Tracing distinctive first names and middle names

[pinefamily]

This thread got me thinking, so I conducted some random searches on FreeBMD. Just in the interests of our discussion of course...
There was a surprising number of Merlin's born, even up to the "modern" era. I think it was the June quarter of 1909 that holds the record for the most Merlin's registered in the same quarter. This individual caught my eye; can anyone lay claim to him?
Merlin Charles Henry James Prior Croker Dunn, Sep quarter 1851, Williton 10, 508.
Emrys maxxed out in the number of entries.
5 Lucifers was very surprising.
And 31 Nebuchadnezzar's to round out my random searches.

[Gillg]

My little granddaughter has the unfortunate middle name of Isis.  She was named not after the Egyptian goddess but after a song by Bob Dylan (father is a music buff).  They are now considering changing the name to something less controversial. 

[IgorStrav]

My little granddaughter has the unfortunate middle name of Isis.  She was named not after the Egyptian goddess but after a song by Bob Dylan (father is a music buff).  They are now considering changing the name to something less controversial.

What a pity that would be.  The Thames in Oxford is called the Isis and the name has a lot of history ahead of its current use as an acronym.  And of course there is a movement to rename the terrorist organisation Daesh, which may take hold.

[pinefamily]

The terror organization seems to go by several names; Isis I think is the one mostly used by the Western media. Isil is the name they seem to use themselves.
The name Isis does have a long history, as IgorStrav suggested. Originally the personification of the Feminine Creation, along with Ishtar. Personally, I think it is a nice name for a girl.

[Cell]

My little granddaughter has the unfortunate middle name of Isis.  She was named not after the Egyptian goddess but after a song by Bob Dylan (father is a music buff).  They are now considering changing the name to something less controversial.

Hi,
I must be a bit slow today  as I did not automatically think of the terror group until I saw the next replies. I thought "why is her name unfortunate? Its such a beautiful name!"
Personally I wouldn't change it. I don't use my middle name to friends and colleagues . I doubt if anyone except my family knows my middle name. I only use it on official forms when I fill out my full name( it's not that I don't like my name - it's just that I don't tend to use it) - I don't know most of my friends middle names either. My son has a few middle names, his classmates don't know his either, they only know him by his first Christian name.
Isis  really is such a pretty name for a girl.

On a side note  though, there is a business here in qld bearing the same name who is changing it http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gt1/  but that's a bit different.

Kind Regards

[Angie Hawk]

Hi,
My 3x great-grandparents were creative, some of their offspring are:

Asenath Amelia
Uriel Oswin
Rodelinda Rowena
Allette Lovinia

so they are easy to track.

My favourite name that I've found while looking through old parish registers is Theophilus Sodhunter. Wish he was in my family... 

[clairec666]

Today I discovered a prospective Gt.gt.Aunt...Titsey Caractacus Allen.
She became Prescott in time for her baptism, when her mother married.
She herself later married and became.......Titsey Caractacus Crapps 

Well that's beaten any funny names in my family, hands down. I had a good titter at Fanny Titman, but I reckon Titsey Caractacus Crapps beats them all!

My favourite name that I've found while looking through old parish registers is Theophilus Sodhunter. Wish he was in my family... 

Me too!

[Andrew Tarr]

My favourite name that I've found while looking through old parish registers is Theophilus Sodhunter. Wish he was in my family... 

Was that really Sodhunter, not a mutation of Todhunter (tod meaning fox) ?

[coombs]

I have a distant relative called Fanny Brain. Imagine the taunts she would get at school if that was now.

I have some in Suffolk who were given mothers maiden names as first names for their children. Such as Newman Jacques. I know maiden surnames as middle names for children were common but I found they were more prevalent in Essex. Mary Newman Smith and Anne Barker Jarvis are 2 of my ancestors. Their mmn's were Smith and barker respectively.

The most unique name is my 2xgreat gran Gertrude Georgeanna Wallaker. She married someone with one of the commonest surnames around.