strange family names

[Redroger]

Though nevef really common in a widespread sense, these types of names were frequent in the later 17th and 18th centuries, and had a revival in the free churches during the 19th century.

[coombs]

I mentioned before a lady called Spanisher Robson, who wed one of my several times great uncles. Only time I come across such a name.

And Kerrenhappuch. An old Biblical name.

[Maiden Stone]

Kerrenhappuch. An old Biblical name.

Winston Graham used it for a character in a Poldark novel. The girl didn't like her name and shortened it to Keren.
I know a Kerenhappuch Street in a town in the North of England.
The few occurrences of the forename on Lancashire OPC have been transcribed as if it was 2 separate names, "middle name"  Happuch/Happach/Happock. Result of a search for the name Kerenappuch was "This name does not exist in the database".

[JohninSussex]

Kerrenhappuch. An old Biblical name.

Winston Graham used it for a character in a Poldark novel. The girl didn't like her name and shortened it to Keren.
I know a Kerenhappuch Street in a town in the North of England.
The few occurrences of the forename on Lancashire OPC have been transcribed as if it was 2 separate names, "middle name"  Happuch/Happach/Happock. Result of a search for the name Kerenappuch was "This name does not exist in the database".

In the Old Testament the third daughter of Job is named as "Keren-happuch", so not unreasonable that the name should have been split.

[dckersh]

Very likely that the original spelling was Tolmie or Tolme - derived from a gaelic nickname (Tolmach).  Name reportedly comes from the descendants of an Iain Tolmach Mc'Rory who came from Gairloch in Scotland, descendants settled in/around the Black Isle in Scotland.

Spotted a Ptolomey/Ptolemy in an Irish family tree connected to my DNA. Looking further it could also be Tolmey/Tolmy

I had never thought of it in that light but there is that old conjecture of Egyptians settling in Ireland very early ie BC

[Gillg]

If I remember correctly, the principal of Rochdale College of Art in the 1950s/60s was called Julius Caesar.
I always liked the name of my friend's aunt - Clemency
My own family history is littered with Amoses, generation after generation, often an Amos Charles.  My 4xgt-grandmother was called Thomasin, sometimes recorded as Tomason, Thompson, Thomasina, or even on the ship's passenger list when she emigrated to the USA as just Tam - I expect the ship's personnel found her Huntingdonshire accent difficult to understand.

[Sloe Gin]

My 4xgt-grandmother was called Thomasin, sometimes recorded as Tomason, Thompson, Thomasina, or even on the ship's passenger list when she emigrated to the USA as just Tam - I expect the ship's personnel found her Huntingdonshire accent difficult to understand.

Perhaps some people called her Tamsin, which is a variant or nickname of Thomasin.

To cite another Thomas Hardy reference - there's a character in The Return Of The Native called Tamsin Yeobright, whose formal name is Thomasin.

[Crumblie]

My 2xgt-grandfather's christian name was Pulleine and until a few months ago I had no idea where it came from. I eventually discovered it was his maternal grandmother's maiden name which for some reason his mother who died of typhus 2 months after his birth had given him.

[Redroger]

I actually have s Nebuchadnezzar Ayres amongst my many biblical named relatives.