Tommy Atkins

A British soldier. The term originated in manuals once sent to British soldiers, in which the name used as an example was "Tommy Atkins" (as opposed to "John Doe"). In his younger years, my grandfather was a Tommy Atkins.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Albano	ahl-BAH-no	Italian
Tobit	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Vertti	VERT-tee	Finnish
Aristokles	-	Ancient Greek
Nadir	-	Arabic
LemminkÄInen	-	Finnish Mythology