Tangerine nn Tangi

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Doing some family research and have come across the name Tangerine, with the nn of Tangi, for a girl.

What very unusual names have you got in your family tree?

That was the fictional Heidi’s real name wasn’t it, Adelheid?

@HappyNewTaxYear I think you’re right, it was Adelheid.

Soma great names. I remember meeting a Queenie through my Grandma. Thought it was a great name!

We also had a relative whose nickname was “Bubbles”. School aged me thought that was an amazing name.

I know two Henriettas! Both in their mid-20s.

There's a girl named Easter in my family tree. She wasn't born at Easter. It might have been a spelling mistake on her birth certificate, or she might have disliked it and changed it, because as an adult she was Esther.

I have a Valentine who was born on 14th Feb. He was a 19th Century coal miner in the north so that must have gone down well

What part of the country were the Woolstons in? It's the same name as a suburb of Warrington.

I had a relative called Titanic - known as Tan.

well, mine was in the East Midlands (same county as where his surname is, actually ) and I think a couple in the West Midlands. There's a Wolston near Coventry, and Woolston near Southampton.

Part of my family were Welsh, so loads of the names sound unusual to my ears, but are probably completely everyday in Wales.

More whacky names from my family tree.

In amongst some standard children’s names of William, Joseph, Thomas, Emma, Elizabeth I have uncovered these names as siblings to the standard names children:

Squire
Farse
Tasso

😯

I just love this thread!!!

I have since found out that my Auntie Bubbles real name was Mabel and she was called Auntie Bubbles cos she had tight curly hair which apparently looked like bubbles. On the subject of nicknames, when i was little i struggled to say Jennifer so my Mum's sister has been Auntie Ya-ya for the last 38 years.

I have a great-aunt in my tree who was called Robertina Colina. My mother, whose aunt this lady was, said it was pronounced Rober-teena Col-eena.

Were her parents hoping for a boy to name after her grandfathers Robert and Colin?
I quite like Robertina.
Not sure about Colina.

No Roberts or Colins as grandfathers. My mother's vague recollection that she was named after two "young men" who were friends of the family and who used to visit often.

That's actually quite sweet that she was named after people.

Was Robertina Scottish, @TheBewleySisters? I believe it’s common to give names like Jamesina in some parts of Scotland.

@BarbaraVineFanRobertina Colina (always addressed by both names apparently), was indeed Scottish.