Finds from History: The Silent Era

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Hello, everyone! A while back, I put together a list of the most unusual/interesting names seen on silent era actors, and I thought I could share.

A surprising amount of them were birth names, though I mixed these with stage names for convenience’s sake. Surnames are in bracket.

Ladies:

Alta (Allen)
Ricca (Allen)
Mignon (Anderson)
Tsuru (Aoki)
Yola (d’Avril)
Theda (Bara)
Victory (Bateman)
Nella (Bergen)
Bleuette (Bernon)
Francelia (Billington)
Fritzi (Brunette)
Majel (Coleman)
Bijou (Fernandez)
Adda (Gleason)
Odessa (Warren Grey)
Ormetta “Ormi” (Hawley)
Peaches (Jackson)
Norris (Johnson)
Julanne (Johnston)
Leatrice (Joy)
Willette (Kershaw)
Allyn (King)
Florida (Kingsley)
Evalyn (Knapp)
Pepi (Lederer)
Toshia (Mori)
Pola (Negri)
Ottola (Nesmith)
Moya (Nugent)
Ethelmary (Oakland)
Corliss (Palmer)
Derelys (Perdue)
Kittens (Reichert)
Marin (Sais)
Clarine (Seymour)
Truly (Shattuck)
Leora (Spellman)
Duane (Thompson)
Jessalyn (Van Trump)
Elmire (Vautier)
Lule (Warrenton)
Toby (Wing)
Laska (Winter)

Gentlemen:

Maclyn or Macklyn (Arbuckle)
Arda (La Croix)
Thurlow (Bergen)
Holbrook (Blinn)
Egon (Brecher)
Elwood (Bredell)
Pomeroy (Cannon)
Bartlett (Carré)
Lige (Conley)
Olin (Francis)
Ullrich (Haupt)
Noble (Johnson)
Lorimer (Johnston)
Ormer (Locklear)
Willet Melbourne (MacDowell)
Murdock (MacQuarrie)
Lafayette “Lafe” (McKee)
Loyal (Underwood)
Stanhope (Wheatcroft)
Tammany (Young)

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Wow, what an interesting collection of names! I like:

[name_f]Alta[/name_f] :maple_leaf:
[name_f]Nella[/name_f] :evergreen_tree:
Bleuette :nest_with_eggs:
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f] :dove:
[name_f]Ethelmary[/name_f] :luggage:
[name_u]Truly[/name_u] :tangerine:

[name_m]Elwood[/name_m] :wood:
[name_m]Ullrich[/name_m] :crossed_swords:
[name_m]Murdock[/name_m] :mag_right:
Stanhope :sun_behind_small_cloud:

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Wow! What an incredible collection of names!

I love [name_u]Adda[/name_u], [name_f]Odessa[/name_f], [name_f]Corliss[/name_f], [name_f]Clarine[/name_f], [name_f]Leora[/name_f] for girls and [name_m]Egon[/name_m], [name_m]Olin[/name_m], [name_m]Ullrich[/name_m], [name_m]Murdock[/name_m] and [name_m]Lafayette[/name_m] (it reminds me of The Aristocats’s charachter, loving!)

I also like [name_u]Arda[/name_u] for a girl and I find very artsy [name_f]Mignon[/name_f], Bleuette, [name_f]Bijou[/name_f], [name_f]Peaches[/name_f] and [name_u]Truly[/name_u] (more for a stage names than real ones, but still cute)

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Wow this is fun! I like [name_f]Theda[/name_f], [name_f]Leora[/name_f], [name_u]Adda[/name_u], [name_m]Bartlett[/name_m] & Holbrook :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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