Family tree names.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Recently, I've been thinking about my maternal great-grandmothers' names and the sibsets they ended up in.  They're all very turn-of-the-century, but interesting.

Great-Grandmother 1 (Grandma's mother): Helen
Older siblings: Eleanor, Charles, Louis

I find myself wondering how Helen and Eleanor ended up in the same sibset since Eleanor is the Latin offshoot of Helen.

Great-Grandmother 2 (Grandpa's mother): Susie (not Susan, just Susie)
Siblings: Mamie, Frances, Venita, Celestine, Loretto (f), Jarleth (m)

These are all over the place and I love it.  They sound like characters in a novel to me.

WDYT? 

Comments

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

My great-grandmother went by Mamie. :) In her case, it was short for Margaret.

[opalgirl28.livejournal.com]

Helen and Eleanor might have ended up in the same set if the parents didn't know the meanings (a lot of parents didn't until recently).

Maternal Great-Grandparents, round 1: Viola Belle and George Ervin (he used his middle name, though):
Great-Granddad was an only child afaik and Great-Grandma had one brother, William.

Their kids:
Wilmot Rodger, James Eldridge (uses his middle name), Delbert Dalton (used his mn), Emma Rebecca (named for her grandmothers, called Beckie), Velma Madeline, Annie May (uses her mn), and Mattie Laurena (not sure where this one came from: she was apparently named by a friend, after his mother).

Maternal Great-Grandparents, round 2: Florence Avora and Claude Franklyn:
Great-Grandma came from a family of 12 or 13 and some of her siblings were named Rockwell ("Rock"), Royal ("Roy"), and Vivienne. Great-Granddad, IIRC, had a sister called Winnie who died from tuberculosis quite young.

Their sons were Kendall Claude and Wayne Franklyn (I see what you did there, Great-Grandparents).

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I like a lot of names from your family! Belle, Eldridge (although it sounds like a last name), Dalton, Mattie Laurena, Avora, Winnie and Kendall.

[whoknowsbaby.livejournal.com]

Hi

I love Viola Belle. It sounds very old Hollywood movie star to me.

How lucky are you to have so many unique names to choose from!

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I love Venita and Loretto. I would consider using both, but does Loretto sound like an alcoholic drink? Am I just thinking of Amaretto?

I also like Celestine.

I find Jarleth interesting because I've never seen it before but the quick L-to-TH might be too much for my lazy tongue in every day use.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Well, Loretto is an order of Catholic nuns. You probably are thinking of Amaretto, but Loretto has nothing to do with alcohol.

I like Celestine a lot, too, but it also makes me giggle because there have been several Popes named Celestine.

I've never seen Jarleth anywhere else, either. It's bizarre, but I don't think I have pronunciation problems with it (it looks like a combination of Jarvis and Gareth to me).

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I've never seen the name Jarleth, however three years ago I had a female student named Arleth, this year I have her brother named Yahir ( ja-here).

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

1) Didn't realize that Eleanor was at all connected to Helen, so maybe you're G-G 1 didn't know that either. They're both sweet names.

2) I absolutely agree with you about the variety of the second GG's sibset. Love it!

3) When I saw Jarleth I though it was Jareth, and then it was nothing but David Bowie's Goblin King performance in "Labyrinth". And I love that.

[medamina.livejournal.com]

I agree with previous comments that your G-G 1 probably didn't know about Helen and Eleanor. I actually quite like to two together, root aside, because the e and n sounds complement each other... I guess that makes sense given the context though!

Totally agree about G-G2, those names are epically awesome! In particular, I like Celestine (I have issues with Celeste but Celestine is really nice) and Venita. I feel a bit bad for Frances though, her name is the plainest if it's not put in context with the others.