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Unusual Victorian/Edwardian names please

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Jimjamjools · 25/03/2019 18:26

Purely hypothetical as baby number 2 doesn't exist yet, but I've been broody and currently obsessed with unusual period names.

I have an ancestor from about 1900-1910 called Mahala which I think is beautiful, and an Everilda (less so...)

For boys I love Rudyard, but think that might be a passing thing!

So, what other unusual slightly out there period names are there?

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MorvaanReed · 25/03/2019 19:52

I have a Rosetta and Jehonadab in the Victorian bits of my family tree.

Jambalaya76 · 25/03/2019 19:52

My nana was called Gwendoline, her sister Edith: I love both names. They were born 1906 and 1914

MeMeMeYou · 25/03/2019 19:51

Hubert

GabrielleNelson · 25/03/2019 19:50

Sorry, Petalflowers, missed that you'd got there first! I used to know a woman whose daughter was called Alexandrina. I think the daughter would be in her late 40s or early 50s now and I've never met another one.

GabrielleNelson · 25/03/2019 19:48

Alexandrina

thereinmadnesslies · 25/03/2019 19:45

Cornelius

NabooThatsWho · 25/03/2019 19:45

Lilibeth.

Saucery · 25/03/2019 19:43

Thurston

Peachbubble · 25/03/2019 19:41

Patience
Charity
Priscilla
Gertrude

Ambrose
Horace
Thaddeus
Erasmus

BlackPrism · 25/03/2019 19:34

Great grandad was called Sivus Isambard

Otherwise:
Adorlee
Amorancy
Clarabelle
Isyphemia
Lamorna

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 25/03/2019 19:00

Oh and a Priner (female) and Enos (male)

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 25/03/2019 18:58

Tryphena
Richenda

Elmhurst
Norbert
Cade

All feature in our family tree, amongst a sea of Georges, Thomases, Marys and Annies.

Petalflowers · 25/03/2019 18:55

Alexandrina - Queen Victoria’s actually name
Kathleen
Gwendoline
Peggy
Betty
Victoria

Cecil
Clarence
Donald
Francis
Peregrine
Edward

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Jimjamjools · 25/03/2019 18:52

@cushioncovers please let me know what you find! (I'm off to comfort my teething almost 1 year old -who has the most common name ever-

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Freaking0ut · 25/03/2019 18:50

We have a Cecily which I think is pretty old, but I’m not sure exactly which era it comes from. Always have lovely compliments on her name and haven’t met another yet!

ImportantWater · 25/03/2019 18:50

We have a Tryphemia. It’s particularly odd since every other family member is called something like Ann or Harry.

megrichardson · 25/03/2019 18:50

Sophonisba

cushioncovers · 25/03/2019 18:48

Interesting thread, I'm off to google Victorian names

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Jimjamjools · 25/03/2019 18:46

God some of you have a seriously cool family tree! Other than the ones mentioned mine is mostly Gertrudes and John or Arthur

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Voulezvous · 25/03/2019 18:45

Hepzibah
Bartholomew

vitaminC · 25/03/2019 18:42

Zipporah
Lavinia
Pelagie
Augusta
Hedley
Felix

These are all in my family tree.

Historydweeb · 25/03/2019 18:41

Lettuce for a girl, Algernon for a boy 🙈

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Jimjamjools · 25/03/2019 18:40

Is Inigo Spanish?

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Geneticsbunny · 25/03/2019 18:40

Euphemia

pisspawpatrol · 25/03/2019 18:39

I have an ancestor with the unusual moniker Daft.

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