Primrose as a male name

[lawrenceb]

Morning Humboldt,
I  think we are distant cousins!  And yes, I still have a number of relatives living in Aberdeen. The part of my family that is directly related to your Primrose also lived on Hutcheon St. Interesting.  We should talk!  Perhaps you could PM me?

[Redroger]

Is Primrose as a male name more often used in Scottish communities?

[MonicaL]

Some notes on the use of the name in Scotland on that link from earlier www.whatsinaname.net/male-names/Primrose.html

Monica

[Redroger]

That makes sense, adaption of a surname as a forename like the case of Mavis I mentioned earlier in this thread. Must be an embarrassment though to the bearer.Need a hide like a rhino to wear that name as a male I would think.

[Humboldt]

Thanks Monica. Yes it's a bit like being 'A Boy Named Sue'! My granda & uncle were known as Prim which is just slightly better.

[MonicaL]

Slightly off topic, but regarding the issue of names as we was been discussing, the great cowboy actor John Wayne's real name was....Marion Robert Morrison.....

Monica

[kiwibyrd]

Primrose Bell Thompson was my 3Xgreatgrandmother's(Mary Thompson) brother.  His parents were John Thompson and Margaret Bell, married 3 Feb 1812 in St Nicholas, Aberdeen. The name Primrose(applied to males) was carried on through the generations.  The last one known to me is my great grandmother's brother, Primrose Gerrie, who died in infancy.  Is there anyone else who has run into this name used for a male?

I have  a Primrose ROBERTSON and a Primrose STRACHEN in the  family

[hdw]

Primrose is the family surname of the Earls of Rosebery, of Dalmeny House, West Lothian. Apparently it was originally the name of lands they owned in Fife.

Harry

[BumbleB]

I've got  four men called Allison in my tree.  I believe that two of them, cousins, were actually meant to be Allenson.  The other two are on the other side:

Allison married Ann, and she had a brother called Allison, who had a cousin called Allison.