Unusual Victorian/Edwardian names please

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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?

I love these names! Persephone! Percy x

Love Evangeline and Cecily. Annis, Brigit, Sorcha

Sinclair, St. John, Murdoch

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Rudyard nm Rudy would be lovely.

Gideon.

I like Adelaide but Bathsheba sounds too witchy for me but think watched too many horror films.

Whilhemina (sp) is also lovely.

Also Icabard (like Crane).

Hepzibah
Zillah
Kezia
Marguerite
Antigone
Clemency
Hope
Faith
Dorothea

Alistine (shorten to Ali)
Deorvoguila (yuk!)

Penninah
Petronilla
Sophronia
Keturah
Etheldreda
Averilda
Epiphany

Gaylord - not due a comeback anytime soon. I don't think. Originally a French name from gaillard and was quite popular in Victoria's reign.

I knew a girl called Araminta, known as Minty, which is quite Victorian/ Edwardian I think.

Endeavour
Prudence
Egbert
Horace
Melchior

Hortense

Ptolemy

Girls
Ermyntrude
Flower
Orpah
Mahala
Elspet
Clara
Olive
Mariory- think this should be Marjory
Emudi
Malvena
Mercy
Trini
Medora
Rosalie
Juda
Bertha
Gertrude
Blanche
Naomi
Cornelia
Miriam
Elnor
Selina
Emely
Alla
Ellice

Most of these are in Victorian period, a few are older. Men's names in my tree are pretty normal, apart from Golden, Ivatt, Fiddes, Dunlop and a couple of biblical names.

My favourites are Mahala and Malvena though!

Evangeline, Cecily, Lavinia, Erasmus, Malachi, Adeline, Verity, Constance, Lavinia, Adeline, Eliza, Elia, Esther, Iris and Kezia have all turned up on class registers in the last five years.

My family had names like Violet, Phyllis, Alice, Albert, George, Frederick, Arthur, Percival and Edmund.

Thirza
Zenobia
Beulah
Clarinda

Justinian
Barnabas
Eliezer
Redvers

Oh, we've also had Jude, Miriams, Naomis, Selena(s), Mercy(ies), Faiths, Hopes, Charity(ies), Blessings, Praises and almost every other Virtue.

We have a very high BAME contingent. If it's in the Bible somewhere, we've probably had a kid with it.

Alethea
Atticus
Barnabas
Beatrice
Felicity
Georgina
Maximus
Daisy
Olive
Annie

Great thread!

We have a Christiana in our family tree, which reminds me of the girls in Jane Eyre ie Georgiana

We also have lots of names that wouldn't be out of place now - Alice, Sarah, Mary, Annie, Ettie, Matilda, Jane etc

I forgot

Gilbert

Blythe

Rosina

Elkhanna
Serenity

Lesbia. Or you could just number them in Latin - Septima/Septimus, Octavia/Octavius

Bessie
Nancy
Nelly

I have a few Alonzo’s in my family tree. No idea where it came from as far back as I can track no Italian influences.

We've got in the tree......

Dulciebella
Sissy
Helnora
Albina
Ottilie
Nanny
Stella
Beulah
Bertha
Hubert
Clarence
Spicer
Lance

Almost every other boy is called John.

I was going to suggest Adelaide but someone already said it! It was used for quite a lot of princesses in I think Victorian times.

Have a look back through the royal family, there are some good name ideas there!