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==Fun short names== | ==Fun short names== | ||
* [[Hul-Cee Acton]] | * [[Hul-Cee Acton]] | ||
* [[Otto Dus]] | * [[Otto Dus]], Pastor of St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church | ||
* [[Two-Boys Gumede]] | * [[Two-Boys Gumede]], UAB soccer player | ||
* [[Sam Will John]] | * [[Sam Will John]] | ||
* [[Wulf Koch]] | * [[Wulf Koch]] | ||
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* [[Barge McCall]], 1942 air raid warden (and "scrap man") for Leeds | * [[Barge McCall]], 1942 air raid warden (and "scrap man") for Leeds | ||
* [[Zipp Newman]], Birmingham News sports editor, 1933. | * [[Zipp Newman]], Birmingham News sports editor, 1933. | ||
* [[JoJo Starbuck]] | * [[JoJo Starbuck]], Olympic figure skater | ||
* [[Eph Tunkle]], pianist for the Society Serenaders | * [[Eph Tunkle]], pianist for the Society Serenaders | ||
* [[Azor Van Hoose]] | * [[Azor Van Hoose]] | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 25 January 2023
My personal lists of some the best names in Birmingham history:
Fun short names
- Hul-Cee Acton
- Otto Dus, Pastor of St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church
- Two-Boys Gumede, UAB soccer player
- Sam Will John
- Wulf Koch
- Tuck Kornegay
- Garnet Leader
- Sang Lyda
- Ocllo Mason
- Barge McCall, 1942 air raid warden (and "scrap man") for Leeds
- Zipp Newman, Birmingham News sports editor, 1933.
- JoJo Starbuck, Olympic figure skater
- Eph Tunkle, pianist for the Society Serenaders
- Azor Van Hoose
Fun medium-sized names
- Spurgeon Banyard
- Young Boozer III
- Lone Jensen Broussard
- Sander Cakebread
- Eleanor Clinkscales
- Alfred E. Conybear
- Tene Dolphin
- Spright Dowell
- Culpepper Exum
- Electric Griffin, Birmingham High School Class of 1916
- Lazarus Gusdofer, clerk at Famous Clothing Store in 1884
- Dolester Miles
- Vasthy Mompoint
- Sydenham Moore
- Sigmund Nesselroth
- Retin Obasohan
- Wytangy Peak-Finney
- Oswaldo Ponce
- Memory Leake Robinson
- Notable Smith
- Milner Snuggs
- Stan Stefansic
- Walladean Streeter
- Ninian Tannehill
- Tryphena Voltz, girls' adviser at Woodlawn High School
- Rebel Zeigler
Fun long names
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh
- Fleeta Holt Dodderar Chappelear
- Godfrey Chryssoverges
- Efrem Zembelist Fulford
- Logwood Ulysses Goin
- Leven Savage Hazlegrove
- Freeman Alphonsa Hrabowski III
- Zenko John-Gregory Hrynkiw
- Hewlett Chervis Isom Jr
- Theophilus Calvin Jowers
- Audrey Marx Skirball-Kenis
- Trygve Olaf Tollefsbol
- Sidney William Jiroušek van Sheck
Classical names
- Armenius Bennett
- Leonidas Cicero Dickey
- Orion Theophilus Dozier
- Logwood Ulysses Goin
- Magnus Miller Gorrie
- Theophilus Calvin Jowers
- Orlandus Regulus, orderly at South Highlands Infirmary
Names inspired by Native Americans
- Powhatan James, Baptist minister
- Cherokee Jemison Van de Graaff Rountree
- Delaware Williams
Pun names
- London Bridges
- Merry Christmas, minister
- Lexi Coon
- Kris Cross
- Rusty Dorr
- Izzy Gould
- Polly Graham, market research executive
- Harry Lipson
- Shiney Moon (1906-1953), artist
- Carrie N. Moore, principal of Enon Ridge School
- Cherri Pitts, architect
- Buck Wheat, co-founder of Miss Myra's Pit Bar-B-Q
- Hewy Woodman, Helena City Council member
- Olden Young (1894-1976), miner
Redundant names
- Chris Christ, attorney and judge
- Chris Christie, attorney
- David David, real estate agent
- Fouad Fouad, engineer
- John Johns, CEO of Protective Life
- Joe Joseph, restuarateur
- Henry Henry, vice-president at Alabama Power
- Matt Mathews, photographer and barrel racer
- Swaid Swaid, neurosurgeon
- Tommy Thomas, former Pelham police chief
- Wardie Wardy (1848-1918)
- William Williams, architect
- William H. Williams, Baptist minister
Oxymoronical names
- Valley Crest Apartments
- Olden Young (1894-1976), miner
Commonly misspelled names
- Karon Bowdre
- Georges Bridges
- E. G. Burchfiel
- Kaitlan Collins
- Courteney Cox
- Chriss Doss
- Heman Drummond
- Diean Hairston
- Lary Hayes
- David Hobdy
- Emmet O'Neal
- Gray Plosser
- Shelia Smoot
- Ferd Weil
- Stimson Woodward
- Louis Armstrong, director of Indian Springs School
- Jeff Bridges, chief of the Trussville Police Department
- Charlie Brown, assistant superintendent of schools
- John Brown, street preacher
- Chris Christie, attorney
- Cindy Crawford, newspaper editor
- Lillie Cole, Kingston neighborhood president
- Henry Ford, co-founder of A Promise to Help ministry
- Ben Franklin, radio engineer
- Bill Morgan Freeman, artist and crafstman
- Robert Frost, restaurateur
- Hugh Grant, principal of Barrett Elementary School
- Don Johnson, heating & air conditioning executive
- Richard Harris, South Pratt neighborhood president
- Robin Hood, co-founder of NHabit
- Andrew Jackson, Eden Elementary School teacher
- Robert Kennedy, UAB researcher
- Ted Kennedy, founder of BE&K
- Steven King, former Blount County circuit judge
- Kenny Loggins, convicted murderer
- Billy Martin, advertising executive
- Bill Murray, meteoroligist
- Barbara "Bobbie" Orr, maiden name of Mrs Hugh Kaul
- Robert Palmer, attorney and author
- Annie Potts, vice president of Grasselli Heights
- Keith Richards, founder of Taziki's
- Fred Rogers, mayor of Roosevelt City
- Richard Simmons, author and former insurance executive
- Smothers Bros Transmission Service
- James Stewart, Mayor of Irondale
- Peter Weller, Unitarian minister
- Kaiser Wilhelm, Barons pitcher and manager
- Charles Yeager, director of Turkey Creek Nature Preserve
Men with names (now) more commonly given to girls
- Brandy Ayers (1935–2020), newspaper publisher
- Laurie Battle
- Maxie Baughan
- Jule Beasley
- Brooke Burnham
- Ashley Curry
- Camille Desmarais
- Luellen Foster
- Courtney Haden, Courtney Shropshire
- Carol Hayes
- Beverly Head
- Hilary Herbert
- Jan Jeffries
- Gail Joyce
- Elsie Lewis (-1928), a motorcycle officer
- Brooksie Lovvorn
- Gail Marsh, baker
- Rosamond McDuff
- Dana Ousler
- Rose Owen
- Rubee Pearse
- Clare Purcell (1884-1964), Methodist bishop
- Shelley Stewart
- Stacy Williams
- Leslie Wright