Unusual First Names

[vic1]

the most unusual name i have is the one which started me off on this never ending hunt-is Dorcas - which is not that unusual in itself  but  my mum kept telling me that she had another more unusual name  and so it turned out when i found her birth - she was Dorcas Geneva -  thing is her sibling s were Florence, Elizabeth, Samuel and George - so why did she  have such a name - my daughters are glad they weren't babies when i found it as they have unusual name and the eldest second name is Dorcas , i would definitely have used  Geneva  but i d never heard of it as a name . i love unusual names.

[Digas1]

I've got an Ellen Roughsedge with the surname Mercer in the tree.  I thought it may have been her Mother's maiden name but haven't sorted this out yet.

[alftabor]

One of my ancestors had the Christian name Sebarah
I have wondered whether this was a mis spelling of Deborah or suchlike.
Regards Alf

[Trees]

Shebarah was possibly a form of the Biblical name Sheba which means promise
Trees

[Siamese Girl]

ONe of my whatever-gt-grannies (too lazy to work it out at the moment) was a Tryphaena (but there are lots of ways to spell it).

I thought "well - that's really odd" but it was really popular in the Lincolnshire village where she lived.

Carole

[kizmiaz]

Several Philadelphia's, a couple of Charity's, a Hope, an Esau, a Staning, one or two Barbary's, quite a few Lettice's, a Grace Contalmaison (named after a WW1 battle), a Hamelton, a Goddard, and a Pierce are the most unusual first names in my tree.

I still like the name Philadelphia Pennyfold from my tree the most. Sounds Dickension to me

Glen

[blodwen]

I have a Lettice (ca. 1575) and a Silance(1775)in my tree.

Viv

[teadealer]

Hi All
Iv'e a Sparky in my tree,i don't know how that came about.
Peter

[asgaard]

I saw a Lettice Person on the Derbyshire Parish Record Marriages.

Heather