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Amazing 19th century boys' names

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tinymeteor · 04/09/2017 10:14

I'm pregnant and can't sleep, so am idly trawling through all the baby names I can think of, by way of counting sheep.

Last night's musings were on fabulously OTT Victorian names for boys.

Isambard. Algernon. Melville.

I probably, almost certainly, maybe won't go there Grin

Any other suggestions?

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RedastheRose · 04/09/2017 21:41

Cornelius is lovely. Think about all of the boys names that have been hijacked as girls names too, Tracey, Stacey, Lindsey etc etc

Pollaidh · 04/09/2017 20:54

I know an Isambard. He was conceived in Bristol.

squoosh · 04/09/2017 20:49

No.

You shouldn't have.

Ullupullu · 04/09/2017 20:47

We nearly had an Isambard! DH family are from Bristol. Maybe we should have...

Bubblysqueak · 04/09/2017 20:46

I love Edmund. Ds2 was almost an Edmund. Friend named her d's Edgar.

clearsommespace · 04/09/2017 20:44

Ebenezer Grin

FadedRed · 04/09/2017 20:41

I had a first cousin called Cornelius, and I am not quite Victorian.
What about the Cromwellian/Puritan period names?
Tremble in the fear of the Lord Smith
Praise the Lord Jones etc.

BikeRunSki · 04/09/2017 20:37

Zaccheus
Jabez
Titus
Josiah
Augustus
Ambrose
Ephraim

All buried in my village church

Berrybakecake1 · 04/09/2017 20:37

Thaddeus
Hamilton
Obediah

BikeRunSki · 04/09/2017 20:35

I know s 40ish Bartholomew and I wanted to call DS Isambard. DH vetoed, I am clearly ahead of my time.

GandalfsWrinklyHat · 04/09/2017 20:31

Willder - on a local gravestone. Died around 1880 iirc.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 04/09/2017 20:29

There's a teacher at the local high school called Erasmus. I love that.

averylongtimeago · 04/09/2017 20:29

Several called Truelove in DH' s family tree.

CaoNiMartacus · 04/09/2017 20:28

I have a friend named Aelred! I also know a guy called Alaric. My mates are so medieval.

FaFoutis · 04/09/2017 20:21

I'm working in the 1840s and 50s at the moment. There are quite a few little boys called Jabez. I'm not entirely sure how you would pronounce it though.

bridgetreilly · 04/09/2017 20:20

Greville
Fulke
Stafford
Euphem
Grissell
Adolphus

This is my favourite site for weird names of the past: thepeerage.com/surname_index.htm

desperatelyseekingcaffeine · 04/09/2017 20:18

Isambard was on my husband's list, as was Caractacus! I vetoed both - and several more I can't remember now.

SerendipityFelix · 04/09/2017 20:15

I briefly dated someone who stated he wanted to call his firstborn son Isambard

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 04/09/2017 20:13

Love Isembard and Edmund.

TheVanguardSix · 04/09/2017 11:08

Go beyond Victorian names.

Aelred

squoosh · 04/09/2017 11:08

I have an uncle Cornelius.

LadyKyliePonsonbyFarquhar · 04/09/2017 11:05

I love Edmund.

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tinymeteor · 04/09/2017 10:49

Cornelius is a belter!

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thereinmadnesslies · 04/09/2017 10:28

My family had 'Cornelius' for several generations, sadly DH vetoed it 😂

ArcheryAnnie · 04/09/2017 10:26

I'm now really regretting not calling DS "Isambard"...