We’re all pretty familiar with the names of  the presidents whose surnames have beeen commonly used for children–Jackson, Jefferson, Taylor, Tyler, Lincoln, Truman, Madison, Wilson, Kennedy et al– and we’re equally  familiar with the names of most of their wives as well.

　　But less well known are the ones they chose for their children, so I thought this was an appropriate occasion to take a look at them. Putting aside the common Johns and Marys, James and Elizabeths (except if they had a noteworthy nickname), and the number of sons who were named Junior for their famous fathers, here are some of the more interesting choices:

　　GIRLS

　　ABIGAIL (nn Nabby) Adams (John)

　　ALICE (nn Princess) Roosevelt (Theodore)

　　AMY Carter

　　ANNA  Harrison, Roosevelt (Franklin)

　　CAROLINE Kennedy

　　CHELSEA Clinton

　　DOROTHY (nn Doro) Bush (George H. W.)

　　ELEANOR (nn Nelly)  Wilson

　　ELIZA (nn Trot) Garfield, Monroe

　　ELLEN (nn Nellie) Grant

　　ESTHER Cleveland

　　ETHEL Roosevelt (Theodore)

　　FANNY Hayes

　　HARRIET Buchanan

　　HELEN Taft

　　IDA McKinley

　　JANE  Jefferson

　　JENNA Bush (George W.)

　　JESSIE  Wilson

　　JULIA Tyler

　　KATHERINE (nn Katie) McKinley

　　LETITIA (nn Letty) Tyler

　　LINCOYA Jackson

　　LOUISA Adams (John Q)

　　LUCI Johnson (Lyndon)

　　LYNDA Johnson (Lyndon)

　　LUCY Jefferson

　　MALIA Obama

　　MARIA Monroe

　　MARGARET (nn Nistha) Wilson

　　MARTHA (nn Patsy) Washington (stepdaughter)

　　MAUREEN Reagan

　　MARY (nns Polly, Maria) Jefferson

　　MARY (nn Abby) Fillmore

　　NATASHA (nn Sasha) Obama

　　OCTAVIA Taylor

　　PATRICIA (nn Patti) Reagan;  (nn Tricia) Nixon

　　PAULINE (nn Robin)  Bush (George H.W.)

　　PEARL Tyler

　　RUTH Cleveland

　　SARAH  (nn Knox, Knoxie) Taylor

　　SUSAN Ford

　　SUSANNA Adams  (John)

　　BOYS

　　ABRAHAM van Buren

　　ABRAM Garfield

　　ALLAN Hoover

　　ARCHIBALD (nn Archie) Roosevelt (Theodore)

　　BENJAMIN Pierce

　　BIRCHARD Hayes

　　CARTER Harrison (William)

　　CHARLES Adams—(John)

　　DAVID (nn Gardie) Tyler

　　DONNELL (nn Jeff) Carter

　　DOUD (nn Ikky) Eisenhower

　　EDWARD Lincoln

　　ELLIOTT Roosevelt (Franklin)

　　EUGENE (nn Pete) Harding

　　FRANCIS Cleveland

　　FRANK Pierce

　　FREDERICK Grant

　　HARRY (nn Hal) Garfield

　　IRVIN Garfield

　　JAMES (nn Chip) Carter

　　JESSE Grant

　　KERMIT Roosevelt (Theodore)

　　LACHLAN Tyler

　　LYON Tyler

　　MANNING Hayes

　　MARION Cleveland

　　MARSHALL (nn Pete) Polk

　　MARVIN Bush (George H. W.)

　　MICHAEL Ford

　　MILLARD Fillmore

　　NEIL Bush (George H. W.)

　　OSCAR Cleveland

　　QUENTIN Roosevelt (Theodore)

　　RUSSELL Harrison (William)

　　SARDIS Hayes

　　SMITH van Buren

　　TAZEWELL Tyler

　　THOMAS (nn Tad) Lincoln

　　ULYSSES (nn Buck) Grant