President’s Day Names: Beyond Taylor and Tyler

Great blog post! Love the name recommendations. But I have to say that I am very disappointed there is no mention of Theodore Roosevelt. Great president with a very wearable first name and last name which could be used as a cool middle. (Famous baseball player Jackie Robinson’s middle name was Roosevelt.)

All the threads are down from the front page..super annoying I can’t. Read anything..SOMEBODY fix it!

Would like to have seen Ulysses on the list, it’s a name I would use in a heartbeat. I can’t imagine anyone using Jackson in honor of Andrew Jackson considering he was responsible for the Indian removal act

Taft sounds nice, but all I can think of is daft. I couldn’t do that to a baby.
I do like the sound of Truman and the nn True.

I’m not a big fan of surnames as first names, especially since I have one that I’ve never liked. However, two I might consider are Knox — because of its associations with my ancestral home state of Maine — and Quincy (pronounced correctly as Quinzy), because of its associations with my birth state of Massachusetts.

Our first American fiction writer was Washington Irving, named after his godfather, George Washington.

I like Warren (G. Harding) and Linden (i prefer this girly spelling of LBJ’s first name). Ulysses is great too!

Fabulous list, even if I don’t like all of the surnames on this list (Wilson, that means YOU!)

I’d happily use Arthur, Truman & Lincoln myself. Munro is the last name of my favorite SIL. So that’s usable, for me, too.

Ford makes me giggle, I remember fondly what a klutz he was! Harrison Ford has a fan in me, but I’d use Indiana on a boy for him before Ford, Harrison or even Jones.

Piers floats my boat, but Pierce is a bit too violent for me. Archer suits me more!

And Jackson makes *me* think of Six Flags, NJ. It’s in Jackson. *shrug*.
Yep, Arthur makes me smile. It’s a strong favorite of mine. Now I have to talk Him into it as a first, instead of a middle!

Thanks for this, mostly refreshing list!

I like Lincoln and its nn Linc/Link since it has nerd-cred. Lincoln is popularly used in sci-fi for some reason (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer, anyone? ) and Link is the protagonist in all those Legend of Zelda games. I’d so use this name if I could!

GROVER!

What about Clinton?

i actually like Clinton for a girl…with a K…is that passe I dunno but I think it’s cute Linny for a nn or tony

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I only like Lincoln out of this list, the others are just really uninteresting. Also I hate the name Arthur, still reads grandpa to me.

@REELJAGKB: Klinton for a girl? You’ve gotta be having a laugh haha.

Oh I know an adorable 2nd grader named Karter. (I know it’s usually spelt Carter but they put a K because of family things) he’s so sweet and funny
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Omg love the name Lincoln!! Idk why I just think its a really cool name. At our kennel there’s a big black crazy dog named Lincoln.