Arlington National Cemetery Names

All right, so I was back combing through my cemetery names, and on a whim, decided to check out Arlington National Cemetery. This is a better cemetery than most for finding names, because not only are they American soldiers and soldiers' family, but there is an abundance of names to be found! I wrote down all the good examples of vintage names, as well as a few unusual or intriguing names...everything interesting! The ones bolded are some of my favorites.

Dorothea- gift of God- I find this infinitely better than Dorothy. Less Wizard of Oz, more pretty and distinguished.

Virginia- I discourage all use of this name simply for the built in teasing potential of "Virgin," but do think that the nickname Ginny is cute.

Aloysius- (Al-oh-wish-us)

Max- I realize this is insanely popular right now, but I love it.

Mack

Elsie

Audrey

Hazel

Blanche

Ruby- sassy and cute.

Mabel

Loulie

Agnes

Arthur- Classic in the same way as William and Charles, which are coming back into style, and with a way more awesome pedigree. I'm bringing this back.

Lottie

Esther- starting to like a little bit, it's serious and classic.

Eloisa- italian form of Eloise, which derived separately from Louise and means healthy

Gilbert

Forest

Hope

Grover- Vintage and energetic sounding, presidential.

Josie

Iris

Jack- See the comment below for Frank.

Olive

Frank- I love short, vintage names for guys. 

Carlyle (will probably become popular in the Carlisle form due to Twilight)

Pearl

Jess

Lionel- I like this one a lot.

Harlan

Oscar

Winifred (I know I mentioned before that I love the nickname Winnie)

Joseph

Oliver- the love of my life. There is nothing wrong with this name.

Landry

Sylvio

Walter - ruler of the army (Walt is such a great vintage nickname)

Maebelle 

Llewellyn- Welsh, pronounced Leh-well-in.

Louis (strong and classic)

Leo

Harvey (Harvey Dent in Dark Knight helps modernize this a bit)

Alfred (Before you give me a weird look, it means "elf counsel," and comes equipped with two adorable nicknames, Freddie or Alfie. Besides, it's classic, and the name of one of the brothers in "Legends of the Fall.")

Vance (This is a family name...I think it's pretty sweet with the opening "V")

Opal

Theodore

Albert

Ned

Nettie (Nettie Belle)

Hattie (Hattie Lou)

Genevieve (Always stunning)

Helen- This is starting to grow on me, a family name with an ancient history.

Zenas (m)- God’s gift, one of the Apostles of the Seventy (This would be a cool, space-travel Star-Trek choice)

Wallace (Makes me think of William Wallace from Braveheart, which isn't a bad association)

Sylvester- of the forest

Percival

Mortimer (I don't know why, but I think this name is sweet. Morty, Mort.)

Philander- I know this has a negative meaning today, but still quirky and unusual, so thought I'd include it. 

Milo

Susanna

Wesley (I only like this when it's abbreviated to Wes...)

Rosamond

Bertrand- bright rim of shield

August

Clement

Rosemarie/Rosalie

Clark- another family name, short and sweet.

Juliet- ignore the Romeo and Juliet connotation...this is a very pretty name

Aurelia

Rose

Lillie (As Lily, this name is very popular right now, but I still love it)

Adele

Charlie Ezra (Two of my favorite names, combined into one...)

Rosebud! (Yes, Rosebud. Part of me thinks it's awesome, the other half is like what...was that parent thinking. Meant for a My Little Pony)

Archie (appealingly British in this short form.)

Daisy

Rex

Seaborn (I hope they were born on a boat. In the sea.)

Winter (Kind of awesome)

Adelia

Moses (While I'm all for Biblical names, this one would be hard to carry off)

Isobel/Isabelle

Leander (This one is a nice substitute for always-popular Alexander. Means lion)

Beatrix

Bertram- bright raven (I am a sucker for nicknames and I like the nickname Bert. It's cute)

Russell- little red one 

Owen (Know this one's popular, but still love it.)

Hugh

Augustin

Jasper (Jasper Joseph)- treasurer in Persian

Remo- Italian version of Remus.