Horrific names from your family tree

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We have been working a little bit on DH's family tree lately. There are some names in there but none more horrific than a little boy in the 1800s named Ethelbert who grew up in East London.

Have you come across any in your family?

Probably, the man never shuts up! Although I think the only interaction he has with any Costas is complaining about overpriced tea!

Gobnet. I kid you not.

I seem to recall being told there was a Lamartine Cavaignac Trent and an Innocent Edwin Trent in the 19th C, both men, I think both American. Nearly everyone else was called John, Emily or Mary.

Beryl, Doris and Maureen (only 2 generations back) otherwise unimaginative or lovely e.g Florence, Rose and Anna but have never gone back as far as some of you have!

Gobnet

There's an Elastic somewhere on ours. And the surname Guffer. Can't think why they changed that one...

Gobnet is presumably an Anglicisation of Gobnait?

Hamsolo, please tell me that there was an Elastic Guffer? You can lie if necessary.

We have sisters called Kathleen, Irene and Maureen...

I've also got a Thomasina - and an Edith! My gm was Rosina which, although unusual, I always thought was quite pretty.

But I don't think they're quite as bad as what DH would have been called if he had been a girl......Lucinda

My Mum swears we have some sort of distant twin girl cousins called Orange and Lemon.... - I have never investigated this which is a good thing. If it is not entirely right the disappointment would kill me.

My name appears here and I don't think it is bad.
We have a long line of Herbert's down one side and Obeydijah down the other.
Cumming
Wick
Horatio
Jezebel sister of Virtue and Chlamydia.
Couple of Winifred's
Jamesina sister of Jamesetta, Jamesa and jamesorla
Thrift (girl)

Adolf!!! Loads of them!

Danielina (with the last part pronounced Eye-na). Apparently it was tradition in my DM's dad's family to name both baby boys AND girls after their grandfathers. DM was very nearly Danielina. Thankfully, her parents chose her grandmother on her mother's side's name.

Baldur AND a Baldvin
Þorkell
Snorri
Þröstur
Örn. And my great grandad had a letter from an Eggert.

Bergþóra and Hólmfríður.
Oddný. Hrafnhildur
Ólöf
Sigurbjörg- Sigurbjörn would be the male version, haven't met one or heard of those.
Hildur
Thelma
Hrönn
Þórhildur

Tbf, they aren't weird to me, but when DP met my grandparents etc; he was a bit and as he's the crazy family history buff person, he enjoys finding names he isn't complete sure he can pronounce.

My Mum is Morag - which i've always thought had a really ugly sound to it (apologies to other Morags out there, but it's not my cup of tea.)

My uncle's middle name was Fludd.

My great aunt was Olive Balls.

My family tree is full of Adolphs. Even some female Adolphes and Adolphines. My great uncle was one of the last ones, but always went by his middle name after the war. His son, my dad's cousin, born i think in the early 40s nearly got called Adolph, due to strong family tradition. Except his mother said absolutely not

Lucinda surely doesn't count as horrific.

I quite like Horatio too.

Skrifa, I have no idea how to say some of those.

We had 4 generations of men called Will Barrow,

Gobnet lived in Ireland in about 1890 I believe. She was a woman, though I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse.
My great uncle was Tom Bowler

Gamaliel, athenasius

Gobnait/Gobnet (no matter how you spell it) is the Worst Name Ever. I knew one growing up; she left Ireland.

Irene and Norine and Winifred, on exH's side, last name Pugh. A bit like Winnie the Pugh..

Skrifna Are you Icelandic?

I have a Knackers Davis in the past, and I also have a third cousin called Namaste.

Sorry, Skrifa

There's a Jabez way back who was sent to Australia as punishment for stealing a sheep.

And this will definitely out me to those who know me well. My great grandfather was called Dick Bonaventure. Yes, I know.