Thursday, October 12, 2006

Noteworthy Names

The latest installment from the ever-growing list of names that have caught my eye:

Geneve Bacon
Aquanetta Gordon
Summer Madrid Smith
September Bottenfield
Amber Boffo Rickhoff
Starchild Abraham Cherrix
Purvis, Elzoria, and Zenobia Bruce
Nathalene and Vernita Faggart
Marlon Brando Gill
Rhodesia Broadnax
Queenester Williams
Heidi Arp-Muckler
Patricia Beachboard Faith
Hazel Brown
(Mrs.) Letchet Brown
Angeline Keister
Berkeley Muse
Turner McNeal Bumbary
Joy Hammers
Ruby Sheetz
Ruby White
Ruby, Winston, and Bertha Beavers
Adelicia Cheatham
Dieter and Twila Blume
Zachary and Diamond Zetty
Dottie Dilts
Herbert Hamburger
Peter Pizza
Fannie Wise
Tawny Hays
Erin Herrin
Dallas, Wanda, and Ila Clem
Genie Foote
Mona Fink
Yetta Fink
Dafna Gakner
Rita Hornyak
MacArthur "Boom Boom" Barber
Oral Butcher
Forrest Painter
Pier Charter
Stetson Tinkham
Loh-Lee Low
Denisha Dempster
Capathia Jenkins
Finley Bugg
(Mr.) Sage Brocklebank
Rhett Butler, insurance agent
Cinnamon Bowser
Latasha Bowser
Verleen Strong
Rider King Strong
Molly B. Goodenough
Stanley Stemp
Gonzetta Burns
Ormond G. Sexton IV
Leroy Hoole
Hazel Hoyle
Monet Spears
Rev. Albertus Bagley Sr.
Wilmer and Elmer Dittman (brothers)
Azalea Ruffin
Pansy McClanahan
Daisy Cherry Maggett
Johnny Suit
Bishop Ozey Lee Thorpe and his twin sister, Okedelia
(Ms.) Trellis L. Waxler, Ph.D.
Lundus Bazemore
Delma Day
Daphne Dentz
Chuck Yob
Chuck Hummer
Napoleon and Fannie Mantilla
Dexter Filkins
Basil Grillo
Lacy Craft
Velvaleen Flannagan
Harmony Ziegler
Misty Steinberger
Octavius Boddie III
M. Belmont VerStandig
Dotson Rader
Lyric Wallwork Winik
(Mr.) Doxy J. Holt
(Mrs.) Lovely H. Rice
Dotsie Mae Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Twila Mae Buttery
Hilda Mae Snoops
Hugh Glukenhous
Mittie Pettaway
Wanda Queen
Queen Street
Queen and Major Douglas
Dawn Valentine
Raulphard Black, Jr.
Rev. Waitstill Sharp
Artemis Joukowsky III
Dr. Mauricio Goldenberg
Ricardo Nixon
Earlene Capers
Curlene Coleman
Virginia Gass
Barbara Ann Lumpkins
Lyman J. Umstead
Candy Tartt
Candy Sneed
Mortimer and Skeets Dittenhofer
Susan Dittenhofer Crickenberger
Kelvin Keith Kiebler
Luvenia Ray
Tubby Stottlemyer
Dieter Funiciello
(Mr.) Ossie K. LaRode
Bland Brockenborough
Sadie Ricketts
Mildred Wampler
Congressman Zach Wamp
DeTonda Clinkscale
Makayla Bottoms
Myrlmarie Farrell
Marthajane Fuss
Velvena Ann Smalls
Donovan Q. Zook
Zachary T. Glamp
Zachary Zetts
Shelva Boggs
Brazil Smith
Cherylene “Twiggy” Billue
Tallulah Fyfe Dempsey
Lula Fones
Wellman Albea Hill
(The late) Yternity Hughley
Manley Pope
Quartella Towles
Willie Wanzer
(Mrs.) Laburne P. Neighbors
Rosie May
Velvet Medlock-Graham
Bear Estrada
Marlys Reedy Meadows
Viona B. Yutzey
Alfreda Alfred
Constantina Batchelor
Lottie "Luvs" Batchelor
Yvette Boykin Chin
Phyllis Rotter Goozh
Dexter Tuthill
(Mr.) Algie Wells
Wannetta Thrift
LaRetta Franz
Michael Fronckel
AlMalik Witherspoon
(Ms.) Starshine Roshell
(Ms.) Sunday Abraham
(Miss) Delight Walker
Maxine A. Crook (and grandchildren Dakota and Cheyenne Crook-Wean)
Ruth Cleverly Klick
McKinley Peebles
Hattie Pursglove
Rusty Featherstone

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

working for the YWCA in SF years (heck, the last century) ago I came across Mak Po Tak - will never forget it

Anonymous said...

Why was Kelvin Keith Kiebler a noteworthy name? He passed away 9/15/2006.

Anonymous said...

My husband's name is here...it means "The King" and I'm his QUEEN ;)

Anonymous said...

I have a hish school friend Kareema Wheat...How about that??

Mykljak said...

That one's going in the next edition.

Anonymous said...

Where did you come across the name Finley Bugg?