Ancestors names

I've researched my family and DH's family all the way back to 1500's on some branches and one goes back a lot further. Yes the names are real!

They are from West Country, Wiltshire, East Anglia, Yorkshire, Rutland, Midlands, Ireland and Europe. One particular branch goes back even further (Vikings) as we tie into one well researched family.

Many of the branches moved around a lot especially after the Industrial Revolution.

I managed to find 6 generations

It's was really odd!! My eldest didn't appear on either side ... but they both did.

No living relative has their names so it was just a coinsodence. It was only DHs fathers strange middle names that he asked me to research.

Sirus
Nathaniel
Helen
Charles
Robert
Sivus
August
Maud
Shirley

Ellener (Eleanor but was spelt wrong)
Rebecca
Maud
Marriot
Marian
Lilian

William
Thomas
Leslie
John

My Grandad's siblings all had Gordon as a middle name. Alright for Alan, William and Michael but not really for Margaret and Anne...

@GreenTulips that's a really cool coincidence! How many generations does it hold for? There are so many great quirks with family history

Honour, Rhoda, Phillis, Hepzibah, Keturah, Harriot
Prudence, Jemima, Rosella, Meriel, Celia, Agnes
Maud, Hilda, Rosanna, Pearl, Eiluned, Marjorie.

Esau, Eli, Samson, Josiah, Simeon, Isaiah, Napoleon (I have no explanation for this one!),
Denis, Major (or this one!), Howard, Herbert, Horace.

Also a fair few nickname-names used as first names (the horror!): Kate, Florrie, Molly, Betsy. Harry, Bertie and Bert.

(But most of them are Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, John, William or Thomas. )

I have twins
After they were named I did a tree on DHs side and there are siblings with my twins names on every generation. It's really odd. Neither of us knew - his father was an only child, bit it's a bit weird.

Ada
Adelaide
Mary
Matilda
Georgina
Catherine
Caroline
Priscilla
Frances
Louisa
Helena
Hannah
Emily
Sarah
Susannah
Kezia
Isobel
Lucy
Eliza
Margaretta
Maria
Kitty
Iris
Ivy
Rose

Albert
Andrew
Alexander
Benjamin
Justinian
Elias
Edwin
Charles
James
David
Frederick
John
Matthew
Robert
Thomas
William
Arthur
Richard

Jenny
Jane
Elizabeth
Eileen
Susan
Matilda
Margaritta
Dorcas
Robina
Mary Ellen

John
Jack
George
Alex
Marshall
Frederick
James

Don
David
Johnnie
Reginald
Ernest
Stanley
James
Nick/Nicholas

Rosalind
Anne
Ivy
Judith
Iris
Amy
Mary
Patricia
Kitty
Emmy (Emily)
Connie (Constance)
Dorphie (Dorothy?)
Dee
Gladys

@LittleSpace, oh, you WIN! Amazing names. I love Philadelphia and Zilpha.

The more outlandish ones of mine, from various branches, include:
Experience
Relief
Sopenah
Adelia
Raydin
Volney
Veraines

...but mostly the men are consistently called Thomas. Unbelievably annoying when it comes to genealogy. Other 'normal' names that recur are:
Florence
Minnie
Sarah
Louisa
Ellen
Blanche
Harriet

Alethea, Florence, Violet, Iris.
Alfred, John, George, Robin.

the only names mentioned in our family is :
My great great grandmother Dolly 💖
My great great grandmother Nelly 💖
My great great great grandmother Susie 💖
My great great grandmother Betty (Elizabeth)💖
My great grandmother Joyce 💖
My great grandmother Barbara 💖
My great great grandfather Jimmy 💙
My great grandfather Mick 💙
My great great great grandfather Ronnie 💙
My great great great great grandfather Freddie (Fredrick) 💙

Oscar
Henry
David
Frederick
William
Thomas
Edward
Peter
John

Ada
Enid
Ethel
Maria
Sarah
Mary
Anne
Catherine
Barbara
Margaret

We're trying to pick a name at the moment and had a look at my husband's family tree. His favourite (and obviously his ancestors favourite as there are so many!) Is Peregrine. As in the falcon...

Women:

Mary
Barbara
Rachel
Sarah
Rebecca
Isabella
Elizabeth
Selina
Bridget
Jane
Annie
Jemima
Rosanna
Margaret
Frances
Ellen
Janet
Judith

Men:
Robert
William
James
Joseph
John
Charles
Ralph
Samuel
Isaac
Thomas
Adam
Philip
Peter

Elizabeth
Dolly (Dorothy)
Nesta
Gwyneth
Rosanna
Astrelitta
Mayer
Wilma
Lisette
Lydia
Rose

Edward (Teddy)
William
Isaac
Ernest
Abraham
Tebonias
Thomas
Aubrey
Isaiah

My family were travellers with German ancestry.

Males include Pincus, Bruno, Walter, Felix.

Females include Hedwig - which was nearly my name!

My dp had a great uncle Egbert...

I have a list of my grandparents and their sibling names, will dig it out tomorrow.

LittleSpace wow fab names! Where are your family from? My only side of the family tree I know is Scottish, but Is still boringly filled with Anne’s and Johns.

My favourite from my family tree is Christabelle

Doris
Dorothea
Betty
Edith
Phyllis

Kenneth
Leonard
George

Wow, some long lists here! Well done those dedicated researchers.

I’ve got:
Beatrice (my GM, would love to use this for a DD)
Phyllis
Muriel
Dotty (Dorothy)
Lyubov (Luba)
Natalya (Natasha)
Elena
Veronica
Kay
Maria Eugenia
Carmen
Yvonne
Silvia

William
Gordon
Douglas
Alexei
Mihail (Misha)
Octavius
Gonzalo
Oscar
Eduardo

Those are from mine and DH’s families, we’re quite a mix 😂 Very outing list, my MN-ing MIL would recognise it instantly!

Some of you are making these up surely.

A selection:

Doris
Margreta (also spelled Margaretta)
Hannah
Caroline
Mary (obvs)
Julia
Elsie
Rosalba

Arthur
William
George
Harry
Idris
Michael
Edward
James
Bertie

My grandparents and their siblings:

Alan
Archibald
Anthony (Tony)
Brown
Cynthia
Eleanor (Nelly)
Elizabeth (Betty)
Ethelbert
Francis
Irene
James
Junior
Lorraine
Maria (pronounced Mariah)
May
Renee (pronounced Reeney)
Ruby
William (Willie)
Yvonne