Rolling Out Some Interesting Names from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS



Ardelia

Doretta

Lucette



BOYS


De Lorme

Denman

Doane

Edsel

Erskine

Fairman 

Filibert 

Henley

Hervin 

Hubert

Lessing

Per - this man was born in Sweden

Ruric

Ryerson

Stealy

Vasco 

Worth

"Who's Who in America 1904" Unusual Names Revealed

GIRLS


Eurith


Itti




BOYS


Beale

Boardman

De Forest

Erman
 
Guilford

Manoah

Massey

Mazyck

Mosheim

Norval

Opie - this man was from Tennessee

Palmer
 
Sylvanus

Verner 

Warfield
 
Wheelock
 
Whitelaw

Wyllys

Shedding Light on Unusual Names From "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


 Zénaïde - this woman was Russian




BOYS


Altus

Arsène

Bie - this man was from Norway

Bradford

Carman

Carr

Choice

Egbert

Emilius

Fletcher

Harrington

Irenaeus - 

Jeter

Lingan

Marathon

Overton- this man was named for his father. His last name was Price. He was born in Liverpool, England. But since my Price ancestors lived in Overton, Wales, it just makes me wonder if maybe his father was from Wales or connected with the Price family of Overton, and the first name was a nod to where they were from.

Rastus

Redfield 

Wilder

Names for the Day After Christmas

GIRLS


Electa

Gheeda

Jemimita - Spanish nickname for the Hebrew name Jemima, pronounced "heh me me tah". Jemima means "dove".

Lozette

Lucina

Reseula



BOYS


Almenus

Ansgar - Germanic, from "ans" meaning "god" and "ger" meaning "spear".

Arend

Asbjorn - Old Norse, from "ass" meaning "god" and "bjorn" meaning "bear".

Bent- Danish form of the Latin name Benedictus meaning "blessed".

Christer -  Danish nickname for the name Christian, which comes from the Latin Christianus meaning "a Christian".

Dagfinn - from Old Norse "Dagfinnr" from "dagr" meaning "day" and "finnr" meaning "person from Finland".

Eilert - Scandinavian form of the Germanic name Egilhard, from "egil" meaning "edge of a sword" and "hard" meaning "hardy" or "brave".

Fridolf - Germanic, from "fridu" meaning "peace" and "wolf".

Gurdon

Orange - this was quite a family name. The father and son had it, then he named his son Orange, his brother also had a son named Orange,

Pierpont - Apparently the banker J.P. Morgan preferred to go by his middle name Pierpont, which was his mother's maiden name.



NOT SURE OF GENDER

Lectie

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

GIRLS


Dalinda -a woman from Buenos Aires


 
BOYS


Alba

Barnet

Bela - Bela Pratt was a sculptor, born in Connecticutt.

Butler - he seems to have gotten his first name from his father, whose middle name was Butler

Eltweed

Epifanio

Fitz-John

Hazen

Howell

Le Gage

Marsden

Mott

Rice 

Sedgwick

Treneo -a man from Buenos Aires

Van Dearing 

Waldron

Warley 

Young - this man appears to have been known by his initials, Y.J., but Young was his given name.

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

GIRLS


Elia




BOYS


Cortlandt -  

Daingerfield

Dred

Elmore

Endicott

Ettore

Farrar - the man's middle name, but the name he went by

Fremont

Hilon

Jahial 

Kingsley

Maxfield 

Normand

Norris

Parmly - the man's middle name, but the name he went by

Selim

Sereno - possibly a variant spelling of Cyrano? Sereno Elisha Payne was a congressman born in New York state.

Van Rensselaer

Wheeler

Names Galore from "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Angelia

Zelia



BOYS

Alvred

Amant 

Aulick

Aven

Cleland

Coues - the man's middle name (which was his mother's last name)

Dempster
 
Duffield - the man's middle name, but this is the name he went by

Elwell

Emmons - the man's middle name, but the name he went by
 
Hartvig 

Jorgen

Kurre 

Potter

Rensselaer 

Stafford 

Wilberfoss

Wolfred