... 1,411 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 OOOOO I am a fool cant remember the name of the above programme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,711 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Re the above, it was Nearest and Dearest with Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewell and Pledges Pickle factory ! As someone with an interest in family history , strange christian names are a godsend ! It can make tracking someone via various census etc so much easier . If I get lost trying to sort out my Janney relos from Lincolnshire I just go back to one with the fairly rare name of Solomon and I know where I am then . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 #26 Andy, prog was Nearest and Dearest with Jimmy Jewel. It's frustrating that I can sometimes remember what other folk have forgotten, but have a real problem tying to remember for myself ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Biblical names, and Jesus is probably the most popular, are very common among the Hispanic community. My aunt was "Marinah" - a name she hated so was always called "Maude" - her middle name. Don't hear of may Alf's or Reg's these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Was he of Spanish descent? I don't know about other countries, but It's a common enough name there at least. yes you are right Merthyr, he was Spanish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I absolutely hate my first name with a passion (and I'm not about to tell you it). My first supervisor on the railway was called Horatio. We all called him Ray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 In Africa I worked with an "Ephraim", but also with an "Oily Can" - Honest! Nobody has mentioned Inspector Morse - first name, "Endeavour" - I don't think I would have used it either! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Another chap I worked with on the railway was called Naphtali (one of the sons of Biblical Jacob), and yet another was called Asa. He told me he was actually named after 60s footballer Asa Hartford who was probably named after the old testament king Asa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hi Eric, was it really Oily Can (i.e. written like that) or was that phonetic rendering of, perhaps, Oerlikon - which would be unusual enough in itself? I had a colleague whose middle name was Ephraim - and he didn't care much for it! Funnily enough, however, I do know a 7-year old Alfie. Another name you don't hear much these days (but perhaps never did anyway!) - Athelstan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Cavan Abraham Brian Cuthbert Dereck Ernest Finlay Jerimiah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Working for the Indian Clinic I got used to names that would make me laugh at first but then the came to be quite normal Like..................... First to dance ............................ Mighty Dog ............................ Two hat Have to go through my invoices to remember more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep, it really was "Oily can", but a lot of the locals had names like that. Mostly they also had a Swazi name, but they do not translate to English very well, so they would pick and English name for themselves - often with funny results, but they seemed to take the humor in the right spirit! My wife had a girl in school whose name was "Female", pronounced "Fem-ah-lee". When Mary asked how she got the name, the replay was "the nurses gave it to me in the hospital"! No, I am NOT joking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 My grandmother and her mother were both Fanny. Wonder who would dare give their daughters a name like that today! In France Fanny is still given to children, but it does not have a second meaning like in the UK, some other old names are Agnes, Gertrude, Violet, Walter, Gladys, Rose, Edna, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Another chap I worked with on the railway was called Naphtali (one of the sons of Biblical Jacob), and yet another was called Asa. He told me he was actually named after 60s footballer Asa Hartford who was probably named after the old testament king Asa. I could be wrong here, but I always understood Asa Hartford was named after Al Jolson, whose real first name was Asa, as Hartford's father was a fan of the singer. On that theme - although not an unusual name - I used to work with a Kathryn who was given that name (so she said) because her father was a fan of the film star and singer Kathryn Grayson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 #37 Brilliant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Giles Gaynor Reginald Bruce Doreen Enid Elspeth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 my great grandfather was enoch and his wife was fanny there was an ebeneser and a fefew other biblical names in that familly tree too. my great nephew is nearly 18 and his christian names are are malichi amedeaus aragorn his older brother is connor arathorn and younger sister molly arwen jesus is also a popular names in some parts of africa i have met at least 4 two where from the congo and two from nigeria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,547 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 In France Fanny is still given to children, but it does not have a second meaning like in the UK, some other old names are Agnes, Gertrude, Violet, Walter, Gladys, Rose, Edna, In France Fanny is still given to children, but it does not have a second meaning like in the UK, some other old names are Agnes, Gertrude, Violet, Walter, Gladys, Rose, Edna, How did you manage to pick a selection of names like that? My Fathers sisters name was Edna Rose, Edna being female for Edward, he had a sister named Doris Violet, and a Sister-in-law named Gladys. I had a Great Grandfather named Walter. You almost covered my entire family tree in one post! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Had an old second aunt or some such relationship called Louisa. Mother's name was Mildred. Don't hear that too often in these days either. Grandmother's name, Alice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 my great nephew is nearly 18 and his christian names are are malichi amedeaus aragorn his older brother is connor arathorn and younger sister molly arwen With Aragorn, Arathorn and Arwen it sounds like someone was keen on 'Lord of the Rings' - maybe the book rather than the films if they're that old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I know someone called Mencious Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,099 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 My dad wanted to call me Alice Maud, mam said not bloody likely. I would have stuck out like a sore thumb at school in the 50's, but Alice is quite nice nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 1995 would not have been a good year for you either Kath! WTFi Alice? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 In France Fanny is still given to children, but it does not have a second meaning like in the UK, some other old names are Agnes, Gertrude, Violet, Walter, Gladys, Rose, Edna, How did you manage to pick a selection of names like that? My Fathers sisters name was Edna Rose, Edna being female for Edward, he had a sister named Doris Violet, and a Sister-in-law named Gladys. I had a Great Grandfather named Walter. You almost covered my entire family tree in one post! They are the names of either my grand children or the names of my neighbours children.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bazza 71 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 My dad wanted to call me Alice Maud, mam said not bloody likely. I would have stuck out like a sore thumb at school in the 50's, but Alice is quite nice nowadays. Preferably pronounced the French way. Baz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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