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Popularity of the baby name Merry


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Holiday baby name: Christmas Carol

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We’ve found people named Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, and Christmas Day…what about Christmas Carol? Are there any Christmas Carols out there?

Yes, I’ve found a couple dozen people named “Christmas Carol.” Some examples:

  • Christmas Carol Porter (male) was born on December 24, 1872, in Iowa.
  • Christmas Carol Haley (male) was born on December 25, 1891, in Kentucky.
  • Christmas Carol Marshall (female) was born on December 25, 1894, in Indiana.
  • Christmas Carol Smith (female) was born on December 25, 1899, in Colorado.
  • Christmas Carol Miller (female) was born on December 25, 1902, in Indiana.
  • Christmas Carol Adams (female) was born on December 25, 1908, in Utah.

I’ve also come across a handful of people with the surname Carroll who have the first name Christmas.

Image: Adapted from Bellagio Christmas tree by Bert Kaufmann under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holiday baby name: Christmas Day

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Yesterday I listed some people named Christmas Eve. Have there also been people named Christmas Day?

Yup, dozens.

The oldest I’ve spotted is Christmas Day (male) who was christened in March of 1659 in Berkshire, England.

The next-oldest are from the 1700s:

  • Christmas Day (male) christened on June 12, 1711, in London, England
  • Christmas Day (male) christened on December 27, 1762, in Suffolk, England

And there are a bunch in the 1800s, including the following:

  • Samuel Christmas Day (male) born on November 9, 1809 (and christened on December 24, 1809) in London, England
  • Christmas Day Godfrey (male) christened on January 3, 1817, in Norfolk, England
  • William Christmas Day (male) christened December 28, 1820, in Suffolk, England
  • Anna Christmas Day Dye (female) christened on November 11, 1837, in Norfolk, England
  • Christmas Day Jones (male) born circa 1850 in Wales
  • Christmas Day (male) born in December, 1876, in Ohio
  • John Christmas Day (male) born circa 1878 in New Zealand
  • Christmas Day Wagstaff, christened on January 27, 1884, in Essex, England

I haven’t seen anyone named Christmas Day since 1900, though.

[More holiday baby names: Merry Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Carol, Christmas Tree, Happy New Year]

Image: Adapted from Bellagio Christmas tree by Bert Kaufmann under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holiday baby name: Merry Christmas

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Conrad and Nellie Miller built Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska, in the early 1950s. It’s now “one of the top attractions in Interior Alaska,” according to the website.

Con and Nellie also had three children, the third of which was a daughter born in 1961. She was named Merry Christmas Miller.

A name like “Merry Christmas” might have made sense for the proprietors of Santa Clause House, but what about for the rest of us? Have any other parents named their children “Merry Christmas”?

Yup.

Merry Christmas Miller is one of only about 40 people that I’ve found so far with the first and middle names Merry Christmas.

Another is Merry Christmas Easter, 1918-2008, of California.

I’ve also discovered about a dozen people with the first and last names Merry Christmas.

Many — though not all — of these Merry Christmases were females born on December 25, just like Merry Christmas Miller.

[More holiday baby names: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Carol, Christmas Tree, Happy New Year]

Source: Williams, Verne. “Santa not in red at $1.50 a letter.” Miami News 29 Nov. 1976: 1A.

Image: Adapted from Bellagio Christmas tree by Bert Kaufmann under CC BY-SA 2.0.