Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1892 — Outlandish Names. [ARTICLE]

Outlandish Names.

“It is astonishing,” says a Maine man, “how our Americans will Inflict upon their helpless infants the burden of carrying through life the most outlandish and sentimental names. The following are a few of those that have appeared in Maine papers the past few months. Among masculine proper names of people whose last names are unmistakably American we have Ithiel, Shadrach, Amarath, Aratur, Arad, Amaziah, Azov, Ishmael, Zeri, Zuinglius, Zephaniah, Zera, Ithma, Shubael, Bliss, Love, Freelove Dallas, Yernum, Nahum and Dummer. Among feminine proper names are: Orilla, Euzilia, Statira, Azuba, Zoa, Manna, Filena and Raspberry. Some American surnames in Maine are peculiar. For instance: Coolbroth, Youngbaby, Lovely. Law, Look, Sensabough, Comforth, Suckforth, Skeetep, Segar, etc.