In anticipation of Mother’s Day, we thought we’d turn the tables and look at the names of some distinguished moms. Turns out that a surprising number of past (and a few present) notables have had mothers with interesting names. Probably too far-fetched to think there’s any correlation, but in any case here are some examples–a really mixed batch.
AURELIA — Arnold Schwarzenegger
EVANGELINE — Charles Lindbergh
GLADYS — Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley
JULIA — Andy Warhol, John Lennon
KUTILDA — Tiger Woods
NANCY — Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison
NEELTJE — Rembrandt van Rijn
NIKOLLE — Mother Teresa
What’s YOUR mom’s name? Let us and the rest of the nameberry community know!
Linda Rosenkrantz
Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.