Comments on: Hillbilly Names: Rubes, hayseeds and bumpkins http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins baby names Thu, 23 May 2013 04:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Eric Byron http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-106466 Eric Byron Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:44:37 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-106466 I am analyzing early sound recordings (1890s- 1920s) that deal with ethnicity and race. Certain recordings incorporate "rube" names , some of which have been mentioned in your discussion. Can anyone suggest academic reading on the subject? I want to focus on the years the recordings were made. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Eric Byron I am analyzing early sound recordings (1890s- 1920s) that deal with ethnicity and race. Certain recordings incorporate “rube” names , some of which have been mentioned in your discussion. Can anyone suggest academic reading on the subject? I want to focus on the years the recordings were made. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Eric Byron

]]> By: Becca http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45740 Becca Thu, 27 May 2010 14:58:13 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45740 Of your list I like Jasper, Jeb, Luke, Roscoe, Rufus, Zeb, Zed, Zeke and I kinda like Gus and Bo/Beau I agree that Dwayne should have made the list and I really don't think of Luke as a hillbilly name. Great post! Of your list I like
Jasper, Jeb, Luke, Roscoe, Rufus, Zeb, Zed, Zeke and I kinda like Gus and Bo/Beau

I agree that Dwayne should have made the list and I really don’t think of Luke as a hillbilly name. Great post!

]]> By: Sunshinetina http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45642 Sunshinetina Thu, 27 May 2010 01:45:23 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45642 I love Lil Abner, the movie. I would love to use Abner, Chester, Gus and JAsper I love Lil Abner, the movie. I would love to use Abner, Chester, Gus and JAsper

]]> By: Kate http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45639 Kate Thu, 27 May 2010 01:39:11 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45639 It's funny to me: this list of names--very well compiled I think--has a lot of overlap with the types of names Hipsters/Yupsters favor for their offspring. Obviously choosing a name so apparently so bumpkin-ish ostensibly shows just how much you "don't" care about looking cool. That said, I do quite like Lem, Zeke, Clem and Clyde. It’s funny to me: this list of names–very well compiled I think–has a lot of overlap with the types of names Hipsters/Yupsters favor for their offspring. Obviously choosing a name so apparently so bumpkin-ish ostensibly shows just how much you “don’t” care about looking cool.
That said, I do quite like Lem, Zeke, Clem and Clyde.

]]> By: Nicolette Sari http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45629 Nicolette Sari Thu, 27 May 2010 00:11:04 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45629 Can NCIS save Jethro? Because I will admit to loving the name, country bumpkin or not. Can NCIS save Jethro? Because I will admit to loving the name, country bumpkin or not.

]]> By: mina_gaspar http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45597 mina_gaspar Wed, 26 May 2010 18:33:19 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45597 How very interesting! It really does all bubble down to cultural conditioning. I'm from the south of England, and growing up, a lot of my friends had names from the list. Their parents weren't bumpkins, but dope-smoking middle-class hippies!! In my mind, hillbilly names are Luanne, Billy-Ray, Kelly and Britney, etc etc, but then again, I have never visited the mid-west... Also, now that I live in Portugal, names considered quite posh in English-speaking countries, like Amelia, Vanessa, Genoveva and Joaquim, are considered a bit bumpkin-ny around these parts. All a question of cultural upbringing I guess. How very interesting! It really does all bubble down to cultural conditioning. I’m from the south of England, and growing up, a lot of my friends had names from the list. Their parents weren’t bumpkins, but dope-smoking middle-class hippies!! In my mind, hillbilly names are Luanne, Billy-Ray, Kelly and Britney, etc etc, but then again, I have never visited the mid-west…
Also, now that I live in Portugal, names considered quite posh in English-speaking countries, like Amelia, Vanessa, Genoveva and Joaquim, are considered a bit bumpkin-ny around these parts. All a question of cultural upbringing I guess.

]]> By: Andrea http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45591 Andrea Wed, 26 May 2010 17:37:45 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45591 My mother reacted in horror when someone she knew named her son Silas. Seems that she has hated the name since she was forced to read "Silas Marner" or, as the students called it, "Silly Ass Marner." My grandpa was named Elmer, another good rural name. It was highly popular in the Midwest in the 1920s. I've known quite a few of them. My mother reacted in horror when someone she knew named her son Silas. Seems that she has hated the name since she was forced to read “Silas Marner” or, as the students called it, “Silly Ass Marner.” My grandpa was named Elmer, another good rural name. It was highly popular in the Midwest in the 1920s. I’ve known quite a few of them.

]]> By: jpruitt76 http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45576 jpruitt76 Wed, 26 May 2010 17:08:56 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45576 I like: Luke Gus Jasper Rufus Cal Zeke I like:
Luke
Gus
Jasper
Rufus
Cal
Zeke

]]> By: Sachiko http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45575 Sachiko Wed, 26 May 2010 17:05:04 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45575 Wait! No SETH? You've got Reuben. "Seth and Reuben also"--anybody else read or seen Cold Comfort Farm? "I saw something nasty in the woodshed"? Wait! No SETH? You’ve got Reuben. “Seth and Reuben also”–anybody else read or seen Cold Comfort Farm? “I saw something nasty in the woodshed”?

]]> By: Sachiko http://nameberry.com/blog/hillbilly-names-rubes-hayseeds-and-bumpkins#comment-45573 Sachiko Wed, 26 May 2010 17:03:54 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7976#comment-45573 I've noticed that usually when we talk about "rural" names we mean a combination of Southern rural and TV Westerns. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (BTW one of my favorite users of great Southern rural names is Charlaine Harris, not that you asked) My husband grew up country, grandson to dairy farmers from Star Valley, Wyoming. He goes by his middle name because his first name is Udell. Most people meet "Udell" with incredulity, EXCEPT for people from places like Star Valley, Wyoming--where settlers were overwhelmingly of English descent. Udell's actually not that rare in Afton, WY, I am told. So: I love these hillbilly names, but I've noticed in practice hillbilly names often include really clunky Anglo-Saxon names, and names that the we city folk might think a little sissy: names like Randy and Marion and Len and Lonny and Dell. These are, like, GIRL names, right? But I dare you to tell them that to their face, because the guys I know with these "girly" names are the toughest people I know. One's an MMA fighter and another wrestles his misbehaving horses to the ground, just to show them who's boss. I LOVE Jethro. I would add Absalom to the list, but only because I like it so much and am shameless. (pardon my huge post) I’ve noticed that usually when we talk about “rural” names we mean a combination of Southern rural and TV Westerns. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. (BTW one of my favorite users of great Southern rural names is Charlaine Harris, not that you asked)

My husband grew up country, grandson to dairy farmers from Star Valley, Wyoming. He goes by his middle name because his first name is Udell.

Most people meet “Udell” with incredulity, EXCEPT for people from places like Star Valley, Wyoming–where settlers were overwhelmingly of English descent. Udell’s actually not that rare in Afton, WY, I am told.

So: I love these hillbilly names, but I’ve noticed in practice hillbilly names often include really clunky Anglo-Saxon names, and names that the we city folk might think a little sissy: names like Randy and Marion and Len and Lonny and Dell. These are, like, GIRL names, right?

But I dare you to tell them that to their face, because the guys I know with these “girly” names are the toughest people I know. One’s an MMA fighter and another wrestles his misbehaving horses to the ground, just to show them who’s boss.

I LOVE Jethro. I would add Absalom to the list, but only because I like it so much and am shameless.

(pardon my huge post)

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