Weird Christian names

[Finder]

ha!, my daughters sister-inlaw eldest daughter is named McKenzie, everyone mainly just says Macca, 

it has been interesting hearing about these different names

James

I just noticed a similar topic to this, sorry didn't realise

[Just Kia]

not family history but my little boy is called Leland which no one has heard of before.

I'll bet there was a boom in baby Leland's after Dog was aired on tv

[fifer1947]

ha!, my daughters sister-inlaw eldest daughter is named McKenzie, everyone mainly just says Macca, 

it has been interesting hearing about these different names

James

I just noticed a similar topic to this, sorry didn't realise

This was in Fife Scotland in 1852 though.  I suppose the old adage is true "There's nothing new under the sun" 

[angelfish58]

I was cruising through census & noticed some very strange christian names, one wonders what the parents were thinking of at the time, this name caught my attention most, "Featherstone Atkinson"  , like I mean to say that's not a good start to life, LOL!, anyone else noticed strange names?

James

Featherstone crops quite a lot in Weardale as a forename as does Emmerson. I think my favourite is Zipperina which is in my OH's tree.

[rachelralph]

is that where the name comes from then? i havent ever seen the tv show my husband like the name from! is the leland on that a good guy or a bad guy?!

not family history but my little boy is called Leland which no one has heard of before.

I'll bet there was a boom in baby Leland's after Dog was aired on tv

[Just Kia]

is that where the name comes from then? i havent ever seen the tv show my husband like the name from! is the leland on that a good guy or a bad guy?![

He's a good guy, he's Dog's son and is rather good looking

With reference to the name McKenzie (and it's multitude various spellings) as a girl's name, it's been rather popular over recent years, although I think it's dwindling now. I know quite a few people online (mostly USA) that have named their daughters McKenzie and most get called Kenzie or Kenny.

[Deb D]

John from the Mamas & the Papas named one of his daughters Mackenzie ... I suspect that's one reason it became popular.  She did some acting, during her teens and early twenties ...

[Finder]

Interesting, Wikipedia shows the Toponymy of the name "Featherstone" originating from the west Yorkshire area,  Feother (Feather) meaning "four", & Stan ( Stone), or "Place at the Four Stones", a Waymarker or Monument of some sort, sheds some light on the origins of the name I guess & what may seem like an odd name today wasn't back then when also mixed in with the local way of speaking & Folklore

James

yes our McKenzie is also shortened to Kenzie, Macca is just one of them funny Aussie ways, like Steve is a Stevo etc

seems language is constantly changing over time

[Jeuel]

One of my relatives married a man called Napoleon Bonaparte Money.  I also have one who married a girl called Fanny Cowmeadow.