MOST COMMON APPALACHIAN FIRST NAMES?
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What are the most popular/common first names given to Appalachain kids?
Imma Lurken,,,,
On Jun 04, 1996 23:03:16 in article <MOST COMMON APPALACHIAN FIRST NAMES?>,
'y...@somehost.somedomain (gene)' wrote:
>What are the most popular/common first names given to Appalachain kids?
>
Anita, Jackee, Bill, Mac, Anne, Elizabeth, Jack, Liz, David, Leamon,
George, Matt, Kaen, Carmen, Sally, Allison, Linda, Rich, Pat, Suzanne and,
of course..Gene.....just to name a few.
Oh,,and Cheryl <BG>..bye, Imma......
Alan Poe
In article <4p2t2g$b...@cheyenne.iac.net>, y...@somehost.somedomain says...
>
>What are the most popular/common first names given to Appalachain kids?
>
Biblical names are fairly common in West Virginia. But there are some
names I had never heard before coming to this state, or which are VERY
common here, but which I had only RARELY or SELDOM heard before. They
probably stand out much more to ME than they might to a native. Some of
those follow:
men's names:
Dallas
Denver
Denzil
Dorsel
Okey
Women's names:
Nona
Daisy
--
Alan
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Alan Poe
Forgot to mention... seems like an awful lot of gals in West Virginia
go by the name "Sis"...
In fact, if you forget a gal's name, just call her "Sis"... and the
law of averages will probably be on your side. <G>
Alan
David Childers
Shucks, I thought it was Buddy........
> ala...@citynet.net (Alan Poe) wrote in article
<4p3jqd$9...@news.citynet.net>...
Jackee
y...@somehost.somedomain (gene) wrote:
>What are the most popular/common first names given to Appalachain kids?
Bill and Hillary :-) :-)
I do not know what made me even think of that, but I sure do
like it.
I first started to say SYFILLIS AND GONNORA
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|________|__| |__|_______|__| \__|______|______|
adh...@scc-uky.campus.mci.net
Ellaree Beaty Philippen
Don't forget many girls have double names. I grew up with:
Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Jane, Betty Lou, Nancy Ellen, Mary Evelyn,
Ruby Jo, Mary Lou, Billie Jean, Mary Sue, and so on and on.
I have a cousin Willadean, and my own name Ellaree is kind of
a compound. I don't think it was so common with boys' names.
Has anybody noticed that this is aSouthern or Appalachian
custom?
ellie (gettin' above my raisin')
mel...@qnet.com
On this notable date in history 9 Jun 1996 00:59:40 GMT,
el...@wam.umd.edu (Ellaree Beaty Philippen) shared with all present:
At last something I can emerge from lurking to comment on...I have/had
two great-uncles from North Carolina: Othel-Winburne and
Alsbury-Malloy. Not compounds per se, but always hyphenated.
My grandmother was named Williemae. My great-grandmother was
Elillilian, so I guess it runs in the folk. :-)
Melody...native Angeleno, but whose whole family were mountain people,
and who thanks everyone for helping her remember dear, lost loved ones
with all your notes
munsey
I don't know about "most common" first names, but I _have_ noticed that,
despite the popularity of the name elsewhere, there were/are very few
Susans in southwest Va. where I grew up. Lots of Sues, but practically
no Susans.
There are indeed a lot of "double names" among Appalachian women. Among
men, a surprising number go by the nickname "Junior." I haven't found
many people calling themselves "Junior" elsewhere.
I knew a girl named Wylodine (always thought it was spelled "Willow
Dean" until I saw her name in print).
One of my multiple-great-grandmothers had a very pretty name I haven't
seen on anybody else: Melender.
Patrick L. Humphrey
In article <4p563s$3...@news.campus.mci.net> adh...@scc-uky.campus.mci.net ("Jackee") writes:
>y...@somehost.somedomain (gene) wrote:
>>What are the most popular/common first names given to Appalachain kids?
>Bill and Hillary> :-) :-)
>I do not know what made me even think of that, but I sure do
>like it.
>I first started to say SYFILLIS AND GONNORA
Dunno about the Bill and Hillary part, but at least we can say we've got
Elvis, and say it with a straight face...:-)
--Patrick L. "okay, so his last name isn't Presley" Humphrey
gk...@a.crl.com
el...@wam.umd.edu (Ellaree Beaty Philippen) wrote:
>Don't forget many girls have double names. I grew up with:
>Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Jane, Betty Lou, Nancy Ellen, Mary Evelyn,
>Ruby Jo, Mary Lou, Billie Jean, Mary Sue, and so on and on.
>I have a cousin Willadean, and my own name Ellaree is kind of
>a compound. I don't think it was so common with boys' names.
>Has anybody noticed that this is aSouthern or Appalachian
>custom?
>ellie (gettin' above my raisin')
Double first names may have once been a southern or appalachian thing,
but I have noticed over the past few years of reading TV credits (I
have a lot of time on my hands) that almost every actor under the age
of twenty-five, male or female, has a double first name. I guess it
took the rest of world a while to catch up with us.
wv_j...@pipeline.com
Sometimes that turns up as Williemae.
jack in wv
Harriet Bower
Some names in the older generations of my family sounded pretty different to
me. My grandmother's name was Maude Goldie. My other grandmother was named
Lula Mae. Also, had some great-aunts named Minnie Callie, Della Florence,
Molly, and some others that I can't recall right off the top of my head. I
don't think we hear some of these names a lot these days. Also, my name,
Harriet, is kind of old fashioned, too.
Harriet Bower
Fairmont, West Virginia
wsa0...@mail.wvnet.edu
My favorite West Virginia name that I've never seen anywhere else is Drema.
Imma Lurken,,
On Jun 11, 1996 02:40:09 in article <Re: MOST COMMON APPALACHIAN FIRST
NAMES?>, 'wv_j...@pipeline.com' wrote:
>
>>One of my multiple-great-grandmothers had a very pretty name I haven't
>>seen on anybody else: Melender.
>>Here in wv I have a neighbor neamed Willadean, and I also no a Willamae.
>Sometimes that turns up as Williemae.
>jack in wv
>
What I don't like is the woman taking two last names when she's married,
ie.Smith-Jones or something like that. If that's new-age or progressive I
don't want anything to do with it. LOL..just think about a girl named Sue
Pollykanoppolis marrying Bud Somethingorother, then she'd be Sue
Pollydanopplis-Somethingorother and she'd never be able to get work, get a
drivers liscens, get medical insurance or any thing like that cause her
last name wouldn't fit into the block on the application form.. Just a
thought. Imma......and Imma gonna stay Imma. bye
William Hall
Harriet Bower <U5...@wvnvm.wvnet.edu> wrote:
Lula Mae reminds me of my grandmother's name: Luda Mae. Her
sister's name was Lura Mae. My great-grandmother was named Nina
Bealle Ramsay (Bealle is pronounced like bell).
Jackee
Now, now Imma are we showing our age or what, there is
nothing wrong with us females taking on two names, esp. if
one is in a field that requires you to be licensed, ex.
doctor, lawyer, indiana chief... I gave my last name up
for a man once, if I ever get married again either he will
take mine or I will be one that will not be able to work
cause it won't fit on a line, but what the heck my first
name won't fit on lines, they just don't make them long
enough.
Not only will my first name not fit on a line, now my street
address won't fit on one either. When they passed out new
addresses here in the country, for 911, they made them too
long.
Need longer lines for names and addresses.
Jackee
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Jackee
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James R. Mays
Ellaree Beaty Philippen wrote:
> stuff deleted
>
> ellie (gettin' above my raisin')
My family is from the hills of Tennessee. My grandmother (she passed away just this
February) was named Luna Lenore. Of course everyone in the valley called her Luney
(pronounced Looney). My father was a William Ray and I have been Jimmy Ray as long as I
remember. Its tough being a 40 year old "Jimmy Ray"
James R. Mays
Myra Sims
mother and his sisters) has always called him that since his father
was the Malcolm Senior. My grandmothers were Ethel and Carrie, and i
had an aunt Birdy and a great aunt Drusilla (usually called Drusie),
an aunt Virgie and an aunt Mamie. We had a neighbor named WillieRae
(a woman)...my best playmates growing up were Becky Rambo and
Junior Leonard (he's still called Junior by everyone too)......
Just some ramblings....... Thanks! Myra
sadkins
wsa0...@mail.wvnet.edu wrote:
>
> My favorite West Virginia name that I've never seen anywhere else is Drema.
I had a Great Aunt Zuma. That was pronounced Aunt as in "Ont" and Zuma
was "Zooma" (Although it wouldn't have surprised me to hear it called
Zoomee either) It certainly isn't common . . . at least I wouldn't think
so.
Spencer Adkins
Charleston,WV
In pursuit of truth, justice and the best hot dog in town.
cc...@sophia.sph.unc.edu
In article <4p2t2g$b...@cheyenne.iac.net> y...@somehost.somedomain (gene) writes:
>What are the most popular/common first names given to Appalachain kids?
Names that end in "y" or "ie": Terry, Jimmy, Johnny, Tammy. And of course
the most common *middle* name has to be "Lee"
Linda Pratt Orr
One thing that I must admit I do not like about Appalachian
ways is the tendancy to turn a beautiful name into something
plain. One of my grandmothers was named Lavina Bell. I think
Lavina (long "i", accent on the middle syllable) is a lovely
name. Folks always called her Viney. My other grandmother's
name wasn't that pretty: Olive Iowa. She was called Ollie,
except for those, including her children, who called her
"Podge". Nobody that I know, including my dad, ever knew the
origin of that name.
Linda Pratt Orr *************** Transylvania University Library
lo...@music.transy.edu 300 N. Broadway
606/233-8225 Lexington, KY 40508
Arnold & Jennifer Pomerance
James R. Mays wrote:
>
> Ellaree Beaty Philippen wrote:
> > stuff deleted
> >
> > ellie (gettin' above my raisin')
>
> My family is from the hills of Tennessee. My grandmother (she passed away just this
> February) was named Luna Lenore. Of course everyone in the valley called her Luney
> (pronounced Looney). My father was a William Ray and I have been Jimmy Ray as long as I
> remember. Its tough being a 40 year old "Jimmy Ray"
A friend of mine whose family has lived in Morristown, Tn. for several
generations told me when his eldest son was born, that while they hadn't
decided what the child's name would be the initials would be E.G.! Earl
said it was their family tradition. The son (in this case) was named
Earl Getter (pronouced geeter) Hall; the Earl from his father and the
Getter from his grandfather.
Now, OTOH, when I was in junior high my homeroom class had 5 Michaels, 3
Steves and 2 Jennifers! The only real oddball name in the class was
Siri; Iris spelled backwards!
Jennifer Pomerance
Oak Ridge, Tn.
*I'd like to live life in the fast lane but I'm married to a speed bump!*
Ida Red 1
My grandmother in Pilot Mountain, NC, is named Geneva Zoe, which I always
liked, and her mother-in-law's named was Ida Mae. She has a nephew named
Dewey. My cousin, a girl, is named Ingle. Okay, maybe these are just
screwed-up Southern names, does western NC count as Appalachia?
On a sadder note, Grandma G named her first son Donn, and his last name
was Key. Go figure.
Imma Lurken,,
On Jun 13, 1996 13:40:57 in article <Re: MOST COMMON APPALACHIAN FIRST
NAMES?>, 'cc...@sophia.sph.unc.edu' wrote:
>
>Names that end in "y" or "ie": Terry, Jimmy, Johnny, Tammy. And of
course
>the most common *middle* name has to be "Lee"
>
bye
Joe Workman
msmu...@usa.pipeline.com(Imma Lurken,,) wrote:
>What I don't like is the woman taking two last names when she's married,
>ie.Smith-Jones or something like that. If that's new-age or progressive I
>don't want anything to do with it. LOL..just think about a girl named Sue
>Pollykanoppolis marrying Bud Somethingorother, then she'd be Sue
>Pollydanopplis-Somethingorother and she'd never be able to get work, get a
>drivers liscens, get medical insurance or any thing like that cause her
>last name wouldn't fit into the block on the application form.. Just a
>thought. Imma......and Imma gonna stay Imma. bye
When I married my Joey, his family tried to get me to hypenate. Then
my name would've been Lisa Black-Workman. (Lease a black workman).
Didn't think I wanted to go through the remainder of my life sounding
like one of those temp. agencies, so I gently turned them down.
Lisa
wv_j...@pipeline.com
much...a time or two in every sentence...is most interesting.
jack m in wv
Jackee
wv_j...@pipeline.com wrote:
I wish I had the imagination that our Imma must have. I just love
the name Imma Lurkin and unless she trademarks it, and when she
decides she been lurkin long enough I going to steal it. Only thing
is I hope she does not leave us again. Imma Lukin and her postings
are great.
Jackee
adh...@scc-uky.campus.mci.net
William Hall
ida...@aol.com (Ida Red 1) wrote:
>My grandmother in Pilot Mountain, NC, is named Geneva Zoe, which I always
>liked, and her mother-in-law's named was Ida Mae. She has a nephew named
>Dewey. My cousin, a girl, is named Ingle. Okay, maybe these are just
>screwed-up Southern names, does western NC count as Appalachia?
Western NC is definately considered as Appalachia, considering the
university located in Boone, NC is called Appalachian State
University.
julie gammill gibson
My mother's family is all from NW North Carolina, SW Virginia and NE
Tennessee (basically, all around Bristol). They, before my sensible
mother named me, had a bad habit of naming children for others (or should
I say a habit of badly naming children for others?).
My grandmother was named Ruby Marsh -- Ruby for her mother and Marsh for
Dr. Marsh in Kingsport, the man who delivered her. She hated the name
Ruby (that's what I call her), so everyone calls her Marsh or Marshie
now, but she was known by both names together "Ruby-Marsh" growing up.
She and my grandfather, Dean, went on to name my mother "Marsha Deane."
I've seen this feminization of men's names a lot: I have an Aunt Billie
(named for her father, Bill), an Aunt Bobbie, a cousin Martha-Burt.
Also, many of the other names I've seen listed in this thread are also
common in my family: Mamie, Virgie (for Virginia), Dolly (for Dora),
Patsy (for Patricia), as well as Archie, Deemer and Orville.
My mother gave me and my sister the pretty names of Julie and Amy, which
we both love, but I've always secretly wanted to by an Ivy or a Viney. I
guess it's just in my blood.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Julie Gammill Gibson
Misplaced North Carolinian living in Baltimore
jggi...@wam.umd.edu
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"Michael is my friend. He likes me when I'm grouchy and not just when I'm
nice" -- Rosie in Judith Viorst's "Rosie and Michael"
Jeffrey F. Miller
Well, here's the names of my mother's side of the family (from the area
surrounding Ellijay, Georgia):
Grandfather -- Angus
Grandmother -- Gertrude
Great Uncle -- Dewey
Great Uncle -- "Dub"
Uncle -- Herman
Uncle -- Harold
Uncle -- Euel
Aunt -- Brenda
Mother -- Emma-Jean
Jeff Miller
jeff...@ix.netcom.com
TERESA SWEENEY
My family the Dehart's of Western North Carolina have been in this area for
215 years. The most common female names in our family history are Mary,
Sarah, Kathryn and Elizabeth. Everyone seems to have some sort of
combination of the above, ie., Mary Kathryn, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Kathryn,
Mary being the most common first name.
As for men---John, Jonathan, Nathan, William, Simon and Andrew are most
often mentioned.
TERESA SWEENEY
Is Western North Carolina part of Applachia? What kind of question is that?
Pilot Mountain, of course, is in the piedmont of NC.
Ida Red 1
Dear Teresa,
I'll tell you what kind of question it was--an honest one. I appreciate
people letting me know that it is in fact considered Appalachia. Most of
the literature I've seen on the area focuses on Kentucky and Virginia. And
I know how picky people can be about defining regions, so I didn't want to
just assume. Please excuse my ignorance.
Anita (Toth) Simpson
el...@wam.umd.edu (Ellaree Beaty Philippen) wrote:
>Don't forget many girls have double names. I grew up with:
>Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Jane, Betty Lou, Nancy Ellen, Mary Evelyn,
>Ruby Jo, Mary Lou, Billie Jean, Mary Sue, and so on and on.
>I have a cousin Willadean, and my own name Ellaree is kind of
>a compound. I don't think it was so common with boys' names.
>Has anybody noticed that this is aSouthern or Appalachian
>custom?
>ellie (gettin' above my raisin')
All my boy cousins named after someonelse had nicknames that ended in
boy. There was Mikeyboy, Charleyboy, and Billyboy. My Mother refused
to name my brother after Daddy 'cause she didn't want therm calling
him Frankieboy.
Anita Simpson
You can make your own world so much larger simply by acknowledging everone else's.
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Anita (Toth) Simpson
el...@wam.umd.edu (Ellaree Beaty Philippen) wrote:
>Don't forget many girls have double names. I grew up with:
>Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Jane, Betty Lou, Nancy Ellen, Mary Evelyn,
>Ruby Jo, Mary Lou, Billie Jean, Mary Sue, and so on and on.
>I have a cousin Willadean, and my own name Ellaree is kind of
>a compound. I don't think it was so common with boys' names.
>Has anybody noticed that this is aSouthern or Appalachian
>custom?
>ellie (gettin' above my raisin')
What about boys named after someone whose nicknamest end in boy? I
have cousins named Billyboy, Johhnyboy, Charleyboy and Mikeyboy. My
Mother refused to name my brother after his father because he would
become named Frankieboy.
Then there was the infamous John Boy Walton.
wet cat
> Billy Joe and Billy Bob and other combos are common in the hills of WV
... Hey, don't forget the most all-purpose Appie name of all: JUNIOR!
- wet cat, who first had to live down "billy" then "bill boy" and who
has several female cousins with double names, and who sees students show
up with first name Jo who go by Jo Ellen and Jo Ann, etc., and who is
not to be confused with other cyber-cats
wv_j...@pipeline.com
In article <51lb9m$a...@test-sun.erols.com>, Anita writes:
>el...@wam.umd.edu (Ellaree Beaty Philippen) wrote:
>
>>Don't forget many girls have double names. I grew up with:
>>Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Jane, Betty Lou, Nancy Ellen, Mary Evelyn,
>>Ruby Jo, Mary Lou, Billie Jean, Mary Sue, and so on and on.
>
>>I have a cousin Willadean, and my own name Ellaree is kind of
>>a compound. I don't think it was so common with boys' names.
>
>>Has anybody noticed that this is aSouthern or Appalachian
>>custom?
>
are related to any WVa Simpsons or Toths. I new some Simpsons in Summers
County many years ago, and Powell Toth is a professor at the West Virginia
College in South Charleston.
wv_j...@pipeline.com
In article <51n6du$8...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>, wv_j...@pipeline.com
writes:
>In article <51lb9m$a...@test-sun.erols.com>, Anita writes:
>
>>el...@wam.umd.edu (Ellaree Beaty Philippen) wrote:
>>
>>>Don't forget many girls have double names. I grew up with:
>>>Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Jane, Betty Lou, Nancy Ellen, Mary Evelyn,
>>>Ruby Jo, Mary Lou, Billie Jean, Mary Sue, and so on and on.
>>
>>>I have a cousin Willadean, and my own name Ellaree is kind of
>>>a compound. I don't think it was so common with boys' names.
>>
>>>Has anybody noticed that this is aSouthern or Appalachian
>>>custom?
>>
>>
>>
>>What about boys named after someone whose nicknamest end in boy? I
>>have cousins named Billyboy, Johhnyboy, Charleyboy and Mikeyboy. My
>>Mother refused to name my brother after his father because he would
>>become named Frankieboy.
>>
>>Then there was the infamous John Boy Walton.
>>Anita Simpson
>>
>>You can make your own world so much larger simply by acknowledging
everone
>else's.
>>Jeanne Marie Laskas
>>
wv_j...@pipeline.com
Kiragirl
In article <51n6r8$9...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>, wv_j...@pipeline.com
writes:
>Billy Joe and Billy Bob and other combos are common in the hills of WV
>
>
Back to the girls names ...thats why my mom called me Connie Sue. Everyone
had a 2nd name..Mom is Ruth Anne, and theres Darla Jean, and Donna Jo ect
ect..My grandmas name was Paulene and it was shortened to polly. Here are
some strange appie names for ya...My grand father was Paige Dameron,
GGgrandfather...Chauncey Depue and his wife was Lolly Dewe ! what were
thier parents thinking<g>lol, like I have room to talk...my knick name is
Lucy:)
The ones who say it can't be done are the ones too afraid to try.
Jacqueline
kira...@aol.com (Kiragirl) wrote:
I have an aunt whose maiden name was Parrott, guess what her first
name is? Pauline...... can you imagine, Polly want a cracker?
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Melody Clark
Kiragirl wrote:
> Back to the girls names ...thats why my mom called me Connie Sue. Everyone
> had a 2nd name..Mom is Ruth Anne, and theres Darla Jean, and Donna Jo ect
> ect..My grandmas name was Paulene and it was shortened to polly. Here are
> some strange appie names for ya...My grand father was Paige Dameron,
> GGgrandfather...Chauncey Depue and his wife was Lolly Dewe ! what were
> thier parents thinking<g>lol, like I have room to talk...my knick name is
> Lucy:)
I always seem to de-lurk for the appy name threads.
My grandmother Ruth Edith was one of four sisters -- Letha Nell, Retha
Bell, and Mabel Nadine were the others -- and two brothers, Alsbury
William Malloy, Othel Winburne. Their dad was named Felix Valentine
Solesbee. I guess he figured he got saddled with that one, he might as
well spread it around.
I also have a third cousin name Tave who married a TN boy named Famous
Hunter.
Melody (my folks moved west, what can I say) Lee (but not too far)
Allison
In article <32444F...@qnet.com>
Melody Clark <mel...@qnet.com> writes:
>My grandmother Ruth Edith was one of four sisters -- Letha Nell, Retha
>Bell, and Mabel Nadine were the others -- and two brothers, Alsbury
>William Malloy, Othel Winburne. Their dad was named Felix Valentine
>Solesbee. I guess he figured he got saddled with that one, he might as
>well spread it around.
>
>I also have a third cousin name Tave who married a TN boy named Famous
>Hunter.
>
>Melody (my folks moved west, what can I say) Lee (but not too far)
Leecie (went by Teet) and Odessa (went by Deckie).
Bible names are big in my family--especially Zephaniah for some reason,
but Adam, Jacob, Daniel are good too.
Personally, though, I like the good old-fashioned names: Logan, Elbert,
Melvin, Hessie, Syble, Jessie Belle, Hoyle, Olen.
CATEACH SC
Don't forget Peggy Sue, Kitty Lou, and Bess Ann. How about Quentin Ralph,
Waitman Barbe, Tennis French, Orville, Mitchell Raymond, Romeo, Jesse
Magdeline, and India Ethel for kin? Last child--Mary Ann--Ma just simply
too tired to think up another. It made for great nicknames, Mitch,
Shorty, and more--wonder why?
johnn...@haz-uky.campus.mci.net
In article <51n6kv$8...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>, wv_j...@pipeline.com says...
>
>In article <51lb9m$a...@test-sun.erols.com>, Anita writes:
>
>>el...@wam.umd.edu (Ellaree Beaty Philippen) wrote:
>>
>>>Don't forget many girls have double names. I grew up with:
>>>Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Jane, Betty Lou, Nancy Ellen, Mary Evelyn,
>>>Ruby Jo, Mary Lou, Billie Jean, Mary Sue, and so on and on.
>>
>>>I have a cousin Willadean, and my own name Ellaree is kind of
>>>a compound. I don't think it was so common with boys' names.
>>
>>>Has anybody noticed that this is aSouthern or Appalachian
>>>custom?
>>
>are related to any WVa Simpsons or Toths. I new some Simpsons in Summers
>County many years ago, and Powell Toth is a professor at the West Virginia
>College in South Charleston.
>>
>>What about boys named after someone whose nicknamest end in boy? I
>>have cousins named Billyboy, Johhnyboy, Charleyboy and Mikeyboy. My
>>Mother refused to name my brother after his father because he would
>>become named Frankieboy.
>>
>>Then there was the infamous John Boy Walton.
>>Anita Simpson
>>
>>You can make your own world so much larger simply by acknowledging everone
>else's.
>>Jeanne Marie Laskas
>>
>>
seems like the older I get, though, more and more people call me John.
piglet
Jacqueline wrote:
>
> Folks, where is piglet?
>
> I know that she had a cold or something but I have not heard from her
> in ages.
>
> Here ol here piglet, please let me hear from you. I miss my cyber
> family when they do not come for dinner after a few days.
>
here be tired frazzled piglet.....
been imitating a yoyo back & forth to Michigan. Went up Monday,
fatherinlaw hadn't eaten in three days, wouldn't let the health care
folks in or the hospice people (mo. in law in hospice in nursing home),
took eons to get him to go to hospital, then get er dr who says "he
doesn't need to be here, just take him home, somebody in the family just
needs to stay with him" (nobody in family lives within 150 miles, he
won't go where they are).....after spouse finished expressing his
response, they are still decontaminating South Haven from the nuclear
explosion, and dr. is tending to his new non-professional colostomy just
fine <G>....
current battle is man intends to live along and go back to not eating;
dr and family consider this untenable option, want him in nursing home
near spouse so he can visit, he considers this untenable option, feeling
very squashed in the middle.
hoping to manage to get cooking done for powwow this weekend in between
all this, as well as to be there....since I'm supposed to be serving
food to the dancers!
lil piglet still and always lurking, reading when can, but been too damn
tired to post.....
send in the ice tea and don't mind me snorin here on the porch, yall...
piglet
gam...@biddeford.com
piglet
piglet update:
they're letting him out of the hospital tomorrow, said they thought he
could live alone just fine (has a walker now, still not steady)...talked
him into moving in with us, so been moving furniture like a fiend, still
am.....
piglet
Ol Dad Wms
Here's hoping for the best. I don't envy your job one bit. We'll be
thinking about you.
Ol Dad
Maureen Kowalski
>too tired to think up another. It made for great nicknames, Mitch,
>Shorty, and more--wonder why?
On my father's side there are cousins, aunt, uncles who all settled on
the same 2 streets with a ton of nick names. I don't know who is who,
or the relationship, but these folks are senior citizens and still are
at least referred to by their childhood names. There's Pebbles(before
flintstones), Rags, Bunny,Fishy, then there's Mary, Mary next door and
Mary up the hill.
My secret nickname only a few people call me (and I'll only respond if
its them doing the calling) is Stretch, because I stand a good 6'1" tall
and in my younger days only weighed about 125# soaking wet.
Moe I gotta duck in doorways Money
Maureen Kowalski
Here's an afghan to throw on you, its been chilly at night lately and we
can't have you with a cold.
Moe Money, sniffin' for a tissue.
Gypsy
>My secret nickname only a few people call me (and I'll only respond if
>its them doing the calling) is Stretch, because I stand a good 6'1" tall
>and in my younger days only weighed about 125# soaking wet.
>
>Moe I gotta duck in doorways Money
>
Margaret was bad enough, but in SW Virginia that was "Margrit", which
classmates shortened to "Grit". Couldn't wait to lose it.
Gypsy (thinking Stretch and Grit sound like the beginnings of an Appie
volleyball team....Piglet?)
JBain
Maureen Kowalski <kowa...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > Here's an afghan to throw on you, its been chilly at night lately and we
piglet
Maureen Kowalski wrote:
>
> >too tired to think up another. It made for great nicknames, Mitch,
> >Shorty, and more--wonder why?
>
> On my father's side there are cousins, aunt, uncles who all settled on
> the same 2 streets with a ton of nick names. I don't know who is who,
> or the relationship, but these folks are senior citizens and still are
> at least referred to by their childhood names. There's Pebbles(before
> flintstones), Rags, Bunny,Fishy, then there's Mary, Mary next door and
> Mary up the hill.
>
> its them doing the calling) is Stretch, because I stand a good 6'1" tall
> and in my younger days only weighed about 125# soaking wet.
>
> Moe I gotta duck in doorways Money
In our family we got a Bozy and a Wimpy, mother and daughter, both
*real* names Hazel....
piglet
Melody Clark
Melody Clark <mel...@qnet.com> writes:
>
> >My grandmother Ruth Edith was one of four sisters -- Letha Nell, Retha
> >Bell, and Mabel Nadine were the others -- and two brothers, Alsbury
> >William Malloy, Othel Winburne. Their dad was named Felix Valentine
> >Solesbee. I guess he figured he got saddled with that one, he might as
> >well spread it around.
> >
> >I also have a third cousin name Tave who married a TN boy named Famous
> >Hunter.
> >
> >Melody (my folks moved west, what can I say) Lee (but not too far)
Brother and I came up with some more that repeat in our family: Bessie,
Jessie, Tessie, Willie Mae, Celia, Lucinda, Othel, Billy Cecil.
And the unusual ones: Narcissus Priscilla (my great-grandmother), Keron
(probly Kieran) Kesia (great-granddad), Fredonia (great-aunt) ...heaven
only knows what they got called for short. I fear Great Aunt Fredonia
got saddled with "Fred".
Melody
Chip Taylor
In article <324B26...@csu.edu>, mp-zu...@csu.edu wrote:
>Maureen Kowalski wrote:
>>
>
>In our family we got a Bozy and a Wimpy, mother and daughter, both
>*real* names Hazel....
>
>piglet
>
My great uncle is "Mutt". Real name is Evlynn Hazel (really and truly).
Maureen Kowalski
>>
>
>
>My great uncle is "Mutt". Real name is Evlynn Hazel (really and truly).
What happened? Did his mother expect a girl and didn't feel like
changing it for a Boy? I know that Evlynn could be for either boy or
girl, but Hazel??????
Moe Money
Maureen Kowalski
>
>And the unusual ones: Narcissus Priscilla (my great-grandmother), Keron
>(probly Kieran) Kesia (great-granddad), Fredonia (great-aunt) ...heaven
>only knows what they got called for short. I fear Great Aunt Fredonia
>got saddled with "Fred".
>
>Melody
With all these unusual names, can you visualize these people getting
called to supper when they were out playing with their friends? It
probably wasn't bad if all or most of your pals had unusual names, but
if you were around a bunch of kids or at recess with Johnnys and Marys,
and the likes, I would think it could get a little rough at times.
Moe Money, aka Maureen Ann to my mom when she was mad at me.
Allison
In article <52f9bd$d...@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net>
chi...@eskimo.com (Chip Taylor) writes:
>In article <324B26...@csu.edu>, mp-zu...@csu.edu wrote:
>>Maureen Kowalski wrote:
>>>
>>In our family we got a Bozy and a Wimpy, mother and daughter, both
>>*real* names Hazel....
>>
>
>
clenched it for the men!
Family nicknames: Weetsie, Deckie, Teet, Granny Knotts (that was her
real last name, but everybody just called her Granny), Cheek (maybe that
is his real name, I'm not positive), then the abbreviations: Z.B.,
Z.L., Mousemeat (tiny woman).
Chip Taylor
In article <AmH0FX600...@andrew.cmu.edu>, Maureen Kowalski <kowa...@andrew.cmu.edu>
<52f9bd$d...@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>
>>My great uncle is "Mutt". Real name is Evlynn Hazel (really and truly).
>
>
>changing it for a Boy? I know that Evlynn could be for either boy or
>girl, but Hazel??????
>
>Moe Money
>
Hazel was my Great-grandmother's maiden name. That is why his middle name was
Hazel. It was common at the time to name your second son with your maiden
name as his middle name.
piglet
Maureen Kowalski wrote:
> My father is saddled with Coleman Lee. He gets called Cole for short.
> With all these unusual names, can you visualize these people getting
> called to supper when they were out playing with their friends? It
> probably wasn't bad if all or most of your pals had unusual names, but
> if you were around a bunch of kids or at recess with Johnnys and Marys,
> and the likes, I would think it could get a little rough at times.
>
> Moe Money, aka Maureen Ann to my mom when she was mad at me.
My family abounds in such names as Carlis Arthur (dad), Norma Eileen
(mom)(a/k/a Willie....and eternally grateful that they only gave her her
grandma's initials and not name, Narissa Earnestine)....Other Lee
(pronounced {long O}-ther, not like other), Velma Edna, the everpresent
Willie Mae....
piglet
--
**MP-Zu...@csu.edu** --siqua usdi*piglet--
"We never made any trade. Part of the Indians gave up their
lands; I never did. The earth is a part of my body, and I never
gave up the earth." ---Toohulhulsote.
Douglas Odom
And in our family I have an Aunt Dimples (real name Donna), an Aunt Teenie
(real name Harriet), a cousin Doughbelly (really name Scott or Scotty) and
a cousin Lurch (real name James), a cousin who's nickname is Cousin It
(real name Avery, but when he was born he had such a head of hair and it
was about the time that the Addams Family was on TV, so naturally we
nicknamed him after the character Cousin It) and finally my Mom who's
nickname is Mickey (as in the mouse, her real name is Cleta Faye) and my
Dad's nickname was Skeekie (real name Luther). I however survived the
nickname game, though from time to time Mom will refer to me as P.Q. which
stands for Peculiar Quack!
Lots of fun at family reunions!
Y'all take care now!
Doug Odom
aka
ncb...@vnet.net
Ramblin' jo
My sister-in-law just had a child last night and they named her
Tessa Adalae...not exactly sure of the spelling of "Adalae"
First time I ever heard of this combo.
If the child would have been a boy they were going to name him
Jonas Seth....Another I hadn't seen in combo...
Brian Ellison
DMSnake
It's not uncommon to find Appalachian men with what we might consider
"women's" names, often because they are family surnames like Hazel.
Back when I was traveling occasionally to Knott County, Kentucky, one of
the County's leading citizens had a "woman's" name. I think he was Ruby
Watts, but I won't swear to that.
I've run across quite a few men named "Bernice," but it seems to be
usually pronounced not like the woman's name, Ber-NEESE, but rather more
like BERN-is.
Then there are the good ol' southern (more than Appalachian, I think) boys
called "June," which is basically short for "Junior." The head coach of
the Atlanta Falcons is June Jones.
Snake
Jacqueline
>Ol Dad
Piglet, good luck, my grandmother lived with us for a while prior to
her passing on and she just about wore us all out. Loved her and all
but a lot of what is required is just so hard to do at home.
Gypsy-J
Gypsy-J aka Jacqueline
visit my home page
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4249
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8855/index1.html
Index to all my family's pages
Doris Stephens
As you know, the old-time folks tended to consult the Bible for
inspiration in naming children. My father grew up with a set of
twins who rejoiced in the names Alpha and Omega.
Jean Dennison
name was Furrell! (They had two sisters, not twins, named Velma Ree and
Thelma Dee.) Dad's father's name was biblical - Jabez - called him Jabe.
Sue Preacher
: >>Billy Joe and Billy Bob and other combos are common in the hills of WV
: We had lots of Lees and Leas Willa Lea, Billy or Willy Lee, and one
legendary aunt who died young and tragically was Lurla Bee(a?). When we
kids were very good we were allowed to open and look at Lurla Bee's trunk,
where all her perfect little hand made toys and little clothes were kept.
: Angeline and all the best traits were represented as well, Grace, Hope,
Charity, Joy, Mercy, even Love. Rafael, Michael, and other angels were often
chosen for the boys. Since the Bible was often the book most read, I
suppose the choices were understandable.
--
spreach
Chip Taylor
Had a great-great grandmother in Alabama named Cansada. Loved that name.
Called her Cans.
Melody Clark
Sue Preacher wrote:
>
> : >>Billy Joe and Billy Bob and other combos are common in the hills of WV
>
> : We had lots of Lees and Leas Willa Lea, Billy or Willy Lee,
>: the ever-present Willie Mae
You know, with all the Willie Mae's and Willy Lee's and Willie Mae Lee's
around, I wonder if there wasn't many years ago, a really nice person
(or a really rich person, maybe<g>) named Willie May-Mae Lee or Lee Mae
Willy or somethin' like this. <G>
Melody, granddaughter of Willie Mae and daughter of her son Lee :-)
Michael G. Collins
My grandmother, Amanda, raised in
western West Virginia, had several
siblings.
Their names:
the boys: Ailey, Bailey, Dailey,
Frailey
the girls: Amanda, Della, Lucille, and
another whose name escapes me now.
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http://ram.ramlink.net/~mcollins
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Jean Dennison <je...@mcc2.sws.uiuc.edu>
wrote in article
<52ro4u$d...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>...
Kiragirl
>My family abounds in such names as Carlis Arthur (dad), Norma Eileen
>(mom)(a/k/a Willie....and eternally grateful that they only gave her her
>grandma's initials and not name, Narissa Earnestine)....Other Lee
>(pronounced {long O}-ther, not like other), Velma Edna, the everpresent
>Willie Mae....
>
>
I already mentioned almost all my families names but I forgot about two,
my dad...
Samuel Harvey and my grandmother who i think has a very pretty name and a
unusual middle name. Her name was Mary Valena.
The ones who say it can't be done are the ones too afraid to try.
piglet
Gypsy wrote:
> Gypsy (thinking Stretch and Grit sound like the beginnings of an Appie
> volleyball team....Piglet?)
Piglets are timers, scorekeepers, trainers, water carriers, drivers...but
not players....(something about an old broken serving wrist that's a bit
touchy....)
piglet
I wonder if there wasn't some popular novel with a heroine by that
name...seems like most of the Willie Mae's were born around 1890, give or
take a dozen years....think that may be true of a number of the old
names....but then again, names have fashions...walk into any mall and
yell "jennifer" or "jason" and see how many heads turn!<VBG>
piglet
piglet
Chip Taylor wrote:
> Had a great-great grandmother in Alabama named Cansada. Loved that name.
> Called her Cans.
Means sad in Spanish.
piglet
Bob Bird
Well, Bob, John & Steve seemed to be the most common where I grew up.
We generally didn't hear our middle names unless we were in trouble.
Bob
dbodkin
OK I've been lurkin on this one but here goes...
I am originally from Dunbar, PA. Close to the W.Va/PA line
Also known as the Mason Dixon Line.
Mother's Name
Iva Lanora Hardy (named after gret grandma Iva Lanora Kauffman)
Blair Hardy (maternal Grandpa)
Roxy Murphy Great aunt
Nellie Murphy Bodkin (Grandma)
Stoneroad Bodkin (Cousin)
Ira Murphy (Cousin)
Ora Murphy (His twin)
The list goes on and on... REAL names .... Just to name a few ;-)
Granted Nellie isnt a more modern name for a kid.. at least I
had no desire to name any offspring after Grandma ;-)
Dave Bodkin
Chip Taylor
Really??? Did not know that at all. Her name was Martha Cansada Ledford and
from my grandmother's tales she was a jolly woman who kept her family together
with lots of humor. Sad just does not seem to fit her at all.
Melody Clark
piglet wrote:
>
> Melody Clark wrote:
> >
> > Sue Preacher wrote:
> > >
> > > : >>Billy Joe and Billy Bob and other combos are common in the hills of WV
> > >
> > > : We had lots of Lees and Leas Willa Lea, Billy or Willy Lee,
> >
> > >: the ever-present Willie Mae
> >
> > You know, with all the Willie Mae's and Willy Lee's and Willie Mae Lee's
> > around, I wonder if there wasn't many years ago, a really nice person
> > (or a really rich person, maybe<g>) named Willie May-Mae Lee or Lee Mae
> > Willy or somethin' like this. <G>
> >
> > Melody, granddaughter of Willie Mae and daughter of her son Lee :-)
>
> I wonder if there wasn't some popular novel with a heroine by that
> name...seems like most of the Willie Mae's were born around 1890, give or
> take a dozen years....think that may be true of a number of the old
> names....
Someone was suggesting that to me the other day regarding the name "Ida
May", which happens to have been another great-grandmother's
name...suddenly all these "Ida May"s.
>but then again, names have fashions...walk into any mall and
> yell "jennifer" or "jason" and see how many heads turn!<VBG>
>
> piglet
That's for sure. Almost all the "Melodys" I know are in their
thirties...due to some actress of that time period, near as I can figure
it. :-)
dbodkin
On Wed, 02 Oct 1996 22:21:41 GMT, dbo...@mindspring.com (dbodkin)
wrote:
>
>>
>OK I've been lurkin on this one but here goes...
>I am originally from Dunbar, PA. Close to the W.Va/PA line
>Also known as the Mason Dixon Line.
>
>Mother's Name
> Iva Lanora Hardy (named after gret grandma Iva Lanora Kauffman)
>
>Blair Hardy (maternal Grandpa)
>
>Roxy Murphy Great aunt
>
>Nellie Murphy Bodkin (Grandma)
>
>Stoneroad Bodkin (Cousin)
>
>Ira Murphy (Cousin)
>Ora Murphy (His twin)
>
>The list goes on and on... REAL names .... Just to name a few ;-)
>
>Granted Nellie isnt a more modern name for a kid.. at least I
>had no desire to name any offspring after Grandma ;-)
>
>Dave Bodkin
>
>
>
You ask Oh Dave do you have more. Yes son I do...
Virda Bodkin
"K" leapline ( Real name Walter no middle name where did "K" come
from?)
"Smoke" leapline 'K"'s brother
Urmah Bodkin
Thursea Bodkin
Odes Bodkin
Orace Bodkin
Oris Bodkin
I'am not makin these up folks theses are real relatives names ;-)
Pereley Bodkin
Aud Bodkin
Belva Bodkin
Crozier Bodkin
Innocent Bodkin (Boy thats a good one ;-)
Mozelle Bodkin
last but not least
Zulah Bodkin
How about some more nick name's
Nickname Real name
"PickHandle" James
"Skillet" Robert
"Freen" Shirley
"Huck" Larry
Ok enuf for now....
Just Dave Bodkin
Cumming, GA.
Vernard Bond
Here's an uncommon one for you.
Vernard
Name given to my grandfather, born about 1895 in Wise Co., VA to folks that had lived around there for a while - like over 100 years. The name's also mine and I have no idea of its derivation. Family tradition says it came from a book.
The only other person I've known with the name was from eastern Tennessee.
Maureen Kowalski
Excerpts from netnews.alt.appalachian: 2-Oct-96 Re: Nicknames(was RE:
Most .. by pig...@csu.edu
her daughter perform on stage in high school productions, concerts, etc.
I'm no athlete, can't even say I'm an athletic supporter....
MoeMoney on a Saturday in between course packet proof runnings....
Maureen Kowalski
Excerpts from netnews.alt.appalachian: 2-Oct-96 Re: MOST COMMON
APPALACHIAN.. by Melody Cl...@qnet.com
> That's for sure. Almost all the "Melodys" I know are in their
> thirties...due to some actress of that time period, near as I can figure
> it. :-)
Patterson who played Wrangler Jane on F-Troop.
MoeMoney who can't figure out why I remember the darndest things at the
darndest times.
piglet
I sit corrected, means tired. Musta been too much of that myself when I
wrote that....since your post, I have discovered that I have an ancestor
myself by that name! (okay, the sister of an ancestor), but had never
heard it as a name till you posted....
piglet
quin...@gmail.com
quin...@gmail.com
Larry Loves-Hawg-Slop
> What are the most popular/common first names given to Appalachain kids?
Larry is uh fine appy latchin name... for uh HAWG!