![]() ![]() Easy and confident, the Southern state of Texas has the highest rate per capita of people with this name, according to a name statistic site Opens a new window. ChaseĬhase comes from a French verb meaning "to hunt." With the derived English verb carrying much the same meaning, the word was purportedly bestowed as a surname upon huntsmen, along with Hunter, of course. This creative name with one syllable that delivers both gentleness and clout is a sound baby name choice. Jace (also spelled Jase) is a modern variation of Jason, which derives from a Greek verb meaning "to heal" or "healer." American singer-songwriter Jace Everett grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, where his career took off. Mississippi-born playwright Thomas (Tennessee) Williams of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof fame, wore this name well. The meaning is up for debate: two theories are "meeting place" and "the bends," as in river bend. Tennesee the person name comes from Tennessee the state, dubbed thus in a derivation of the Native American word tanasqui (also spelled ta'nasi) by way of explorers, settlers, and then early government figures who came to the region it was said to be the name of both a river and a Cherokee town. This name means "son of Elias" in Scandinavian languages. EllisonĮllison is yet another name that's inspired by the last name of a high-achieving Southerner, and Tuskegee Institute scholar–Oklahoma novelist Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 1953, and highly lauded political, social, and critical essays. An earnest and meaningful Southern name, it's currently on the rise. While this name means "son of David," Dawson is also a place name: both Georgia and Texas have a Dawson County. Best known for composing the acclaimed Negro Folk Symphony, he went on to launch this historically Black university's first music school. Dawsonĭawson has one pedigree as the last name of Alabama-born Black composer William Dawson, who ran away from home to study music at the Tuskegee Institute when he was 13 years old. ![]() Arkansas-born country and western music icon Johnny Cash is the most obvious influence on the popularity of this name. Aside from money, this common surname-cum-given name is linked to the Latin word cassus, meaning "empty" or "hollow." If ever a name didn't match its meaning, it would be this one. Social Security baby names list way back in 1885. ![]() Cash as a first name, though it may sound hipsterish now, appeared in the U.S. ![]()
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