Interesting names and a question

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I have been doing research on my family tree and came across the following interesting family names:


GIRLS
Sabina (b. 1880)
Jincy (b. 1740)
Clarinda (b. 1825)
Mina (b. 1913)
Prudence (b. 1784)
Elvyn (b. 1892)
Genevia (b. 1906)
Lettice (b. 1787)
Malinda (b. 1788)
Patience (b. 1720) (Her sister's name was Delivirance! Not even spelled right!)
Averilla (1811)
Sattie (b. 1910)
Melisse (b. 1860)
Lavenia (b. 1828)
Alydia (b. 1786)
Lucretia (b. 1847)
Eminie (b. 1887)
Emality (b. 1797)
Iva Marie (b. 1901)

and the winner of all...Harriet Kaiser Belle Hattie Davidson. Born early 1900s.

BOYS
Josea (b. 1510, England)
Cornelius (b. 1820)
Rocco (b. 2006)
Augustus (b. 1740)
Billings Frederick (b. 1785)
Bradford Benjamin (b. 1831)
Monroe (b. 1923)
Cuthbert (b. 1550) (last name was Featherstone!)
Lavender Leander Fortune (b. 1792) (Lavender was his mother's maiden name)
Merideth (b. 1796)
Silas Jeff Holsinger (b. 1845)
Drury (b. 1791)
Baltzar (b. 1792)
Eldridge (b. 1862)
Fletcher (b. 1872)
Hubbard (b. 1876)
Oak Kiser (b. 1816)
Gustavius (b. 1781)
Frederick Avandah (b. 1848)
Voden (b. 1910)

Also, what do you guys think of Hannah as a nickname for the name Anne? (Hannah is the Hebrew form of Anne).

Comments

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Good list. :-) I like Sabina, and I love Leander. I discovered it recently and it's definitely on my list.

I think Anne is too simple to merit a nickname, especially since Hannah has more syllables.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I see what you are saying, but what about Johnny for John or Jamie for James?

[http://users.livejournal.com/-mary-jane--/]

my neice is names sabina

[turn-it-upp.livejournal.com]

your family has a lot of interesting names!
i actually like Sabina, Sattie, Alydia, and Eminie.
Lettice is just silly, so similar to lettuce.
for boys i like Silas, Leander, and Monroe.

and hannah for anne is a bit of stretch:/

[kissxmexsweet.livejournal.com]

Just curious, when doing your family tree did you use a paid site, library/books, free sites, or what? I've been trying very hard to do mine but I've come up blank on every free sight I checked.

I like Leander too :)

[kissxmexsweet.livejournal.com]

*site
that was such a lame typo.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

i use ancestry.com, i have a paid account. Honestly, it was pretty cheap (around $40, I think) and its the best money I've ever spent!

[katiesthoughts.livejournal.com]

I have a great-great grandpa August and my husband's great grandma was Augusta! I thought that was kind of funny. Also learned that my dad's grandpa was named Eugene Celestine. I had to call him right away and tell him how lucky he was to be named for his other grandpa!

I like Anne for Hannah, but not Hannah for Anne.

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I'm going to assume your family is Italian? I do like a lot of the names though.

As a Hannah, I really don't see how you get that from Anne. I can see Ann(e) from Hannah, but Hannah's never really been a nicknamable name for me, same for Anne... well, maybe Annie, but thats a different story

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

My family is German, English, and Scottish!

[mmmrorschach.livejournal.com]

Tee hee at Lettice.

Emality sounds to Mortal Kombatish for my tastes.

I support the name of Billings.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I've been researching my family tree too and found a Lucrezie (also spelled Lucrezia when she was married) .. your Lucretia reminded me of that. Interesting name

lol having Hattie as one of many middle names for Harriet seems redundant.

For these really old names it's hard to know if they really were spelled wrongly - some of my ancestors had typos on their birth certs, or the person who registerd the birth couldn't spell but everyone else in their life spelled it properly, and it was no big deal back then.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

maybe Lettice was pronounce Leh-teece LOL

[trtlstars.livejournal.com]

Some awesome and interesting names! I am currently doing a family tree and like the note above- did you go on a paid site to do the research? Thanks!

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I bought a subscription at ancestry.com. It was worth it!

[novangla.livejournal.com]

I like Hannah for Anne, actually. It's longer but I find it less formal.

Similarly, I have a fondness for Sally for Sarah, Polly for Mary, and Patsy for Martha. *eighteenth-century*

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Definitely me too. In fact, Mary and Martha are two of my favorite names.