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I love family history! For women I have some cracking 19th century ones in mine - a Fanny, a Madge, and a Gladys. The men's names are more in line with names still commonly used today - several called Charles, and a few called Thomas or Edward.

I love Alban BTW, and Adelaide and Violet from the girls in your list!

We knew an Alban living in St Albans. Alban was the first Christian martyr in England. Great name.

Alban's on my list for a first name! Interested to see what people think of it... and any pronunciation issues. I'd pronounce it All-bn but I've heard it Al-bn and Ol-bn too.

There are a couple of Edwards, Josephs, Stanley, Abraham. And his Great, Great, Great, Great grandfather was called Felix apparently and his wife was Julia, going back to the 1700s!

I really like Alban as a name, as well as quite a few others on your family tree! I think Alban would go well as a middle name for Joseph, Felix or Stanley. Abraham Alban would be awkward to say, and Edward Alban would be too IMO (but less so).

Julia Violet would be nice, but I'm not so keen on the other girls names.

Alban is great! We're a family of Alans and Muriels, unfortunately...

Oh believe me Jooni there are some Alans, Richards and Dennises in there too lol

Ooh fun, I love family trees

Alban is cool

Lovely! I'm a family tree addict. No Albans here, but lots of Richards, Tamsins, Marys and even:
Ebhorn!!
They liked it so much they used it over and over again!

Oh, and also Mahala. Crazy!

I found if you go back far enough nearly everyone on both sides was named Mary, John, or William, and I kind of imagined this would be the same for most people. Seems not to be the case though, obviously my ancestors just lacked imagination!

I like Ebhorn . We were mostly traditional Scottish names but there were a few women called Christian which I quite liked.

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We have a Herbert, Solomon and a Willoughby. All first names.
For girls it's Caroline, Rachel and Fanny.
Fanny was my great grandmothers name!

Alban is a fab name! Especially with a bit of family history behind it, so definitely OK to use.

My ancestors all have boring Lowland Scottish names - the males are all James, Andrew, Robert and Alexander and the females all Elizabeth, Jean, Christian and Isabel. I almost fainted when I came across a Barbara among them - it seemed so exotic!

I find the regional differences really fascinating.

There was a fashion for Old Testament names in one mining village where some of my ancestors lived. It was all Enoch and Obadiah!

I love the continuity in some family naming patterns. DH's grandfather was named after his own great-grandmother's maiden name! So yay for Alban!

I have an early 19th centuary Mariah in mine. I like to think she was fabulous!

DH's family were well posh. Tons of servants for the ancestors -- one of whom rejoiced in the name "Euphemia Pinkerton".

Mine followed naming rules for about 300 years. First son named after paternal grandfather, first daughter named after maternal grandmother etc.

Led to lots of cousins with the same name, and nearly all called William, John, James, Thomas, Ann, Elizabeth or Mary.

Bet Hephzibah and Kezia were glad their parents had a bit more imagination.

I have a great uncle Isleuin. I really like it.

Funny, I've just been looking at ours tonight but it's fairly boring. Lots of Peters, Williams, Georges, Alexanders, Roberts, James' and Johns on the male side and lots of Margarets, Isabellas, Elizabeths, Henriettas, Annes, Jeans and Janes...and one Barbara from 1852.

DHs tree adds a lot of Josephs.

Fairfax appears a lot in ours - "Fairy" for short!

Alban is a great name! William and Mary feature very heavily in both sides of my family tree, but interestingly Arkley seems to have been used on my paternal side for several generations, both as a first and middle name. My great great grandmother was an Adelaide (shortened to Ada) which I love and would consider using for any future dd's.