Old fashioned names

[ThrelfallYorky]

? how on earth does one pronounce that!

[brigidmac]

Looks like a version of sylvia to me

[heywood]

Today's weird find, from 1843:  Scylpha.  It's not even in my Names book.  Yes, it seems to be female.

I remember a lady called Zilpha or Zylpha - it was pronounced as it reads - perhaps Scylpha is a variation of that.

[Greensleeves]

I have a Lamanie Pearle in my tree - Pearle being the surname.  You can,  I am sure,  imagine the opportunities for mistranscription and misspelling  which have arisen over the years, all of which have been taken full advantage of.  :-D

[KGarrad]

I have a friend christened Jeremiah (Jerry to his friends), who was always a little embarassed by his name.
Until, that is, I started tracing his family!
Then I discovered a rich history of Jeremiah's in his tree

A forename still very popular on the Isle of Man for boys, is Juan - pronounced Jew-Ann.
That, too has a long tradition here.

[Tom Huygens]

Another weird one in my tree is Keziah.

[Andrew Tarr]

Another weird one in my tree is Keziah.

Not weird at all - just Old Testament, along with Sofonisba and Thyrza  IIRC.

[clairec666]

Another weird one in my tree is Keziah.

Not weird at all - just Old Testament, along with Sofonisba and Thyrza  IIRC.

One of my Essex families (early 1820s) has a Keziah, a Thurza and a Rhoda. Not as common as all the Marys and Anns of the time, but not unique. I've not seen any of those names since the 1850s. Other names of the time, such as Caroline, Martha and Ruth, seemed to go out of fashion for a while (in my family anyway) but have reappeared over the centuries.