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Hi!🙂
A couple of days ago I read about James Murray, the lexicographer who worked on the Oxford English Dictionary, and couldn't help but notice the names, that he and his second wife chose for their 11 children.

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there might be errors and inaccuracies

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So, James Augustus Henry Murray & Ada Agnes Murray née Ruthven:

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Harold James Ruthven Murray
Ethelbert Thomas Ruthven Murray
Wilfred George Ruthven Murray
Oswyn Alexander Ruthven Murray
Hilda Mary Emily Ada Murray
Ethelwyn Edith Agnes Ruthven Murray
Aelfric Charles Ruthven Murray
Elsie Mayflower Ruthven Murray
Rosfrith Ada Nina Ruthven Murray
Arthur Hugh Jowett Murray
Gwyneth Nesta Lilian Ruthven Murray

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Several of these choices (names) reflect Murray’s interest in Anglo-Saxon literature and history.
All children were supposed to have ‘Ruthven’ in their name, by arrangement with James Murray's father-in-law, George Ruthven.
As a side note, James Murray had a daughter named Anna Maria Gretchen with his first wife, Maggie Scott.

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So... if you have to name 11 children, and each child has to have an unusual/rare name either as a first or middle name, what names would you choose?

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Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Murray-14391