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
Kirsi	KEER-see	Finnish
Carver	['kɑ:və]
Elior	-	Hebrew
Graciano	grah-THYAH-no (Spanish), grah-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-noo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Rachana	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Nepali
Traudl	-	German