1940s Graduation List

:list: Name List

I'm going through a high school graduation list from the mid-1940's from the upper Midwest, in an area populated mostly by Scandinavian and German immigrants. Here are some of the more interesting ones:

Garland (male)

Junette (female)

Ardella (female)

Jerdee (male)

Claire (male)

Shirliamae (female)

Jonquil (male)

Adoree (female)

Ona (female)

Earllyne (female)

Eulalie (female)

Sherwood (male)

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And names I love that I think should come back more:

Rosalie

Marlys

Winifred

Florence

Ottilda

Ramona

Gustav

Marian

Posted Apr 25, 2023, 6:07 PM UTC

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thnks4themmrs•

Ardella is such a lovely name.

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Ardella is beautiful! Eulalie reminds me of my grandmother’s middle name (she was born in 1928.) Her middle name was Euphame!

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-Honey-Jack-•

How would you pronounce Marlys? Mar-leese?

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Part_RecentOP•

I wondered that too!

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