Names from 1868

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Just stumbled on this which is all kinds of awesome. Its a list of real names from 1868. Its cracking!

Which names do you think should be reused in 2015?!

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BOYS
Abiathar Amos
Achilles George
Africk Prentice
Ahinoam
Aidan Ignatius
Alphord Edward
Aquilla Obadiah C.
Arden Thickness Vernon
Ashby Hyacinth St John
Aubert Alpheus
Aubrey Oswald
Augustus Debonnaire John
Augustus Shadrach
Azariah Augustus
Barzallai Montague E.
Buenaventura Pablo "Ventino"
Cadwaladr Hugh
Caesar Joseph
Captain Simeon
Collatinus Thomas
Copernicus
Corti Cameron
Cuthwald Hubert
Cyrenius Charles
De Lozano Destainville
Deodatus Tamelier
Doreo Atticus R
Ernest Chrysostom
Fortunato Constantine
Garibaldi Emanuel
Giacomo David
Gwyn Zinzan
Gwrthefyr
Hamlet Horace
Hampton Oakley (sn: Court)
Hippolyte Theodore
Holly James
Idloes Cleaton
Ilbert Cornish Bassett
Iorwerth Golyddan
Jehoida
Jonadab Josiah
Keyworth Ebenezer
King William
Kirjath-Arba
Lemon William
Leofric Leighton
Machon Unwin
Mackworth Gustavus
Major Job
Major Septimus T.
Master Gabriel
Melchizedeck William
Menotti Garabaldi
Napoleon Edmund
Naptheli Jesse
Nigel Decimus
Nimshi Abraham
Noble Hall
Ocean Frederic
Obed Ezer
Olinthus Gilbert Gregory
Onslow Alfred
Onward Honey
Otter Green
Peregrine Lot
Perinett Percival
Prideaux Patterson
Quill Moss
Rising (sn: Newstead)
Plato
Pliny
Probert Roberts
Reuben Ruby
Rudolph Chrysanthus
Seabold Eli
Secret Powell
Severn Lysander
Shakespeare Brady
Sidney Antrobus
Southern Smailes
Speedwell Boswell
Swan John
Townsend Dixon
Undecimus
Valdemar Hawkes
Vandeleur Bright
Vandloo George
Victor Napoleon
Virgo Henry
Watson Mordaunt Clement
Wolfe Zeddic
Young Amos
Younger Harry
Zenas Percy

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GIRLS
Abyssinia Lilian
Adeliza Venus
Agnes Zibiah
Appolina Dorothy
Argentine Emily
Armour Selina Lucy
Aseneth Merina
Asia Cecilia
Athiah Dosia
Athaliah Alice
Atholine Amelia
Auretta Dagmar
Averilda Sophia
Avonia Frances
Ayesha Marion
Azelpha
Bathenia Mary
Britannia Boadicea
Calphurnia
Capitola Bertha
Capriella Mary
[triplets] Charity Mary, Faith Elizabeth & Hope Martha
Cherrie Evelyn
Dogetta Zilpah
Donnithorne Flora C.
Ellen Tymandra
Elystra Esther -- named after grandmother.
Ethel Brunetta
Etheldreda Chichelé
Eugenie Arcada Harriett
Evis Arwin
Faerie Edith Lilian
Faithful Faerie M.
Florence Gooseberry
Fuchsia Matilda
Fulleretta
Guildinah Elizabeth
Gundreda Gertrude
Honorine Adolphine
Horatia Lilias
Jessie Hughetta
Keinwen Arianwen
Kerenhappuch Emma
Kresenz Alice
Lehannah Kate
Leona Zuline
Leonora Honoria
Lucebella Margarita
Macey Jane
Marguerite Katinka
Matilda Varanna
Mazarina Florentia
Medora Maude
Mehetabel Frederica
Meliora Louisa
Mellony May
Milborough Louise
Milcah Selena
Minda Orpha
Minnigrey Louisa -- Minnigrey was title of a romantic novel.
Modesta Elizabeth
Mooretta Flora -- Father's name was Moore.
Oceana Grace
Ocena Louisa
Ooryala Mary
Orinthia Mary
Othella Caroline
Penelope Bathsheba
Phanetta Louisa
[twins] Philippa & Vignette
Plethora
Poppy Selina
Quinine
Quinta Isabella
Rechabina Alberta
Repentance May
Ruthetta Louisa
Samuelina Ada Helen -- Father's name was Samuel.
Sidney Sophy
Siegwardine Cornelia Nina
Silence Ann
Theodosia Angel
Thirza Jael
Thyra Christiane
Topsy Violetta
Travillian Isabella
Urania Catharine
Vanda Mary
Venus Ann
Vienna Elizabeth
Violet Andalusia
Virgo Maria
Virtue Lavinia
Wencke Ranghilda
Xenophina Louisa

[VerityWaves]

Fantastic !

[meglet]

they are proper, robust names aren't they .

[CloserToFiftyThanTwenty]

I love them! Many of them would fail to pass the MN jury (Vignette? Quinine? Wolfe? Swan?)...

[toofarfromcivilisation]

Bet Major Job hated his parents!

[BrittaTheNeedlesslyDefiant]

Quite taken with Florence Gooseberry aww

And the triplets Faith, Hope and Charity

And poor Mooretta Flora, named after her father Moore

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They are real! I just popped a couple into an Ancestry site to see how popular they actually were.

2 Alphord (plus a couple with it as a second name)
Over 1000 Cadwaladr
A good dozen Copernicus (mostly from Derbyshire)
Hamlet (Over 3000)
900 Garibaldi
200 Plato
Just shy of a 100 Pliny (it was big in Halifax)
1 Seabold and 1 Vandloo YAYYYYY UNIQUE!!!
Over 200 Otters (Seems to have made a comeback as many of them have been since 2000)
6 Undecimus (plus several with it as a second name)
About a dozen Onward (mainly from Swansea)

So these are PROPER names. And therefore can be used as they are not made up!!! (Unless you are Seabold or Vandloo).

[nannyplumislostinspace]

I LOVE the name Lemon, but for a girl rather than a boy! I actually love a lot of the names on both lists!

[Rivercam]

Garibaldi is a proper name, not just a biscuit!.

Love Gustavus.

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Oh my.

There are 5 Capitola. Capitola Bertha had the surname Hole!

1 poor Dogetta. Or Dogetta Zilpah Justice as her full name was.

Over 30 Samuelina.

8 Minnigrey so naming after your fav book or film is nothing new

[Ladypug]

I like Arden but thought it was a girls name

[Marcipex]

And poor little Silence.

[verystressedmum]

I quite like Vandloo for a boy.

[Enormouse]

I quite like Nigel Decimus. It's very average-and-a-bit-dull meets gladiator.

[Marcipex]

Undecimus?!

[Writtenbyme]

Dogetta! Brilliant!

[VerityWaves]

Lemon's parents may have been the Gwynnie and Chris of their era!

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Augustus Debonnaire . Best name ever.

[SmugairleRoin]

Hamlet...not exactly wishing a happy life on the child, is it?

[Vatersay]

One hopes Dogetta was known as 'Etta'.

Largely these names are nicer than some of the corkers on the baby names threads though.

[SilverNightFairy]

My great great great great Grandmother's names were Mehitabel and Patience. I love old fashioned names...I bet Otter would be looked at as v.chic these days!

[jorahmormont]

Iorwerth is my OH's middle name

I'm very taken with Buenaventura if DC2 is a boy.

[SantasLittleMonkeyButler]

Brilliant!

Lemon William .

I do wonder if some of them have a story to tell though.

E.g. Younger Harry. What happened to the first Harry? And Silence - stillborn perhaps?

[Annunziata]

Imagine having triplets in 1868. I wonder if they all survived.

Topsy Violetta is my favourite. Baby Topsy :)