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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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FadedRed · 04/09/2017 20:41

I had a first cousin called Cornelius, and I am not quite Victorian.
What about the Cromwellian/Puritan period names?
Tremble in the fear of the Lord Smith
Praise the Lord Jones etc.

clearsommespace · 04/09/2017 20:44

Ebenezer Grin

Bubblysqueak · 04/09/2017 20:46

I love Edmund. Ds2 was almost an Edmund. Friend named her d's Edgar.

Ullupullu · 04/09/2017 20:47

We nearly had an Isambard! DH family are from Bristol. Maybe we should have...

squoosh · 04/09/2017 20:49

No.

You shouldn't have.

Pollaidh · 04/09/2017 20:54

I know an Isambard. He was conceived in Bristol.

RedastheRose · 04/09/2017 21:41

Cornelius is lovely. Think about all of the boys names that have been hijacked as girls names too, Tracey, Stacey, Lindsey etc etc

RedastheRose · 04/09/2017 21:43

Oh and I love Nathanial too (Nat for short) 😊

OrgyofSausages · 04/09/2017 21:45

Peregrine
Cuthbert
Clive
St. John
Walter
Algernon

LouiseBrooks · 04/09/2017 21:49

These are genuine Christian names from my family, of a male born in the 1860s

Midsummer John.

Guess when he was born? Smile

OhTheRoses · 04/09/2017 21:49

I hopped on to say Ebenezer. But how about Gaylord?

Petalflowers · 04/09/2017 21:53

Never thought I'd see Jabez on a know baby thread! We have a couple, in our family tree (great great Relative). Wishi was braver with baby names.

Other suggestions:
Reginald
Wilfred
Josiah
Herbert
Cecil
Leonard

Love Algenom

OhTheRoses · 04/09/2017 21:54

Herbert. Aldous. More will come to me. Egbert.

Outdoorsy5644 · 04/09/2017 21:54

We have lots of Julius, Rueben, and Cornelius/Cornelia in our family tree.

Would have loved to call DS's Thaddeus and Edwin.

Outdoorsy5644 · 04/09/2017 21:55

And Diggory!

OrgyofSausages · 04/09/2017 21:57

Hector
Lionel
Humphrey
Horatio
Pomeroy

OrgyofSausages · 04/09/2017 21:58

Marmaduke
Montgomery

SaucyJack · 04/09/2017 22:00

Aloysius.

SummerSazz · 04/09/2017 22:02

I had a relative called Ambling. I like that Smile

iniquity · 04/09/2017 22:02

Ernest

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tinymeteor · 04/09/2017 22:07

These are so flipping great! Can't see any of them getting through committee, but wouldn't it be amazing to rock up at the registry office with your new newborn and say yes, this one's called Obediah Truelove

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Tean1 · 04/09/2017 22:09

My favourite baby name thread so far! I liked the grandeur of Isambard Kingdom Brunel too, went for more conventional names with a similar ring to them.

Other suggestions:

Abraham
Constantine (almost my son's middle name but chickened out)
Gregor
Brutus

easton · 04/09/2017 22:48

There was someone called Nimrod in my family tree

Circumlocutor · 04/09/2017 22:54

I'd expect to hear rousing strings every time I heard the name Nimrod.

Garlicansapphire · 04/09/2017 23:06

Sorry I don't really like any of them at all.

What about Gilbert?