A Tangled Web

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I was re-reading a book by Lucy Maud Montgomery, called A Tangled Web, about two families, the Darks and the Penhallows. There are some really interesting names in this book, so I thought I'd post them here.

Rebecca
Pippin (M)
Crosby
John
Camilla
Christian (F)
Ambrosine
Stanton
Robina
Paul
Thora
Murray
Christopher
William
Percy
Helen
Miller
Palmer
Denzil
Toynbee (M)
Virginia
Titus
Emily
Kennedy (M)
Margaret
Pennycuik nn Penny (M)
Artemas (M)
Alpheus
Hannah nn Nan
Gabrielle Alexandrina nn Gay
Noel
Curtis
Skilly (M)
Peter
Nancy
Oswald
Harriet
Hugh
Joscelyn
Clifford
Pauline
Thekla
Barry
Edmond nn Ned
Brian
Robert nn Dandy
Abel
Sim
Homer
Tempest (M)
Foster
Roger
Cornelius
Cyrus nn Cy
Conrad
Milly
Theodore
Duncan
Laura
Lawyer
Matilda
Vera
Grosset
Gerald
Samuel Beelby Dark (Big Sam)
Samuel Phemister Dark (Little Sam)
Rhoda
Wilmer
Naomi
Lawson
Hester
Edna
Bertha
Bessie
Mildred
Edgley
Erasmus
Walter
Prince
Milton
Happy (M)
May
Mavis
Annabel
Angus
Edgar
Howard
Mercy
Junius
Jill
Chrissie (F)
Winnifred
Gladys
Charlotte
Violet
Elva
Nigel

Comments

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

i like..

Pippin
Tempest
Mercy
Junius
Voilet

(i wouldn't name my kids any of those names.. but i like them, nonetheless..)

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I love May (spelled Mae though) and Violet.

I knew a kid in middle school named Palmer. His last name was Johnson and you know teenage boys, he said he wanted to change his name to Palmiz. Get it? Palm-his Johnson... yeah...

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Pippin is adorable.

ps - my name is Rebecca. Woot.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Elva is pretty! Tempest is also growing on me.
I also like Noel, Jill, Violet and May. Oh, and Hugh.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

My grandmother was Mary Elvyn. I've never seen anything close to that before.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Oh I really like Elvyn too. That's so pretty =)

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Like:
Rebecca
Christopher
Helen
Gabrielle Alexandrina
Peter
Harriet
Robert
Theodore
Duncan
Laura
Samuel
Naomi
Hester
Charlotte

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I like:
Pippin
John
Emily
Peter
Harriet
Hugh
Tempest
Cyrus
Theodore

Probably wouldn't use most of them, but I like them!