Unusual Ancestors' Names

General Name Discussion
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I have found some very unusual names on my family tree. Some of the ones I’ve found are probably common in other countries, but many of the ones in this list are from my American and English lines :

Alitha
[name_f]Benetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f]
[name_f]Fenella[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvira[/name_f]
[name_f]Permelia[/name_f]
Godsgrace
Verale

[name_u]Salmon[/name_u]
Aqulia
[name_m]Nahum[/name_m]
Champion [name_m]Spaulding[/name_m] (had to give the full name!)
Ithmar
[name_m]Moody[/name_m]
[name_m]Mahlon[/name_m]
Vardaman
[name_m]Elbridge[/name_m]
[name_m]Runyon[/name_m]
Morrill

Anyone else have interesting names in their family tree?

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{these are just first and middle names - for the sake of privacy. :)}

[name_f]Jennie[/name_f] Fontella {she went by Fontella - I don’t even know where they got that. :D}
[name_f]Wilma[/name_f] [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f] [name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f] [name_u]Jesse[/name_u] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavera[/name_f] [name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_m]Merton[/name_m] [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Washington[/name_m]
[name_f]Donna[/name_f] [name_f]Fay[/name_f]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_m]Clayton[/name_m]

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I had a [name_m]Ronald[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] and a [name_m]Donald[/name_m] [name_m]McDonald[/name_m] (brothers) from my Scottish lines. They are the ones that make me laugh the most :stuck_out_tongue:

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I have a few interesting ones. Some more interesting than others…

Male:
[name_m]Rudolph[/name_m]
[name_m]Felton[/name_m]
Bedal
[name_m]Thos[/name_m]
Salathiel
[name_m]Jeptha[/name_m]

Female:
Berma
[name_f]Melvina[/name_f]
Therlene
[name_f]Maybell[/name_f]
Gleemer (what?)
Zenobra
Arzula

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On my dad’s side there’s:

[name_u]Theophile[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_m]Norbert[/name_m]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]

On my mum’s side:

[name_f]Rita[/name_f]
[name_f]Eunice[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_m]Dudley[/name_m]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] mom’s great-grandmother was named [name_f]Orpha[/name_f] Orwick.

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What an interesting thread! From my own family tree, with the year of birth…

FEMALE: Caldona (1860), Dicey (1806), [name_f]Jennie[/name_f] [name_f]Reva[/name_f] (1911), [name_f]Lovina[/name_f] (1831), Moda (1913), [name_f]Sophronia[/name_f] (1845), [name_f]Zelma[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] (1924).

MALE: Greenberry (1835), [name_m]Hoy[/name_m] (1917), [name_m]Jeptha[/name_m] [name_m]Jefferson[/name_m] (1811), [name_m]Lafayette[/name_m] (1870), [name_f]Pleasant[/name_f] (1844), Zeblin (1712).