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

Who's Who in America 1904 - More Names Found

GIRLS


Danske - this woman was of Danish ancestry


Varina - this was the wife of Jefferson Davis




BOYS


Acton

Alston

Anstruther

Bashford

Beman

Coe

Cushman

Fisk

Hayne 

Holman 

Hughes

Lockwood

Ozora
 
Pendleton 

Ruthven

Test - his first name was Charles, but he went by Test

Trevanion 

Wirt - this man was from Virginia, where there was a county called Wirt County.