Thanks to my mother, I have had a bit of a morbid/creepy habit since I was little. I tend to go through the multiple graveyards by my home, and try to memorize/record all the interesting/nice combinations I see. The graveyard behind my house has been pretty well full since the 1990’s, and the youngest person with a plot there, was born in 1942, so the names are somewhat historic.
I went through said graveyard this morning, and recorded the 767 names that I managed to read (many of the stones are over 125 years old, so quite a few are broken, difficult to read, etc). This is what I’ve found.
The following are more out there choices that stood out to me;
[name_f]Velma[/name_f]
[name_m]Erland[/name_m] (brother of [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f])
[name_u]Dell[/name_u]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Orton[/name_m]
[name_u]Lorne[/name_u]
[name_f]Lovina[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Fannie[/name_f]
Welford
[name_m]Lafayette[/name_m] (boy)
[name_f]Jannette[/name_f]
[name_f]Elma[/name_f] [name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Elgin[/name_m]
[name_u]Emery[/name_u] (boy)
Baptist (boy)
Service [name_m]Alonzo[/name_m]
[name_f]Azuba[/name_f]
[name_f]Zillah[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurilla[/name_f]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_f]Angeline[/name_f]
Florala
[name_f]Ilah[/name_f] (girl)
Ezilpha
[name_m]Bradford[/name_m]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Aretta[/name_f] (went by [name_f]Aretta[/name_f])
[name_f]Belinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Almina[/name_f]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
Sutherland
[name_f]Lenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f]
[name_f]Evva[/name_f]
[name_u]Bentley[/name_u]
Adaliza
[name_f]Verna[/name_f] [name_f]Marietta[/name_f]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u] LaPierre (boy)
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] Uella
[name_f]Reba[/name_f] Uella
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
Etoil
[name_f]Alvina[/name_f]
Gregston
[name_m]Stanton[/name_m]
[name_f]Ellenor[/name_f]
[name_f]Jerusha[/name_f]
[name_f]Selen[/name_f] (g)
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Erastus[/name_m]
[name_m]Justus[/name_m]
[name_m]Hervey[/name_m]
[name_f]Albertha[/name_f]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_f]Hellen[/name_f] (more [name_f]Hellen[/name_f]'s than [name_f]Helen[/name_f]'s)
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
Ora
Elcy
Largare (g)
Edda (b)
Elda (g)
Georganna
Henreetta
Elsy
Celia
Celinda
Aledia
Rosella
Rex
Seppie
Jeanettie
Florenline (b)
Sophronia
Minerva
Nanetta
Marilla
Mary Lazella
Almena
Alvah (b)
Letta
Marietta
Omri
Rosamond
Winning Combinations (for me):
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Virtue[/name_f] ([name_f]Virtue[/name_f] was her mother’s maiden name)
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Malvina[/name_f]
[name_u]Allie[/name_u] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_u]Emery[/name_u] [name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f] Olleada
[name_f]Christiana[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] [name_u]Blake[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Minnie[/name_f] [name_f]Martha[/name_f]
Elizabeth Amy
Edith Maude
Rosa Annie
Harriett Cordelia
Violet Irene
If anyone is curious in seeing the full lists, PM me and I can email them
Hoping to do part 2 this weekend!