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[solitudete.livejournal.com]

This weekend I had a few hours to kill while the boyfriend rehearsed at his studio in Hollywood, so I wandered over to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery nearby. I was planning to sit under a tree and read a book, but instead I wandered for hours looking at headstones and writing down interesting names.

It seems like most of the people buried in this cemetery died around the 1950s, although there are quite a few more recent graves. I wrote down the date of birth for each name so that you can see when the name was used.



Ladies
Benedetta 1921
Lilia 1929
Fedora 1896
Yetta 1882
Zonna 1908
Bronia 1901
Malaina 1869
Riva 1918
Eula 1877
Othelia 1880
Minnie 1852 (there were SO many Minnies! it was a popular name it seems)
Merrilee 1939
Bird 1881
Hattie 1885 (lots of Hatties too)
Nell 1880 (and many Nells)
Opal 1888
Edessie 1873
Ashia 1903
Hetty 1888
Eudokia 1894
Lottie 1879
Aspasia 1883
Zuleika 1953
America 1885
Clementine 1881
Fira 1919
Eulola 1899
Araminta 1873
Elindia 1947
Marianthi 1886
Phoebe 1840
Della 1867
Sabra 1893
Swan 1849
Lina 1888
Winola 1895

Gentlemen
Orin 1865
Porter 1890 (popular name)
Everett 1891
Bayard 1881
Foster 1873
Blaine 1888
Jerome 1925
Lovell 1886
Alpheus 1844
Dervin 1873
Luster 1860
Temple 1892
Isidor 1887 (many Isidors)
Sepsel (no date)
Erastus 1879
Toros 1887
Athan 1891
Haighuy 1894
Borghild 1892
Sarkis 1888
Anstruther 1860
Ebbert 1882
Meyer 1875
Ajay 1888
Vernon 1949
Minas 1902
Bernhard 1885
Delno 1896
Merritt 1902
Mair 1879

Comments

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Sabra and Orin, though that is not how I spell Orin on my list.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Lilia is a beautiful name. I'm also pretty fond of Minas!

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for taking the time to write these down! I love so many of them.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Same here. Never thought of strolling through a cemetery!

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! : )

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

Borghild on a man? :| Wow.

I like...

[coffeecup37.livejournal.com]

Eula 1877
Nell 1880 (and many Nells)
Lottie 1879
Clementine 1881
Eulola 1899
Marianthi 1886

Sadly, none of the gentlemen's names appealed. :(

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

One of my ancestors was named America! :)