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Names from Western Australia, 1850-1859 (boys)
In this decade there were 1800 named births, comprising 170 individual names.Names used more than once:
William - 255
John - 229
James - 161
Thomas - 129
George - 126
Henry - 112
Charles - 83
Edward - 55
Joseph - 48
Frederick - 45
Robert - 44
Alfred - 39
Richard - 31
Samuel - 28
Walter - 26
David - 21
Andrew - 19
Arthur - 19
Michael - 17
Patrick - 16
Francis - 15
Alexander - 14
Lewis - 10
Benjamin - 8
Stephen - 8
Edwin - 7
Harry - 7
Peter - 7
Abraham - 6
Daniel - 6
Dennis - 6
Edmund - 5
Matthew - 5
Philip - 5
Frank - 4
Fredrick - 4
Herbert - 4
Archibald - 3
Augustus - 3
Bernard - 3
Christopher - 3
Donald - 3
Isaac - 3
Joshua - 3
Josiah - 3
Luke - 3
Timothy - 3
Albert - 2
Allan - 2
Anthony - 2
Barrington - 2
Caleb - 2
Charls - 2
Edmond - 2
Eli - 2
Elijah - 2
Enoch - 2
Harold - 2
Jesse - 2
Jessie - 2
Julius - 2
Kenneth - 2
Levi - 2
Mark - 2
Martin - 2
Maurice - 2
Michal - 2
Nathaniel - 2
Reuben - 2
Wallace - 2Names used once only:
Aaron
Absalom
Aleaxander
Alfried
Algernon
Alten
Ambrose
Aneas
Aphriam
Asie
Aylsheare
Baldwin
Basil
Benjamine
Carleton
Cecil
Challoner
Charley
Claudius
Colin
Cornelius
Cuthbert
Davies
De Foutlanque
Dudley
Duimus
Duncan
Ebenezer
Edgar
Edwyn
Elliot
Elliott
Ephraim
Ernest
Eugene
Eugenius
Evan
Ezekiel
Farrel
Frances
Francois
Frederic
Gavin
Geoffery
Godfrey
Hamlet
Haviland
Hector
Henrey
Horace
Horatio
Hudson
Hugh
Israel
Jackoo
Jacob
Jeremiah
Jethro
Jimmy
Kennett
Leon
Leonard
Lionel
Liwis
Lloyd
Louis
Mathew
Micheal
Morvin
Nathan
Nelson
Newton
Nicholas
Noel
Norman
Oscar
Patarick
Phillip
Pierce
Raglan
Ralph
Reginald
Richmond
Roger
Ross
Russell
Silvester
Somers
Stanley
Stephens
Sydney
Urban
Uriah
Victor
Wallis
Warren
Washington
Wesley
Wilmore
Zachary

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De Foutlanque...? I assume it's derived from a surname. It's unnecessarily pompous. Aphriam is quite interesting.