presidential last names as first names

[sonneta.livejournal.com]

I see a lot of former presidents' last names being turned into first names- Carter, Jackson and Harrison come to mind. So, which of these presidential last names would you be willing to give a kid?

(Note: I tried not to repeat names, i.e. Roosevelt only appears once).


[Poll #981894]

Comments

[calasanctius.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing Nixon and Reagan aren't wildly popular... It's weird, I just remembered a girl I went to school with called her daugher McKinley, about 14 years ago. We had never heard the like of it before...

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

I've met several girls named Reagan actually....

and God help the parents who name their kid "Bush" politics aside....

[irishkitten441.livejournal.com]

Great poll! I love presidential surnames as first names, regardless of their political track record.

[godmod.livejournal.com]

I know he wasn't a president, but I know a little girl named Hamilton. Her brother's name is Harrison.

[cyb3r-0ptik.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have a problem with the name Reagan... but I've heard it pronounced Ree-gan, which I'm rather fond of...

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i love the name Reagan for some reason. i'm not entirely sure why... but i definitely would use it.

[sleepherealone.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[irishkitten441.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[daveandmonika.livejournal.com]

Toddlers of people my age at church: Lincoln, 2 Carters, Reagan (a girl)

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Regan (spelled this way) is also a Shakespearian name; she's one of the bad daughters in King Lear. I love the name.

[catchthewaves.livejournal.com]

Honestly, none of them. But then I'm hardly attatched to the president connotation, as I'm not American.

[fabgrrl.livejournal.com]

I've always liked the name "Regan" - I think it is the name of one of King Lear's daughters in the Shakespeare play? However, I could never name a daughter Regan/Reagan because I would not have her be associated in any way with HIM.

[holdshiftpress8.livejournal.com]

I like the surnames for boys' names thing, so I ticked quite a few, but actually I don't recognise most of them (I'm English), and if I were going to name a kid one of them, I'd google them first.
Also, I guess I probably would only do the surname thing if I had a good friend with a good surname.

[boundsilences.livejournal.com]

my middle name is reagan--- i was named after the president... WHY so i tell people im named after the little girl in the exorcist movie :P