What is your most uncommon name ? #2

[stoney]

Regarding the repeating of names - I have umpteen Joseph Edward Beattie's in my tree! Most of them appear in one generation, as several of fifteen (!) siblings called their offspring this name in honour of their grandfather.

The weird thing was that all of the JEB's in that generation died in their 40's (or earlier)!

[slewi4]

Not a relative, but in looking through today's paper, there was a photo and caption of ... Randy Winks.
The poor man!

Sandra

[DudleyWinchurch]

While at the archives looking up family marriages last week I found a witness that appeared to be called Barzillea Lambert. 

As it was a "latinized" entry, and convinced it couldn't really be that, I even copied it down in as close to the original handwriting as I could manage to try and work it out later.

Noting that the marriage was in 1880 I decided to see if what happened if I tried just the first name on the 1881 census and discovered about a hundred Barzilleas including some variants of that spelling.  Having found him and his family, I tried my witness in Familysearch and then discovered he had married a sister of the relative whose marriage I was looking up, so he is indeed related to me.

Has anyone else got a Barzillea/Barzillia/Barzillai and does anyone know where the name comes from?

[7igerby7he7ail]

I came across this one looking for a tree and found:
SHERWOOD FOREST
Christening: 07 FEB 1856 Saint Peter, Liverpool

[Manchester Rambler]

Has anyone else got a Barzillea/Barzillia/Barzillai and does anyone know where the name comes from?

Barzillai is a name from the Old Testament which means "iron" or strong" in Hebrew. 

http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/barzillai.html

Rambler

[little meg]

Whilst researching for someone else came across:
Banistre Banistre who later had a decendent:
Banister Banister.

Margaret

[little meg]

Also the name Kerenhappuch, as a first name.
Margaret

[Emmeline]

I have a fellow in my tree by the name of BOWLES JORDAN - born 1771 and registered at Dr.Williams Library in London.
I wonder if the Duchess of Cornwall could tell me more about him - one never knows.........

[trish251]

Also the name Kerenhappuch, as a first name.
Margaret

Hi Margaret

I just ran across this name today & was about to post it - to see if anyone had an inkling as to what it meant. Do you have any idea about the name - could we be looking at the same person. Mine is a lass (I think, 2nd name Mary)  born Sep 1854 Reading/ died Sep 1856

Trish