Quirky Cemetery Names

Leota

German

"of the people"

Leota is an antique name rarely used any more -- it was given to just 8 baby girls in the US in 2021. Some sources says Leota is a Native American name meaning blue flower.

Letitia

Latin

"joy, gladness"

Letitia is a delicate, once prim and proper sounding name whose staid image has been unbuttoned by numerous phonetic spellings. The original, often used in Spanish-speaking families, would still make…

Melvina

Celtic

"chieftain"

Melvina ranked in the Top 1000 for over 65 years in the US, coinciding to a large extent with the years its much more popular masculine counterpart Melvin ranked in the Top 100. Today, Melvin is…

Meta

German, Slovene, and Scandinavian diminutive of Margaret, Greek

"pearl"

A unique international short form of Margaret, now associated with Facebook and Instagram and with "meta" fiction, books, TV shows, and similar that are self-referential.

Mettie

Mettie is a vintage feminine name that emerged primarily as a diminutive of names like Mehitabel, Marietta, or Margaret. Popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in rural…