Here’s a long list of unusual name combinations I’ve been collecting over the years. I found these names on censuses, birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, and in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
First Name + Middle Name
Above Hope Demmell
(female, married in 1619 in England)
Alma Mater Hughes
(female, born in 1887 in Texas)
American Queen Ingrain
(female, born circa 1894 in Alabama)
Americus Discoverer Le Ballister
(male, born in 1838 in Maine)
Apple Pie Bell
(male, born in 1886 in Georgia)
Birds Eye Conrad
(male, born in 1871 in Indiana)
Biscuit Foot Cobbin
(female, born circa 1939 in Texas)
Burger King Austin
(male, born circa 1856 in California)
Cloudy Day Canaan
(male, born in 1885 in Pennsylvania)
Confederate American Kenner
(female, born in 1863 in Utah)
Easter Daybreak Mullarkey
(female, born in 1891 in Scotland)
Emancipator Lincoln Quinn
(male, born in 1889 in Mississippi)
Equal Rights Gotcher
(male, born circa 1865 in Arkansas)
Gold and Silver Gadbury
(female, gave birth in 1909 in Texas)
Gold Dollar Davis
(female, born in 1893 in Virginia)
Gold Dust Fauntlery
(female, born circa 1903 in Arkansas)
Holly Berry Pharo
(female, born in 1880 in England)
Ice Cream Goldsmith
(female, born circa 1871 in Alabama)
Ice Snow Franklin
(female, born in 1899 in Georgia)
Jelly Bean Carlton
(female, born in 1931 in Texas)
Joy In Sorrow Godman
(female, married in 1614 in England)
Mint Julip Wilson
(male, born circa 1921 in Illinois)
Northern Pacific White
(male, born in Minnesota in 1872)
Obey The Lord Jenkins
(female, born circa 1904 Georgia – sister of Prase)
Ocean Wave Hamilton
(male, born in 1888 in Texas)
Orange Lemon Thomas
(male, born in 1859 in Ohio)
Panama Canal Caldwell
(female, born in 1912 in North Carolina)
Pearl Shell Adams
(female, born circa 1901 in Tennessee)
Praise The Lord Jenkins
(female, born circa 1903 in Georgia – sister of Obey)
Red Apple Thomas
(female, born circa 1885 in Iowa)
Remember Death Comper
(male, born in the late 1500s in England)
Rocky Mountain Kennedy
(male, born in 1884 in Arizona)
Rose Of The Sea McKay
(female, born in 1884 at sea aboard the Duke of Westminster steamship)
Salary Grab Hamrick
(male, born in 1880 in Illinois – a reference to the Salary Grab Act apparently)
Sanspariel Audacious Thomas Philpott
(male, born in 1892 in England)
South Pole Mitchell
(male, born circa 1908 in Georgia)
Star Spangled Banner Osborne
(male, born circa 1860 in Illinois)
Treasure Trove Kittenger
(female, born circa 1895 in West Virginia)
United States America Cook
(female, born in 1896 in Ohio)
Vocal Refrain Rose
(female, married in 1951 in West Virginia)
Washington Territory Stockand
(male, born circa 1869 in Washington Territory)
Yankee Doodle Norris
(male, born in 1910 in Tennessee)
First Name + Last Name
Bitter Apple
(female, born in 1874 in Tennessee)
Bitter Berry
(female, born in 1845 in Alabama)
Constant Agony
(male, born circa 1805 in the Province of Canada East)
Continent Walker
(female, born in 1594 in England)
Cucumber Pickle
(male, born circa 1850 in Michigan)
Danger Dangervil
(born in 1943 in Florida)
Death Bugg
(male, born in 1746 in England)
Death Knox
(female, born circa 1927 in Mississippi)
Elder Berry
(male, born circa 1901 in Minnesota)
Every Evelyn
(female, born circa 1917 in Alabama)
Gold Mine
(male, born circa 1901 in Alabama)
Green Land
(male, born in 1886 in Tennessee)
Honorable Charming
(male, born circa 1782 in England)
Howdy Guy
(male, born in 1784 in England)
Ineeda Nunn
(female, born circa 1915 in North Carolina)
London England
(male, born circa 1914 in Canada)
Lottery Lament
(female, born circa 1852 in New York)
Many Moore
(female, born circa 1880 in Pennsylvania)
Married Young
(female, born circa 1923 in Tennessee)
Minnie Merrycats
(female, born circa 1880 in Utah)
Mud Brown
(born in 1877 in Wisconsin)
Much Moore
(female, born circa 1900 in Georgia)
Mustard Mustard
(female, born circa 1841 in Delaware)
Obedient Beard
(male, born circa 1852 in Indiana)
Odious Nutt
(male, born in 1879 in Texas)
One Moore
(male, born circa 1869 in Missouri – the youngest sibling in the family)
Orchestra Harp
(male, born in 1873 in Kentucky)
Phoebe Beebee
(female, born in 1876 in England)
Pullman Carr
(male, born circa 1906 in Illinois)
Scot Land
(born in 1959 in Wisconsin)
Sea Shore
(male, born circa 1892 in Kansas)
Silence Bellows*
(female, born in 1896 in New York)
*Another married name.
Some Moore
(male, born in 1850 in Virginia)
Strong Beer
(male, born in 1846 in Indiana)
Village Millage
(male, born in 1872 in South Dakota)
Middle Name + Middle Name
Beata Apple Tree Hitchens
(female, born circa 1845 in England)
Ernest Big Boy Sloan
(male, born circa 1896 in South Carolina)
Mary-Francis Morning Star Adams
(female, born in 1929 in Texas)
Nephi United States Centennial Jensen
(male, born in 1876 in Utah)
Sidney Sweet Apple Granger
(male, born circa 1880 in England)
Similar names from other posts:
First Name + Middle Name + Last Name
Henry Ford Carr
(male, born in 1924 in Minnesota)
Jolly Jingle Bell
(male, born circa 1926 in Arkansas)
Little Bit Moore
(female, born circa 1924 in Tennessee)
South East West
(male, born circa 1932 in Oregon – an older brother was named North)
Sun Shine Summers
(female, born circa 1924 in Texas)
Tell No Lyes
(born in 1734 in England)
Which of these name combinations is your favorite?
P.S. I did my best tracking down birth years and birthplaces, but in some cases I had to assume that the state where the Social Security Number was issued was also the birth-state, even though this isn’t always the case.