Unusual First Names

[fiddlerslass]

I have a family, surname of Martin, having children in the mid 19th century,  whose politics can be known from the names they gave their children. Many were named after Chartist leaders, so there's

Fergus O'Connor Martin, Robert Frost Martin, William Frost Martin and Thomas Slingsby Duncombe Martin.

[g eli]

These are all relatives of some sort, Alethea, Felix, Letitia. Caleb, Evangeline, Emmeline, Lucretia Willoughby Sabina and Vashti, I often wonder was there a reader in the family, where did these names come from?

[Pejic]

I have a Vashti and Caleb sister and brother in Berkshire born 1865 & 1870, I thing they are Biblical names.

[Mvann]

These are all relatives of some sort, Alethea, Felix, Letitia. Caleb, Evangeline, Emmeline, Lucretia Willoughby Sabina and Vashti, I often wonder was there a reader in the family, where did these names come from?

That reminds me, I have a felix toe on my tree. Also a Heath Roe

[KGarrad]

Have just started on a friend's tree.
Her grandfather was William Himalaya West!

[ALAMO2008]

Birth Certificate Registered in March Quarter 1883 of Alpha Pepper
Registered with 25 Christian Names each beginning with a Letter of every of the Alphabet except P
Because her Surname began with the Letter P

[DavidG02]

Nickname Bett

[Treetotal]

Nickname Bett

 

Carol

[Gillg]

Straying a little from the unusual name theme, I had a schoolfriend whose father had named his four children by names with increasing number of syllables, so that he didn't forget the order in which they had been born - John, Philip, Monica and Elizabeth.