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Texas
on a First-name Basisby
Luke Warm |  |
| Of the roughly 2,000 town
names on the official state map, over 400 of them are first names. Nearly all
the familiar names are there, as well as a few exotic or archaic ones. Towns were
named after founders, settlers, first postmasters and storkeepers (often the same
person), heroes, politicians, railroad engineers, railroad officials, surveyors,
lawmen and at least one ranchhand. Many were named after women, although the ratio
of male-named towns outnumbers towns named after women 242 to 175. |
Towns Named after Male
first names: (242)
Abner, Ace, Adrian, Albert, Alexander, Alfred, Allen,
Alton, Alvin, Ambrose, Andres, Andy, Angus, Anson, Anthony, Antonio, Arney, Art,
Arthur, Asa, Augustus, Austin, Bailey, Barry, Bedford, Benjamin, Bernard, Betram,
Bob, Boyd, Brad, Brady, Brice, Brooks, Bruce, Bryan, Bryce, Buck, Buford, Burgess,
Burke, Burton, Calvin, Cameron, Carey, Carl, Carlos, Carson, Carter, Carey, Charles,
Charlie, Chester, Clark, Claude, Clay, Clayton, Cleo, Clint, Clyde, Coy, Craig,
Curtis, Dale, Dalllas, Dalton, Damon, Dan, Daniel, Davy, Dean, Dell, Dennis, Denny,
Dewey, Dexter, Diego, Donie, Douglas, Doyle, Dudley, Dwight, Earle, Eddy, Edgar,
Elbert, Elgin, Elliot, Elmo, Elton, Ely, Enoch, Ephriam, Erwin, Esteban, Everett,
Ewell, Felipe, Fernando, Floyd, Forrest, Fostoria, Frank, Franklin, Fred, Frederick,
Gabriel, Gary, George, Glen, Glenn, Graham, Grant, Gregg, Gus, Guy, Hamlin, Hampton,
Harrold, Henry, Herbert, Herman, Hiram, Howard, Iago, Ike, Ira, Irby, Ivan, Jack,
Jacob, Jake, James, Jasper, Jay, Jeff, Jim, Jimmy, Joaquin, Joel, John, Jose,
Joshua, Juan, Jud, Justin, Keith, Kelly, Kent, Kermit, King, Knox, Kyle, Lamar,
Laurel, Laurence, Lee, Leo, Leon, Leland, Leonard, Leroy, Lewis, Lloyd, Lorenzo,
Luis, Luther, Marco, Marshall, Mart, Martin, Marvin, Matthew, Maurice, Melvin,
Milburn, Miguel, Miles, Milton, Mitchell, Monroe, Morris, Morton, Neal, Newt,
Newton, Nolan, Norman, Oliver, Ollie, Oscar, Otis, Patrick, Paul, Pedro, Perry,
Preston, Quanah, Ralph, Randall, Ray, Raymond, Reagan, Rex, Ricardo, Riley, Rob,
Roddy, Roland, Roscoe, Roy, Rudolph, Rush, Russell, Ryan, Scott, Sherman, Sidney,
Silas, Solomon, Sterling, Sylvester, Taylor, Temple, Terrell, Thomas, Travis,
Trent, Troy, Valentine, Van, Vernon, Vicente, Victor, Vincent, Warren, Washington,
Wayne, Weldon, Wendell, Wesley, Whon, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield, Wylie,
Ygnacio |
Towns
Named after Female names: (175)
Ada, Adell, Ady, Agnes, Alice, Althea,
Aldine, Allison, Alma, Amanda, Amelia, Amy, Angelina, Anna, Anneta, Ashley, Aubrey,
Audrey, Augusta, Aurelia, Aurora,
Bebe, Belle, Bess, Bessie, Bettie, Bettina, Beverly, Beulah, Bonnie, Bonita, Camilla,
Caterina, Celeste, Charlotte, Chita, Clairette, Crystal, Daphne, Davilla, Dawn,
Delia, Della, Desdemona, Diana, Dixie, Delores, Donna, Dora, Ebony, Edna, Elba,
Elena, Elizabeth, Ella, Ellen, Elmina, Eloise, Elsa, Emma, Emory, Eola, Era, Erna,
Estelle, Etta, Eula, Eunice, Fairlie, Fairy, Fate, Fay, Flo, Flora, Florence,
Frances, Francitas, Gail, Gayle, Geneva, Gladys, Grace, Gustine, Helena, Hilda,
Holly, Hope, Hub, Ida, Ilka, Inez, Iola, Irene, Isabel, Jane, Jean, Jewell, Jo,
Josephine, Joy, Joyce, June, Karen, Kate, Katherine, Katy, LaRose, Lela, Leigh,
Leila, Lena, Leona, Lesley, Lillian, Lillie, Linn, Lissie, Lois, Lolita, Lora,
Lorena, Lorraine, Lotta, Lou, Louisa, Lydia, Lynn, Madison, Margaret, Margarita,
Maria, Marion, Martha, Mary, Maud, May, Melissa, Mercedes, Merle, Merrill, Mildred,
Minerva, Mona, Monica, Mozelle, Myra, Myrtle, Nancy, Natalia, Nell, Ola, Olga,
Olive, Orla, Pansy, Patricia, Paulina, Pearl, Peggy, Penelope, Perlita, Polly,
Ramona, Rebecca, Rhoda, Rosely, Rosita, Rowena, Roxana, Sarita, Thalia, Thelma,
Velma, Vera, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Vivian, Winnie, and Zella |
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