Another old-school post.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

The mention of Puritan virtue names (Constance, Patience, Hope, etc) led me to this interesting site, which lists names that were popular in England from 1450-1650. There are some never-heard-before names on there, and others which are still popular today. I had no idea that Audrey was a pet name for Etheldreda, but I'm glad that one died out. Yeesh.

Oh, and khreateph spellers, this could be right up your alley. Did you ever think of spelling Alexander as "Eayllesander"? How about Allison as "Helysoune"?

Some of the more bizarre names include

English
Boniface (or its alternate spelling, Boneface)
Frideswide (this was a female name)
Huldah
Fulk (The Incredible!)
Dowsabel

Comments

[lneef.livejournal.com]

I might point out, should one be considering Eayllesander, that many people of that time and place were illiterate.

[djador.livejournal.com]

lmao

[djador.livejournal.com]

Lol at Fulk.

Dowsabel is..strange.
Eayllesander and Helysoune are amusing.

How do you get Audrey out of Etheldreda?

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

That stuff is GOLD. :)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, 'Allison', is really a creative spelling of 'Alison', unless it's used on a male, in which case it's after the surname, 'Allison', which is a completely different name than 'Alison'. Sorry, my name is Alison, so I'm kind of a geek about the history. :P

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

That is a great site! I have to admit that in HS I stole Mark Twain's spelling of Alexander from one of his books (Tom or Huck, I don't remember). It was Elexander...which I then further bastardized as Elecandre. Oh, to young and creative!

[glassteapot.livejournal.com]

I'm sorely tempted to name any future son of mine Anthony just so I can use the pet name Tonkin. And I think I know a girl called Charryte.
I should totally spell my name Lewsey.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

This post made me lol so hard! THE INCREDIBLE FULK, and his sidekick, BONE FACE!

[nightskygalaxy.livejournal.com]

Boniface doesn't strike me as odd only because there is a road in Anchorage called Boniface Parkway. I still wouldn't want to name my kid that though, haha!

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

It's pronounced "Bawn-ih-fuss," right?

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

Many people of this time and place are too... or so their spelling techniques would lead us to believe.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

Or Hloocei.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

Dowsabel makes me think of cowbell. Which we need more of.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Oh my God.
Boneface.
I'm going to pee from laughing so hard.

Muahahaha @ the way you spelled creative. LOVE IT.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

I second Hloocei.
You'd be ever so popular. I can't stop laughing

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. It's that fever. It needs cowbell to be cured.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com)

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

This is great- I'm writing a late-middle-ages-era story and have had a lot of naming to do lately. :)

[glassteapot.livejournal.com]

Aw, nuts, I didn't even see Hloocei. Lewsey just looks silly now!

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Yes, Hloocei is much more practical.