Odd Forenames in your Family?

[Mort29]

I agree - just caught me in pedant mode   


Have you seen how the Census transcribers butchered poor Alonzo's spelling   

[Fraser178]

i know!

the spelling was awful, i believe at one point they spelt it badly to the point it looked like 'Aloya!' 

Joel

[Redroger]

I have personally worked with a man named Baden Powell as Christian names, also a man named Messines! Baden Powell was the founder of the scout movement and a commander in the Boer War. Messines is named for the battle of Messines Ridge in WW1. The name "Alma" which is relatively common with both boys and girls originated from the battle of Alma in the Crimean war against Russia. Likewise I have seen the word Crimea used as a girl's Christian name. The most unusual in my family in the 18th century Hieronymous, unusal not only in that it was carried by a girl usually a male name, it was grossly mis-spelt Eranamus!

[Fraser178]

that certainly is a collection of odd names!
particular Hieronymous as a girls name, i'm not suprised that that isn't so common anymore!

Joelo

[Mort29]

I feel sorry for the poor lasses who were actually named 'Queen Victoria'

[Fraser178]

i do feel sorry for those poor souls, who were the victims of extreme patriotism

[Redroger]

that certainly is a collection of odd names!
particular Hieronymous as a girls name, i'm not suprised that that isn't so common anymore!

Joelo

She was interesting in that she had a child outside her marriage, her husband "invited her to leave" and was permitted to remarry in the local church. This in the late 1750s. Dorset.

[Fraser178]

hmm oh i see, that quite a rare occurance, particular in that day and age really

[cocksie]

I've got an ancestor with forename of "Sharp".  Born in Yorkshire.  No Sharp surname in previous generations found to date.  Anyone have any thoughts on why? Jenny