Old Southern Baby Names Straight Out of the Family Bible . If you crack open a southern family bible, you're bound to find a plethora of amusing (and sometimes confusing) names from long-passed ...

As someone who grew up in the South, it wasn’t uncommon to have a Mary Margaret, John Henry, or Anna Katherine in class with me (or all three). These names never got shortened. Instead, the kids with ...

The boys’ name Truce, an Old English name meaning “peace,” rose 11,118 spots from last year’s position to rank 991. The complete, searchable list of baby names is on the Social Security ...