
Nevon
Robert Frost's poem "A Cliff Dwelling" reminds me of the people who must have lived here "Oh years ago--ten thousand years" and enjoyed the beauty and safety of a cliff. A place "to rest from his besetting fears". Welcome to mine.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Names Old and New
GIRLS
Ricca - name of silent film actress Ricca Allen.
BOYS
Agostino -
Arda - this is the name of silent film actor Arda La Croix.
Lon -
Maclyn - silent film actor Maclyn Arbuckle had this name.
Payden
Trekker
Saturday, June 10, 2023
A Wealth of Names
GIRLS
Adda - name of actress Adda Gleason.
Bodil - Danish
De Sacia - name of silent film actress De Sacia Mooers (possibly De Sacia Saville originally).
Gerda - Danish
Golla - Danish
Helenka - Polish
Ignatia - given name of actress Loyola O'Connor, who was born Ignatia Loyola O'Connor.
Jobyna - feminine version of the name Joby, this was the name of actress Jobyna Howland, who was named after her father Joby.
Joyzelle - name of actress Joyzelle Joyner.
Maidel
Mayo - name of actress Mayo Methot.
Merta
Ottola - name of actress Ottola Nesmith.
Pola - nickname from Apolonia. Actress Pola Negri was originally named Barbara Apolonia Chalupec (she was both Polish and Jewish).
Runa - name of child actress in silent films Runa Hodges.
Toshia - Japanese
Weltha
Willette- name of actress Willette Kershaw.
ZaSu - pronounced "ZAY zoo", this name of a silent film actress, was made by combining the end of the name Eliza and the beginning of the name Susan, names of two of her aunts. Actress ZaSu Pitts.
BOYS
Rulandus - father of actress ZaSu Pitts.