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* [[Culpepper Exum]] | * [[Culpepper Exum]] | ||
* [[Logwood Goin|Logwood Ulysses Goin]] | * [[Logwood Goin|Logwood Ulysses Goin]] | ||
* [[Electric Griffin]], Birmingham High School Class of 1916 | * [[Electric Griffin]], Birmingham High School Class of 1916 | ||
* [[Two-Boys Gumede]] | * [[Two-Boys Gumede]] | ||
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* [[Zenko Hrynkiw|Zenko John-Gregory Hrynkiw]] | * [[Zenko Hrynkiw|Zenko John-Gregory Hrynkiw]] | ||
* [[Chervis Isom|Hewlett Chervis Isom Jr]] | * [[Chervis Isom|Hewlett Chervis Isom Jr]] | ||
* [[Sam Will John]] | * [[Sam Will John]] | ||
* [[Theophilus Jowers|Theophilus Calvin Jowers]] | * [[Theophilus Jowers|Theophilus Calvin Jowers]] | ||
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* [[Paget Pizitz]] | * [[Paget Pizitz]] | ||
* [[Memory Leake Robinson]] | * [[Memory Leake Robinson]] | ||
* [[Audrey Skirball-Kenis|Audrey Marx Skirball-Kenis]] | * [[Audrey Skirball-Kenis|Audrey Marx Skirball-Kenis]] | ||
* [[Notable Smith]] | * [[Notable Smith]] | ||
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* [[Azor Van Hoose]] | * [[Azor Van Hoose]] | ||
* [[Sidney van Sheck|Sidney William Jiroušek van Sheck]] | * [[Sidney van Sheck|Sidney William Jiroušek van Sheck]] | ||
* [[Rebel Zeigler]] | * [[Rebel Zeigler]] | ||
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* [[Theophilus Jowers|Theophilus Calvin Jowers]] | * [[Theophilus Jowers|Theophilus Calvin Jowers]] | ||
* [[Orlandus Regulus]], orderly at [[South Highlands Infirmary]] | * [[Orlandus Regulus]], orderly at [[South Highlands Infirmary]] | ||
==Names inspired by Native Americans== | |||
* [[Powhatan James]], Baptist minister | |||
* [[Cherokee Jemison Van de Graff|Cherokee Jemison Van de Graaff Rountree]] | |||
* [[Delaware Williams]] | |||
==Pun names== | ==Pun names== | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 13 February 2018
My personal lists of some the best names in Birmingham history:
Fun names
- Hul-Cee Acton
- Rucker Agee
- Spurgeon Banyard
- Young Boozer III
- Lone Jensen Broussard
- Ottakar Čadek
- Sander Cakebread
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh
- Godfrey Chryssoverges
- Eleanor Clinkscales
- Alfred E. Conybear
- Lexi Coon
- Spright Dowell
- Culpepper Exum
- Logwood Ulysses Goin
- Electric Griffin, Birmingham High School Class of 1916
- Two-Boys Gumede
- Lazarus Gusdofer, clerk at Famous Clothing Store in 1884
- Leven Savage Hazlegrove
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt
- Freeman Alphonsa Hrabowski III
- Zenko John-Gregory Hrynkiw
- Hewlett Chervis Isom Jr
- Sam Will John
- Theophilus Calvin Jowers
- Wulf Koch
- Garnet Leader
- Sang Lyda
- Ocllo R. Mason
- Dolester Miles
- Sydenham Moore
- Sigmund Nesselroth
- Retin Obasohan
- Wytangy Peak-Finney
- Paget Pizitz
- Memory Leake Robinson
- Audrey Marx Skirball-Kenis
- Notable Smith
- JoJo Starbuck
- Stan Stefansic
- Walladean Streeter
- Ninian Tannehill
- Trygve Olaf Tollefsbol
- Azor Van Hoose
- Sidney William Jiroušek van Sheck
- Rebel Zeigler
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
- Kris Cross
- Olden Young (1894-1976), miner
Redundant names
- Chris Christ, attorney and judge
- David David, real estate agent
- Henry Henry, vice-president at Alabama Power
- Joe Joseph, restuarateur
- Swaid Swaid, neurosurgeon
- William Williams, architect
- William H. Williams, Baptist minister
Commonly misspelled names
- Karon Bowdre
- Georges Bridges
- E. G. Burchfiel
- Courteney Cox
- Chriss Doss
- Heman Drummond
- David Hobdy
- Emmet O'Neal
- Gray Plosser
- Shelia Smoot
- Ferd Weil
- Stimson Woodward
- Louis Armstrong, director of Indian Springs School
- Charlie Brown, assistant superintendent of schools
- Cindy Crawford, newspaper editor
- Bill Morgan Freeman, artist and crafstman
- Richard Harris, president of the South Pratt neighborhood
- Ted Kennedy, founder of BE&K
- Robert Palmer, attorney and author
- Fred Rogers, mayor of Roosevelt City
- Kaiser Wilhelm, Barons pitcher and manager
- Charles Yeager, director of Turkey Creek Nature Preserve
Men with names (now) more commonly given to girls
- Laurie Battle
- Maxie Baughan
- 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
- Rosamond McDuff
- Rose Owen
- Rubee Pearse
- Shelley Stewart
- Leslie Wright