The United States of America was born in the Revolutionary War, and the war has provided U.S. moms and dads with baby names for 240 years.The Huffington Post turned to Nameberry to find some of the more interestingly named heroes. Here are 12 baby name inspirations:Sybil -- Known as the "female Paul Revere", Sybil Ludington rode on horseback to alert rebel forces of an impending British attack. On the U.S. Social Security Administration charts, it peaked around 1920 and has yet toRufus -- Rufus Putnam was a Revolutionary War officer. The name appears occasionally in popular culture today.Polly -- Polly Cooper was an Oneida woman who helped the Continental Army at Valley Forge.Mercy -- Mercy Otis Warren was a political advisor and wrote one of the first published histories of the Revolutionary War.Horatio -- Horatio Gates was an American general during the war. He was named for his godfather, British politician Horace Walpole.Lydia -- Lydia Darragh was a Quaker who passed information about British troop movements from her occupied Philadelphia house to Washington?s troops.Patience -- Patience Wright was a sculptor who helped spy for the Continental Army.Lachlan -- Lachlan McIntosh was born in Scotland, lived in Georgia, served as a general and the head of the Western Department of the Continental Army, and killed Declaration of IndependenceArtemas -- Artemas Ward was a general in the Revolutionary War.Casimir -- Casimir Pulaski was born in Poland and was a major figure in the development of the U.S. cavalry in the Revolutionary War.Mordecai -- Mordecai Gist was a general in the Continental army.Crispus -- Crispus Attucks was the son of an African-born slave father and Native American mother and is thought to be the first American casualty of the Revolutionary War.
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The United States of America was born in the Revolutionary War, and the war has provided U.S. moms and dads with baby names for 240 years.
