What is your most uncommon name ? #2

[little meg]

Hi Trish,
I actually have a couple of them, researching for other people.

One is:
Kerenhappuch Bosher married Richard Beal in 1814.
Kerenheppuch Bosher, born 27th December 1790. bp. 2nd Jan, 1891 at Cholsey, Berkshire- parents, John Bosher and Sarah Kirk (source - familysearch)

the other is:
The daughter of Wilkinson Myers and Mary Teal,
baptised at Keighley, Yorkshire on the 16th Aug 1835 (F/s)

I don't know if these two are linked through the Beal/Teal name, but strange coincidence, me thinks. 

Of the second family there was another child named this, her mother was Rachael Myers the sister to Kerenhappuch.

Also the people who gave me the Myers one had found another family with this name: Kerenhappuch Myers b. 1829 the daughter of Godfrey Myers and Ellen, living in Barnsley, Yorkshire around 1841.  They had two children, sons,   which add to this list of unusual names - Mishack and Abednigo


I have no idea of its origins as yet!

Margaret

[little meg]

Just did a 'yahoo'
Smith's Bible Dictionary

Kerenhappuch:
(the horn of beauty)
the youngest daughter of Job, born to him during the period of his reviving prosperity.
(job 42:14)

Margaret

[trish251]

Hi Margaret

many thanks for all that - We don't seem to have any near relations  Must be a transcribers nightmare to see such a name

Trish

[dennford]

     I have just done a search on rootschat and was surprised that no-one has a Zorro, especially when ballgarside said "There was Zeno on my family tree.  He had two sisters called Lucretia and Albinia!" My brother in law who comes from Slovenia is called Albin Zorro, his son is called Zorro and I know there is at least one other Zorro living in Perth. unfortunately none of them is dashingly handsome, wears a cape and flourishes a sword.

      While on the subject of unusual names is there anyone out there with an Inday.

                                                 Denn

[wileman 121]

i have come across a few uncommon names in my time

a great great uncle was Hezekia Page
then we had Theophilus Page

when doing my cousins tree she had Septimus Makin

about a year back i was sat in the a&e at my local hospitle and a nurse came through and called for Mr Man although that seems to be reasonably common now!

the best one and i apologise if anyone knows her i kid you not one day i was taking a parcel to a lady asked her to sighn and her name was Fanny Munchin

also on my cousins family tree there is a fanny Makin
and my gt grandparents surnames were Thomas GILLIVER and Hilda CURETON

they had doris GLLIVER who married bill MORETON
they had jean MORETON who married derek SMEDLEY

so some uncommon names there 

[Jebber]

In my tree I have,

Young FRY
Legget Gardener COKER

and the most unusual one of all  I posted the other day

Polyphemus Ann MARTIN

 I should love to know if anyone has come across that last one before.

Jebber

[MOM OF TWO]

Found while looking through IGI Westerham, Kent.

Thankful Smallbones

I think she must have been a most precious baby.


Teresa

[Simon G.]

I had my most amusing and hopefully uncommon name today...a poor boy Mr. & Mrs. Brooks decided to call B*stard.  Poor child going through life with that name...

[rancegal]

I don't think that was the child's name, but a description! Are you certain there was a Mr Brooks?  What was the date, and was it a cert or a Parish Record?