Unusual or Interesting Names in your Family ?

On my English side, I have, James, Benjamin, Edwin, Jesse, William, Susannah, Clara, Mary Ann, Florence, Emma, Pheobe.
The Italian branch consists of, Giovanni, Torello, Giuseppe, Giacomo, Francesco, Stella, Maria, Rosa, Antoinetta, Dina, Delia.

I had an Uncle Horace, who I very, very, vaguely remember.
He had a mate called Horace, and the two of them were unseparable, so they were known as Big Horace and Little Horace.
My Uncle (Big) Horace died when I was about four.
For some reason, unknown to me, I have his tie pin.
It's a beautiful gold art-deco thing, with a little ruby.

All my mum’s family were named after flowers, Rose, Pansy, Violet, Daisy.

Sounds like Hyacinth Bucket’s family.

Catherine and William John on one side and Patrick and Constance Charlotte on the other. John and Constance are not that common now, but the rest have stood the test of time.

It is my parent's names that have dated most: Aubrey Edgar and Kathleen Teresa, although I have noticed in the last year that Aubrey is returning as boys name among the metropolitan elite.

My grandparents were Barbara, James, Elizabeth and George. There are several Barbaras and James' within my many cousins. Also William or Bill.

My Grandmother was Snowdrop. Rest of the family were quite ordinary.

I rewrote my previous post omitting names + relationships/very unusual names/specific details/opportunities for nosy genealogists/info for anyone strange as I’m wary of being identified on a public forum. Just saying...

I have an Edwardian ancestor called Harry Fido. He’s quite a round man with a huge handlebar moustache and looks as if he’s stepped right out of the pages of Three Men and. Dog. And my daughter just sent me a photo of the grave of an ancestor she’s just visited (she’s traced her fathers family tree back hundreds of years ) called Thomasin which is so Thomas Hardy’ish.

I meant rotund not round: auto correct again….

My grandfather had the resplendent name of Methuselah! Funnily enough, no one in the generations since has chosen it for their son.

He was known as Meth to his friends and as a child I thought that was short for Methylated as in spirit.

Tom Edgar and Edith Mary on father’s side, and Thomas James and Dorothy Gladys Gertrude on my mother’s. Run of the mill, really.

My maternal grandparents were James David and Jessie Jane, paternal ones were William and Anne-not sure if they had middle names. Paternal grandfather William was born in 1894 and we have had a William in every generation since, usually as a second name. Current holders are my son and grandson who both have it as a middle name.

My DH and one relative have very unusual names. Don’t want to post though. Possible instant recognition- sorry

Everett, and Garnett.

My grandmothers were Elsie and Lillian.
Grandfathers were Joseph and Clarence.
My dad was Arthur Ernest and his brother was Clarence Hodget. Doubt that will will come back.

I started work on my family tree at the end of last year and was delighted to find I had a great granny Fanny.
[Please don't bother trying to inform me it was Frances as some gransnetters did. It wasn't. I have her birth certificate.]
Somehow I can't see her name coming back into fashion.?

My grandparents were Jack (John) and Martha and George Armstrong and Sarah Jane (known to all as Jeannie). Armstrong as a middle name came from I don't know where, but Jeannie's maiden name was Armstrong.
Going further back, there are a lot of Thomases Henrys, Williams and Johns.
There was a great aunt Etty, which must have been short for Henrietta, but I've never been sure.

Grandmother was Ethel. Granddaughter called Ethelann. Grandfather (who also had a sister named Ethel) was Herbert, unlucky son called after him - Herbie.
Recent children called Zenneth, Malmo (guess why), and Jaxx.

We have Alices coming out of our ears - on both sides - to such an extent that we have big Alice, Little Alice and baby Alice. Our own daughter, also Alice is known as Al!

An unlucky few have DeLap as a middle name. Luckily my middle name is Jane after my granny although she was always called Jenny!

My father's middle name was Charteris. No one else has bothered using that.

My grandparents were Florence and Walter and Ada and Edward.
My mum loathed her name, Gladys Hilda.

My grandparents were Ella Isabella, which I personally have always found an odd combination and David on one side of the family, and Elisabeth and James Henry on the other.

James Henry was 20 years older than his wife, which has some bearing on the matter.

My father born in 1920 was named for both his grandfathers as he was his parents eldest son. My mother was named after her own mother and an aunt, plus given a third name that I have not been able to trace in the family. Her elder sister had been named after both their grandmothers.

When my turn came I was named for a friend of my mother and for my maternal grandmother. My paternal grandmother didn't seem to mind, so I may not be the only one who found Ella Isabella an unfortunate combination..

I think many people had a grandfather called Frederick, as German names were popular throughout Victorian Britain (until the war of course.)
Names in our family were ordinary ones, but I do have a great grandfather who was called Rufus, and a great uncle called Sylvester ( although both names were ordinary at the time.)

My G G Aunts on mums side, Thirza, Clarice, Olga, Una Tessibell, Zetha and Aurelia. Twelve children in total.

EllanVannin

One GM was Catherine Elizabeth, her mother was Hannah.GGM to me.
Other GM was Sarah Ellen.

All my mum's sisters were named after flowers Rose Pansy, Violet and Daisy.

Was your Mum called Hyacinth by any chance, *EllanVannin?

My MIL was nearly named Primrose as she was born on Primrose day.
Her parents chose something else, as Primrose would not have suited her at all.