John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes
Note 1738
In naming children, regional patterns have an influence. We would not expect the same pattern of names in New England as in the South. There were differences in Germany also, due to the regional impact. Most of the names that I gave yesterday were given by people who came from or were immediate descendants of people in the southwest part of Germany. There were changes in the course of time. In this note, I have taken the names given to children in the period from late 1775 to the early 1780s.
|
NAME
|
TIMES
USED
|
|
Elizabeth
|
13
|
|
Mary
|
13
|
|
Rosina
|
6
|
|
Susanna
|
6
|
|
Margaret
|
4
|
|
Hanna
|
3
|
|
Nancy
|
3
|
|
Sara
|
3
|
|
Barbara
|
2
|
|
Catherine
|
2
|
|
Rhode
|
2
|
|
Veronica
|
2
|
|
Agnes
|
1
|
|
NAME
|
TIMES
USED
|
|
Amilia
|
1
|
|
Anne
|
1
|
|
Delila
|
1
|
|
Elisa
|
1
|
|
Franky
|
1
|
|
Jemima
|
1
|
|
Lea
|
1
|
|
Lydia
|
1
|
|
Magdalena
|
1
|
|
Rachel
|
1
|
|
Rebecca
|
1
|
|
Salome
|
1
|
|
Saranna
|
1
|
|
|
NAME
|
TIMES
USED
|
|
Aaron
|
4
|
|
Johannes
|
4
|
|
Ezekiel
|
3
|
|
Jacob
|
3
|
|
Michael
|
3
|
|
Simeon
|
3
|
|
Soloman
|
3
|
|
Adam
|
2
|
|
Andrew
|
2
|
|
Henry
|
2
|
|
Jeremias
|
2
|
|
Moses
|
2
|
|
Abraham
|
1
|
|
Ambrosius
|
1
|
|
NAME
|
TIMES
USED
|
|
Bernhard
|
1
|
|
Caleb
|
1
|
|
Charles
|
1
|
|
David
|
1
|
|
Enoch
|
1
|
|
Frederick
|
1
|
|
James
|
1
|
|
Joseph
|
1
|
|
Joshua
|
1
|
|
Lewis
|
1
|
|
Matthew
|
1
|
|
Million
|
1
|
|
Nicholas
|
1
|
|
Samuel
|
1
|
|
In comparison to the last note, Mary gained. Margaret, Anne, and John slipped. Elizabeth, Susanna, and Aaron remained popular. There was still a good diversity, but the choice of old favorites for the girls remained.
(20 Aug 03)