What is your most uncommon name?

[Willow 4873]

Just found an Athalinda Lambert in my tree b 1880 unfortunately she died before 1891

Willow x

[D ap D]

I've got a

Bagot Exuperius Pickering, died in 1844.

He probably had to sign his name once too often.

[Clare Fowler]

Hi there,

My husband's GGG Grandmother is called Penuel Martin, which is quite uncommon, but very biblical.  This seems to have resulted in a grandaughter being given the middle name Phanuelina!

And today I found a witness on a marriage certificate called Noble McPherson!

Clare

[the happy granny]

I have just discovered an Attree in my tree...............who was called Arthur.

Why wasn't he baptised Arthur!!?

Sue

[stonechat]

I have a Theodocia - sometimes wrongly transcribed Theodora

Bob

[goggy]

Hi All!
I'm still waiting for someone to jump out and collet or explain my 'Uniacke'!
This is both a surname and forename,there is a Mount Uniacke in Co Cork,and the name is found far afield,as the saying goes.
           Any offers?Goggy.

[wotty]

I thought Colonel Jubilee Watkins was an unusual name until I read some of the above.

My 10 year old explained to me that Colonel Jubilee Watkins was born in the year of Queen Victoria's jubilee - but he can't account for the brother Major Walter Watkins.

The other Watkins siblings are Lionel, Leah, Pauline, Maud, Claude and Cecil.

Does anyone else think that Pauline is a bit odd for the 1880s?

Wotty

[Willow 4873]

Yes it does seem more of a modern name Wotty but there was 485 of them in 1861. Trevor always seemed more modern to me but there was 78 of them in 1861 too.

Maybe we should start researching when names came into use

Willow x

[alcrighton]

There are two Darryls in the 1901 census and two Kylies in the 1891 census so even these really modern names are not even censuswhacks!

Allan