Amy Guskin wrote:
>>>On Fri, 9 May 2008 08:32:28 -0400, webjockey wrote
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> (in article 
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>>Stranger things have happened {at}1991 Blair Bush (C) and Blair Kiel (QB)
>>played for the Green Bay Packers. And yes, I'm male. <<
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> I'm always interested in naming trends.  My own was only somewhat locally 
> popular (Long Island) until the late 70s, when President Carter's daughter 
> gave it a surge in popularity.  So I'm wondering if you male Blairs are all 
> of a similar age, and if so, for whom you were named (i.e. a male relative or 
> a historical figure)?
> 
> Amy
In my case, it's the transmission of a family name through generations. 
  Blair is my dad's middle name and his mother's maiden name.  It's a 
typical method of keeping a female line's name "alive" within a family. 
  I haven't done a lot of research on this topic, so I don't know what 
you're supposed to do with it after the 3rd generation (do you start 
generations Juniors, or just let it go?).

If you run across someone with a first name that's typically a last name 
(Parker, Cooper, etc), it's probably a family name that's been preserved 
in this manner.  I've heard that this is more prevalent among Scots, but 
that could just be one of those things they bruit about at Highland 
Games to make everyone feel special (not that we need any encouragement).

Blair (and I'm 51; but not really relevant in this case--it's not as if 
I were a 20-something female whose parents watched "Facts of Life").
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