General Chat

I have loads of 'unusual' names in my tree, for example:- Crispino, Kennah, Kyara, Alviner, Pleasence, Hephzibar, Hiram, Milo, Virgia, Bertram and Peregrine, also Jamaison and Masey, both girls with no sign where these names came from as yet. But my husband has a great one, an uncle called Bovril born in 1889....... Yvette

I've just seen Atlantic!

Posthumous is my brother-in-law's surname! Syvia My grandfather was Hendrikus, then cousins Esa, Esko

i have quite a few,but here are a handful .it must be the bucks air!!! rizpah,crisp,sneesby,althamia,nemeniah,gains,hepzibah,lucretia,jabex,zilphor,swinbourne,alpheus,xenophon,myers and thirza susie

I came across a Davidine, presumably a female version of David.

My husbands grandfather was called Smith ( Christian name) and I also knew someone called Smith Smith. ( Lack of imagination Maybe) My fathers name is Harry but he has always been known as Tiggy, and no one knows why.

I have a Hephzibah! LOL My sister's name is Henrietta. She's always hated it, so she goes by Tetta. I also have an Ambrose Harvey, a Lucretia and a Richard Cyrus.

Was moaning to my brother about our family lack of imagination in naming their children, loads of Johns James William Jane Ellen Marthas, I said we could do with a few Hepzibahs for a change. The very next day I was trawling the Parish Reg and found an ancestor who was named Quarter Levet! Even this isnt as wonderfully helpful as it sounds, hes also spelt Quarta, Quarto, Quarton, Quartern etc. The same week I also found a Varlo!

Just doing some research for someone else and came across a family - father was Major Mead (christian name, not rank!) and son was Minor Mead !!!!! Maz. XX

Hi all, Yes Tamsey have a couple in my Tree from Dorset (Loveless and Riggs) Also Mercy (Pool Family from same place - Dorset) have funny surnames there as well like Cake Hoare etc. Sandra

I have a Sergeant ??? Jan x

Several Barbarina's in our tree - anyone else come across this name?

Wonder where they were conceived! LOL Sue

The most unusual in my findings have been Drusillia & Marmaduke (poor thing). But more recently I have heard of someone calling their daughters Truly Scrumptious & Honey Bee!!!! Julie

I think the most unusual male names I've noticed are Armuless and Posthumous.

After reams of Sarah's, Anne's, Thomas's and George's, I've just come across an 'Eglentine'!

Well, I have to say I don't think many of the names in the original list arethat unusal. Ann ? Caroline ? Christine ? All very common (or should I say popular) and Beryl is my mothers name lol the most unusual I have so far are Zilpah and Kezia[h]

Sibyl is a Jewish name

I've got a Sibla in my tree - has to be a spelling error surely!! Jill x

I have several Leyshons in my tree. Think this is Welsh. Debs