My Favorite Street

[Heidi & Milton]

Recently I was driving down a busy street in Dallas, and while stopped at a traffic light, I happened to gaze up to see this sign - Milton St.!  I could not believe my eyes; I had found a street named after my boy.  Me even observing a street name is rather odd because I am quite unobservant, so of course, I had to snap a quick photo of it!

Lately I have grown a bit more curious about the name, Milton, beyond just good, old Milton Friedman.  My interest was recently sparked by a writing assignment that I gave my 7th graders to research their first, middle, and last name.  This assignment has been heavy on my mind as I am currently working on grading all 94 of those papers.  Yes, you heard me right - 94.  Oh boy.

So what else did I discover about the name, Milton?  Now with a name like Milton, we rarely meet any other living Miltons (animal or human).  Delving a little deeper into the name, I found that Milton has English roots and means "mill town" or "town in the middle."  Pretty cool, huh?  When I was younger, I discovered that the name Heidi means "battle maiden," and I really was not too exited after that...  Check out the popularity trend of the name below:

www.thinkbabynames.com

As you can see, Milton really began to tank in popularity after the year 1880.  Too bad.  We are attempting to bring it back!  The awesome thing about the name "Milton" is it can pass for either a first or last name.  Other popular Miltons include John Milton, a poet, who wrote Paradise Lost, Milton Bradly game company, and Milton Berle, an American comedian.  That's all I've got, folks.  I will note that whenever we tell people Milton's name, they are quite amused by it.

Milton was a pretty big name to grow into

We think the Milt is living up to his name just fine. To read more about Milton the Goldendoodle, visit www.goldilocksandherdoodle.com

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Our traffic lights are vertical. Interesting.  As far as the name goes, it really has never been very popular.  In my house, it is the most popular name-Ever but here it never made a graph. LOL

Enjoy those papers.  I think I would love to have a stack to read myself.

[Heidi & Milton]

Ha!  It was a quick shot with that green light turning!  I never want to miss a photo opportunity.  If we get another doodle, I like the idea of naming him, Marvin - Marvin & Milton.  How cute would that be?!

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

I love his name, self and his blogs. I am going to research Daisy, I think perhaps her graph will look similar to yours. :0)

oops, I was wrong....not quite and gone as Milton.

[Bonnie and Kona]

I noticed that the street light was green when you snapped the photo... hope you weren't getting honked at! I love Milton's name. He's gonna be famous. Oops... he's already famous on DK. I read every blog you write! He's got a following here. 

[F, Calla & Luca]

Cute doodle and interesting name.

[Lindsay & Leo]

Is it bad that my eyes immediately went to the Federal Income Tax statute book in the bottom photo? I have a few of those :)

[Becka]

My grandfather's name was Milton, so I have a special place in my heart for it. I think it's the perfect name for your pup!

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

Your Milton is adorable and who knows, might be famous one day too:)  I would have done the same thing with the street sign!  

[Barbara B., Sasha & Oliver]

LOL... My ex was named Milton !!!  I think it is an adorable name for a pet but not for a human so much.  And your Milton is just adorable and he has grown into his name quite nicely.... such a handsome young man !!!