Crazy names from your family tree

LuckyNumber16 · January 2014

Speaking of baby names...I've been looking to my family tree (I'm an ancestry.com addict) for ideas, and my ancestors and some names I am HARDLY fond of. Apparently Dorcas was a very popular girls name in the late 18th/early 19th centuries. I thought my fan was weird when I saw Dorcas popping up all over my tree bit apparently this hideous name was pretty ordinary. Queen and Princess are also in my family tree. I had one relative who named all their sons after presidents (with the last name as the middle name): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson.

ellaef1984 · January 2014

Handy Commodore is one from my mothers family. Strange! Swannie is another.

Lawgrl04 · January 2014

I also found some interesting family names on ancestry.com. "Cotton" is in my family tree (a man's name). Also, there are a few "William Cole" ancestors. I thought that name is really cool (first name William, middle name Cole), but then I realized his initials would be "W.C." That is the abbreviation for public bathroom here in Switzerland, so that is NOT going to work!

MandMLeona · January 2014

Dick was my great grandfathers first name. He was named after a Richard who went by Dick and when they said they wanted to name their baby after him he said fine but my name isn't Richard it's Dick...so they named their baby Dick. Wouldn't you reconsider at that point?

cashews29 · January 2014

I honestly don't know that much about my family tree, outside of my great-grandparents. My mom and grandmother are both named "Irma" though, and apparently my grandma was really sad that my mom didn't name me Irma too. Thanks, mom!

Wil08 · January 2014

flinton said:

My first american settled relative from Germany was named Valentine. The rest are pretty common names. We do have a Rosalie, Emmett, Edward, Isabella and Alice all in different generations though.

If only there was a Jasper, you would have the entire Twilight crew.

chase16 · January 2014

My grsnfathers name was Roderick Upton. Not super weird, but very stuffy sounding

Raclla · January 2014

Gerita. There are two. One went by Rita. No clue how someone came up with it. Bathsheba is on my H side.

salsy2012 · January 2014

My grandpas name was Howard Whitmore. Not really insane, but definitely kind of hoity toity sounding.

bcbuzzafsu · January 2014

I have a Wilhelmina and an Archibald on one side. The other side is fresh off the boat from Italy so the only one I know of is a Sylvester.

Wil08 · January 2014

We have a lot of old Southern names from my grandparents: Dolphe, Nobe, Geoff, Imogene, Ine, Nelly, Clyde, Minor. My favorite is my grandfathers middle name, which is my middle name, which is on our list, Leighton.

ohshenaniganz · January 2014

There are three sets of fratenal twins all named fannie and francis so bizarre I myself was a twin and am very pleased my mother stopped that tradition

ohshenaniganz · January 2014

There are three sets of fratenal twins all named fannie and francis so bizarre I myself was a twin and am very pleased my mother stopped that tradition

ohshenaniganz · January 2014

There are three sets of fratenal twins all named fannie and francis so bizarre I myself was a twin and am very pleased my mother stopped that tradition

missmiss307 · January 2014

My maternal grandmother's name is Montez. One of DH's grandmothers was Alzalee. DH also has an Uncle Grover.

schnookee · January 2014

We have a Fanny, Milton, Izzy (boy), Leslie (boy), Sol, Bessie, Tillie, Henrietta and Freda

BrittRMere · January 2014

My grandpa's name was Shirley. His brother's name is Lacey. Apparently I also had a great uncle (?) named Wandle.

happylady07 · January 2014

One of my great aunts made a family tree years ago that goes back to the 1800s... There are some possibly usable girls names, but the name that takes the cake for awkward is, wait for it...

Napoleon Bonaparte (last name).

It's important for you to know that this side of the family was dirt poor southern hillbillies who had a history of retreating further into the country whenever a war/draft was looming.

Regufsevolem · January 2014

My grandmothers name was Sigrid.

tamarar5 · January 2014

There are several Jerushas in my family tree. For men it's Stanley, Ira, Storey, and Chauncy. I even have a Storey Storey (furst and last) born in the 1600s in my tree.

tarynkim · January 2014

Clerf definitely takes the cake on our family tree :-/

Beedeck · January 2014

Elsie, Harold, Harley and Signey

Nuclearcupcake · January 2014

I have a Francis, a La Rue and a Corlene. DHs side has Hendriena and Mardonna as his grandmothers. I love my Abuelas name Marita.

Bstop · January 2014

Not necessarily in my family tree but it almost was. When my mom was pregnant with me if they had a boy my dad intended on naming him Baton Cullpepper.

tealowl · January 2014

Both sides of my family are Swedish, so theres some interesting names. My maternal grandparents were Karna and Oscar Leroy, my great grandma was Hilma. There was also a Signe, which is a name I really like!

rstarrlemaitre · January 2014

My great-grandmother's sister was Statira. I've never heard of the name anywhere else

GenieGG · January 2014

Love this thread! Ebenezer, Laurentius, Mortimer, Flavel are a few of mine!

Poppy1985 · January 2014

Agnes Philomena, I actually really like it but couldn't bring myself to name my baby Agnes.

MrsMonsterInMyCloset · January 2014

I had a great-great uncle named George Washington Bedell.

FloridaLady · January 2014

I had a relative named Richard Quintus Richards. And I think the name has been carried for at least four generations now

Hilee18 · January 2014

Thorinius (Terrinius is how it's pronounced). I have a 2nd cousin Jezebel (who had a "rep" and was a teen mom).

My nephews have different names but they have meaning.

vanillajen · January 2014

My grandpa's name is Harvey, which is pretty bad. However, my husband's grandpa's name was Enis. *snicker* Junior High had to have been brutal!

FrodaBaggins · January 2014

Agnes, Nyanza, Broome - we have a few gems!

LuckyNumber16 · January 2014

Raclla said:
Gerita. There are two. One went by Rita. No clue how someone came up with it. Bathsheba is on my H side.

We also have a Bathsheba!

ItsGreen · January 2014

My three times great grandmother (and adulterer) is Concepita. My three times great grandfather was the first to comes to the US on that side of the family when he divorced her in Italy and moved the US with his boys. His name is Biago.

wilcogirl · June 2014

Personalized Family Tree print! This is a great baby shower gift that I got for my neighbor. Absolutely beautiful! edited by mod for spam

bkcgraham · June 2014

My dad was very upset that DH would not go for some of his family name - Walker, Montgomery or Ward. To be honest I didn't push for any of them:)

salsy2012 · June 2014

Zombie thread! Why?!

mikescutie7 · June 2014

I have a male ancestor named Pleasant

forevermyfenix · June 2014

All of these old timey names

I haven't looked too much into ancestry but I don't have to go too far to find some *ahem* interesting names.

We have a Diesel, Elektra, and Americus on my side. They're like 3rd cousins and I dont really know them personally. My dad wanted to name me Celestia and my mom nixed that one real quick. I swear my family is not a bunch of strippers...

lburkey21 · June 2014

My grandfather's name was Hyman. DH's grandfather's name was Adolf.

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