My newspaper column on names...

[My Lady Ashalind]

Mr. MLA worked with a Maximilan. They called him Maxi. His last name was shields.

I kid you not!

[Ormond]

Here's today's column, about a name which is quite common among American women in their 20s and 30s:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091020/LIVING/710209904

[potsherds]

Here's today's column, featuring another children's book turned into a movie. I wish I had had space to discuss Maxwell and Maximus more thoroughly.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091006/LIVING/710069878

Heh. My cousin just named her second baby boy Maximus. Not terribly fond of that version of 'Max'.

[Ormond]

And here is today's column, obviously more personally relevant than most:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091103/LIVI...=73371437557944

[Ormond]

Here's today's column, on one of the more common male names in English speaking countries:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091117/LIVING/711179906

[Ormond]

Here's today's column. It seems the names of women film stars of the past are something I often get asked about:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091201/LIVING/712019912

[Yagathai]

Here's today's column. It seems the names of women film stars of the past are something I often get asked about:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091201/LIVING/712019912

Ah, and here I was hoping for a column on "Myrna".

[Ormond]

Here's today's column:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091215/LIVING/712159880

[Ormond]

Here's this week's column, about a British trend that might surprise Americans:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091229/LIVING/712299995

[Yagathai]

When they start using Jeb, Zeke and Cooter, I will be very amused.

[Maltaran]

The only British double named person I can think of is fictional - Sarah Jane Smith.

[Mlle. Zabzie]

Interesting, my Grandmother (Southern) was a Betty Gene, and always went by Betty Gene. She is buried in a National Cemetary with my grandfather. You can only have 3 names, apparently, on the stone, and because "Gene" was officially her middle name, we either had to drop Gene or her maiden name. Because the cemetary is in the town where she was born and she is buried near her uncles, we opted to drop the Gene, which is unfortunate.

[Datepalm]

I knew a british Anna-Lou who I think was born sometime circa 1980. It was always a bit of a guessing game what to call her since the double name never sounded very natural to me.

[Ormond]

When they start using Jeb, Zeke and Cooter, I will be very amused.

Not sure about Zeke, but Zak is very common in England right now.

[Eyelesbarrow]

Ormond, double names are very common in my country. I know a Kristine Anne (which almost became my name too), a Ruby Anne, an Ira May, a Patrick John and a couple of John Pauls. My best friend's name is Bea Francis (this one I like). Anyway, I've been meaning to ask you: have you done a column on names like Princess Grace, Queen Elizabeth? I also know someone whose name is General Hannibal.

[Starkess]

My dad is from the South, and his sister is "Betye Lou" and always goes by the double name. So it doesn't sound very English to me, I'm a bit surprised to see that hike in popularity!

[Ser Scot A Ellison]

Ormond,

My friend in Beaufort SC (the one who did a year in Iraq) has two little girls. They are, respectively, Anne-Watts and Ellen-Grace.

[mormont]

The only British double named person I can think of is fictional - Sarah Jane Smith.

But then, you presumably don't meet many children, which is where the trend is. I do, and I do see more with these double names.

I also knew a few when growing up, but that seemed to be a Catholic thing (Ormond could presumably confirm). John Paul, Anne-Marie, etc.

[Whitestripe]

I went to elementary school (in North Carolina) with a ton of girls and a handful of boys who went by two names. The ones that stick out in my mind are Betty Bobitt Lee (her family called her Be-Bop) but all the teachers called her Betty Bobitt and Robbie-Shan Richarson. She was always Robbie-Shan and never Robbie.

[mormont]

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