Cool Names I Found in my Family Tree
Girls (1600-2000)
Ada
Agnis
Amelia Patience
Angel Rose
Annunziata
Carmel
Charlotte Rose
Christabel
Clarice Margueritta
Babette
Dolorosa
Dorothea
Drucilla
Elethea
Elivie
Ellen Eliza Emma
Elma
Elmaziye
Elsie May
Enaid Christiana
Ernestine
Esma Rae
Esther May
Ettie Selena
Euphemia Florinelle
Florinelle
Garnet
Georgiana
Harley
Hazel
Ibidah
Ilma Mavis
Ingeborg Martha
Irma Norine
Ivy
Jessamine
Johannah
Kady Ellouise
Keitha
Keturah
Lalage
Lavina
Lavinia
Loretta Jane
Lorna Cora
Lucretia
Mariae
Meilonai
Mena
Mina Fergus
Minetta
Moudwena
Moya Grace
Myrtle
Patience Tess
Queenie
Roma
Rosina
Sadie
Saxby
Scarlett
Sibell
Sidney
Sofhia
Storm Tiernan
Syble
Sydney
Tabitha
Theodosia
Valerie St. Barbe Olive
Viva
Zena Honor
Boys (1600-2000)
Abraham
Arane
Augustus
Away
Balthazard
Cecil
Christmass
Clen
Cornelius
Dugple
Ebenezer
Elmer
Elwin
Esmond
Ezra
Gabriel
Gold
Hamilton
Harley
Heath
Jessamine (yes, for a boy)
Kessell
Kirwan
Lorimer
Lyall
Maximillian
McCarthy
Mervyn
Mortague
Nine
Redfold
Reuben
Rex
Roscoe
Sapper Jon
Sylvester Silvester (yes, both of them)
Thelbert
Wilner Edevin
Zornig
Place names (1600-2000)
Bishop’s Nympton
Bishop’s Tachbrook
Cowbridge
Fifehead Magdalen
Freshwater
Inglewood
Rookwood
Seasalter
Ugborough
Sibsets (1600-2000)
Ernest, Edith, Edward & Ezra
Nicknames (1600-2000)
Biddy
Bundah
Buneye
Jackaroo
Kangaroo Jim
Lallibob
Marmii
Mooley
Old Ibidah
Peg Leg
Sprucy Jim
Ten Bob
Tim (girl; real name Mary Jane)
Yellow George
Surnames (1600-2000)
Bible
Birch
Boggess
Carelesse
Chalice
Collie
Cotton
Cuttabush
Eagle
Haylock
Hide
Hood
Lammas
Lillicrap
Lovelock
Malpass
Moase
Peniston-Bird
Quill
Scarle
Smelt
Smy
Spraggon
Squillacioti
Starlinge
Story
Stronge
Sweet
Sweetland
Tansey
Tighe
Tolleday
Verboom
Welfear
Write
Zitzow
Full names (1600-2000)
Alice Sweetland
Away Sevil
Baby Wriggler Fuller (died <1yo)
Balthazard Borel
Cora Feathers
Dorothy Dupp
Joan Jolliffe
Mary Dicks
Patience Tess Tansey
Rose Hills
Staverton Steversonne
Tara-Lee Fuller-Taylor
Ursula Wade
Girls (PRe-1600)
Alline
Annae
Annam
Annis
Anys
Brilliana
Christiana
Cissley
Clemence
Dorotheia
Dory
Eleonora
Elizabetha
Elsabeth
Friset
Fryzwithe
Hermine
Isabellae
Isbell
Jana
Jone
Julianam
Mercy
Mersye
Peternell
Tabitha
Thamsyn
Wilmoth
Boys (PRe-1600)
Beniamin
Frannciscus
Georgii
Gregorge
Haniball
Helwyn
Hezekiah
Johis
Michaelis
Nehemiah
Pentecost
Richardum
Richardus
Syarach / Syorach
Sydzach
Symon
Wyllam
Surnames (PRe-1600)
Badley
Batt
Bread
Diaper
Edborrow
Garlifforde
Garliverd
Godfertie
Pitwood
Sartayne
Tincey
Tredewolfe
Tyrrye
Vycarie
Wylkyn
Full names (PRe-1600)
Ann Birch Starling
Betty Birch
Dorothy Batt
Dorothy Dupp
Elizabeth Bread Breade
Hezekiah Diaper
Jane Starling
Martha Marley Heath
Nathaniel North
Pentecost Doddridge
Syarach Love
Valentyne Snowe