Nicknames and joking words for a child of unwed parents:
| NR | 501 |
| WOODS COLT | 151 |
| BASTARD | 124 |
| LOVE CHILD | 78 |
| CATCH COLT | 27 |
| BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK | 23 |
| OUT-OF-WEDLOCK CHILD | 20 |
| OUTSIDE CHILD | 19 |
| ILLEGITIMATE | 17 |
| COME-BY-CHANCE | 15 |
| BRAT | 9 |
| BY-BLOW | 5 |
| COME-TOO-SOON | 5 |
| SOONER | 5 |
| WILD OAT | 5 |
| FATHERLESS CHILD | 4 |
| FIELD COLT | 4 |
| CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK | 3 |
| PRAIRIE COLT | 3 |
| WOOD COLT | 3 |
| YARD CHILD | 3 |
| ACCIDENT | 2 |
| BASTARD CHILD | 2 |
| ILLEGAL | 2 |
| MAVERICK | 2 |
| MISTAKE | 2 |
| OFF-BRAND CHILD | 2 |
| ORPHAN CHILD | 2 |
| STRAY | 2 |
| UNWANTED CHILD | 2 |
| WILD COLT | 2 |
| ALLEY CAT | 1 |
| BABY CAME TOO SOON | 1 |
| BALL-PLAYER | 1 |
| BASE-BORN | 1 |
| BLACK SHEEP | 1 |
| BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET | 1 |
| BORN OUT OF MARRIAGE | 1 |
| BORNED OUT OF WEDLOCK | 1 |
| BRIAR BABY | 1 |
| BRIAR-PATCH KID | 1 |
| BRUSH COLT | 1 |
| BUSH BABIES | 1 |
| BUSHWHACKER | 1 |
| CATCH | 1 |
| CHANCE CHILD | 1 |
| CHILD OF LOVE | 1 |
| COLT | 1 |
| COLT OVER THE FENCE | 1 |
| DON’T KNOW HIS PAPPY | 1 |
| DOORSTEP BABY | 1 |
| EARLY KID | 1 |
| FALSE FERGOTTEN CHILD | 1 |
| FENCE WAS BUILT BEFORE THE WORM WAS LAID | 1 |
| FENCE-CORNER KID | 1 |
| FIELD RABBIT | 1 |
| FILLY | 1 |
| FIND HIM BEHIND A BUSH | 1 |
| FONDLING | 1 |
| FOOTWALKER | 1 |
| FOREIGNER | 1 |
| FOUNDLING | 1 |
| GERANIUM | 1 |
| GIFT CHILD | 1 |
| GREW FROM A SLIP | 1 |
| HAD NO FATHER | 1 |
| HAS NO FATHER | 1 |
| HASN’T A FATHER | 1 |
| HATCHED ON A FENCE POST | 1 |
| HAYSTACK KID | 1 |
| HOT FOOT | 1 |
| ILLEGITIMATE CHILD | 1 |
| IT WAS A SHOTGUN WEDDING | 1 |
| KEIKI POOLE | 1 |
| LAID ON A GATE POST | 1 |
| LITTLE SON-OF-A-BITCH | 1 |
| MIRACLE BABY | 1 |
| MOUNTAIN COLT | 1 |
| MULE KICKED HIM OUT OF THE BALL | 1 |
| NATURAL | 1 |
| NATURAL CHILD | 1 |
| NATURE’S CHILD | 1 |
| NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE | 1 |
| NOBODY CHILD | 1 |
| OFF THE RECORD BOY OR GIRL | 1 |
| OFFSPRING | 1 |
| OLD-FIELD COLT | 1 |
| OLD-FIELD KID | 1 |
| ONE OF OUR OWN | 1 |
| ORPHAN | 1 |
| OUTCAST | 1 |
| OUTSIDE CHILDREN (NEGROES) | 1 |
| PASTURE BABY | 1 |
| PASTURE-BRED | 1 |
| POOR LITTLE OFFSPRING | 1 |
| S.O.B. | 1 |
| SENT BY AIR-MAIL | 1 |
| SEVEN-MONTH WONDER | 1 |
| SHOT GUN | 1 |
| SHOTGUN KID | 1 |
| SON-OF-A-BITCH | 1 |
| STOLEN | 1 |
| STRAY COLT | 1 |
| STRAY GOAT | 1 |
| STREET CHILD | 1 |
| SUNDAY CHILD | 1 |
| SUNSHINE CHILD | 1 |
| THAT BABY DON’T HAVE NO DAD | 1 |
| THEY DON’T KNOW WHO THE DADDY IS | 1 |
| UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL | 1 |
| UNLEGAL | 1 |
| UNLOVED | 1 |
| UNLUCKY KID | 1 |
| UNNAMED FATHER | 1 |
| VOLUNTEER | 1 |
| WAIF | 1 |
| WOODPATCH BABY | 1 |
| WOODS KID | 1 |
| WOODS RABBIT | 1 |
| WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET | 1 |
| YARD CHILD (NEGROES) | 1 |
| YARD COLT | 1 |
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