There’s a small, remote island in the Chesapeake Bay called Tangier.
In the summer of 1965, islanders Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pruitt welcomed a baby boy — the first baby born on Tangier since 1957.
He was delivered by the Tangier’s only physician, Dr. Oscar Watson, who had moved to the island just weeks before the birth.
The baby was named Richard Watson Pruitt.
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Did you know that a handful of people out there are named Zerimar Ramirez?
Zerimar is simply Ramirez spelled backwards.
Names like Zerimar Ramirez are rare, as few surnames can be flipped into something that could pass for a first name. (And few parents are eager to give their kids palindromic full names in the first place.)
But certain surnames look and sound pretty good when spelled backwards. For instance…
When you flip your surname, what’s the result? Could it be used as a first name?
P.S. I found an Onurb Bruno in Brazil…
A German baby boy born in the Saar on January 13, 1935, the day of the Saar plebiscite, was named Saarfried “out of sheer patriotic joy.”
The official registrar “raised no objection” to the baby’s made-up name, a combination of the name of the territory and the name-element fried, meaning “peace.” This element is also found in traditional German names like Siegfried and Gottfried.
The outcome of the plebiscite? Over 90% of those who voted were in favor of the Saar returning to Hitler’s Germany. (Not too peaceful for those who then had to flee, including the mother of France.)
Source: “New Name Coined by Saar Plebiscite.” Los Angeles Times 10 Mar. 1935: 7.
In January of 1935, residents of the Saar, which had been governed by France and Britain since 1920, voted to reunify with Hitler’s Germany.
Those who feared the coming Nazi regime were forced to flee the territory.
Weeks later, Saar refugee Anna Serf gave birth to the first refugee baby in Toulouse, France. The baby girl was named France Marie Louise.
Source: “Saar Refugee Baby Named After France.” Pittsburgh Press 26 Feb 1935: 18.