Genealogy Chat

Perhaps the Beckams and co have got the right idea giving their kids unique or unusual first names. Think how much easier they'll be able to trace by people doing their family trees in the future lol... Maybe we should all consider calling out children something strange........ What's the strangest first name in your family tree?

It,s a good job brooklyn wasnt born in Peckham lol.

Ortraymur

Rather boring my bunch, the only diversion from the norm is Loveday, although her family made a good job of making it a common name at least where they lived lol. I did see someone called Hitchins while I was searching today.

Well i have a Smith Smith, son of Starkie Smith his mother, and a Paraysitis whos cousin was Roxiana.(both girls)

'Paraysitis' LOL poor child, she sounds like a disease. Oh and Quick Nutter, what an absolute gem.

My great aunt was Eflina. Sue

I have quite a few: Bathsheba and Kerrenhappuck - both bible names Leadenham Valentine - for a man Mattan I'm sure there will be plenty more......... Vicky

I have a Bathsheba , a Snowdon and my father was Cresswell # I did want to call my son Cresswell as his middle name, but my dad threatened to disown me if I did , As im an only child I thought Id better not risk it LOL!

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

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

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

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

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'!

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

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!!

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

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

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

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