I’ll have to go back and check, but right now [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Estella[/name_f] comes to mind (great grandmother), and also there was a [name_u]Dusty[/name_u] somewhere back in the line, last name Shipp. There was a [name_m]Magnus[/name_m], and an [name_u]Inge[/name_u], too, and a Daisy Pearl.
Here’s what I can think of:
-Doramae
-[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Faye[/name_f], and [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
-[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] (funny, because he was Methodist, but [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] is a family name!)
-[name_m]Weston[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m]
-[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f] [name_f]Gail[/name_f]
-[name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], and [name_f]Opal[/name_f]
-[name_f]Annamae[/name_f], [name_f]Christine[/name_f], [name_f]Mari[/name_f] [name_f]Lois[/name_f], [name_m]Philip[/name_m], and [name_m]David[/name_m]
-[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] [name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
-[name_f]Nina[/name_f] [name_f]Jill[/name_f]
Just skimmed back over my paternal line! The more recent ones are pretty common, but if the records are to be believed there’s old royalty, so old ones are documented pretty well. Some I thought were fun
[name_f]Sebra[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] (b. 1770s)
[name_f]Eidith[/name_f]
Dowce (b. 1521)
Hamlett
[name_m]Robt[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] VII, supposedly
[name_m]Owain[/name_m]
Then it gets a bit weird with [name_m]Maredudd[/name_m] ?? [name_m]Dafydd[/name_m], [name_f]Arddun[/name_f], Goronwy, Morfydd, Ithel and Ithael, Tibod, Meuric, Ednyfed, [name_f]Gwenllian[/name_f], Cynwirg, [name_f]Angharad[/name_f], Lorwerth, Hwfa, [name_m]Madog[/name_m] (really actually supposed to be Mad Dog, according to family lore), Rhydd, Gwrgan, Lleucu, Enflew, [name_m]Hywel[/name_m], Arthfael, Brawstud, Glowd, Gwriad, Ceingar, it goes on. Unfortunately, the female names are scarcer, with a lot of ‘wife of’ instead of names. I just followed some random lines, lol. But there is a million [name_m]Williams[/name_m].
I’m very curious about the name [name_u]Orange[/name_u]! Another user posted an [name_u]Orange[/name_u] in their family too. I’m going to look into this.
A couple more uncommon from
[name_f]My[/name_f] side: [name_f]Thora[/name_f], [name_f]Olga[/name_f], [name_f]Thelma[/name_f]
Husband’s: [name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
Priscilla
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisse[/name_f]
Berthie (f)
[name_m]Hagan[/name_m] (f)
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]
Essabella
Fredna
Millilda - not even a name??
Bithynia B. Buckby - okay, this one is my favourite!
[name_f]Zillah[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamar[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosetta[/name_f]
Lettuce
Thanks! The [name_m]Seaborn[/name_m] I’m related to was actually born at sea on the voyage from [name_f]England[/name_f] to [name_u]America[/name_u], there’s another boy in the tree named [name_m]Oceanus[/name_m] who was also named after the fact that he was born at sea. I definitely get wanting to memorialise that, imagine giving birth on a boat .
What I find funny is that [name_m]Seaborn[/name_m] and [name_m]Oceanus[/name_m]’s siblings have very common names my direct ancestors are [name_m]Seaborn[/name_m]’s sister [name_u]Maria[/name_u] and [name_m]Oceanus[/name_m]’s sister [name_f]Constance[/name_f].
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