Names you just don't see anymore

[RuthieB]

Anyone remember the Pontipee brothers?
Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank(incense) and Gideon?

From Seven Brides for Seven Brothers?

[PaulaToo]

Well, bless their beautiful hides, of course I do...
All good Bible names...

[daval57]

Cal

There is also an Elphinstone  ... goodness knows where this came from

My granny was Violet Agnes .... not many young Agnes's around today

Cal 

Cal, I'm interested in more info on your Elphinstone.
I've got 12 of them in my tree, plus another couple that I haven't quite tied in yet.  It also recurs as a middle name further down the line.
Also got a Violet and numerous Agnes'
Dave
PS, is this more appropriate for a PM?

[PrueM]

Hi Dave 

Cal and I are cousins (fourth I think!) and the Elphinstone person is a sibling of my great-great-grandfather (Cal's great-grandfather).  As far as we know he was not given the name Elphinstone by his parents - he seems to have adopted it later in life (after he left home, basically!).  His full name was Alfred Elphinstone INGRAM.

I wonder what possessed him to take on the name?  I had a quick look on Google and found info about the Lords Elphinstone, from Scotland, but the Ingrams didn't have a connection to Scotland as far as we are aware.  Maybe Alfred was a fan of one of the Lords' politics or something?

Prue

[daval57]

Certainly an unusual name to adopt.
Strange people out there, weren't there.

[ali607]

i have a cousin  -a young boy called ephraim and i teach a 14 year old girl called genevieve so there are still a few knockin around!
Alison

[rancegal]

I digress, I know, but it was the speculation on the origin of Elphinstone! My uncle was known to all and sundry as 'Chiozza' (pronounced chozzer) As a young man he had been an admirer of a politician called Sir Leonard Chiozza-Money. This gent became involved in a scandal (how unusual!) and was disgraced, but my uncle's nickname remained throughout his life.

[jeune-romantique]

Here some I have in my tree, or that I've heard of elsewhere:

Female:

Mildred
Maude
Mona
Mabel
Frances
Flora
Tryphena

Male:

Larne
Larse

[SeaThreePeeO]

We have a Mahalah as well!  I though we were the only ones.

Anyway we have

Uriah
Jeremiah
Uzziel
Herbert
Horance
Bazeel

Fanny
Florance

We seem to have the corner on unusual middlenames as well.  They include.

Woodbridge
Enwood
Eareswood
Maunder