Strange Family Names

[otters]

Not necessarily strange, but these stood out from the typical biblical/classic names when I was first making all the family trees.

Girls
Iola
Birdie (she married a guy with a bird last name so her name ended up looking like: Birdie Finch)
Ingeber
Araminta

Boys
Gustavus
Cicera
Erastus x 2
Noble x 2
Mordecai

[valiente]

Nepomuk

There's a lot of them.

[oliversbear]

I always thought it was odd that my great-grandparents names all 8 of their daughters after French Queens, but I kind like the idea too. My family was one of the first French families in New Orleans, so it's a nice tradition to connect with the "Old Country." That said, I am very glad my father didn't continue the tradition of naming the first girl in each family Marie Antoinette.

On my mother's side, I have cousins named Brown and Othel, and no one knows where they came from. But I think the strangest name is Daphne, pronounced Daff-een.

[Speedy]

My grandmother, aunt, and cousin are all named Anneke. My husbands family had a tradition of naming all their firstborn sons Damien. We threw it around a bit, but too many people associate it with The Omen now *sigh* My MIL is named Jacinthe. Gotta love French names!

[snowmoon]

Hyacinthe and Arthemise on the French-Canadian side. otters we had a bunch of Birdies too. I think it's an endearing nickname.

[honeylemon]

Either my great or great great grandfather on my mom's side was Napoleon Bonaparte [last name]

On my dad's side there's an extended family with the last name Dinger. They call their son Hum. Hum Dinger. Seriously.

[daisy818]

My dad had cousins who were named Blueberry (girl) and Rainbow (boy). I think the boy went by Bo.

[Dramaphile]

My great-grandfather was named Flavel and his wife was named Bertha.  They went by Doc and Bunny.  And my other great-grandmother on my dad's side was Deleta, which is my middle name. Definitely won't be using Flavel! My great-grandmother on my mom's side was a twin, they were named Alma and Elma.

A friend of mine named her son Hya.cinth because it was a family name on her husband's side. Her other three sons have classic boy names, so they sound odd together (he's the second-youngest).

[Dramaphile]

Oh, and my FIL is named Roy.al, I think he is hoping we pass his name onto one of our future kids. It's definitely NMS, we compromised and will use his middle name as a middle name if we have a boy next.

[otters]

snowmoon, I also think Birdie makes a great nickname. There's just something so sweet and happy about it.

@jananigans, Noble is such a great name. It's one I liked but sort of forgot until I saw it pop up on the tree. I like how modern it feels while still being classic.

[olenka]

SO has a g grandfather whose given name was Colonel.

Weirdest female name (though I like it) is my great aunt Bronislava. She went by Bee.

Not going to post here, but my dad has a very archaic and rather ugly sounding name. I doubt that anyone under the age of 80 has this name.

[oliversbear]

Sept 5, 2017 11:55:27 GMT -6 Dramaphile said:

Oh, and my FIL is named Roy.al, I think he is hoping we pass his name onto one of our future kids. It's definitely NMS, we compromised and will use his middle name as a middle name if we have a boy next.

I've had a name crush on Royal ever since I read the Little House books! Almanzo's brother was named Royal and I thought it was a great name, much better than LeRoy which is a family name for us.

[fatpony]

Vigili, Virgilius, Vigelius

Magdalena

[charlotte]

I love Magdalena so much!!

[cosmic]

My great great grandmother's name was Eulalia. I think it sounds so fancy.
She went by Lala

[alwayscheese]

Sept 25, 2017 19:38:10 GMT -6 cosmic said:

My great great grandmother's name was Eulalia. I think it sounds so fancy.
She went by Lala

Oh!!! I like this! I told DH I'm adding it to our list! He is not impressed and referenced the Redwall series. I should make a poll to see if very many people get the reference.

redwall.wikia.com/wiki/Eulalia