Tag: lottie
How popular is the baby name Lottie in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Lottie.
Popularity of the Baby Name Lottie
Posts that Mention the Name Lottie
Rare Girl Names from Early Cinema: Letter T (part 1)
Here's the next installment of rare female names collected from very old films (1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s).
There were a lot of T-names, so I split the list into two posts. The second half will be up in a few weeks.
Taffy was a character name in multiple films, including Penthouse Rhythm (1945) and Springtime in the Sierras (1947).
Usage of the baby name Taffy.
Tahama
Tahama was a character played by actress Madame Sul-Te-Wan in the film King of the Zombies (1941).
Tahia
Tahia was a character name in multiple films, including White Savage (1943) and Call of the South Seas (1944).
Usage of the baby name Tahia.
Tahona
Tahona was a character played by actress Margaret Loomis in the film The Hidden Pearls (1918).
Taisie
Taisie Lockhart was a character played by actress Fay Wray in the film The Conquering Horde (1931).
Takla was a character played by actress Gilda Gray in the film The Devil Dancer (1927).
Talapa
Talapa was a character played by actress Margaret Loomis in the film Told in the Hills (1919).
Talithy
Talithy Millicuddy was a character played by actress Mary Philbin in the film The Blazing Trail (1921).
Talma
Madame Talma was a character played by actress Edna May Oliver in the film The Great Jasper (1933).
Usage of the baby name Talma.
Talu was a character played by actress Lenore Ulric in the film Frozen Justice (1929).
Taluta
Taluta was a character played by actress Ann Little in the short film The Outcast (1912).
Tama was a character played by actress Dorothy Lamour in the film Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942).
Usage of the baby name Tama.
Tamandra
Tamandra was a character played by actress Ormi Hawley in the short film Tamandra, the Gypsy (1913).
Tamarah was a character played by actress Fern Andra in the film Lotus Lady (1930).
Usage of the baby name Tamarah.
Tamarind Brook was a character played by actress Gloria Swanson in the film What a Widow! (1930).
Usage of the baby name Tamarind.
Tambourina
Tambourina was a character played by actress Carrie Clark Ward in the film The Paliser Case (1920).
Tamea
Tamea was a character name in multiple films, including Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) and Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931).
Usage of the baby name Tamea.
Tana was a character name in multiple films, including The Devil Dancer (1927) and The Forest Rangers (1942).
Usage of the baby name Tana.
Tanaka was a character played by actress Laska Winter in the film Fashion Madness (1928).
Usage of the baby name Tanaka.
Tanis
Tanis was a character name in multiple films, including Babbitt (1924) and Babbitt (1934).
Usage of the baby name Tanis.
Tanit Zerga was a character played by actress Milada Mladova in the film Siren of Atlantis (1949).
Tannie
Tannie Edison was a character played by actress Virginia Weidler in the film Young Tom Edison (1940).
Usage of the baby name Tannie.
Tansy Firle was a character played by actress Alma Taylor in the film Tansy (1921).
Usage of the baby name Tansy.
Tanyusha
Tanyusha was a character played by actress Nancy Carroll in the film Scarlet Dawn (1932).
Tarusa was a character played by actress Esther Dale in the film Aloma of the South Seas (1941).
Tarzana was a character played by actress Raquel Torres in the film So This Is Africa (1933).
Tasia was a character played by actress Dolores del Rio in the film The Red Dance (1928).
Usage of the baby name Tasia.
Tatiane Shebanoff was a character played by actress Jacqueline Gadsden in the film His Hour (1924).
Tatuka
Tatuka was a character played by actress Velma Whitman in the short film As the Twig Is Bent (1915).
Taula was a character played by actress Ernestine Gaines in the film Aloma of the South Seas (1926).
Taupou
Taupou was a character played by actress Margaret Livingston in the film The Brute Master (1920).
Taxi Belle
Taxi Belle Hooper was a character played by actress Rita La Roy in the film Blonde Venus (1932).
Tautinei
Tautinei was a character played by actress Grace Lord in the film The Lure of the South Seas (1929).
Teala
Teala Loring was an actress who appeared in films primarily in the 1940s. She was born in Colorado in 1922. Her birth name was Marcia Eloise Griffin.
Usage of the baby name Teala.
Teazie
Bessie "Teazie" Williams was a character played by actress Mae Marsh in the film The White Rose (1923).
Tecolote
Tecolote was a character played by actress Dorothy Dalton in the film The Captive God (1916).
Tecza
Tecza was a character played by actress Geraldine Farrar in the film The Woman God Forgot (1917).
Teddy Sampson was an actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1920s. She was born in New York in 1895. Teddy was also a character name in multiple films, including Vultures of Society (1916) and Having Wonderful Time (1938).
Usage of the baby name Teddy.
Tee-hee-nay
Tee-Hee-Nay was a character played by actress Bessie Eyton in the short film The Legend of the Lost Arrow (1912).
Teena Johnson was a character played by actress Sally O'Neil in the film Hardboiled (1929).
Usage of the baby name Teena.
Teenie McPherson was a character played by actress Renee Houston in the film Fine Feathers (1937).
Usage of the baby name Teenie.
Tehani
Tehani was a character played by actress Movita in the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
Usage of the baby name Tehani.
Tehura
Tehura was a character played by actress Jacqueline Logan in the film Ebb Tide (1922).
Teita
Teita was a character played by actress Bessie Love in the film Soul-Fire (1925).
Tela Tchaï was an actress who appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s. She was born in France in 1909.
Usage of the baby name Tela.
Teleia
Teleia Van Schreeven was a character played by actress Adele Mara in the film Wake of the Red Witch (1948).
Temata was a character played by actress Hilo Hattie in the film Tahiti Nights (1944).
Tempe Pigott was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1950s. She was born in England in 1884.
Usage of the baby name Tempe.
Tempest Cody was a character played by actress Marie Walcamp in a series of Tempest Cody short films in 1919.
Usage of the baby name Tempest.
Temple Drake was a character played by actress Miriam Hopkins in the film The Story of Temple Drake (1933). The film was based on the novel Sanctuary (1931) by William Faulkner.
Usage of the baby name Temple.
Tempy
Aunt Tempy was a character played by actress Hattie McDaniel in the film Song of the South (1946).
Usage of the baby name Tempy.
Teodora was a character played by actress Alma Rubens in the film The World and His Wife (1920).
Usage of the baby name Teodora.
Teola
Teola was a character played by various actresses in the various film adaptations of Tess of the Storm Country.
Usage of the baby name Teola.
Teresina was a character played by actress Nina Campana in the film Tortilla Flat (1942).
Usage of the baby name Teresina.
Terpsichore
Terpsichore was a character played by actress Rita Hayworth in the film Down to Earth (1947).
Terza Bey was an actress who appeared in one film in 1915.
Tesha was a character played by actress Maria Corda in the film A Woman in the Night (1928).
Usage of the baby name Tesha.
Tessibel
Tessibel was a character played by various actresses in the various film adaptations of Tess of the Storm Country.
Usage of the baby name Tessibel.
Tessie
Tessie was a character name in multiple films, including Tessie (1925) and Make Me a Star (1932).
Usage of the baby name Tessie.
Texas Guinan was an actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1930s. She was born in Texas in 1884. Texas was also a character played by actress Dot Farley in the film Lady Be Good (1928).
Usage of the baby name Texas.
Thais Merton was a character played by actress Adda Gleason in the film One Traveler Returns (1914).
Usage of the baby name Thais.
Thalie was a character played by actress Dagmar Godowsky in the film The Trap (1922).
Princess Thania was a character played by actress Frances Drake in the film The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938).
Usage of the baby name Thania.
Thanya
Thanya was a character played by actress Kitty Gordon in the film The Crucial Test (1916).
Usage of the baby name Thanya.
Tharon
Tharon Last was a character played by actress Dorothy Dalton in the film The Crimson Challenge (1922). The film was based on the novel Tharon of Lost Valley (1919) by Vingetta "Vingie" Roe.
Usage of the baby name Tharon.
Theda
Theda Bara was an actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1920s. She was born in Ohio in 1885. Her birth name was Theodosia Burr Goodman.
Usage of the baby name Theda.
Thel Harris was a character played by actress Lottie Briscoe in the short film Honor Thy Father (1912).
Usage of the baby name Thel.
Thelda
Thelda Kenvin was an actress who appeared in one film in 1926. She was born (with the first name Ethelda) in Pennsylvania in 1899. Thelda was also a character played by actress Greta Granstedt in the film There Goes My Heart (1938).
Usage of the baby name Thelda.
Thelma Todd was an actress who appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1930s. She was born in Massachusetts in 1906. Thelma Salter was an actress who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1920s. She was born in California in 1908. Thelma was also a character name in multiple films, including A Modern Thelma (1916) and A Broadway Butterfly (1925).
Usage of the baby name Thelma.
Themar was a character played by actress Barbara La Marr in the film Arabian Love (1922).
Theo Scofield West was a character played by actress Lana Turner in the film Marriage is a Private Affair (1944).
Usage of the baby name Theo.
Sister Theodosia was a character played by actress Sarah Padden in the film The Zero Hour (1939).
Usage of the baby name Theodosia.
Thera Dufre was a character played by actress Gretchen Lederer in the short film Under a Shadow (1915).
Usage of the baby name Thera.
Thirza
Thirza Tapper was a character played by actress Viola Lyel in the film The Farmer's Wife (1941).
Usage of the baby name Thirza.
Thomsine
Thomsine Musgrove was a character played by actress Dorothy Mackaill in the film The Fighting Blade (1923).
Thora was a character name in multiple films, including The Face of the World (1921) and The Winking Idol (1926).
Usage of the baby name Thora.
Thorhild
Thorhild was a character played by actress Julia Swayne Gordon in the film The Viking (1928).
Thurya
Thurya was a character played by actress Dorothy Janis in the film Fleetwing (1928).
Thymian was a character played by actress Louise Brooks in the film Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
Thyra
Thyra was a character played by actress Eleanor Boardman in the film The Only Thing (1925).
Usage of the baby name Thyra.
In the video I pronounced Teala as "tee-AH-lah," but I now think Teala Loring actually pronounced her name "TEE-lah." Of course I didn't find this out until after the video was created. :)
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Pennsylvania Family with 25 Children
In late 1899, multiple newspapers ran the story of Mary Swartwood of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Why? Because she had just welcomed her 25th child.
She was only in her early 40s, but had married her husband (Samuel) at the age of 14 and had welcomed her first baby at the age of 15.
Here are the names and birth years of all 25 Swartwood kids:
Walter, 1872
Louis, 1873
Thaddeus, 1875
Maud, 1876
Cora, 1877
Blanche, 1878
Mabel, 1879
Herbert, 1880
Warren, 1881
Elsie, 1882
Samuel, 1884
Daniel, 1885
Ruth, 1886
Alonzo, 1889 (twin)
Gertrude, 1889 (twin)
Elmer, 1890
Calvin, 1891
Florence, 1892
Esther, 1893 (twin)
Benjamin, 1893 (twin)
Earl, 1895
Jessie, 1896
Edith, 1897
Lottie, 1898
Arthur, 1899
Out of the 25 names on the list, which girl name and which boy name do you like best?
Source: "25 Children in 27 Years." Hartford Weekly Times 26 Oct. 1899: 6.
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Popular Baby Names in Providence, RI, 1866
Last month we looked at the top Providence names of 1867, so today let's check out the rankings from the year before — 1866.
First, some stats:
1,633 babies were babies were born in Providence in 1866, by my count. (The number given by the author of the document is 1,632.)
1,457 of these babies (707 girls and 750 boys) had names that were registered with the government at the time of publication. The other 176 babies got blank spaces.
234 unique names (123 girl names and 108 boy names) were shared among these 1,457 babies.
And here's some extra information I forgot to mention in the last post: In 1860, the city of Providence was home to 29.0% of Rhode Island's population. In 1870, it was home to 31.7% of the population. So each of these 3 sets of rankings (1866, 1867, 1868) ought to account for roughly 30% of the residents of the state.
Now, on to the names…
The top 5 girl names and boy names of 1866 were, unsurprisingly, very similar to the top names of 1867.
Top Baby Girl Names
Top Baby Boy Names
1. Mary
2. Catherine
3. Ellen
4. Margaret
5. Sarah 1. John
2. William
4. George
5. Thomas
The girls' top 5 is identical, while the boys' top 5 includes Thomas instead of George.
As expected, Mary was the front-runner by a huge margin. And, while there were dozens of Catherines, and a single Catharine, there weren't any Katherines.
Mary, 149 baby girls
Catherine, 43
Ellen, 40
Margaret, 37
Sarah, 36
Elizabeth, 32
Alice, 18
Annie, 15
Anna & Eliza, 14 each (2-way tie)
Ann, 11
Carrie, Emma, Jane & Susan, 10 each (4-way tie)
Grace & Ida, 9 each (2-way tie)
Esther, Martha & Minnie, 7 each (3-way tie)
Anne & Julia, 6 each (2-way tie)
Agnes, Charlotte, Cora, Harriet, Jennie, Joanna, Maria & Rosanna, 5 each (8-way tie)
Amelia, Bridget, Ella, Frances, Hattie, Lydia, Nellie & Theresa, 4 each (8-way tie)
Abby, Emily, Florence, Josephine, Laura, Lillian, Lizzie, Louise & Marion, 3 each (9-way tie)
Ada, Amy, Augusta, Deborah, Edith, Etta, Eva, Fannie, Georgianna, Hannah, Henrietta, Honora, Isabel, Isabella, Lottie, Lucy, Mabel, Marietta, Maud & Teresa, 2 each (20-way tie)
Almira, Annette, Bertha, Catharine, Cedelia, Celia, Christina, Delia, Diana, Dora, Dorcas, Eldora, Eleanor, Elsie, Emeline, Etherine, Eugenie, Evangeline, Fanny, Flora, Geneva, Georgia, Gracie, Helen, Helena, Imogene, Janette, Jessie, Kate, Lena, Louisa, Lucia, Lucinda, Madelina, Marian, Marsalin, May, Millie, Mina, Mini, Minna, Neatah, Nettie, Phebe, Rebecca, Rosa, Roselia, Rosetta, Ruth, Sophia, Stella, Susanna, Susannah, Tillie & Winnifred, 1 each (55-way tie)
John had an even more commanding lead in 1866 than in 1867.
John, 109 baby boys
William, 78
James, 62
George, 44
Thomas, 41
Charles, 36
Edward, 28
Joseph, 27
Frederick, 20
Henry, 18
Frank, 17
Francis, 14
Daniel, 13
Albert, Patrick & Robert, 12 each (3-way tie)
Walter, 11
Arthur, Peter & Samuel, 8 each (3-way tie)
Alfred, Harry, Louis & Stephen, 7 each (4-way tie)
Martin, 6
Matthew, 5
Christopher, Clarence, Herbert, Howard & Hugh, 4 each (5-way tie)
Benjamin, Eugene, Ira & Jeremiah, 3 each (4-way tie)
Aaron, Alvin, Arnold, Earl, Edgar, Elisha, Freddie, Harrison, Lewis, Marcus, Nicholas, Philip, Richard & Timothy, 2 each (14-way tie)
Abner, Adam, Adolph, Alanson, Alden, Ambrose, Antonio, August, Augustavus*, Augustus, Bartholomew, Bernard, Bradford, Byron, Chauncey, Clinton, David, Duncan, Eben, Ebenezer, Edwin, Elias, Elliott, Ethan, Everett, Ezra, Ferdinand, Frederic, Fullerton, Gilbert, Gwynn, Harold, Herman, Isaac, Jesse, Josiah, Lauriston, Luther, Manuel, Marks, Maurice, Miles, Mortimer, Oliver, Olney, Oscar, Otto, Rana, Rectol, Salisbury, Shamball, Simon, Terence, Theodore, Victor, Willard, Willie & Wilton, 1 each (58-way tie)
(I didn't combine any variant spellings, but I did lump the abbreviated names Chas., Benj., and Fred'k in with Charles, Benjamin and Frederick.)
*Does Augustavus = Augustus + Gustav, I wonder?
I counted 19 pairs of twins born in Providence in 1866. I didn't notice any triplets this year. (All of these names have already been accounted for above.)
Twins (b/b)
Twins (b/g)
Twins (g/g)
Edgar & Oscar
Edward & James
Francis & James
James & John
John & Thomas
(blank) & (blank) Frederick & Alice
John & Alice
Samuel & Sarah
Stephen & Annie
(blank) & Catherine Agnes & Anna
Eldora & Ellen
Eliza & Mary
Elizabeth & Julia
Frances & Mary
Josephine & Mary
Mary & Sarah
Theresa & (blank)
I'll try to finish/post the final set of rankings before the end of the year.
Source: Snow, Edwin M. Alphabetical Lists of Persons Deceased, Born and Married in the City of Providence During the Year 1866. Providence: Hammond, Angell & Co., 1867.
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The registrar of Providence, Rhode Island, published a series of documents listing all "of the names of persons deceased, born and married in the city of Providence" during years 1866, 1867 and 1868. The series may have been longer, but these are the only documents I could find online.
I've finally finished creating a set of rankings using one of the documents — 1867. But before we get to the rankings, here are some stats:
1,547 babies were born in Providence in 1867, going by the number of babies listed in the document itself. According to the document's introduction, though, the number is 1,625. Not sure what to make of this discrepancy.
1,431 of these babies (713 girls and 718 boys) had names that were registered with the government at the time of publication. The other 116 babies got blank spaces. Either their names hadn't been registered yet, or they hadn't been named yet, or perhaps they died young and never received a name.
And now, on to the names…
A quick look at the top 5 girl names and boy names in Providence in 1867:
4. Charles
Notice how the #1 name, Mary, was bestowed three times as often as the #2 name, Catherine.
Florence, 14
Ann, Emma & Ida, 12 each (3-way tie)
Minnie, 11
Harriet & Julia, 9 each (2-way tie)
Anna, Caroline, Carrie, Jennie, Joanna & Louisa, 8 each (6-way tie)
Cora & Eliza, 7 each (2-way tie)
Agnes, Clara, Edith, Rosanna & Theresa, 6 each (5-way tie)
Bertha, Grace, Hannah, Hattie, Jane, Lillian, Maria, Martha, Nellie & Susan, 5 each (10-way tie)
Eleanor, Fannie, Gertrude, Helen, Isabella, Lucy & Rosa, 4 each (7-way tie)
Anne, Bridget, Ella, Emily, Esther, Eva, Lizzie, Mabel, Matilda & Ruth, 3 each (10-way tie)
Ada, Amelia, Charlotte, Dora, Eleanora, Elvira, Henrietta, Jessie, Josephine, Kate, Louise, Lydia, Maggie & Rosella, 2 each (14-way tie)
Abby, Addie, Adelaide, Adelia, Almina, Almira, Amanda, Amey, Amy, Anastasia, Angelie, Annis, Antoinette, Augusta, Aurelia, Bethiah, Cecelia, Celia, Clarissa, Clementina, Corielynn, Cornelia, Drusilla, Effie, Emeline, Estella, Ethelin, Fanny, Florentina, Frances, Gelie, Genevieve, Georgiana, Georgianna, Helena, Honora, Irene, Isabel, Issie, Juliann, Julietta, Katie, Laura, Leah, Leonora, Lillie, Lillis, Lily, Lottie, Luella, Margaretta, Margery, Margret, Marietta, Maude, May, Millie, Myra, Nelly, Phebe, Robie, Rosalthe, Rose, Selina, Sophia, Susanna, Susannah, Vienna, Viola, Vira, Virginia & Winifred, 1 each (72-way tie)
John, 87 baby boys
Francis & Michael, 14 each (2-way tie)
Patrick, 13
Arthur & Robert, 12 each (2-way tie)
Frank, Frederick & Henry, 11 each (3-way tie)
Albert, 9
Daniel & Peter, 8 each (2-way tie)
David, Eugene, Howard & Samuel, 6 each (4-way tie)
Alexander, Louis & Stephen, 5 each (3-way tie)
Harry, Herbert, Hugh & Martin, 4 each (4-way tie)
Carl, Edgar, Everett, Jeremiah & Willie, 3 each (5-way tie)
Abraham, Alfred, Clarence, Cornelius, Dennis, Ernest, Ezra, Franklin, Freddie, Jacob, Jesse, Lewis, Luke, Nicholas, Philip, Sylvester, Theodore, Timothy, 2 each (18-way tie)
Abner, Adam, Adolph, Amos, Andrew, Appleton, Archibald, Ashel, August, Benjamin, Benno, Bernard, Bertram, Burt, Byron, Clifford, Davis, Dexter, Dunlap, Edmund, Edwin, Elmer*, Embert, Forrest, Freddy, Gustav, Herman, Isaac, Jeffrey, Jerome, Josiah, Lucian, Malcolm, Matthew, Maurice, Milton, Nathan, Nehemiah, Nelson, Oren, Oscar, Otto, Owen, Paul, Ralph, Reginald, Richard, Sanford, Seth, Shirley, Sullivan, Terence, Theobald, Victor, Wanton, Warren, Weston, Wheelan, Wilford, 1 each (59-way tie)
*Elmer, who had the middle initial "E.," was likely named after Civil War casualty Elmer E. Ellsworth.
Twins & Triplets
Twenty-one sets of twins and two sets of triplets were born in Providence in 1867. (All of these names were accounted for above — I just thought it'd be fun to check out the sibsets.)
Abraham & George
Charles & George
Charles & John
Daniel & David
Dunlap & Frank
Eugene & Timothy
George & John
George & William
John & Martin Albert & Harriet
Ashel & Ida
George & Grace
James & Mary
Maurice & Ann Annie & Fannie
Annie & Mary
Ann & Ellen
Jennie & Minnie
Margaret & Martha
(blank) & (blank) Carl, (blank) & (blank)
James, Alexander & Sarah
I'll post Providence's 1866 and 1868 rankings as soon I get them done. Until then, here are two older posts featuring uniquely named Rhode Islanders: Aldaberontophoscophornia (b. 1812) and Idawalley (b. 1842).
Snow, Edwin M. Alphabetical Lists of the Names of Persons Deceased, Born and Married in the City of Providence. Providence: Hammond, Angell & Co., 1868.
Dr. Edwin M. Snow – Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame
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Names Popular During the Victorian Era
Tuesday's post about the Victorian-style Tylney Hall Hotel reminded me of a list of Victorian-era names that I've had bookmarked forever.
The list was created by amateur genealogist G. M. Atwater as a resource for writers. It contains names and name combinations that were commonly seen in the U.S. from the 1840s to the 1890s. Below is the full list (with a few minor changes).
Victorian Era Female Names
Victorian Era Male Names
Abigale / Abby
Almira / Almyra
Ann / Annie
Dorothy / Dot
Elizabeth / Eliza / Liza / Lizzy / Bess / Bessie / Beth / Betsy
Frances / Fanny
Gertrude / Gertie
Henrietta / Hettie / Ettie
Hortence
Isabell / Isabella
Katherine / Kate
Louise / Louisa
Mahulda
Margaret / Peggie
Mary / Molly / Polly
Mary Frances
Matilda / Mattie
Maxine / Maxie
Nellie / Nelly
Orpha
Parthena
Permelia
Preshea
Rebecca / Becky
Rhoda / Rhody
Sarah Elizabeth
Theodosia / Theda
Vertiline / Verd
Virginia / Ginny
Winnifred / Winnie
Zylphia
Abraham / Abe
Alan / Allen
Andrew / Drew / Andy
Archibald / Archie
August / Augustus / Gus
Barnabas / Barney
Bartholomew / Bart
Bertram / Bert
Charles / Charley / Charlie
Clement / Clem
Clinton / Clint
Columbus / Lom / Lum
Commodore Perry
Daniel / Dan
Edward / Ned
Ezekiel / Zeke
Francis / Frank
Frederick / Fred
Gabriel / Gabe
Gilbert / Gil
Harold / Harry
Henry / Hank
Isaac / Ike
Jacob / Jake
James / Jim
Jefferson / Jeff
Jedediah / Jed
Jeptha
John / Jack
Joseph / Josephus
Lafayette / Lafe
Lawrence / Larry
Les / Lester / Leslie
Lewis / Lew / Louis
Masheck
Meriwether Lewis
Michael / Mike
Micajah / Cage
Nathaniel / Nathan / Nate / Nat
Newton / Newt
Nicholas / Nick
Ninian
Ora / Oral
Patrick / Pat
Robert / Bob
Richard / Rich / Dick
Sam Houston
Stanley / Stan
Thomas / Tom
Theodore / Ted
Timothy / Tim
Uriah
William / Will / Bill / Billy
Zedock
Which female name and male name do you like best?
Source: Victorian Era Names, A Writer's Guide
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