Walk through the family tree...

General Name Discussion
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My husband and I thought it would be charming to middle name our future children after some of our ancestors. We compiled a list of the most interesting or unique names from our family tree.
What do you think should be the top two for each gender?

[name]Male[/name] Names:
[name]Commodore[/name]
[name]Norman[/name]
[name]Casper[/name]
Goedtmann
[name]Hans[/name]
[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]Johann[/name]
Elishas
Aloysuis
Wyley

Female Names:
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Hester[/name]
[name]Alma[/name]
[name]Pauline[/name]
Curilla
[name]Lavina[/name]
Tempa
[name]Jemima[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Holland[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Barbara[/name]

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[name]Hi[/name], what wonderful names! The following are my favorites:

[name]Male[/name] Names:
[name]Norman[/name]
[name]Abraham[/name]

Female Names:
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]

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Top 2 [name]Male[/name] Names:
[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]Aloysius[/name]

Top 2 Female Names:
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]

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[name]Aloysius[/name] & [name]Johann[/name]

[name]Holland[/name] & [name]Alma[/name]

Great names!

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[name]Casper[/name] & [name]Abraham[/name], [name]Jemima[/name] & [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]LOVE[/name] [name]Casper[/name] and [name]Jemima[/name] :slight_smile:

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[name]Abraham[/name] and Wyley
[name]Hester[/name] and [name]Holland[/name]

Some of the boys names seem hard to spell/pronounce (but doesn’t really matter since it’s a mn) and some of the girls names seem like regular old middle names ([name]Louisa[/name], [name]Barbara[/name]) - not connected to family. I chose ones that really stuck out to me as family names.

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That’s a good point. Maybe we should choose the more unique ones since it makes them seem almost more special.

I agree with you guys about:
[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]Aloysius[/name] <- Every generation of my grandma’s family has a younger brother named this. They call him Al for short :wink:

Holland <- I love this too, but I’m concerned it may sound sing-songy with our last name of Brand
Louisa
Jemima <- The last name does this one in too. I really like the name and can almost get away from the famous syrup until you throw in the last name. :frowning: Sigh.