How many humans have been named Christmas throughout history?
It’s impossible to know for sure, but records reveal that thousands of babies across the globe have been given “Christmas” as either a first or middle name over the last few centuries. As you’d expect, the majority of them were born on, or close to, December 25th. Some examples…
- Christmas Smyth, christened in England on Dec. 29, 1622
- Christmass Elizabeth Cattermaul, christened in England on Dec. 28, 1766
- Christmas Dagenet, born in the U.S. (Indiana) on Dec. 25, 1799
- Christmas Griffith, christened in Wales on Dec. 25, 1824
- Ebenezer Christmas Matthews, christened in England on Jan. 1, 1844
- Walter Christmas Frost, christened in England on Dec. 25, 1854
- Horace Christmas Liddle, born in Australia on Dec. 25, 1855
- Christmas Evans Ward, born in the U.S. (South Carolina) on Dec. 25, 1859
- Charles Christmas Lambert, born in Australia on Dec. 25, 1866
- Casper Christmass Kline, born in the U.S. (New York) on Dec. 25, 1866
- Terry Christmas Donnelly, born in Ireland on Dec. 15, 1879
- Emma Christmas Thacker, christened in England on Jan. 15, 1880
- Christmas James Jones, born in Wales on Dec. 25, 1888
- Earl Christmas Elmendorf, born in the U.S. (Iowa) on Dec. 25, 1892
- Christmas Roberts, born in England on Dec. 25, 1896
- Arnold Christmas Flett, born in Canada on Dec. 25, 1900
- Laverna Christmas Lambas, born in the U.S. (West Virginia) on Dec. 25, 1902
- Mabel Christmas Tidgwell, born in Canada on Dec. 25, 1903
- Christmas Higgins, born in the U.S. (Massachusetts) on Dec. 25, 1909
- Christmas Kaailau Kelii, born in the U.S. (Hawaii) on Dec. 25, 1915
- Johnny Christmas Mattingly, born in the U.S. (Texas) on Dec. 24, 1945
The parents of hundreds of these babies went even further by creating names out of Christmas-related phrases. For instance…
- Christmas Eve Flournoy, born in the U.S. (Texas) on Dec. 24, 1871
- Christmas Carol McCloud, born in the U.S. (California) on Dec. 25, 1909
- Christmas Day Wagstaff, christened in England on Jan. 27, 1884
- Christmas Gift Evans, born in the U.S. (New York) on Dec. 25, 1840
- He went on to become a businessman in Montana, where his home, the Christmas Gift Evans House, still stands.
- Merry Christmas Lloyd, born in the U.S. (Ohio) on Dec. 25, 1889
Two more examples are Merry Christmas Miller (born to Conrad and Nellie Miller, the founders of Alaska’s Santa Claus House, in 1961) and Mennonite writer Christmas Carol Kauffman (born in Indiana on Dec. 25, 1902).
Sources:
- FamilySearch.org
- “Busy season for Santa.” St. Joseph News-Press 17 Jul. 1977: 8C.
Image: Adapted from Bellagio Christmas tree by Bert Kaufmann under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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