Pirate Names

[susan]

I'm making a Pirate Names list and so far I have Jack, Hook, and Silver. The list won't accept the name Smee. Can you think of more fun pirate names to put on my list?

[lola]

Well, Hook's first name was James, IIRC, and then there's Edward Teach, (Blackbeard), Anne Bonny, Henry Morgan, Barbarossa (meaning Red Beard), ad these:
Nathaniel Butler - English Pirate
Jan de Bouff - Dutch Pirate
Tobias Bridge - English Pirate
Enrique Brower - Dutch Pirate
John Calles - English Pirate
Peter Easton - English Pirate
Daniel Elfrith - English Pirate
John Nutt - English Pirate
Grace O'Malley - Irish Pirate
John Ward - English Pirate
John Morris - English
Thomas Paine - English
Richard Sawkins - English
Bartholomew Sharp - English

Here's a grand link for you: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-pirates.htm

[susan]

Thanks Lola!

[melissa2]

And New Orleans' favorite pirate: Jean Lafitte!

[susan]

Lola, I wish you would make a Gypsy Names List and then tell us how to look it up. I know it would be so cool!

[lola]

I'll work on that now, then, Susan. Rromani people are completely fascinating, there's wide speculation in the family that Great Grandpa Cosmo was Rromani/Rroma. His speech fits what we know about the culture as well as his looks (dark haired, dark eyed and swarthy). So I'm going through things now but it's looking as though I may have a very distant link to "Gypsy" culture through him. Let me see what I can dig up.If you don't se me active here today, you now know what I'm up to!

[lola]

Alright, I'm pretty much giving up.
It seems as though Rromas, because of large-scale prejudice, they'd adopt whatever names were locally popular, to blend in. There's still large scale problems the Rroma face and as such, keep their culture hidden to a large degree. Some things are finally starting to come out and I've found a few names of heroes of the Rroma, Panna is the lone girl name I could find, and from the guys, normal things, like Janos & Ian show up but I also found things like: Lanyi, Belo & Antal. But otherwise, it's all ordinary names for whatever larger culture they're in. It's really, really sad, their situation and I'm starting to see why even Great Grandpop simply said he was Greek.

[susan]

Oh, that's really sad, Lola! I have a super great great great grandmother who was a Gypsy, but I don't know what her name was. Maybe you could make a list kind of like a Gypsy list that has all your fave names on it. It could be Bohemian Names or something fun like that.

[susan]

You can see the Pirate Names List if you look up Bart. Scroll down to find it.

[lola]

Thanks, I'll work on that then. And I'll check out the pirate list!