Okay. We’ve seen some occurences of weird and bad names, momentary losses of good judgment (depending on how you look at it). Now we’re going to see a descent into naming madness.

So here’s a family (the Walkers) from Alabama as they show up in the 1860 U.S. federal census. Note the names of their sons: Bud, Little Bud, Buddy, Little Buddy, and Least Buddy. I thought it was bad that my wife and all her sisters have the same middle name. I can’t imagine family dinner at the Walker house: “Bud, stop hitting your brother! No, not you Little Bud, you’re not doing anything wrong! No wait, did I say Bud? I meant Buddy! Buddy, stop hitting Little Buddy. Least Buddy, stop crying!”

I guess it speeds things up when they’re all being bad.

Thanks to Ginger from Prattville, Alabama for this one. She posted this comment in the RootsWeb Review, a weekly newsletter from RootsWeb.com. They always have fun name stuff, so if you want you can subscribe and check it out.