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Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bush of Dallas welcomed a baby boy on November 3, 1980 — the day before the presidential election. They named him Reagan, making his full name Reagan Bush.
“We felt it was a unique opportunity to name him after two great Americans,” said Scott Bush.
The birth prevented Mrs. Bush from getting to the polls, but Mr. Bush voted — “For Reagan, of course.”
Ronald Reagan and George Bush ended up defeating Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale by a wide margin that year. No doubt this pleased the Bush family of Dallas very much.
Source: “Child Named for GOP Ticket.” Rushville Republican 8 Nov. 1980: 1.
The word jinx means “curse” or “hex,” but that hasn’t stopped parents from using it as a baby name!
After the silent Western Galloping Jinx came out in 1925, 6 baby girls (at least) got the name Jinx in 1926.
The name then dropped back out of the U.S. baby name data. It didn’t re-emerge until Eugenia “Jinx” Falkenburg — a model, actress, and early talk-show host — started to become famous in the early 1940s.
1945: 7 baby girls named Jinx
1944: 9 baby girls named Jinx
1943: 7 baby girls named Jinx
1942: unlisted
1941: unlisted
Her childhood nickname, “Jinx,” had been coined by her mother, tennis champion Marguerite (“Mickey”), who said, rather paradoxically, that “she thought it would bring the girl good fortune.” Her father, an engineer named Eugene, already had dibs on the nickname “Genie.”
Jinx must have loved her nickname, because she tried to make her full legal name “Jinx” in early 1942. Her lawyer argued that a shorter name on the marquee would help support the war effort:
The name Falkenburg requires 150 light bulbs, which in one evening will use enough electrical power to aid in the production of 26,00 [sic] pounds of aluminum or illuminate a city of 105,000 population.
But Judge Emmet H. Wilson “ruled there is no legal precedent to such dramatic shortening” of a name. So Jinx settled for dropping her birth name Eugenia and making her full legal name Jinx Falkenburg.
Jinx, who began her career as a model and actress, “pioneered the talk show format on radio and television” with her husband, Texas-born John Reagan “Tex” McCrary. Their first radio program was a morning program called “Hi Jinx.”
What are your thoughts on Jinx as a personal name?
Sources:
“Jinx Falkenburg Name Legal.” New York Times 15 Aug. 1942.
Her husband is only on board with Avery, Caroline, Kristina and Michaela (he prefers the spelling Makayla).
The twins will have an older brother named Thomas Aiden (nn Tommy) and their surname will be similar to Damon.
Eva’s criteria reminded me of the twins named Charlotte and Dylan I wrote about a few years ago. I think the name Charlotte is a good option in this case, but Dylan plus that surname might be D/N-overload. Here are some other possibilities:
Feminine names
Unisex names
Adeline Amelia Anne/Annie Bethany Camille Cassandra Cecilia Cynthia Esmé Fiona Gemma Genevieve Hannah Helena Julia Lydia Lucy Maria Melanie Melissa Monica Nicole Olivia Phoebe Rose Samantha Sarah Tabitha Theresa Victoria
Which of the above names do you like best for Tommy’s sisters? What combinations (either unisex+feminine or feminine+unisex) sound best together, do you think?
Here are a few combinations I like, just to kick things off:
Feminine+Unisex: Amelia Quinn, Olivia Willow, Victoria Leigh
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