U Dhammaloka | Name Changes
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Laurence Carroll (1856-1884) He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He would work as a migrant worker throughout the Atlantic Ocean, including the United States. Dhammaloka eventually found his way to…
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Celtic
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Taliesin Jaffe | Unique Names
He is a voice actor and director, most known for his role in the Geek & Sundry show Critical Role. He has creativity in his family, considering how his grandfathers…
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Avraham Even-Shosham | Name Changes
Avraham Rosenstein (1906-1925) He was born in Minsk, Belarus. His father ran a Jewish school which he attended prior to entering a yeshiva. While he emigrated to Palestine, his father…
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Germanic
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Jack Roy | Name Changes
It's time his name got a little respect
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For Reclamation
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Niger-Congo
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Abdulalim A. Shabazz | Name Changes
Lonnie Cross (1927-?) He was born in Bessemer, Alabama. He earned an A.B. in Math and a P.A. in Chemistry at Lincoln University. Then, he earned an M.S. in Mathematics…
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Yusuf Lateef | Name Changes
For religious significance
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Germanic
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Evan Hunter | Name Changes
Originally after the schools he attended--supposedly.
Elia Kazan | Name Changes
Elias Kazantzoglou (1909-?) He was born to Greek immigrants originally from the Ottoman Empire. Elias Kazan (?-2003) Upon arriving in America, the surname was shortened and Anglicized to Kazan. Considering…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | Name Changes
James Ngũgĩ (1938-?) He was born in a large peasant family in Kenya when it was originally a British colony. He witnessed the Mau Mau War of Independence, which influenced…
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Phillip Evergood | Name Changes
Howard Blashki (1901-1915) He was born in New York City to a Jewish father and an English mother, both of whom were originally from Australia. Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood…