🧦 emeraldsea’s favorite family names

hello berries :white_heart:

i don’t know about all of you, but i find that the time between thanksgiving and christmas is all kinds of cozy. i get back into reading the classics, old hobbies such as piano and embroidery, it resurfaces, as well, my love for mapping my genealogy and family history, and with that, the names that come along with it.

i’ve made long lists for each interesting moniker i found, whether it was given to a male or female relative, or as a surname. the results, in my opinion, were too beautiful not to share.

so, dear berries, here they are. enjoy them, pinch them, and answer a few questions below if you wish.

male given names ⛺️

[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
Carder
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
Clemons
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Gideon[/name_u]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffith[/name_m]
[name_u]Harlow[/name_u]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_m]Jabez[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m]
[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_u]Judah[/name_u]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_u]Moses[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
Nebediah
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Rook[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Timothy[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u]
[name_m]Wrestling[/name_m]

female given names 🌻

[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaida[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_u]Comfort[/name_u]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
Deliverance
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]
Discovered
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Eveline[/name_f]
[name_u]Experience[/name_u]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_u]Honor[/name_u]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_m]Increase[/name_m]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
Maudlyn
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Patience[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
Reliance
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Rutha[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Thankful[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
Waitstill
[name_f]Zilpha[/name_f]
[name_u]Zuriel[/name_u]

surnames 🪕

Atkins
[name_u]Bird[/name_u]
[name_m]Bishop[/name_m]
[name_m]Booth[/name_m]
[name_m]Boyce[/name_m]
Brayman
[name_m]Bridges[/name_m]
Chantry
[name_u]Clarke[/name_u]
Clemons
[name_m]Cole[/name_m]
[name_f]Colly[/name_f]
[name_m]Deacon[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Emmons[/name_m]
[name_m]Freeman[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m]
[name_u]Gates[/name_u]
[name_u]Granger[/name_u]
[name_u]Gray[/name_u]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_m]Hastings[/name_m]
[name_m]Hewitt[/name_m]
[name_u]Holloway[/name_u]
[name_m]Holt[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Hutchinson[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Judson[/name_m]
[name_m]Keeffe[/name_m]
Langford
[name_m]Latham[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawson[/name_u]
[name_u]Mack[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxson[/name_m]
[name_u]Mercer[/name_u]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_m]Nash[/name_m]
[name_u]Perry[/name_u]
[name_m]Prence[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
Rooke
Sands
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_m]Smith[/name_m]
[name_m]Stanton[/name_m]
[name_m]Taft[/name_m]
Timmings
[name_u]Walker[/name_u]
[name_m]Webb[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
Wentworth
[name_m]Wickham[/name_m]
[name_u]Wilder[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilkes[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfe[/name_m]

what do you think of these names? what are your favorites? what combinations would you create?

i, for one, think some of these surnames and virtue names would make darling choices! rutha waitstill and judson rooke, anyone?

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites:

[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_f]Adelaida[/name_f]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]

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your favorites are so lovely! enoch could’ve easily topped mine too. i’ve never much seen the appeal of damaris, but it is definitely growing on me now! :smiling_face:

What an amazing collection of names!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], Clemons, [name_u]Ira[/name_u], [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], [name_u]Comfort[/name_u], Discovered (so cool!), [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Sybil[/name_f] and [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]

And for last names my favourites are [name_u]Bird[/name_u], [name_u]Holloway[/name_u] and [name_u]Wilder[/name_u]

Some combos:
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] Discovered
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_u]Joyce[/name_u]
[name_u]Comfort[/name_u] [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] Waitstill
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f] [name_f]Thankful[/name_f]

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m] Deliverance
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_m]Rook[/name_m]
[name_u]Moses[/name_u] Nebediah
[name_m]Silas[/name_m] [name_u]Experience[/name_u]

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i agree! :mag_right:

your combinations are so fun! edith lavender is beautiful, sybil honora is clunky and fun, and elias rook is ruggedly handsome. :brown_heart:

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these are such cool names!! absolutely obsessed :heart_eyes:

my favorites ~

abel
carder
enoch
morgan
rook
simon / simeon

deliverance
dorothy
esther
honor
love
mercy
patience
priscilla
reliance

bishop
booth
foster
mercer
walker
wells

i would name a little girl esther reliance and a boy rook latham :white_heart:

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Wow you have so so many good ones! Too many too choose but here are some of my favorites:

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Gideon[/name_u]
[name_m]Griffith[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f] (!!!)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]

I also think [name_m]Enoch[/name_m] and [name_f]Rutha[/name_f] would be such a cute sibset!

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You have some great names amongst your family history!!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites: [name_m]Abraham[/name_m], [name_m]Abel[/name_m], [name_u]Amos[/name_u], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_u]Ezra[/name_u], [name_u]Franklin[/name_u], [name_u]Gideon[/name_u], [name_u]Harlow[/name_u] (on a boy!!!), [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_u]Ira[/name_u], [name_m]Jabez[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], Rook!!, [name_m]Silas[/name_m], [name_m]Solomon[/name_m], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], Adelaide/a, [name_f]Constance[/name_f], [name_u]Damaris[/name_u] :heart_eyes:, Deliverance, [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Hester[/name_f], [name_u]Honor[/name_u], [name_f]Honora[/name_f], [name_f]Lois[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Marilla[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f], [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f], [name_m]Bridges[/name_m], [name_u]Clarke[/name_u], [name_u]Ellis[/name_u], Clemons, [name_m]Hastings[/name_m], [name_u]Holloway[/name_u], [name_u]Lawson[/name_u], [name_m]Judson[/name_m], [name_m]Morris[/name_m], [name_u]Perry[/name_u], [name_m]Nash[/name_m], Mack!, [name_u]Perry[/name_u], [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], [name_m]Wells[/name_m], [name_u]Wilder[/name_u], [name_m]Wilkes[/name_m].

Some of those virtue names for girls are very cool!!

The combos I’d make:

[name_u]Harlow[/name_u] [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] ‘Nash’
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u] [name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
[name_u]Gideon[/name_u] [name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] [name_u]Wilde[/name_u]
[name_m]Rook[/name_m] [name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Hastings[/name_m] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Clarke[/name_u] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Holloway[/name_u] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_u]Honor[/name_u] [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f] [name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f] [name_f]Marilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] [name_f]Patience[/name_f]

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this is absolutely brilliant! :evergreen_tree:

i was also pleasantly surprised to see harlow on a boy. i kind of prefer it that way now!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites…

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Eveline[/name_f]
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Phillipa[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]

[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_u]Edward[/name_u]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]John[/name_u]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]

But I think all of them are super cute! :smiling_face::sunflower:

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my favourites are:

augustus
edward
edwin
ezekiel
henry
malachi
moses
nathaniel
richard
rufus
thomas
william

ada
alice
deliverance
dorothy
edith
henrietta
katherine
lavender
louisa
lydia
mary
penelope
rutha
sybil

bishop
granger
hastings
mercer
rooke
walker
wilder
wolfe

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[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] [name_m]Rook[/name_m]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m] Langford
[name_u]Gideon[/name_u] Chantry
[name_m]Giles[/name_m] [name_m]Deacon[/name_m]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Wickham[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] [name_m]Wilkes[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmons[/name_m] [name_m]Wolfe[/name_m]
[name_m]Hastings[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_u]Mack[/name_u] [name_u]Harlow[/name_u]
[name_u]Mercer[/name_u] [name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] [name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_u]Wilder[/name_u] [name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_u]Granger[/name_u] [name_m]Wellington[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]

[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] Maudlyn
[name_u]Honor[/name_u] [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_u]Love[/name_u]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] Reliance
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]

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