Hi pixieleigh
I have one Jonas, born 1846, christened in the local C of E church, so not presumeably not non-conformist although other branches of the family were. It doesn't seem to have been too common because he's variously listed in records as Jonas, Jonah and James (all the other family members are right and his dates are consistant so I'm sure they are all the same person).
I've come across my most unusual name just this week - Abednego, born 1812. Anyone else got one of these? It's biblical again and was the name of one of Daniel's companions.
In my father's family in Wales, the tradition was to give an Old Testament name as the first name and the name the child was to known by as the second, so my Dad has gone through life with Moses as his first name. It gets him remembered whenever he has to give his full name!
Monica
