I’m sure there’s been several posts with this title, but I have failed to find any of them! So, I decided to start yet another. I will post mine below.
Adelindis
Albreda
Bourchier
[name]Cicely[/name]
[name]Elenor[/name]
[name]Elva[/name] [name]Myrtle[/name] [name]Adeline[/name]
Emblem
[name]Emilie[/name] [name]Florentine[/name] [name]Wilhelmine[/name]
[name]Gisele[/name]
[name]Hertha[/name] [name]Anna[/name]
[name]Hester[/name]
[name]Jean[/name] [name]Vilma[/name]
Tamesen
Normandy
Alffaed/Ealflaed
[name]Elgiva[/name] [name]Elfreda[/name] Aaelfgifu/Alfgifu Aelflaed
Aethered
Ealdgyth
Ermentrude
Gerlinde
[name]Hedwig[/name]
[name]Felicitas[/name]
[name]Emilienne[/name]/Emliana/Emiliane
Teutberga
Gwenddline
Matina Boletti
[name]Hephzibah[/name] [name]Mary[/name]
Adaltrude
[name]Amey[/name] [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Dorice[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
Eadweard
Guelph
Ketel
[name]Roy[/name] Masterman
[name]Romney[/name]
Athelstan
Eadwig
Waltheof
Adalbert
Luitfried/Luitfrid
Theitbaldus
Cynaethwy
Guillame
Ebalus Manzer Bastard
Gauzlin
[name]Herbert[/name] [name]Marquis[/name]
[name]Hugues[/name]
[name]Theobald[/name]
[name]Prince[/name]
Crinan
Andrious [name]Christian[/name]
To be continued…
Men:
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Bazil[/name]
Paulus
[name]Mordecai[/name]
[name]Rees[/name]
[name]Ulf[/name]
[name]Knut[/name]
[name]Henrik[/name]
[name]Erland[/name]
[name]Goran[/name]
[name]Valentine[/name]
[name]Jean[/name]
Wolfert
[name]Jan[/name]
Arenot
Barent
Berenstan
[name]Eustace[/name]
[name]Giles[/name]
[name]Humphrey[/name]
Tunison
[name]Joris[/name]
[name]Dirck[/name]
[name]Cornelis[/name]
Tilmann
[name]Theobald[/name]
[name]Jenkins[/name]
Maturin
Asaph
[name]Jabez[/name]
Hatevil
[name]Comfort[/name]
To be continued for the women
Women:
Doratha
[name]America[/name]
[name]Narcissus[/name]
Appellonia
[name]Constant[/name]
[name]Birgitta[/name]
Annetje
Claesje
Jenneken
Geertje
Lysbet
[name]Annora[/name]
Ankaret
[name]Petronella[/name]
Gwenllian
Basita
Hawise
[name]Emeline[/name]
Amicici
Marytie
Aeltie
Mindwell
[name]Dorcas[/name]
Oh! I just went through my whole family tree a couple of weeks back!! Many beautiful names, [name]Jane[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] really stuck out, swoon, but my two most interesting finds were:
Everlee [name]Faith[/name] and [name]Vivia[/name] [name]Grace[/name]… umm… I actually kind of love them!
I started a list not long ago. Some of these are only on here because they were used so much…
Men:
[name]Bartholomew[/name]
Bowling
[name]Boyd[/name]
[name]Chester[/name]
Cosby
Donhue (no idea why his parents dropped the “a”)
[name]Earl[/name] (I was surprised to see this one being used as far back as the 1700s)
[name]Enoch[/name]
[name]Erastus[/name]
[name]Foster[/name]
[name]Godfrey[/name]
[name]Green[/name]
Hachaliah
[name]Hamilton[/name]
[name]Hamlet[/name]
[name]Hardy[/name]
[name]Harmon[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Holmes[/name] (I would jump on this one for the [name]Sherlock[/name] connection if it wasn’t so far back…)
Irby
[name]Isham[/name]
[name]Jackson[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name]/[name]Jessie[/name]
Layfette (instead of [name]Lafayette[/name])
[name]Lemuel[/name]
Liptrot (originated as a family surname; I think it’s hilarious)
[name]Mace[/name]
[name]Madison[/name]
McLemore
[name]Murphy[/name]
[name]Newton[/name]
[name]Ransom[/name] ([name]Matthew[/name] 20:28 is on his headstone, which I’m assuming is where his name came from)
[name]Seaborn[/name] (this one trended in the mid to late 1800s… no idea why)
Sledge
[name]Tyre[/name] (pronounced like “tire,” but their accents turned it into “[name]Tyra[/name]”)
[name]Wiley[/name]
[name]Wilson[/name]
Women:
[name]Aurelia[/name]
[name]Belle[/name] (this and [name]Pearl[/name] win the award for most frequently used in a double name)
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Della[/name]
[name]Etta[/name]
[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Exa[/name]
Inerree (absolutely no idea where this one came from)
[name]Lavena[/name] (never [name]Lavinia[/name])
[name]Leona[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Mittie[/name]
[name]Orpha[/name]
Parthema ([name]Parthenia[/name]?)
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Talitha[/name]
[name]Theodosia[/name]
Therath (related to [name]Theresa[/name] somehow, maybe?)
Most of my family names are rather generic standard names (lots of [name]Margaret[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Charles[/name], [name]William[/name])
A few interesting ones:
[name]Male[/name]: [name]Carroll[/name], [name]Rudolf[/name], [name]Chester[/name], [name]Edgar[/name], Henschen, [name]Conrad[/name], [name]Solomon[/name], Jaro, [name]Martin[/name]
Female: Several Phoebes (love), [name]Malinda[/name], [name]Myra[/name], [name]Josefine[/name], [name]Henrietta[/name]
These are the less common ones, but not all of them are good!
Female:
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]
[name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Minnie[/name]
[name]Rhea[/name] (pronounced [name]Ree[/name]-uh, not [name]Ray[/name]…unfortunately.)
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Edna[/name]
[name]Missouri[/name] (as a middle name, thank goodness, but still - YUCK!)
[name]Robinette[/name] (also a middle name, but may have been her last name before she was adopted.)
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Etta[/name]
[name]Cecelia[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Male[/name]:
[name]Ford[/name]
[name]Jonas[/name]
[name]Lorenz[/name]
Adelmon
[name]Wilbur[/name]
[name]Eugene[/name]
[name]Maurice[/name]
[name]Atlee[/name]
[name]Elmer[/name]
Alexandor (spelled like this, I think it’s correct in [name]Easter[/name] Europe. He was called Shandor as a nickname.)