Over the past few months, I’ve been delving into family genealogy. Besides being fun and super interesting, I’ve also realized that it’s [name]HEAVEN[/name] for name-lovers! I came across some unusual names and thought I would share. [name]Feel[/name] free to read through and post some of your family tree gems, too! The girls’ edition is here.
I don’t have too many interesting ones in mine, unfortunately! Lots of [name]Williams[/name], [name]Georges[/name], and Edwards. But here are a couple different ones:
Oh my word, E.M. That is a goldmine of interesting names. Your family tree must be quite well documented. Tell me that some of those were surnames. [name]Seaborn[/name] is fantastic. You must be American. Only an American would have the names [name]Powhatan[/name], Baldric, [name]Willoughby[/name], and [name]Olaf[/name] in their family history.
We have LOTS of very traditional names ([name]Charles[/name] and [name]William[/name]) but I have a great grandfather named [name]Nelson[/name] (after [name]Lord[/name] [name]Nelson[/name]) which I think is pretty cool.
Most of our names are very traditional. Out of the documented family tree, I’d consider using [name]Jesse[/name] (which has been used on at least 3 generations) and [name]Dorothea[/name]. And I agree with previous posters, you’ve hit the jackpot of interesting names!
You’re right, only an American could have such a strange combination. Most of my ancestors have resided in [name]America[/name] since the 17th century, with a few exceptions. All of the above names were actually listed as first names on the tree, but I did have to go back a ways to produce such variety. My paternal grandfather’s heritage is entirely Scottish and, consequently, can eventually be traced back to [name]Ireland[/name] and Scandinavia. My paternal grandmother has a mixture of Welsh, American [name]Indian[/name], Swiss, [name]German[/name], French, English, and Scottish.
My maternal grandmother is predominately Irish and French, with some English, Italian, and American [name]Indian[/name] thrown in. My maternal g-father was adopted, so we don’t know of his heritage.
There are also, of course, many traditional and handsome names in the tree which I wouldn’t mind using for future boys, like [name]John[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Edmund[/name], [name]Edward[/name], [name]Richard[/name], [name]Phineas[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Walter[/name], [name]Jacob[/name], etc.
@tfzolghadr- [name]Charles[/name] and [name]William[/name] are on my list and are such handsome classics! All of the Italian names are neat, as well.
@sarahmezz- Ooooh, a lot of good ones in your list! I love the traditional feel, with the slight punch added by the more unusual [name]German[/name] names.
I’ll have to have my uncle send me the work he has done, because we have traced part of our family back to the 9th century and I know there are some great names.
From my mom’s italian side…
[name]Giuseppe[/name]
[name]Marco[/name]
[name]Guido[/name]
Piergiorgio
[name]Sergio[/name]
[name]Riccardo[/name]
[name]Luigi[/name]
[name]Pietro[/name]
[name]Stefano[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Giovanni[/name]
[name]Giacomo[/name]
[name]Ludovico[/name]
[name]Edoardo[/name]
My dad’s side of the family is Scottish/Irish, but I don’t know too much about them.
[name]Rory[/name]
[name]Richard[/name]
[name]Jeffrey[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Bernard[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]Balthasar[/name], [name]Milton[/name], Baldric and [name]Ragnar[/name]? Swoon!
Some of the more interesting highlights from my father’s side:
[name]Addison[/name]
[name]Arch[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
[name]Barron[/name]
[name]Benoni[/name]
Bigelow
[name]DeLancie[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]
Grinnell
[name]Jotham[/name]
[name]Peabody[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
Sanyek
[name]Sheppard[/name]
Stillman
[name]Sylvanus[/name]
Tertulia
[name]Washington[/name]
[name]Willfred[/name]
Also I’ll just point out there are 10 (TEN!!!) [name]Williams[/name] and 11 Josephs on my father’s side alone. These are all firsts or middles and they’re mostly Scottish/English on this side. Mom’s side is Irish/[name]German[/name] but I don’t have that info in front of me. Cool thread!
[name]Huston[/name]
[name]Archibald[/name]
[name]Job[/name]
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Oren[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Cecil[/name]
Plaze (a middle name passed down for generations in my dad’s family)
[name]Estes[/name] (a middle name passed down for generations in my husband’s dad’s family)
Ang
[name]Chang[/name] (brothers!!)
[name]Huston[/name]
[name]Ira[/name]
[name]Feel[/name] free to read through and post some of your family tree gems, too! The girls’ edition is here.
Most of my ancestors have resided in [name]America[/name] since the 17th century, with a few exceptions. All of the above names were actually listed as first names on the tree, but I did have to go back a ways to produce such variety. My paternal grandfather’s heritage is entirely Scottish and, consequently, can eventually be traced back to [name]Ireland[/name] and Scandinavia. My paternal grandmother has a mixture of Welsh, American [name]Indian[/name], Swiss, [name]German[/name], French, English, and Scottish.