NAMES FOR THE FAITHFUL These lists include all the unusual names suggested in Dogs in the Vineyard; most include the general meaning of the name in case you are into allegory. { MALE } Aaron 'exalted one' Abel 'son' Abiah 'God is my father' Abijah Abraham 'father of many' Abram 'father is exalted' Absalom 'father of peace' Adam 'red earth' Amos 'to carry' Andrew 'manly' Archibald Artemis 'butcher' Asher 'blessed' August Azariah Balthazar 'Baal protect the king' Barnabas 'son of exhortation' Bartholomew 'son of Talmai' Benjamin 'son of the south' Boaz 'swift' Cain 'craftsman' Caleb 'dog' Carmine 'vineyard' Cleophus Cornelius Cuthbert Cyrus Daniel 'God is my judge' David 'beloved' Derrick Ebenezer 'stone of help' Edwin Eleazar 'God has helped' Eli 'high' Elias 'God is mighty Elijah 'Jehovah is God' Elisha 'God is salvation' Elkanah 'God created' Emmanuel 'God is with us' Enoch 'dedicated' Ephraim 'very fruitful' Esau 'blind' Ethan 'strength' Ezekiel 'God strengthens' Ezra 'help' Ezri 'embrace' Gabriel 'God is my strength' Gershom 'bell' Hamilton Hanan 'grace' Hezekiah Hiram 'exalted brother' Hosea 'salvation' Isaac 'he will laugh' Isaiah 'God is salvation' Ishmael 'God hears' Israel 'may God prevail' Jabez 'born in pain' Jackson Jacob 'seizing by the heel' Jairus 'God enlightens' James 'supplanted' Jamin 'favored' Japheth 'abundance' Jared 'descendant' Jaspar 'treasure-master' Jedidiah 'beloved of God' Jeduthan Jeremiah 'God will uplift' Jeremy 'God has uplifted' Jesse 'gift' Jethro 'excellence' Joachim 'God will establish' Job 'afflicted' Joel 'Jehovah is God' John 'God is gracious' Jonah 'dove' Jonathan 'God has given' Joseph 'God shall add' Joshua 'God is salvation' Josiah 'God heals' Judah 'God leads' Jude 'praised' Lazarus 'God is my helper' Levi 'joined/pledged' Luke 'light' Malachi 'my messenger' Marcus 'mars' Mark 'mars' Matthew 'gift of God' Matthias 'gift of God' Melchior 'king of light' Micah 'who is like God' Micajah Mitchell 'Godly' Moses 'drawn out of the water' Nahum 'comforter' Napthali 'wrestling' Nathan 'gift' Nathaniel 'gift of God' Nehemiah 'Lord’s consolation' Newton Nicodemus 'victory people' Noah 'long-lived' Obadiah 'servant of God' Paul 'small' Peter 'rock' Philip 'lover of horses' Phineas 'snake's mouth' Pleasant Raphael 'God has healed' Reuben 'renewer' Samson 'child of Shamash' Samuel 'God has listened' Seth 'appointed' Shadrach 'godlike' Silas 'asked for' Simeon 'obedient' Simon 'obedient' Solomon 'peaceful' Stephen 'crown' Tabor 'misfortune' Thaddeus 'heart' Theophilus Thomas 'twin' Timothy 'honored by God' Tobias 'God is good' Uriah 'God is light' Uziel 'strength of God' Virgil Wiley Zachary 'God remembers' Zadok 'righteous' Zebedee 'God has bestowed' Zebediah 'God has bestowed' Zebulon 'exaltation' Zechariah 'remembrance of God' Zedekiah 'justice of God' Zephaniah 'hidden by God' { FEMALE } Abiah 'God is my father' Abigail 'father is rejoicing' Adah 'adornment' Adelaide Adelia Adeliza Alexanderina Almena Althea Anne 'favored' Aphra 'fawn' Asenath Augusta Azubah Bathsheba 'an oath' Bedelia Bethany 'house of figs' Bethia Candace 'white Carmel 'vineyard' Carmen 'song' Clementine Constance Content Cornelia Daaris Deborah 'a bee' Dee 'black/dark' Delilah 'delicate' Dinah 'judged' Edwina Electa Eliphal Elisheva 'God is my satisfaction' Elizabeth 'God is my oath' Emeline Esther 'star' Eve 'life' Fidelia Hannah 'gracious' Hester Honora Jael 'mountain goat' Jemima 'dove' Jezebel 'wicked' Judith 'he will be praised' Kesiah Kezia 'cassia tree' Lavina Leah 'gazelle' Louvina Madeleine Magdalene Mahalia 'marrow' Malvina Marah 'bitter' Maria 'beloved' Marianne 'rejoice' Marilla Martha 'lady' Mary 'longed-for child' Mehetabel Mindwell Miriam 'beloved' Naomi 'my delight' Obedience Patience Peninnah 'ruby' Permelia Phielia Philomena Prudence Rachel 'ewe' Rebecca 'snare' Relief Ruth 'companion' Samantha 'listener' Sarah 'princess' Seraphina 'seraphim' Sharon 'a plain' Submit Susan 'lily' Susanna 'lily' Sybrina Tabitha 'doe' Talitha 'dew' Tamar 'date palm' Tamara 'date palm' Temperance Theodosia Tirzah 'acceptance' Tryphena Tryphosia Waitstill Zillah 'shade' OUTSIDERS AND CONVERTS Plenty of foreign names (German, French, Dutch, Italian, Irish, Norwegian, and so forth) are also appropriate. A wealthy or aristocratic man might have two surnames rather than a given name – Boyce Croswell, for example. Two given names are also cool – John Wesley Bryant, &c. { MALE OUTSIDERS } Albert Arthur Arvil Bynum Carl Charles Clarence Coy Edward Everett Frank Fred Garvey George Gilbert Harold Harry Harvey Henry Hugh James John John Joseph Labon Lafeyette Lakey Nereus Paul Robert Thomas Walter Wesley William Woodrow { FEMALE OUTSIDERS } Aldene Alice Anna Beulah Catherine Clara Dorothy Edna Edna Elizabeth Eliza-Jane Elma Florence Frances Grace Hazel Hazel Helen Irma Izetta Lillian Lola Lottie Lucy-Bell Margaret Marie Mary Maude Mildred Mina Minnie Mozelle Nance Nettie Nova Rachel Rodena Rose Rosebud Rosemary Roxie Ruth Valena Veigh SURNAMES This is a combined list of common mid-nineteenth-century surnames with some specific ones culled from counties in Utah and North Carolina. Abernathy Adams Allen Allgood Anderson Atkinson Bagley Bailey Baker Barron Barry Bell Bennett Blackburn Blake Boswell Bowery Boyce Brackett Bradshaw Brown Brownfield Brumfeld Bryant Burchette Burkey Burns Burster Campbell Cape Carter Casstevens Chambers Church Clark Cleary Clifford Cline Cobley Colby Collins Combs Cook Coon Cooper Cox Craybeck Crosby Croswell Crozier Culver Dalton Davidson Davies Davis Doughty Downey Dunn Edwards Evans Fisher Fitzgerrald Flint Frazier Garnett Garriott Garvey Gentry Gibson Gore Green Griffiths Gross Haldene Hall Hamilton Hand Harding Hardy Harris Harris Harwood Hauser Hilderband Hill Hinshaw Hobson Hodgkiss Holmes House Howard Howell Hughes Huntoon Jackson Jewet Johnson Jones Karsolara King Lane Law Lawrence Lee Lewis Lutz Mackie Martin Mason Matheson McAlmond McDonald McEwes McFarland McKissick McMullan McPherson Meyers Middleton Miller Milton Mitchell Mock Moore Morgan Morrell Morris Mosteller Nelson Obrien Offitt Parker Perry Phillips Plunkett Price Reavis Reece Reece Reynolds Richardson Riley Roberts Robertson Robinson Rodgers Roe Rutland Ryder Sampson Sands Scott Selders Sharpless Shaw Shore Sisson Smalley Smith Smitherman Speer Sprague Stanchfield Steelman Stephens Sweeney Taylor Thomas Thompson Thornton Todd Trivette Tucker Turner Van Foy Van Valzak Walker Wallace Ward Warren Watson Welborn White Williams Wilson Windsor Winthrop Wise Wolfe Woodley Wright York Young Zachary MOUNTAIN PEOPLE Here are some names for Mountain People; both converts to the Faith and unbelievers in their natural unenlightened state. A translation into English is followed by the original name, syllable by syllable. These names, in reality, are Cheyenne, and the transliteration is the work of Indian agents who were not interested in linguistic fidelity. The crude approximation is probably the best your average Faithful can manage, anyway. { MALE CONVERTS } Alfrich Heap-Of-Birds MA-TO-YO-MY Edgar Star-Robe TA-ET-UGHT Edward Hairy HU-CU-TE Gentle-Horse Riggs MO-E-NAT-OIS Hartley Ridge-Bear NE-DOW-TUCK John Washa KUH-SE-O Patterson Red-Bead MI-A-VIS Ralph Chip OH-MA-AH Robert Yellow-Eyes THO-THA-IT-TA-WAH Thomas Tame-Hawk NO-KEES { FEMALE CONVERTS } Carrie Pendleton ESTIS Edna Tall Bear BAH-EN-NA Jeneoeva Packer YEA-ZE-A-NEAP Jenny Riggs WAH-STATE Mary Murphy SA-HI-NAN-NIS-SA Nina Little Coyote O-KA-MA-HA Rosa Lewis CHA-KY-CHA-HA Rowena Bird-Bird VA-IS Stacy Riggs MOW-E-KY Tawkeny Hail TAW-NAGHT { MALE } Bare Bow NAW-AH-A-MA Bear Raising NUC-QUA-IS-SU-VA-A-NUC Black Cloud MUC-A-TA-WUC Black Eagle NIT-NU-TAH-WA-IST Black Wolf MO-TOW-NA-MA Bob-Tail Wolf HO-NI-WA-HAS Bull-Looking-Around HO-TO-WA-SY-TO Catching-In-Battle WAH-AT-TOUGH Dog Man WAH-TAM-A-KET Eating Bull LA-CUM-AN Fast Wolf OT-NE-U-QUI-E-QUISH High-Back Wolf HAW-KO-NE-USE Left Hand Bull AH-HO-A-MOW Little Bear NAW-QUIS Little Coyote O-KO-MISH Little Man MI-HI-AT Liver Eater O-AH-A-TUM Mad Wolf HA-KA-NI Man Heart MI-NO-ONI-A Man Standing AH-TAH-NU-ISH Night Killer TAHE-VE-NAH-EH-NA One-Eyed Bull TO-MA-CHA-MA Porcupine Bull ES-CO-TE-SA-IT-TO-VA Prairie Chief TOW-LO-A-VA Pretty Man HIN-KEE-TINA Racer KA-AH-YAT Red Hawk IN-NAH Red Leggins O-MON-IK-TO Roman Nose AH-A-HIS Standing Lightning HO-ITS-E-YOU Thief NO-MOTS-SI-U White Man VE-HUE White Thunder NO-PE-NA-NU-MA Wolf-In-The-Middle HO-NE-O-SO-ST Yellow Hawk E-O-YE-YAU { FEMALE } Antelope Woman SUE-I-HE-WUC Bear Woman NAK-KUH Black Woman MO-HE-ETS-IM Black-Foot Woman STEW-IS-TAN-NA China Woman MA-NI-AH Cougar Woman NA-KU Crooked Woman WAH-KE-HI Dove MIS-SO-IH Down Woman TA-NO-SU Elk Woman MO-A-HA-AH Feather Woman WAH-TAH-NA Foreign Woman O-NE-HATCH Good Woman WA-SHA Gray Headed Woman WHOP-PINTA-TAN-WIC Lead Woman HO-HI-E Little Woman MO-CHA-A Medicine Woman O-WE-HI Mouse Road OH-CHA-IN Old Woman KAH-IS Owl Woman MIS-TO-UN-STA Pipe Woman NO-I Red-Belly Woman MA-A-CIH Red-Painting Woman MI-TO-MO-NI Sage Woman ONE-HI-YOU Sand Girl NAH-BA-IS-SA Shave-Head-Woman AH-NOSTS-SE-E Shell Woman AH-KA-WAH-NA Soaring Woman MOTS-SE-A Squirrel Woman HO-MA-ERA Standing Woman LA-CAT-ME-AH Talking Woman AH-MA-HI Turtle MA-IN-NO Virgin Woman HE-ZOOA-KI-SA Walking Woman UM-MA-HA Weed Woman NE-E-NOW-NE-E-SAH White-Buffalo-Woman WO-IS-TAH Wild-Cat-Woman MUS-KO-VA Woman Standing AH-CHIS-TAH Woman-Afraid-Of-Her-Husband DA-KA-MA-EE Woman-On-The-Hill MAH-A-YAW { EITHER GENDER } Bad Teeth O-CON-NE-NIC Big Owl MIS-TI-MI-AH Black Beaver HO-IS-TAH Black Hair MO-KI-TO-SE-A Blue Bird NU-KO Crooked Back WO-CHE-PAH Cut Arm A-NA-HI-WA Desert Red Shin MIS-KO Dirty Nose HIS-SI-E-WA-SA Elk Standing MO-NISH Good Walker HA-UM-TO-MUS High-Beak Bird NO-KE-HE-USE Howling In Cloud WAH-AH-NIS-TO Howling Night TI-NI-TA Howling Water PA-WA-NIS-TA Island MAW-HOA Little Eyes TI-YOU-TI-U-EW-EN Little Traveler HO-O-MO-SE Low Standing WHA-HA-NISH Make-Out-A-Road HO-AS-TO-NA Medicine Dancing MI-EN-O-SO Mourning Howler MU-IN-MIS-TA Outsider O-HO-MA Playing EH-WOLD-SON Ptarmigan HA-AS-TUM Red Bird MI-AH--VIS Red Claws MOW-MIP-PA Red Leaf MI-VA-PA-TAP Red Plume MU-CHA-NA Red Wheat MY-O-PA-UM Row Standing MO-NO-A-NI Short Nose KIAS Singing Bird MO-E-HAS Sitting-In-Lodge HO-TO-MO-O-MO Smoothe Standing CO-ME-O Southerner HAW-NA-TON Spotted Bird VA-GIS-A-WAH-US Squint Eye NO-WA-HY Standing VA-GIS-NA Stone Road HE-HO-NI-MAH Uniter's Herd US-SE-VIS-SA Walking Ahead TAH-NE Walking Behind TACK-SA White Buffalo WAH-IS-TAH White Skin VE-HEW