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HelpRe: US Presidential surnames as first names (long post)
in reply to a message by AwkwardElephant
Roosevelt is the most interesting to me. It's a name I feel you definitely wouldn't use without intending to reference the president, and at the point of its peak it could only have been referencing Teddy. People must have really loved the guy! But so much more than, say, Washington?
Then again the data only starts at 1880. Maybe Washington was even more popular closer to his presidency.
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Then again the data only starts at 1880. Maybe Washington was even more popular closer to his presidency.
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With Washington, I would be interested to see how many times it was used as a middle name. I feel like George Washington [Surname] would be more likely to be used than just Washington.
Roosevelt does have the edge of having two presidents that it could be honoring - Theodore and Franklin. Plus Alice and Eleanor were both popular figures. Individually, I doubt any of them matches George Washington's popularity.
Roosevelt does have the edge of having two presidents that it could be honoring - Theodore and Franklin. Plus Alice and Eleanor were both popular figures. Individually, I doubt any of them matches George Washington's popularity.
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