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[Facts] ww1 male names?

by MagicKilo

7/29/2009, 1:04 PM

hey, can anyone tell me some male names that were popular during ww1? full names, nicknames, anything.
thank you!!

Verena

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- Pie

7/30/2009, 2:26 PM

Popular for adults, or for babies born then? And in which country?

For names of US-born men who would have been of fighting age in WWI, try here: http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/100ud1890.php

Common names from England in the same period:
Alfred
Albert
Arthur
Bertie
Cecil
Richard
Charles
Edward
Edwin
Ernest
Harry
Henry
Frank
Sidney
Clarence
George
Harry, Henry, Harold
James
John
William
Thomas
Frederick
Herbert
Percy
Victor
Wilfred

- namesfan (guest) +1

7/29/2009, 1:09 PM

I had 2 great grandfathers in the ww1 and they were both 'Harry'. One was short for 'Henry'. Those were both quite popular.

In ww2 british soldiers were called 'Tommy'.
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- Anneza

8/4/2009, 10:57 PM

British soldiers have been called Tommies since at least the Anglo-Boer War at the end of the 19th century. The army provided forms to fill in when one joined, and also a "filled-in" example, and where the new soldier had to fill in his name they gave Atkins, Thomas as their example. So a British soldier was known generically as Tommy Atkins or just Tommy.

Of course, the authorities wouldn't have chosen either name if they hadn't been very familiar through being well used.

For WWI, you could try casualty lists ... or popularity lists for boys born in about 1900 would give you a good idea of usage.

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