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Offline kerryb

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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 22 August 06 09:53 BST (UK) »
I've got

William
George
John
Thomas
Samuel

and for the girls
Elizabeth
Mary
Harriett
Jane
Ann

and only one Kerry - me!

Kerry
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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 22 August 06 10:06 BST (UK) »
My most common names are by far John and Mary.

The rest of the top 5 for males are James, Robert, William and Thomas and for females Janet, Jean, Margaret and Agnes.

Like Kerry being the only Kerry for her, I'm the only Gordon!

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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 23 August 06 12:03 BST (UK) »
I have so many Marys and Margarets I can't keep them all straight, and loads of Williams, some Johns, Catherines, Maurices, Timothys, Michaels, Thomas.

Imagine my thrill, then, when I came across Marzolf. Finally, a different name. And I cherish my 5th great-grandmother, Dorcas.  ;D
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Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
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Offline kerryb

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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 23 August 06 12:25 BST (UK) »
Two names that I bet nobody else has:

Zebulon and Xenophon!!  Both boys I think!

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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 23 August 06 12:45 BST (UK) »
Mary at 66, closely followed by John(62)

Mary
Elizabeth (if I include the 2 Bettys - 53)
Ann/e/a
Sarah
Alice

John
William
George
Henry
James

... and six interesting singletons: men - Nurcott, Gideon and Faithful; ladies - Thirza, Mercy and Serena

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Apsey - Devon, Dorset
Edmunds/Edmonds - Monmouth
Edmunds - Chard
Ellott/Ellet/Elliot - Dorset
Fry - Devon, Dorset, Somerset
Hill - Dorset, Somerset
Mabb - Dorset
Matthews - Hants
Richards - Dorset, Somerset
Webster - Lambeth, Norfolk
Others: - Backaller(and variations), Billows, Blessley, Crabb, Dening, Lea, Mitchell, Parris, Wilson, Woodward.
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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 23 August 06 13:02 BST (UK) »
WILLIAM! The bane of my life!

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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 23 August 06 14:00 BST (UK) »
You and everyone else reading through this thread!!!!! ;D ;D

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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #25 on: Wednesday 23 August 06 14:19 BST (UK) »
Ive got:

William
Thomas
George
John

Mary
Ann
Maria
Eliza(beth)

Mainly a collection of fairly normal names with the odd Lawford, Elling, Sampson and Keziah thrown in

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Re: Whats your most common name
« Reply #26 on: Wednesday 23 August 06 14:26 BST (UK) »
The most common female names are Mary, Jane and Margaret. The most common male names are Henry, James and John.


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