# Texas Dopers: Given Names of Teenagers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 12, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966 "2013-01-12T15:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966/61 "2013-01-16T19:00:57Z")
I’m not a native Texan (but like the bumpersticker “But I got here as quick as I could!”) I have lived here for more decades than I care to count and I do have a cousin(native Texan) named Bobbi Joe. She’s a girl. Well, a woman now. (My god, I’m OLD.) ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966/62 "2013-01-18T20:54:08Z")
More Texas boy names: Clay, Ty, Wade. ---
**Author:** ![SalGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@SalGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SalGal)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966/63 "2013-01-18T21:39:20Z")
[quote=“Siam\_Sam, post:53, topic:646966”] I knew a Trey in high school. I think the name stemmed from his being the third child. Does that sound right? I know “three” in Spanish is _tres_, but is this some variation such as “third”? (Never took Spanish.) But I think he was only part-Hispanic at best. Not sure of the actual origin of his name. . . it may, in fact, be short for Trevon. There are two kids my son plays football with that are named (or called) Trey; now that I think more about it, one or both of them may spell it Tre (with an accent on the e). ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966/64 "2013-01-18T22:17:01Z")
Started off looking up [Texas Public High Schools by Attendance](http://high-schools.com/report/tx/public-school-enrollment-rank-in-texas.html) and go a list of the high schools in the state. Clicking any one will bring up info on the school and links to alumni sites and lists of alumni on places like [classmates.com](http://classmates.com) I’d pick some big schools, some small schools, some medium sized schools, and by looking at alumni lists you should be able to get a feel for some of the names. Or go with what is popular baby-name wise if you think using Alumni are too old. You may be able to find graduation flyers with hundreds of names each on them if you look hard enough. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966/65 "2013-01-19T13:17:56Z")
> [@denquixote](#): > > How about Joe Bob Briggs the drive in movie critic? His real name is [John Irving Bloom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bob_Briggs). Those double names are old fashioned & rural. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966/66 "2013-01-20T06:09:02Z")
> [@SalGal](#): > > Not sure of the actual origin of his name. . . it may, in fact, be short for Trevon. There are two kids my son plays football with that are named (or called) Trey; now that I think more about it, one or both of them may spell it Tre (with an accent on the e). Ah well, after looking him up, I see his name actually was Tres. I’d misremembered. I think it really was because he was the third child, but I don’t think his siblings were named Unos or Dos. But I believe Tres was his actual name and not a nickname. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966/67 "2013-01-20T06:40:53Z")
Data is available on this website, one of my favorites ever: [Popular Baby Names](http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/) ETA: Link to search by state [Popular Names by State](http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966.md?page=3)