Family Tree Names

General Name Discussion
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Names in mine and hubby’s family trees…starting with most recent going back to the early-mid 1800’s

Girls-(my side)[name_u]Devon[/name_u] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f], [name_u]Kimberly[/name_u] [name_u]Jean[/name_u], 2 [name_f]Mary[/name_f]'s, [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_u]Michele[/name_u], [name_f]Michelle[/name_f], [name_f]Denise[/name_f], [name_u]Marion[/name_u], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophia[/name_f], Fedunka, [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Johanna[/name_f], [name_f]Ellen[/name_f], [name_f]Ann[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Frances[/name_f], 2 [name_f]Maria[/name_f]'s, [name_f]Cara[/name_f], [name_f]Karen[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f], [name_f]Olga[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Leya[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Italia[/name_f], ,[name_f]Lynda/name_f, [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Alba[/name_f], [name_f]Virginia[/name_f], Fortienata ([name_f]Fortunata[/name_f]), [name_f]Olimpia[/name_f], [name_f]Alma/name_f, [name_f]Alice[/name_f], Ligia
Boys-6 [name_m]William[/name_m]'s, 3 [name_m]Robert[/name_m]'s, 3 [name_m]John[/name_m]'s, 2 [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]'s, 2 [name_m]Walter[/name_m]'s, 2 [name_m]Michael[/name_m]'s, [name_m]Stephen[/name_m], Catello, [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_m]Francesco[/name_m], [name_m]Frank[/name_m], [name_m]Armond[/name_m], [name_m]Earnest[/name_m], [name_m]Pasquale[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Giovanni[/name_m], [name_m]Antonio[/name_m], Aniello, [name_m]Dominick[/name_m]

For a boy I will be using [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Robert[/name_m]
For a girl I would consider using [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f]/[name_f]Juliana[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] or [name_f]Rose[/name_f] as mn’s, I would also love to incorporate [name_f]Mary[/name_f] ([name_f]Maren[/name_f], [name_f]Mariana[/name_f] etc.) hubby does not like those two though any other suggestions?

What do you think of these names?
What names are in your tree? (frequently, unusual, that you would use)

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I am so excited that someone shares this passion for family tree names! The ones from your family that I think are interesting/pretty are [name_f]Italia[/name_f], [name_f]Olimpia[/name_f], and [name_m]Giovanni[/name_m]… but so many of them are awesome!

Here is my long list of names (just from my side of the family) going back to the mid 1700s:

BOYS:
[name_m]John[/name_m] (13)
[name_m]William[/name_m] (12)
[name_u]James[/name_u] (8)
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] (6)
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] (5)
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] (5)
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] (6)
[name_m]George[/name_m] (6)
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_m]Franklin[/name_m], and [name_m]Huey[/name_m] all showed up 3 times.
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Calvin[/name_m], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_u]Jesse[/name_u], [name_u]Roy[/name_u], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u], [name_m]Philip[/name_m], and [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] all show up twice.
All of the rest only occurred once:
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
Archable
Ausborn
Brison
[name_m]Bynum[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
Clemonds
[name_m]Cornelious[/name_m]
[name_m]Crow[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Durham[/name_m]
[name_m]Earnest[/name_m]
Elcainy
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_u]Green[/name_u]
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_m]Hogan[/name_m]
[name_m]Houston[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Justus[/name_m]
[name_m]Kent[/name_m]
[name_m]Larry[/name_m]
[name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Llewelyn[/name_m]
[name_m]Moses[/name_m]
Tarlton
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
Pharice
Pickney
Postell
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Sampson[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]

Of my female ancestors…
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] (11)
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] (8)
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (7), [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] (7), [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] (7)
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] (6)
[name_f]Ann/name_f (5)
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] (4) & [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (4)
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f], [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_f]Frances[/name_f], and [name_f]Hattie[/name_f] have 3 instances each.
[name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], Elberry, [name_f]Jeanette[/name_f], [name_f]Judith[/name_f], [name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], and [name_f]Susan[/name_f] all occurred twice.
And only showing up once each were…
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Angeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Bell[/name_u]
[name_f]Bertha[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f]
[name_m]Earl[/name_m]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elnora[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvira[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Eveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Fannie[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Hallie[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Idella[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Janice[/name_f]
[name_f]Levina[/name_f]
Levista
[name_f]Lorene[/name_f]
Louellen
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lula[/name_f]
[name_f]Lurana[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mina[/name_f]
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Norma[/name_f]
[name_u]Patsy[/name_u]
RachelRhoda
Royalinda
[name_f]Ursley[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoda[/name_f]
Royalinda
[name_f]Ursley[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]

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I’m also glad people are bothering to look into their family tree names. Hehe.

devonnw85 - My favourites from your list are [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Frances[/name_f] and [name_m]Earnest[/name_m]. I think it lovely you are using [name_m]William[/name_m] & [name_m]Robert[/name_m] from your list. If you would like to honour a/a few [name_f]Mary[/name_f]'s I’d say use the name. It is underused now days and I personally love it (after despising it for about 5 years - lol).

meaganeve - my favourites from your list are:
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Earnest[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_m]Sampson[/name_m].
[name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Frances[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], Elberry (rather unusual I suspect it had some meaning as was used twice) [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Etta[/name_f].

I am also very interested in family history. My husband doesn’t want to honour any family in our childrens name(only famous people). [name_m]Will[/name_m] see how we go :slight_smile: I’m sure I can sneak one in somewhere - or twist his arm.

Here are some of the beautiful names from my family tree and my husbands, also going back to 1700’s in parts. I put a star next to my favourites or people I’d like to honour

[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] x 2
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] *
[name_f]Albertine[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
Almuth
[name_f]Ann[/name_f] x 2
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Beryl[/name_f]
[name_f]Bessie[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] *
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Daffodil[/name_f] *
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Denise[/name_f]
Delis
[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] *
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonore[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] x 2
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_f]Fay[/name_f] *
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Gladys[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendoline[/name_f] x 2
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] *
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalia[/name_f] *
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_f]Jeanette[/name_f] *
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Jennifer[/name_f]
[name_u]Jessie[/name_u]
[name_f]Joan[/name_f] *
[name_f]Jubilee[/name_f] *
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]
[name_u]Kelly[/name_u]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f] *
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Maria[/name_f]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] *
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Maud[/name_f] *
[name_f]Maureen[/name_f]
[name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Pamela[/name_f]
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f] *
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Rita[/name_f]
Rosoman
[name_f]Selma[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Temperance[/name_f] *
Valmar
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] x 2
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilma[/name_f]

[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] *
[name_m]Alford[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_u]Ashley[/name_u] *
[name_u]Barry[/name_u]
Bartle
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
Bryer
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] *
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Davey[/name_m]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_m]Freidrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_m]Herman[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] x 3
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Jeffery[/name_m]
[name_m]Job[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m] x 2
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] x 2
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
Metherell *
[name_m]Milton[/name_m]
[name_u]Nico[/name_u]
Northey
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] *
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Reeves[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m] x 2
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_m]Rogers[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] *
[name_m]Sampson[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
Stanbury
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
Stephens
[name_u]Sydney[/name_u]
[name_m]Terrance[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] x 2
[name_m]Webb[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m] x 3

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Yes, rachelemma, Elberry was a native American great grandmother of mine.

I love these from your list!
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Daffodil[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_u]Jessie[/name_u]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]

[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Ashley[/name_u]
[name_u]Barry[/name_u]
Northey
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]

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Lots of Olivers in my family and I very much Like the name Eliabeth. However I am told that my gr gr gr grandfather was a polygamist and his three wives were named [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine/name_f, and [name_f]Christina[/name_f] Eliabeth Wilhemina([name_m]German[/name_m]). I feel like it might be in poor taste. Some other names were [name_f]Cora[/name_f], [name_f]Effie[/name_f] [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Flossie[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] [name_m]Sylvester[/name_m].

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Thank you Meaganeve. That is nice to hear about Elberry. The [name_f]Lily[/name_f] on my list (great great grandmother) had a Native American father but we do not know his name.