Names you just don't see anymore

[patrish]

I used to have an aquaintance called Thomasin (female)

[KathMc]

I used to call my brother Tom Thomasina when I wanted to tick him off. 

Kath

[Clare Fowler]

Hi there,

In my husband's family there are Penuel and Phanuelina both for girls.

I also have a couple of Ebenezers - you don't see many of them. 

I have also found a clutch of -inas - it was common in Scotland anyway to give a girl a boy's name and stick ina on the end so we get Edwardina and Wilhelmina.

Christian as a girl's name is one you don't see now - tends to be used only for boys.

Cheers,
Clare

[sharonf73]

Loved reading all the different names.  Make all my family seem so boring, all being Thomas, William, Alexander, John!

I do have a Cornelius and a Reliness.

I have a Tamar, which I'd never heard before,but since trawling through the censuse's Iv'e seen quite a few.

My cousin named his daughter Tamar when she was born last year.  I understand it is pronounced "tame her" - hope he doesn't need to do that much when she's older! (don't quote me on the pronounciation - my granny told me that but she also got Tamar's name wrong several times!).

Sharon (I understand mine to have originally a male name!)

[Kezlyn]

Some of the unusual ones in my tree have already been mentioned here:

Girls - Loveday, Thirza Merhalia, Charity, Bartha, Agese, Robina, Petronella, Lavinia, Christian, Tamar, and my very favourite - Sybella. There is also an Eliessbeth and a Julchen, but they were German so probably not that unusual.

Boys - Emmanuel, Cornelius, Elisha, Jabez, Job, Hay, Michaud (French). My husband's ggrandfather apparently had a sibling called Seppelt.

Unfortunately none of these people are in my Smith line. No, they're all Johns and Freds and Bills and Charlies. Impossible!!

[osprey]

I've just found 2 Ethelberts (uncle and nephew) who were related to my gggrandmother. Rather a grand name for a railway guard and a grocer's warehouseman! Don't think it will make a comeback.
  

[Helen D]

Clare

I've got a Christiana, I've just remembered, tho she was called Christian on the cencuses.

Helen

[PrueM]

I've got a couple of Christianas in my tree too, Helen 

[nutkin]

Not to go off topic but as a kid I always complained that my name was common. There were 5 of us in my class of 100 kids. (Name is Kristin).  My parents always said no one had the name in the early 1970's when they picked it out.

Well, I have repeated history.  I named my son Nicholas last year when he was born. I never hear that name anymore well at his day care and at the doctors office, I have met at least 4 other kids with the same name born this past year.  He is going to say the same thing to me that I did to my parents. Why did you use such a popular name? 

Back on topic. A firend of mine named her daughter Mary.  That is one you never hear anymore.  Simple and nice.