i was recently going through our family trees and geneology records and was fascinated by some of the names in there! i thought it would be fun to have a thread to post names we find in our family trees and a story behind them if you know. Some of the ones i discovered were [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Ester[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Edna[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], Mayce, [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], [name_f]Myra[/name_f], [name_f]Fanny[/name_f], [name_f]Lottie[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m], [name_m]Herbert[/name_m] (will not be using this one!) [name_f]Eunice[/name_f], [name_f]Hilda[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], [name_f]Phyllis[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Marjory[/name_f], [name_u]Percy[/name_u], [name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_f]Amber[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Bronwyn[/name_f], Chorley, [name_f]Carolynne[/name_f], [name_f]Minnie[/name_f], [name_f]Selina[/name_f], [name_m]Heath[/name_m], [name_f]Nola[/name_f], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Winnie[/name_f], [name_f]Flo[/name_f], [name_f]Ethel[/name_f], [name_u]Ray[/name_u], [name_f]Dot[/name_f], Bennick, [name_m]Ewen[/name_m], [name_f]Bernice[/name_f], [name_f]Gladys[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_u]Jean[/name_u], [name_f]Yvonne[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Roslyn[/name_f], [name_f]Beverly[/name_f], [name_f]Doris[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Etain[/name_f], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], Uty, [name_m]Ernest[/name_m], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_m]Reginald[/name_m], [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f],[name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_u]Kirby[/name_u], [name_f]Glynis[/name_f], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], and [name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
Then there are the unusual ones - [name_u]Winter[/name_u], [name_f]Zena[/name_f], [name_f]Bunny[/name_f], [name_m]Major[/name_m], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f], [name_f]Lilias[/name_f], [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m], [name_f]Hedley[/name_f], Valentine, Oddity, Chrysomer, Dulciebella and [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]!
i was interested to discover i must have some [name_m]French[/name_m] as names like [name_m]Pierre[/name_m], Lucosse, [name_m]Phillipe[/name_m], [name_u]Jean[/name_u], [name_f]Jehanne[/name_f] ect. kept popping up
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_u]Ollie[/name_u]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_f]Audra[/name_f]
[name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Sallie[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
Mine is pretty tame though [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m], [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], and [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] stand out.
I’m jealous of a couple middles in my husband’s family tree: Abercrombie and [name_m]Lancelot[/name_m].
@brandiemwg [name_f]Karen[/name_f], [name_f]Mae[/name_f] and [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] are really nice!
@primbutcher i love [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]!
There’s some very Welsh names in my family tree, although I’m not completly sure how I’m related to all of these.
[name_f]Blodwen[/name_f]
Heulwen “[name_f]Eila[/name_f]” (pronounced like [name_f]Isla[/name_f]) (my great-grandmother)
Myrddin
Gwenfron
[name_f]Angharad[/name_f] (cousin, age 21)
Tyfenn (cousin, age 10. This name is actually [name_m]Breton[/name_m], which is very similar to Welsh.)
Dillwyn & Collwyn (twin brothers, who married twin sisters.)
I have Czech, Swiss, [name_m]German[/name_m] and Bulgarian heritage so my family tree is a mix of crazy unusual names!
Bulgarian names: Mitko, [name_f]Tinka[/name_f], Dafina
Czech names: Zdenek, Kvetuše, [name_f]Sonya[/name_f], Vaclav, [name_m]Vladimir[/name_m], Jaroslav, [name_f]Ludmila[/name_f]
[name_m]German[/name_m]: [name_m]Josef[/name_m], [name_m]Franz[/name_m], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Elise[/name_f], [name_f]Katharina[/name_f], [name_u]Auguste[/name_u], [name_f]Berta[/name_f], [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Konrad[/name_m], Erwine, [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_m]Jakob[/name_m], [name_f]Antonia[/name_f], [name_m]Friedrich[/name_m], [name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Rainer[/name_m], [name_f]Monika[/name_f], [name_f]Anita[/name_f], [name_f]Veronika[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m], [name_f]Annemarie[/name_f], [name_f]Brigitta[/name_f],
Special ones: Krescentia, [name_m]Jost[/name_m], Bernhardine
Names that I could see myself using or honoring: [name_f]Anita[/name_f], [name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f] (inspired by [name_f]Katharina[/name_f]), Veranika (I hate the [name_m]German[/name_m] pronunciation of [name_f]Veronika[/name_f] but the Russian version is beautiful), [name_f]Sonya[/name_f], Kveta, [name_m]Vladimir[/name_m], [name_f]Sonya[/name_f], [name_f]Alexa[/name_f]/[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] (inspired by [name_m]Friedrich[/name_m]), [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m], [name_f]Bridget[/name_f] (Inspired by [name_f]Brigitta[/name_f]), [name_m]Henry[/name_m] (inspired by [name_m]Heinrich[/name_m])
[name_m]Hampton[/name_m] / [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] / [name_m]Jethro[/name_m] / [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Manuel[/name_m] / [name_m]Lawton[/name_m] / [name_u]Claude[/name_u] / [name_m]Clyde[/name_m] / [name_m]Burl[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] / [name_m]Watson[/name_m] / [name_m]Leo[/name_m] / [name_u]Curtis[/name_u] / [name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_f]Effie[/name_f] / [name_f]Bonita[/name_f] / [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] / [name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] / [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] / [name_f]Cricket[/name_f] / [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
Tennia / [name_m]Archie[/name_m]-[name_f]Belle[/name_f] / [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] / [name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Noe[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_f]Trinity[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Indira[/name_f]
[name_f]Noa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f]
[name_f]Annina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f]
[name_u]Rocio[/name_u]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Renee[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Paula[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
Some that stood out to me from my mom’s family tree:
[name_f]Wyoming[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u]
[name_f]Pocahontas[/name_f] [name_f]Mariah[/name_f] (my little sister is named [name_f]Mariah[/name_f] after her)
Everie
[name_f]Ada[/name_f] (my great grandma and grandma)
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m] (my pop-pop)
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
I’m sure there’s more!