Info: Cornish naming pattern

[Questa]

I forgot which website I found this from but have it in my notes so thought I might share. My ancestors were non-conforming to this custom however!

During the period roughly from 1750 through 1875, many families used the following naming pattern:

The first son was named after the father's father
the second son after the mother's father,
the third son after the father,
the fourth son after the father's eldest brother,

the first daughter after the mother's mother,
the second daughter after the father's mother,
the third daughter after the mother,
the fourth daughter after the mother's eldest sister.

[behindthefrogs]

This naming sequence is not peculiar to Cornwall you will find it all over England in the 19th century.

[trish251]

I have found it much more strictly adhered to in Scotland - has been very helpful in the north, but my Cornwall family, sadly didn't follow it at all.

Trish

[whoosh]

and after the fourth??
I have eight children including 5 girls
If I named them as abover this would have been their names (with their real names in brackets)

1. Kathleen (Jessica)
2. Patricia (Alison)
3. Mary (Gabrielle)
4. Barry (Joel)
5. mother is the eldest so her next elsest sister is Anne (Celeste)
6. hmmm another girl perhaps after my elder sister?? Lisa (Bromley)
7. Claude (Declan)
8. Darren (Uriah)

Hmm I think I am glad I don't live back then (well my kids are probably glad hah)

Cheers,
Darren M Flowers
Wyrallah NSW
Australia