Victorian Inspiration - try this.....go to www.1911census.co.uk

[daisy5]

www.1911census.co.uk
This is the census of everyone living in England and Wales in 1911. Great for old fashioned ideas. I tried searching for my family name and then chose the area my family originated from and up came some names I didn't care for too much:

Arthur
Cyril
Ethel
Gladys
Horace
Meredith (as a boys name)

And some I did:

Ellen
Elvie
Adeline
Ciecel
Eliza
Florence
Gwennie
Helena

My family in the 1911 census (my Dad's side) are represented by:-

Agnes
Albert
Alfred
Clara
Edward
Elbridge
Eliza
Emma
Elsie
Harold
Helen
Herbert
Henry
Horace
Irene
Ivy
Jessie
John
Kate
Maurice
May
Olive
Ozias
Rosa
Suey
Thomas
Walla ce

Funny how some names just don't come back. Like Horace. Can't see that one coming back!

I like most of the others.

what's the web site ?

ignore me. saw it!

I found these names I like:

Pascal
Rosina
Rosalia
Elsie
Florence

HEPHZIBAH is a bit 'out there'!!!!

My county is not available yet.

Here are some that I found:

Violet, Doris, Enid, Iris, Ethel, Mavis, Esther, Ada, Agnes, Ivy, Glenda, Edith, Nora, Nellie, Rose, Olive, Pearl, Emily, Greta, Gretchen, Martha, Dora, Alice.

Clive, Alec, Colin, Cecil, Herbert, Hubert, Quentin, Warren, Norbert, Alf, Sid, Edgar, Ted, Winston, Frederick, Benedict, Frank, Malcolm, Darren, Eugene, Wilfred.

Yes, its interesting how some 'retro' names have become more populur (Violet, Rose, Emily, Quentin, Frederick) whereas others have not (yet?).

My DD's name is on your list poppydaisy! And the 3 other girls' names that were on our shortlist! And I know babies called Esther, Pearl, Nellie, Rose & Dora...

Both my DSs' names are on your list, Poppydaisy. And they are not called Norbert or Quentin. Interesting that Darren appears as early as 1911 - I think of it as a really 70s name.

My niece (Martha) and my nephew (Quentin) are on your list, poppydaisy!

It seems to take about 100 years for names to come back into fashion...