Unusual Family Names

General Name Discussion
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Combing through my extended family tree, I’ve found a few unusual names. Which ones do you like, if any?

Personally the oddest one for me was [name_m]Anchor[/name_m] b[/b], but there were a good ten or so women named this, so it must have been popular within the family!

MALE
[name_m]Abiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]
Amaraiah
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
Bonham
[name_m]Brick[/name_m]
[name_m]DeLos[/name_m]
Eccles
[name_m]Ewald[/name_m]
[name_m]Isom[/name_m]
Kalo
Lodewyk
[name_m]Luuk[/name_m]
[name_m]Milton[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriah[/name_m]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Wheeler[/name_m]

FEMALE
Agnietje
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_m]Anchor[/name_m]
Avasontisia
Belletje
Breece
Bregje
Catalyntje
[name_f]Charisma[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarinda[/name_f]
Darley
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_u]Ivah[/name_u]
[name_f]Jerusha[/name_f]
Kizzih
[name_f]Lavena[/name_f]
[name_f]Marlys[/name_f]
[name_f]Nettie[/name_f]
[name_f]Petrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Selma[/name_f]
Tanneken
Tenjeigetze
Trintje
[name_f]Temperance[/name_f]
Unia
[name_f]Verda[/name_f]
Weltha
Zelletta
Zeruiah

(Also if anyone knows how to pronounce some of these, like Trintje or Belletje, which I believe are Dutch, let me know!)

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I really like [name_m]Amos[/name_m] and [name_m]Virgil[/name_m], they would make great middle names.
I like [name_f]Alma[/name_f], too (I have it in one of my combos)

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[name_f]Alma[/name_f] is so pretty, but it’s a family name in recent history. I don’t think I’d quite get away with it. I’m generally not into honoring names but it would feel like I was honoring her (my great aunt). Which … doesn’t make a ton of sense as we don’t see each other that often, even though I find her pleasant. But as to some of the others, they would make for some interesting choices. I am fond of [name_m]Amos[/name_m].

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For males, I really only like [name_m]Amos[/name_m], [name_m]Absalom[/name_m], and [name_m]Uriah[/name_m]. For females, I only like [name_f]Temperance[/name_f] and [name_u]Ivah[/name_u] (never heard of [name_u]Ivah[/name_u] before but I actually really like the sound of it!). Definitely many interesting names on the list! One of the perks of researching family trees is that you oftentimes do find such names :slight_smile: