Haven't got too many weird names, the most unusual being Thirza Merhalia Loveridge (yep, Romany). It came in handy when I found two Thirza Merhalia's on the same branch of the tree. This being Tasmania in the 1830's, when the population was about, oh, 15, I thought the chances of two Thirza Merhalia's was pretty remote. So I did some more digging, and discovered that it was one and the same person - after her first husband died, Thirza married her daughter's husband's uncle. If any one can tell me what relation that makes her to her own daughter, I'd love to know! I suppose step-aunt-in-law?
Thirza had an older sister called Bartha (and definitely not Bertha). It was the maternal grandmother who was the Romany, but she was boring old Mary, and Thirza's mother was Charlotte.
As for someone getting named after a winner at that day's races - my Aunt's sister Johanna was named after the family's horse. Father came home from the pub to find he had another daughter and insisted on it. So there was a Johanna in the house and another one in the paddock.
Kez
ETA: My name is Kerryn - which is from Kerenhappuch, which has been mentioned a few times on here. I knew it was from one of Job's daughters, but I had no idea I was one of the most beautiful in the land
I also have a Tamar in the tree, and I was always told that it was after a river in Tasmania, but as that branch have no links to Tassie and are 100% Cornish, I now know the truth!! Thanks for that
