Posted by Eugene Volokh: Names: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_10-2009_05_16.shtml#1242169696
What are the two most common American first names that are also the name of a country (in English)? The name must exactly match the common English-language name of the country. "Frank" for "France," for instance, doesn't count; but if there were lots of Cubas running around (rather than just Gooding Jr.), it wouldn't be a problem that they are named Cuba rather than Republic of Cuba. If you want to look up the answer, rather than just guessing, see [1]this file and [2]this one. References 1. http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.male.first 2. http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.female.first _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
