Presidential names

[polly-purebred.livejournal.com]

I have met a lot of kids with last names as first names (i.e. Carter, Cooper, Jackson) and I noticed that a lot of our US Presidents' last names have been appropriated into first names. I thought it might make an interesting discussion on here.

Personally, I've seen 17 out of the 44 as first names (those with an asterisk next to them). I'm wondering if anyone has seen any others and what you think about those without the asterisk. I'm kind of thinking that someone could make Hayes and Nixon work. =) Obviously, Bush and Johnson would cause some major playground taunting.

Also, those of you from other countries, do you see this trend where you live? What last names of presidents, PMs, etc would make good first names?

Cut for an American History refresher.

1. Washington

2. Adams (John)

3. Jefferson*

4. Madison*

5. Monroe*

6. Adams (John Quincy)

7. Jackson*

8. Van Buren

9. Harrison (William H.)*

10. Tyler*

11. Polk

12. Taylor*

13. Filmore

14. Pierce*

15. Buchanan

16. Lincoln*

17. Johnson (Andrew)

18. Grant*

19. Hayes

20. Garfield

21. Arthur*

22. Cleveland

23. Harrison (Benjamin)*

24. Cleveland (again)

25. McKinley

26. Roosevelt (Theodore)

27. Taft

28. Wilson*

29. Harding

30. Coolidge

31. Hoover

32. Roosevelt (Franklin D.)

33. Truman*

34. Eisenhower

35. Kennedy*

36. Johnson (Lyndon B.)

37. Nixon

38. Ford

39. Carter*

40. Reagan*

41. Bush (George H.W.)

42. Clinton*

43. Bush (George W.)

44. Obama

Comments

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

yeah i think that they did - it is actually a family name - it was one of my great-grandfather's brothers.