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I commented to Thomas that I had the most American first name. He replied that even though it’s a US city, it had to come from somewhere. He guessed Native American or Hebrew — um, I don’t picture alot of Hebrew words being in early Texas history.
Anyway, we looked it up, and my name is Scottish, meaning “meadow valley”, or some similar variant depending on the site you check. It’s also a city in Scotland.
According to wikipedia, it’s a mystery how the Texas city got the name, but they suspect it was from Vice President George Dallas. My Mom got it from some model, I think.
According to name statistics, my first name is the #424 most common male name and the #2167 most common female name. Only 2550 other girls share my first name.
How common is your name? (Click on the name statistics link to check.)
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I don’t know how common my middle name is (inherited it from my dad), but as for the first and last… do you really need to ask? :-)
Sarah is #23. Surprisingly, I don’t actually meet a lot of Sarahs, so it’s never been a problem.
You should be proud that you were born with the #! most popular last name. Of course, it really was Schmidt, but when the family immigrated, the census takers automatically translated it to Smith, and the German speaking immigrants let it remain that way. My first name is so rare that there are no numbers associated with it. You probably checked and saw that Mitchell was #41.
I can beat both of you with uncommon names! There aren’t too many with the name “Derelys”. Most women with that name were named for the silent screen actress, Derelys Perdue, or named for someone who was named for her.