Civil Names

17 Civil names that mean civil for boys, listing Civil baby names 1-17. Ambrose, Eldridge, Jackson, Luther, Marcus, Martin, Sherman and Ulysses are popular names. Buell, Hooker, Lander, Manasseh, Mead, Quintrell, Sheridan, Shiloh and Winfield are uncommon names. View Civil baby names for name meanings, search Civil names for girls, or search other baby names.

Ambrose ... Civil War General Ambrose E. Burnside. [17]

Buell ... and Beauregard as given names come from the custom of naming sons after commanding officers during and after the American Civil War ... [4]

Eldridge ... Afican-American civil rights activist Eldridge Cleaver. [5]

Hooker ... Joseph Hooker was a prominent Union general in the Civil War.

Jackson ... Civil War General Stonewall Jackson ... [10]

Lander ... Wyoming was named for explorer and Civil War general Frederick W. Lander. [6]

Luther ... the civil rights activist ... [6]

Manasseh ... The Civil War of Bull Run was fought near the town of Manassas in Virginia. [5]

Marcus ... The name was possibly influenced by a hit TV series "Marcus Welby, M.D." and civil rights activist Marcus Garvey ... [4]

Martin ... Civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr ... [17]

Mead ... General George Meade was in charge of the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War ... [2]

Quintrell ... Surname. Quantrell is a surname made famous during the Civil War by the soldier-brigands known as Quantrell's Raiders. [2]

Sheridan ... Civil War General Philip Sheridan. [3]

Sherman ... Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman. [5]

Shiloh ... Shiloh is also significant as the site of a crucial battle in the American Civil War. [3]

Ulysses ... American Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant. [2]

Winfield ... Civil War general Winfield Scott. [3]

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