Names in Victorian England

[trish251]

I've always been a royalist - maybe it came from my family? My grandmother b1893 has the middle name Victoria and her husband's sister b. 1886 was a Victoria (actually a Victoria Adelaide). The name was repeated a number of times in the next 2 generations - I don't know if that was because of the Queen or because of my grandmother. 

Trish

[MarieC]

Any more takers for Beatrice - other than Carole??

MarieC

[kerryb]

None in my family tree at all Marie!

Kerry

[adee7]

Three in my tree are named Beatrice -- born 1892, 1900, and

1912.

The name Victoria shows up seven times -- often as middle

name.


Kathleen

[Mean_genie]

Pretty poor showing here. Out of 2094 names on my tree, 1 Victoria (middle name) and 3 x Beatrice, all in collateral lines of an English family I am related to by marriage. The same family has a few Alberts, but I  have none North of the Border, or across the Irish Sea

Mean_genie

[adee7]

I have 18 Alberts (often as middle name) and 3 Albertas.   
 

Kathleen

[Trees]

Interesting observation I have only 1 Victoria 1 Vicky and 1 Vicki all three my contempories but 15 Beatrice (I've only checked first names) My oldest Beatrice was born 1717 the last 1916
Trees

[MarieC]

Hmm!  So, Trees, some of your Beatrices predated the Princess!

I'm sure I have read that it was not a common name in England until Queen Vic gave it to her daughter.  And my Royalist ggrandparents, who mostly used family names for their children, must have had a reason for using it!

MarieC

[Qldsun]

I have two Beatrice's, mother and daughter 1906 and 1930 in the UK.  Also have seven Albert's from 1873 to 1918 all in Oz.


Brian