Names that Peaked in 1883
- Lella
- Mittie
Origin:
Diminutive of Matilda or MarthaDescription:
Mittie is an antiquated nickname, best known as the name of the mother of President Theodore Roosevelt. It may be a short form of the pet name Mitten.
- Albertus
- Almina
- Thurlow
- Lute
- Lissie
- Bluford
Origin:
Variation of Buford, English from FrenchMeaning:
"beautiful fort"Description:
An offbeat form of Buford that you're unlikely to find on birth certificates today. Maybe for a pet.
- Mont
Origin:
Diminutive of Montgomery or FrenchMeaning:
"mountain"Description:
Monty Burns, on The Simpsons, smashed to pieces any goodwill for his first name leftover from Monty Python. But if you drop the "y," you're left with a distinctly Gallic sounding nickname name. If it feels to slight for the birth certificate, there are tons of ways to get to it as a nickname: Montgomery, Montana, Montreal, even Montmorency.
- Luetta
- Ceasar
Description:
Variation of Caesar
- Nealie
- Mabelle
Origin:
Variation of MabelDescription:
Is Mabelle pronounced like Mabel or like May-belle or like the French words for "my beauty" — mah belle — in the Beatles song Michelle? This is a decision you'll have to ponder and a question you'll have to answer and a correction you'll need to make time and again. Despite these difficulties, the style for all names belle-related may propel this one upward.
- Lelar
- Pearla
- Clide
- Emett
- Marianita
Origin:
Spanish diminutive of MarianaMeaning:
"of the sea"
- Rosco
- Almeda