name just found on DH's family tree...

magpie1127

Just found via ancestry.com: Ferne Viola ___

magpie1127

This would be his great, great grandmother, so she was born in the late 1800's in Nebraska/South Dakota.

I'm LOVING ancestry.com. (no this is not an advertisement, lol). I learned that my father's family has been living in the city of Chicago for six generations, how cool is that? Other names I've found:

Martha

Hattie

Ernest

Maggie and Margaret (my own name) 

Grace

Allien (who picked that spelling)

Isabelle

Alice

Vanna

So much fun! 

MrsTBird

Ooh, I love Ferne!! It's so beautiful!

mrebecca

I love Fern, but DH hates it.
I really it with Viola also, but I don't much care for Viola.

led2009

Thumbs down for me. Fern is my grandma's name and she drives me NUTS. Maybe without that association I would like it better. I do like the Ferne spelling.

ericalee27

Oh, Ferne is super cute!

this decaf life

LOVE it.

LaurelBee

Cute! I have an Ivalue in my family and I've always liked the name

queenbone

I adore Fern! Not a big fan of that superfluous E though.

PrincessFiona9

I did the free trial on ancestry.com last year and found some really cool names. I honestly don't remember a lot of the more interesting ones now though.

ETA: I just logged into my tree. The crazy names were Bezaleel, and Burleigh (males) and Luella (Female.)

The classic names I loved are Margaret, Harriet, Eliza, Cora, Josephine, Louise, Scott, Charles, Alexander, Elaine...

MiddleNameGrace

Love, love, love it.  Fern(e) is a gorgeous name that always reminds me of the little girl from Charlotte's Web.  Use it!