Victorian men's names thread

[wehatepalace]

Eberneezer Goode

 

[Zed Seagull]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/OldNames.html

How the f*** can Oral be a name!!!

 

[The Wookiee]

Abinsquinth

 

[Stat Brother]

Our family has Septimus, &, Hornshaw.
I always maintained they would be our 1st born's name. Now wifey is coming round to Septimus, I'm boned.

 

[Yorkie]

9 names on this thread were in use long before the Victorians were around. They are biblical so therefore at least over 2000 years old.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Erastus

 

[Gwylan]

I know someone called Jeremiah, Albert (which was also my dad's middle name) and Herbert (in fact, I know two people called Herbert). And one of my mates has named his baby Nathaniel.

So, perhaps the names aren't dying out that quickly.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

My grandfathers name was Herbert - my fathers middle was Herbert, and my older brothers name is Herbert.

Which none of his friends knew about - until his wedding vows ....................... it was a great wedding moment.

 

[Gluteus Maximus]

COLIN obviously.

As in Charles COLIN Dickens

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Onan.

Not a name that is commonly found, but noteworthy for all that. A search of http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl reveals that there were just FIVE Victorians named after the famed biblical wanker.

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Births Mar 1839
Onan Kershaw Bradford

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Births Mar 1842
Onan Wickham East Grinstead

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Births Dec 1856
Onan Browne Depwade

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Births Jun 1865
Onan Marlow Bicester

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Births Dec 1889
Onan William Jones Stourbridge



I once wrote to John Peel's Home Truths programme about this. He read my message out.

 

[Perry's Tracksuit Bottoms]

Our family has Septimus, &, Hornshaw.
I always maintained they would be our 1st born's name. Now wifey is coming round to Septimus, I'm boned.

Surely Septimus is a name you should reserve for your seventh born?