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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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WaxOnFeckOff · 04/09/2017 10:24

Melville may have been popular in connection with the reformer James Melville in Scotland.

imjustanerd · 04/09/2017 10:23

Edmund

WaxOnFeckOff · 04/09/2017 10:22

Agree with bluesky Surname type names are still relatively common in Scotland so don't raise too many eyebrows. Even some of the Mc and Mac names are used. I know McKenzie was popular for a while and then came McCauley, but I know older people called Macgregor and Macinlay as well as Blair, Brody, Innes, Moir, Ainsley, Lindsay etc.

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tinymeteor · 04/09/2017 10:18

Melville, that is

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tinymeteor · 04/09/2017 10:18

Actually that one belonged to a Scottish family member born circa 1880s! Had no idea it was still current up there. Iiiiiinteresting....

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WaxOnFeckOff · 04/09/2017 10:18

I'm terrible with my history but I'll add:

Oswald
Halbert
Eustace

blueskyinmarch · 04/09/2017 10:16

I think Melville would be a great name for a boy. I don't think anyone would bat an eye if you used it here in Scotland.