Interesting traveller names!

[scottgirl]

hi im very new to all this and have been reading with interest
i had a great great aunt VERTINA SERKIT 
and a great great uncle DANGERFIELD GUMBLE  [known as DAYNCH]
two names i hadn't read
i have got a few of the other manes in the family
Ocean etc

[James R. Yeowell]

Not gyspy or traveller names but nevertheless, rather unusual:

Edwards/Lodington:

Buley/Buly - seems to be a variation of Beulah.
Beverley - a male name, rather than a female one; it happens he married a Buley
Candler - male, brother of the above Beverley and used in two generations

Gerrard:

Buley/Buly/Bulay (see above)
Purthena
Archelaus

Keturah (married a Gerrard)

Staple:

Deans (female)
Joney
Meshach
Shadrach
Moesely

Flack:

Enfield
Enlatia

Spark(e)s:

Newman/Numan

Woods:

Chapman
Parnell

Plus as someone mentioned earlier, I have come across whole families using the same starting letter for all their children.

Most interesting though is the Andrews/Anderson family of Therfield, Hertfordshire, I came across.  If I remember correctly, many members took the surname Andrews whilst others took the surname Anderson.  The root of the surname is the same, both being patronymics of Anders/Andrews Son.

Regards,

James R. Yeowell.

[treegirl]

I have also heard that travellers also often chose girls names that end with an a - is that an old wives tale?!

TreeGirl

[rebekahm28]

Ooh dont get me started on Gypsy names!  I adore them.  We have some wonderful ones and yes, the majority but not all end with an A.   Girls ames in our tree include, Gentila, Genta, Coralena, Rosina, Cinderella, Anselina, Mercy, Comfort, Lucretia, Silence, Naomi, Grace, Jecoliah, Carnation, Saibi, Rosalee, Cinnimenti, Vashti, Sophia, Lamentina, Honour, Keziah, Letitia, Ocean, Britannia, Mizerella, Sharna and Katia.  Boys names include Valentino, Reconcile, Fairnetty, Nimrod, Serug, Timan and Teaman.

I love the names Snowina and Velvet!

To Deb USA, wasnt there an actress called Beulah some years ago?

[Firstome]

I agree that the Romany names are terrific.  So much easier to research too than having the same first names appear over and over again!
I am descended from Dorton Buckland line and I have not seen some of my family names mentioned, i.e.
Males: Absalom, Ephraim, Ezra, (Jabez already mentioned by Tiggi) Liberty, Solomon.
Females: Britania, Cheshra, Freedom, Leah, Tennah, and Zena.

How nice to have original names!  Ann granddaughter of Rosina and great granddaughter of Tryphena (Fane)

[zingara]

My niece has just put keziah as one of her babys names, its a lovly name , jobs daughter in the bible, the most unusual names i know of in my family were tryphena and syberina

[shaneooo]

No Sorry my Vanslow was a Smith born in 1897 in Mitcham, Surrey, it is a very unusual name and I have one old aunt still alive that remembers him and the strange name.  Sorry I couldnt help but good luck with your search.

Chellin

Quite a few of them on mitcham common were hungarian roma immigrants who camped with the romany, at that time they probaly still pookered to one another.
cheers, shane.

[zingara]

i have the name hephzibiah or something like that in my tree :S is this a gypsy name?

Thats a unusual name,sounds foriegn

[An65]

thats what i thought too

its not though as they were born in suffolk england and i have all their grand parents names, so must just be a weird name, or could come from the mothers side of the family

Hepzibah is a name Ive come across in my non-romany family, I dont think it is an example of Gypsy names. I rather like it tho, kinda rolls off your tongue.

I have qute a few wierd fornames in my non-rom lineage. Heres a few for you:

Eardley, Jabez, Zipporah (f), Abner, Iley (f), Salathiel, Methuselah, Shelumiel, Festus, Zebulon, Faulkinder, Noor, and Kidd!