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Most Uncommon First Names on your Tree
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Lynne | Report | 3 Mar 2006 10:39 |
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I have a Pevoril (m) and a Lettice (f). Lynne |
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Unknown | Report | 3 Mar 2006 10:38 |
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I Have Female.. Annys Hussiah Male.. Jonas Rafe Yearley Also my G.Grandmother was called Douglas Strange for a female I thought?? |
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SueMaid | Report | 3 Mar 2006 10:24 |
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I have a Thirza Jabez Horatio Nelson and Napoleon as a second name that couldn't have been a popular choice!! Susan |
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♫♪ Yvonne from Oz ♫♪ | Report | 3 Mar 2006 05:29 |
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Just looked it up Tryphena is Greek for delicate and is a biblical name. Apostle Pau mentions two Greek ladies Tryphena and Tryphosa. I have Major Bidwell. Imagine calling a child Major! Not really unusual but imaging this poor girl going through life as Pleasance Plightling! Marshall was popular for boys and as a second name for GIRLS on my mums side! Mansfield (m) Ackworth (m) Lancelot (m) William Weir and his surname started with W also. What do some parents think about! Hortence (f) Vonny |
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~¤§ Lara Linga Longa §¤~ | Report | 3 Mar 2006 04:24 |
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Dioclectian , sounds like a medical condition lara |
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Pat- | Report | 3 Mar 2006 03:05 |
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I've got several generations of Melancthon in my tree - named after Phillip Melancthon a contemporary of Martin Luther, but I've got no idea why! |
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Aussieone | Report | 3 Mar 2006 01:53 |
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Hi I am like Rebecca C and I have a Zillah for a female. I also have an Algynon for a male, not sure how uncommon that is but he is the only person I know of with that name, he was my Pop and everyone used to call him Algy. Cheers |
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Huia | Report | 3 Mar 2006 01:50 |
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Just to be different from you lot, I have Huia Tui Riro Tiora. Myself and my sisters. Only the last is uncommon in NZ. Looking at the British b reg index I once saw an Enough. Cant you just picture a woman with dozens of children sayins 'that is ENOUGH' although I suspect it was an alternative spelling for Enoch. |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 3 Mar 2006 00:56 |
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100 years from now, they will have no problem finding me with a name like GERALDINE! How on earth can you look at a tiny little new born and call it GERALDINE? Maybe I was unwanted? lol...all together now....Awwww! Actually i quite like it now I'm 57 but hated it as a kid. Gerri/Geraldine/ Dena/ Geza/even answers to food offering.... |
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Fred (“\(*-*)/”) | Report | 3 Mar 2006 00:40 |
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also got a Tryphena Halford Kilbington Magdalon two Cotton's and a Lettice |
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Brenda | Report | 3 Mar 2006 00:31 |
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Ashwell F x2 Wilmot F Julian F Next is all one family, Jeremiah M Ebenezer M Jesse M Josiah M and then they had plain old William! Must have mislaid their bible when it was his turn to be named. Oh, and I almost forgot about Isott (F). Brenda |
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Lewella | Report | 3 Mar 2006 00:23 |
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I've got a Cinderella and a Kefira (female) and then, of course, there's me, Lewella ! |
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Len of the Chilterns | Report | 3 Mar 2006 00:03 |
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Several males were named Magenage although the spelling differed slightly over the generations. len |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 2 Mar 2006 23:57 |
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I have loads of girls named Medora, m-i-l has one called Magdalene. I wish some of the males had more unusual names - would make them easier to find! Maz. XX |
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Rebecca | Report | 2 Mar 2006 20:29 |
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Here are a few Zillah (f) Violetta Robina (f) Ormond (m) Matthew Jude (my hubby!!) Percival Ignatious, Timothy Aloysius (these two are brothers) Ethelred Simpson (m) - his mothers maiden name Cyrus Etheran Albert Hetherington Dorcas (f) Smedley (m) Caleb (m) Dines (m) Wallace |
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Angela | Report | 2 Mar 2006 20:00 |
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Hubby has Sinah and Garlick I have Trayton, Tolbert, Holvey Euphomia, Tassy, Sassy Angela |
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Jennifer | Report | 2 Mar 2006 19:40 |
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I have a Barzillai in my tree and my husband has a Dodson in his tree. Jenny |
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Fiona aka Ruby | Report | 2 Mar 2006 19:27 |
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Sabre (girl) is the one that springs to mind. |
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Julie | Report | 2 Mar 2006 19:22 |
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Deb I have Chedorlaemer (male) Vicky I have a Dorcas too Julie |
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Dizzy Lizzy 205090 | Report | 2 Mar 2006 18:46 |
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Tryphena x2; Abiel; Nobel; Nelson; Alzeyda Liz x |
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