With the holiday season in full-swing, I thought it would be fun to use various holiday words and phrases and see if I could find people in historical records that carried these words and phrases as actual names. Here are a few that I found:

1. Mary Christmas

There are many instances of this name appearing, but here is an 1881 census entry from Norfolk, England showing Robert Christmas and his wife, Mary:

 2. Christmas Carroll

Here is a 1912 London marriage entry for a gentleman named Christmas Carroll!

3. Holly Berry

And here in the 1910 U.S. Federal Census we have a man named Holly Berry living in Ohio!

 4. Happy Holliday

Believe it or not, we have a woman named Happy Holliday appearing in the 1891 census of Norfolk, England!

 5. Egg Nog Anyone?

While I couldn’t find anyone with the fist name of Egg, I did find a Hungarian woman named Egri Nog listed in the 1910 census Fairfield County, Connecticut.

 6. Jack Frost

There were plenty of instances of this name, but one record, an 1886 Chippewa Indian tribal roll, shows a Frost family with the father being listed as Jack Frost.

I hope these historical tidbits add a little fun to your holidays!

Happy Holidays from everyone at ProGenealogists!