Genealogy Chat

I have a Lambert and Newman as first names in my family tree Plus a Ledgard Lockwood, Hallas Lockwood and Jackson Dyson

I got the usual WIlliam, Thomas, and George's. The only one unusual to me is Friend. Sue

I have an Albience Bleach!!!! Bit strange as Albience could be likened to the word Albino!!! Poor girl. Clare x

my mother`s name is sherwyn...never heard of it before and not seen it since...then again in a small welsh mining village it was pretty different!

I came across an unfortunately named lady in the 1800's by the name of Urinah!!! Strange how this is no longer popular!

My fathers family had a child called Freak on one census. Thankfully when I looked on the next census his name actually appeared to be Frank!!

One of my ancestors in St Austell, Cornwall named one of his children Coppermine. The father was a miner at the Polgooth Mine. When I was searching for some Ancestors in Gloucestershire somebody had added a child named 'Trouble' to the Census. Surely a mistake? David

I love this name....ISIAIH...that is probably the most unusual but I think it's such a lovely name. Also got a Barnet.

Here is one I from my tree, posted on an earlier thread. Polyphemus, poor girl, no wonder she often used her middle name Ann. Jennifer

I have a few unusual names in my tree.At least,unusual to me !.We have Caleb, Lila,Redvers and Drusilla.

I have a Hezekiah too - and also a Glephyria (there are a lot of versions of that on various census) which actually makes her quite hard to find. However, when I DO find Glephyria Ann Clyma Salmon I am quite certain she IS mine!! There were a lot of Biblical names in one side of the family and the story goes that sometime in the 1930s (I think it was) some of the first American tourists motored into the village, stopped to read the plaque on the Flood Cottages, and asked the woman in her garden about the flood. She said she didn't know much about it, but she would call Noah. Now Noah was of course her husband, but by the time she turned around the Americans had taken off in a cloud of dust!! Victoria

Hi In my OH side he has Elatch Balls Made him smile Ann

Pelling, Stainsby, Gillery, Eversfield, Botry, Hotham and Pouncey (yes really!) for the boys and one Theodosia - the ladies of family seem to have avoided the worse excesses! but don't start me on my ancesters use of Francis/Frances for that I could cheerfully give them hours of stern lectures! Bo

I also have Philadelphia's from Sussex plus Ephraim, Levi and Jabez I also have Denham from essex. Seems particular only to my Tween branch. I have an Hezekiah Ceily in Suffolk and I called my own daughter Melieha!!

While we have a few unusual Biblical names - Ephraim, Gideon, Emmanuel, Job etc, our most unusual is Cleveland. We have Philadelphias, too, popular in Sussex apparently; Our most unusual girl's name is Exton (Cole) who married to be Exton Banton. Did she have a nickname like Essie ? And Harwood William Tupper, who was known to the family as Uncle Tupper Di

Only one out of the ordinary i have found so far is Ephraim. Funny thing is before i found out he was related, i remember seeing the name on a census and thinking 'wish i had a name like that in my family, would be so much easier to search for than the Williams, Margarets and Elizabeths that i'm currently trawling through'!

My g.grandfather was Septimus - yes, he was the 7th son.

Narcissus Charles Proby who was the rector of Tuddenham St Mary, Suffolk in 1796. Maureen

My great grandfather was always known as Titus (which was his middle name). One of my more distant twigs is called Tilden (male). And there are a couple of Philadelphias (female) kicking around - one on my OH's tree and one on my son's (ex-husband's) tree. Most of mine are fairly boring though. Jill

I too have a few. My uncle was Yovon, I have a Cinderella, Madona and a Major but the strangest one is Rabi Rudolphus Manafish Joshua! Pat