Interesting family names

Girl Names
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I came across some interesting family names (some are boy and girl names) and would love to get your opinions on them and hear your own family names!!

Girls -
[name]Reba[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Bessie[/name]
[name]Minnie[/name]
[name]Idabelle[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
Zeda
[name]Emma[/name] [name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Lizzie[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Mattie[/name]
[name]Trixie[/name]
[name]Ethel[/name]
[name]Flossie[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]

Boys-
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Raymond[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]Nelson[/name]
[name]Melvin[/name]
[name]Thos[/name]
[name]Elmer[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Harve[/name]
[name]Elvin[/name]

Some of these weren’t surprising ([name]James[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Mary[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Paul[/name], [name]John[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Thomas[/name] [name]George[/name]) but the rest were pretty shocking! My family lives in [name]Virginia[/name] and [name]Missouri[/name] and we are of Irish descent.

Leave some of your family names- I would love to hear them!!

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I love old names, particularly girls’ names. I love the nicknamey style of [name]Flossie[/name], [name]Bessie[/name], [name]Trixie[/name], etc. I’m totally a fan of nicknames as given names, even though I know the reasons why people are against them (resume, successful career, etc.). Some cool names from my ancestry are:

GIRLS
Emmerett
[name]Rena[/name]
[name]Fern[/name]
[name]Lorraine[/name]
[name]Ione[/name]
[name]Essie[/name]
[name]Lois[/name]
[name]Faye[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name]
Guida
[name]Nita[/name] (or spelled Neda? don’t know spellling, but NEED-uh)
[name]Stella[/name]
Lamona

BOYS
[name]Carl[/name]
[name]Warden[/name]
[name]Jerry[/name]
[name]Hiram[/name]

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I agree, I’m not a fan of nickname names either, but that’s what was on their gravestones. [name]Just[/name] wondering, but what’s your heritage? Guida, Lamona, and [name]Jerry[/name] sound Italian. I love [name]Ione[/name], [name]Faye[/name], [name]Stella[/name] and [name]Warden[/name]!

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I’m a mutt. These names are from all sides of my family, and the most predominant heritages are:

Irish
[name]German[/name]
English
Native American (had no influence on the names here)
Surprisingly, no Italian to my knowledge! :slight_smile: Funny thing about these names is that the families, for the most part, were from backwoods, isolated towns, and didn’t know the correct pronunciation of the names. [name]Hence[/name] Guida was [name]GUY[/name]-duh rather than GWEE-duh, and [name]Ione[/name] was i-OWN rather than i-OWN-ee.