Name Trivia--The Presidents
Many of the last names of former presidents are now--or perhaps have been for a long time--also given names, usually for men or boys. Here are ones I thought of without consulting a list of presidents:
Clinton
Carter
Lincoln
Grant
Wilson
Jackson
Adam[s]
Madison
Monroe
Kennedy
Reagan
Truman
Can you think of others?
Later: I've thought of three more:
Arthur
Tyler
Taylor
Still later: I looked at a list of presidents and found one more:
Harrison
That total of 16 is slightly more than 1/3 of the 46 presidents who have had their last name used as a given name--common enough for me to have heard of it. I can't quite imagine some of the others joining the list. Hoover? Hayes? Garfield? Polk? Bush? Coolidge? Harding? Taft?
Clinton
Carter
Lincoln
Grant
Wilson
Jackson
Adam[s]
Madison
Monroe
Kennedy
Reagan
Truman
Can you think of others?
Later: I've thought of three more:
Arthur
Tyler
Taylor
Still later: I looked at a list of presidents and found one more:
Harrison
That total of 16 is slightly more than 1/3 of the 46 presidents who have had their last name used as a given name--common enough for me to have heard of it. I can't quite imagine some of the others joining the list. Hoover? Hayes? Garfield? Polk? Bush? Coolidge? Harding? Taft?
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