EXAMPLES OF NAME IMAGES

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Last Names

 

Aaron            air run, heir—the son, running on air
Abbott            a robot, a vault
Abel            a bell
Abelson            a bell in the sun
Abramowitz    ape ramming a witch
Abrams            ape & rams
Abramson         ape & rams in the sun
Acheson           axe a son
Ackerman  hacker man, acre of men
Adams            a dam
Addison            add a son
Adier            adultery
Albert            albany bird
Albright            a long kit
Alcott            a long cot
Aldrich            a long ditch
Alexander       a leg in the sander
Alien            alien wrench, alley
Altman            a long, tan man
Alvares            a lot of wares
Ambrose           amber rose
Amsterdam       hamster in a dam
Anders            antlers
Anderson          antlers in the sun
Andrews           ant drew, ant drool
Anthony            ant on a knee
Applebaum       apple with a bomb
Archer            archer (bow & arrow)
Armstrong        strong arm
Arnold            old arm
Aronowitz         a runner's wits, a running witch
Arthur            author
Ashburn            ashes burning
Atkins            a tough skin (on an animal)
Atkinson           a tough skin in the sun
Atwater            a tall waterfall
Auerbach          our back, hour back
Axelrod            axle & rod

 

Male Names

 

Baldwin           bald twin
Barnaby           barn of bees
Barney           barn on knee, bar on knee
Barrett           barrette
Barry           berry, bury
Bart           barn
Bartholomew  barn on a pew
Barton           bar weighing a ton
Benedict           bean duct (duct that carries beans)
Ben           bench
Benny           bench feet
Benjamin           bent pajama
Bennett           bend a net
Bentley           Rolls Royce
Bentley  bend a knee
Bernard         St. Bernard, barnyard
Bernie           burn a knee
Bert          bird
Bertram         bird & ram
Bertrand         bird ran
Bill         duck's bill, dollar bill
Billy         Billy goat
Bob           bobbing for apples, bobcat, bobsled
Bobby           bobby pin
Boris          bore us
Boyd           boy doll
Brad           bread
Bradford           bread in a Ford
Bradley           bread with leaves
Brandon           branding
Brian           brine
Brock           brick
Broderick        broad crook
Bruce           bruise
Bud          rose bud, Budweiser beer
Buddy           bee on a rose bud
Burt           bad burn, burnt steak
Burton           bird of tin
Byron           brine

 

Female Names

 

Camille     camel
Candice     candy with aces, can with aces
Candida     can full of deeds
Candy     candy
Cara     car ah  chooing (sneezing)
Caria     car with lace
Carlotta     car lot, lots of sickles, lots of Marx's
Carlotte     car in a lot
Carmel     caramel
Carmelita     caramel with leaves
Carmen     car & a man
Carol     Christmas carol, coral
Caroline     carry a line, Christmas carolers drinking wine
Carrie     carry (verb)
Cass     kiss
Cassandra     cot with sand on it
Catherine     cat, cat with orange rind, Queen
Ceal    seal envelope, beach ball
Cecilia     ceiling
Celeste     cedar chest
Celina     seal that is lean or leaning
Charlene   charcoal covered jeans
Charlotte     cherry in a lot
Charmaine  charred mane, charcoal, toilet paper
Cherry   cherry
Cheryl     chair
Chiquita  Chiquita banana, chicken with a key
Chloe     clover with bees around it
Chris     cross, Christ on cross
Chrissie     cross in the sea
Christine     Christmas tree
Christina    crucifix or Christmas tree w/apple
Cicely   sis being silly
Cindy   cinder
Claire     eclair, bucket clear water, Lady Clairol
Clara     clarinet
Claudette     clawed at, claw a debt, claw a bed
Claudia     cloud
Claudine     cloud raining dimes
Clementine    clam on a valentine, citrus fruit
Cleo     Cleopatra, cling onto a cliff
Cloris     chorus
Colette     collie in a bed or tangled in a net
Colleen     collie leaning
Connie     cone on knee
Constance     con dancing
Cora     coral
Corinne     apple cores raining
Cornelia     corn with nails
Crystal     crystal
Cynthia     cinders in tux, adult theatre, sin theatre

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