Wonderful ancescentral names

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CakeandRoses · 27/04/2010 00:23

Just asked my father for a copy of our family tree to help (or hinder) our name selection. There are some amazing names on there and I thought I'd share some of the best ones with you:

Aurelia (and this has been my fave girl's name all along!)
Clementia
Ebony
Drusilla
Estella
TONS of Florences!
Gwendoline
Hephzibah
A few Lavinias
Lucretia
A few Mahalas
Margarita
Medina Honeybun
Petronell
A few Rosinas and Rosettas
Rubina
Lots of Tryphenas

Would love to know any interesting names you have in your family tree.

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CakeandRoses · 27/04/2010 21:38

That's impressive! How could they be sure to have enough saints days to go round?

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expatinscotland · 27/04/2010 12:09

My paternal grandfather was born to a family of landowners of Spanish extraction in Mexico. There were 13 boys and 1 girl, all named after the saint's day they were born on.

His sister was, get this: Wensaslada.

beanlet · 27/04/2010 12:07

Dorcas is a woman's name -- New Testament.

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CakeandRoses · 27/04/2010 11:39

Hankering after a Medina Honeybun myself

I saw a few women in our tree with male names or vice versa. The best one was Dorcas(for a women, altho not sure I'd even say it's usually a man's name!)

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mathanxiety · 27/04/2010 05:35

Wow! Fabulous names. There's a Peter Michaelangelo in mine. And a few men whose middle name was Mary.

I love Drusilla and Hephzibah.

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CakeandRoses · 27/04/2010 00:24

sorry, serious typo in the subject but it is late!

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