How popular is the baby name Fay in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Fay.
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Ro’nikonhrowa nen (or Ro’nikonhrowa:nen), which comes from a figure in Iroquois folklore, means “he who has ideas.”
Sardonyx is a type of banded gemstone.
Sikuliaq (pronounced see-KOO-lee-auk) means “young sea ice” in Inupiaq.
Soho, Manhattan, New-York — in this order, they form an address :)
Taliittuq may mean “no arm” in Inuit.
Tikwaachin means “autumn” in Cree.
Tuukak…I don’t know the definition, but a character named Tuukak appeared in a mid-2020 episode of the animated kids’ show Molly of Denali.
Uapikun means “flower” in Innu-aimun.
Ullusiurvik means “feast day” or “holy day” in Inuktitut.
Uppialuk means “snowy owl” in Inuktitut.
Uyghur…the Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group in China.
Wapan means “dawn” in Cree.
Waseskon may mean “blue” or “sky blue” in Cree. (The very similar Cree word Waseskun has been defined as: “the time just after a storm, when the dark clouds begin to part, the blue sky appears, and the first rays of sunlight shine through.”)
Did you know that Audie Murphy — the soldier-turned-actor mentioned in yesterday’s post on Destry — was one of a dozen siblings? All 12 of the Murphy children were born in Texas. Here are their first and middle names:
Elizabeth Corine, b. 1910
Charles Emmett, b. 1912
Vernon C., b. 1916
Ariel June, b. 1919
Virginia Oneta, b. 1918
J.W. (stillborn), b. 1920
Audie Leon, b. 1925
Richard Houston, b. 1926
Eugene Porter, b. 1928
Reta Fay, b. 1931 – later known as Verda Nadine (see pic)
A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reader looking for lists of old-fashioned double names. She was aiming for names like Thelma Dean, Eula Mae, and Gaynell — names that would have sounded trendy in the early 1900s. She also mentioned that she’d started a list of her own.
So I began scouring the interwebs. I tracked down lists of old-fashioned names, and lists of double names…but I couldn’t find a decent list of double names that were also old-fashioned.
I loved the idea of such a list, though, so I suggested that we work together to create one. She generously sent me the pairings she’d collected so far, and I used several different records databases to find many more.
I restricted my search to names given to girls born in the U.S. from 1890 to 1930. I also stuck to double names that I found written as single names, because it’s very likely that these pairings were used together in real life (i.e., that they were true double names and not merely first-middle pairings).
Pairings that seemed too timeless, like Maria Mae and Julia Rose, were omitted. I also took out many of the pairings that feature now-trendy names — think Ella, Emma, and Lucy — because they just don’t sound old-fashioned anymore (though they would have a few decades ago).
The result isn’t exhaustive, but it’s a decent sampling of real-life, old-fashioned double names. I’ve organized them by second name, and I also added links to popularity graphs for names that were in the SSA data during the correct time period (early 1900s).
I spotted plenty of other combinations that just didn’t happen to be written as single names in the records, so here’s a handy dandy little table to cover some of the other existing combinations…
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