You Can’t Call It “It”!

These kids were born “good ole boys.”  

Many truly are.  The young man who sat next to me on the plane went to this school.  He shared his ipod and cell phone with my toddler to help entertain her during the near two hours we waited on the runway.  He carried my bags off the flight, and waited patiently while I buckled both girls into their double stroller (I was traveling alone with two under two).  Too bad I didn’t find the same humanity from the Delta employee on the return leg.  ”I have to carry my own bags off” was her appalling reply when I asked politely for help.  I had a baby in each arm!  Some people just hate breeders.

This list is awesome if I do say so myself.  Special thanks to my mother, who painstakingly typed out each name from the catalogue of my uncles’ alma mater.  These represent all ages.

 

Amos

Amro

Avery

Battle

Barnes

Barret

Barry

Bennett (Field, Sanford)

Blake (x2)

Bo (x2)

Bobby

Braden

Bradford

Brandon (x4)

Brent

Brett

Britt

Brooks

Buck

Buddy (x2)

Bunky

Camden

Cam

Cameron

Cannon

Carl

Carson

Cecil (x2)

Chad

Chance

Chase (x2)

Chip (x4)

Chuck (x3)

Clay (x3)

Cleo

Cliff (x2)

Clint

Cody

Coleman

Colin

Collie

Connell

Conley

Copley

Corey

Crews

Curt

Dallas

Dax

Dean

Declan

Denby

Devin

Doug (x2)

Drew (x3)

Eddie

Edwin

Eli

Elliot (x3)

Elliott

Ellis

Emmett

Evan

Farrell

Field (x2) (twin Sanford, Bennett)

Fleet

Fletcher

Flip (Philip)

Ford

Forrest

Francis

Frank (x3)

Franklin

Frazier

Fred (x2)

Garrot

Gary

George (x2)

Gideon (x2)

Gil

Goodloe

Graham

Grant

Grayson

Gunther

Hamilton (x2) (Clay)

Hammond

Hank

Harley

Harrison

Healy

Herb

Herbert

Howard

Howie

Hunter

Jack

Jackson

Jamie

Jeb

Jess

Jesse 

Jimbo

Joe

Johnny

Judd (x2)

Kelly

Kent (x2)

Kimbrough

Kip

Kirby

Lane

Larson

Lawson

Lee (x2)

Leigh

Liam

Lin

Louis

Lowell

Loyal

Mac

Major

Mason

Marshall

Matthias

Merritt

Metcalf

Minor

Montgomery

Ned

Nelson (x2)

Norfleet

Norman

Oscar

Palmer

Parker

Perry

Peterson

Philip (x4)

Pierce

Preston

Randall

Rankin

Reb

Reid

Rhobb

Robert

Rollin

Ron

Ross (x2)

Russell

Rusty

Ryves

Sanford (Bennett, twin Field)

Scott

Shed

Shelby

Skip

Spencer (x2)

Steed

Stuart

Taylor

Tho

Thomas

Thornton

Travis

Treadwell

Trent

Trevor

Trey (x4)

Trip (x4)

Tucker

Turner

Virgil

Wade

Waldrup

Walk

Walker

Wallace

Walt

Warren (x2)

Wells

Wesley

West

Whit (x2)

Will (x14)

Wil

Wilson

Wis

Wise

Xander

 

My recent trip down south left me largely incommunicado.  Apologies.  However, I return with a full report on Southern baby naming.  My vacation turned up an alumni magazine for the all girls school my mother once attended, and I’ve included names from its rival as well.  Mostly these just reaffirm that Southerners spearheaded the movement of surnames on girls, often as a way of passing on family heritage that could otherwise be lost.  So too do they like to pass on the names of their grandmothers and great-grandmothers.  Siblings Georgina and Frances are particularly delightful.  Pretty girls, too. 

 

Ann

Anna (x2) (& Grace)

Austin

Bailey

Barrett

Beeland

Betsy

Blair

Blaise

Brooke

Callie

Camille 

Caroline 

Celia

Claire

Colleen

Connor

Edie

Elisabeth

Eppie

Evey

Eliza (x2)

Elizabeth (x3)

Ella

Ellen (x2)

Elliot

Emily (x2)

Estes

Fontaine

Georgina (& Frances)

Gigi

Ginny

Greer (x2)

Kaki

Hayly

Holland

Jane

Jane Clare

Janie 

Jeanne

Jennie

Kallen

Karen

Kathryn

Katie

Kelly

Kendra

Kennan

Lacy

Lauren

Leigh

Lillie

Lily

Lizzy

Louisa

Louise Day

Lucy

Madison

Margaret (x2) (& Nancy)

Margo

Marina

Marietta

Mary

Mary Caldwell

Mary Catherine

Mary Greer

Mary Evelyn

Mary Jane

Mary Ward

Meg (probably Margaret)

Memory

Meredith

Merri

Mimi

Mindy

Minor

Mollie

Molly

Natalie

Nicolette

Paige

Palmer

Phoebe

Rachael

Rachel

Reese (x2) (& twin Tess)

Ruth

Ruthie

Sara

Shelby

Sigrid

Sloane

Susan

Tempe

Tess (twin Reese)

Theresa 

Townes

Walton