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A country bumpkin. One of the many terms that city slickers applied to less sophisticated rural dwellers (“rube,” “hayseed,” and “Gomer” are others). The phrase came from fruit harvesters using long sticks to dislodge the hanging crop.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mckenna	mə-KEN-ə	English (Modern)
Lotta	LOT-tah (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish
SolÈNe	so-LEN	French
Perpetua	per-PE-twah (Spanish)	Spanish, Late Roman
Gail	[geil]
Viorel	-	Romanian