Category Archives: Baby Names from Politics
Unusual Real Names – Bamber, Dingle, Potto, Wyke
British men with peculiar names:
Almroth Wright (1861-1947) – bacteriologist and immunologist.
Bamber Gascoigne (born in 1935) – television presenter and author.
Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) – soldier and politician.
Coventry Patmore (1823-1896) – poet and critic.
Dingle Foot (1905-1978) – barrister and politician.
Elfyn Llwyd (born in 1951) – barrister and politician.
Olinthus Gregory (1774-1841) – mathematician, author and editor.
Potto Brown (1797–1871) [...]
Wikipedia’s List of Unusual Personal Names
Once upon a time, Wikipedia had a List of Unusual Personal Names. That list was deleted a few weeks ago. It had been deleted before, but it always managed to come back. This time I think the deletion might be permanent.
So I’ve decided to reprint much of the list here. Not because I want to [...]
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Unusual Real Names – Epaphroditus, Orchard, Speedy, Waddy
Here’s a batch of unusual male names that belonged to various U.S. Representatives:
Bolling Hall (1767-1836) – U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Calvary Morris (1798-1871) – U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854) – U.S. Representative from New York.
Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842) – U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Denver Church (1862-1952) – U.S. Representative from California.
Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834) – U.S. Representative from [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Libertarian Boy Name for First Baby
Last week, a reader named Julie sent me a fascinating e-mail:
My husband and I are trying to figure out what we want to name our first child. We have a girl’s name (Darby) but a boy would be a real problem.
The name he really really wants is Hayek (after 18th century economist – Friedrich Augustus [...]
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What Tiger Woods Can Teach Us About Baby Names
Less than a month ago, Tiger Woods had a squeaky-clean image. Then he had that curious car accident and things began to fall apart. Close to a dozen women have since come forward and claimed to be Tiger’s mistresses. I don’t know if any of the claims are true, but I do know that they’ve [...]
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Politicians Who Were Named After Other Politicians