A Rose by any Other Name…
Woman in the Middle | June 28, 2016I have been going through my family tree, checking out hints and finding bits of information, such as birth records and census information, to add. For some reason, this time the weird names were popping out at me. In addition to a healthy number of Johns and Williams and Elizabeths and Marthas, there were some very interesting names. I am sure my girls are glad I didn’t mine the old family tree for their first names.
First off there were folks nameed James and Raymond. This seems very normal, except they were women! And here Blake Lively thought she was being innovative by naming her daughter James. Sorry, My great great great grandparents were way ahead of you!
Some other more feminine but still unusual names included Neva, Leda, Tinie, Elnora, Vida Lee, Omie, and Melvinia.
Three men in my family had the unusual monikers of Ayera, Uriah, and Ira.
But my hands down favorite was dear Wilkinora Wilkinson. She must have been relived to marry and become Wilkinora Godwin. Really, what were her parents thinking? I don’t care if it was the 19th century, there really was no excuse!
Tell me if here are any unusual names in your family tree!
Not that I can think of and I just went and checked a bit on Brother’s Keeper and nope couldn’t find any weird names
I had an ancestor named Dorcas. When I was growing up, we called a person a dorcas when s/he said or did something foolish.