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HelpRe: Unusual or beautiful sightings from your family tree?
in reply to a message by Manipura
If I was going to use an unaltered name from my family, it'd probably be Amzi, Azalea, Ruth, or Delora (all grandparents or great-grandparents).
But for a longer list including random branches (I fell down a rabbit hole one day clicking on connected names on findagrave.com)...
My favorites, most of which aren't that rare:
Moses, Willis, Solomon, Elias, Elijah, Justus, Estel, Cyrus, Ernst
Jemima, Patience, Virginia, Veda, Arabella, Drusilla, Octavia, Naomi, Ernestine, Charlotte, Viola, Valeria, Adelia, Letitia, Rosabell, Safronia, Esther, Daisy Odesia, Eulogia, Lemon, Elmira, Sonia, Verena, Prudence, Cordelia, Theodora "Thomas"
Weird enough they don't have a BtN name page (though a lot are in the submitted section):
Creed, Oath, Emron, Almond, Phaltiel, Delmas, Rhine, Rosseau, Palace, Odet, Columbus, Vineyard, Eagle, Williford, Fillmore, Loveline, Vernelle, Obedience, Neveline, Jency, Izella, Mandia, Melrose, Merliney, Vianna, Melvina, Palethia, Idela, Euva, Belva, Erline, Altha, Claris, Ardis, Armeda, Almedia, Ludena, Elender,Eudoxie, Sylvania
Also seem either rare or vintage to me:
Elkanah, Roscoe, Virgil, Armand, Eldred, Archibald, Otho, Irving, Enoch, Elvis, Ira, Bertram, Homer, Otis, Napoleon Bonaparte, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Marion, Claude, Roma, Sherman, Elmer, Wilbur, Lucian, Leonidas, Cornelius, Ansel, Abner, Walter, Morris, Sylvester, Harley, Camillus, Shepherd
Mozelle, Agnes, Florence, Novella, Neva, Birdie, Pearl, Love, Lavinia, Zelma, Priscilla, Merle, Leona, Nona, Parthenia, Camelia, Rhoda, Ivory, Philadelphia, Flossie, Melita, Bonita, Mamie, Della Irene, Nellie
I have noticed you have a nigerian name and some typical African American Slavery-era names on the list. What's your ethnicity?
Omer is a very common Israel masculine name, though it is sometimes given to girls.
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But for a longer list including random branches (I fell down a rabbit hole one day clicking on connected names on findagrave.com)...
My favorites, most of which aren't that rare:
Moses, Willis, Solomon, Elias, Elijah, Justus, Estel, Cyrus, Ernst
Jemima, Patience, Virginia, Veda, Arabella, Drusilla, Octavia, Naomi, Ernestine, Charlotte, Viola, Valeria, Adelia, Letitia, Rosabell, Safronia, Esther, Daisy Odesia, Eulogia, Lemon, Elmira, Sonia, Verena, Prudence, Cordelia, Theodora "Thomas"
Weird enough they don't have a BtN name page (though a lot are in the submitted section):
Creed, Oath, Emron, Almond, Phaltiel, Delmas, Rhine, Rosseau, Palace, Odet, Columbus, Vineyard, Eagle, Williford, Fillmore, Loveline, Vernelle, Obedience, Neveline, Jency, Izella, Mandia, Melrose, Merliney, Vianna, Melvina, Palethia, Idela, Euva, Belva, Erline, Altha, Claris, Ardis, Armeda, Almedia, Ludena, Elender,Eudoxie, Sylvania
Also seem either rare or vintage to me:
Elkanah, Roscoe, Virgil, Armand, Eldred, Archibald, Otho, Irving, Enoch, Elvis, Ira, Bertram, Homer, Otis, Napoleon Bonaparte, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Marion, Claude, Roma, Sherman, Elmer, Wilbur, Lucian, Leonidas, Cornelius, Ansel, Abner, Walter, Morris, Sylvester, Harley, Camillus, Shepherd
Mozelle, Agnes, Florence, Novella, Neva, Birdie, Pearl, Love, Lavinia, Zelma, Priscilla, Merle, Leona, Nona, Parthenia, Camelia, Rhoda, Ivory, Philadelphia, Flossie, Melita, Bonita, Mamie, Della Irene, Nellie
I have noticed you have a nigerian name and some typical African American Slavery-era names on the list. What's your ethnicity?
Omer is a very common Israel masculine name, though it is sometimes given to girls.
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rate my PLN:
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/229415/142623
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/229415/165832
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https://discord.gg/P6PFaDut
This message was edited 3/30/2025, 9:40 AM
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I noticed that about Omer, but I still think it sounds antique here (it's not just because it's not popular here though; Nova, Ivory, Lucian seem antique to me, even though they're popular again here lately). Has Omer been consistently popular in Israel, or did it rise in popularity at some point?
Which one is Nigerian? Which ones seem African American to you?
My surname is Ashkenazi, and with the exception of a Native American who I know nothing about beyond showing up on a genealogy test, my ancestors were Northwestern Europeans (Brits and Germans, for the most part) who pre-1900 moved to various places in what is now the Southeastern US. I can't attest to the ethnicity of all of these people given that I looked at cousins of grandparents etc; anti-miscegenation laws were suspended during Reconstruction (post US Civil War) era and after that, I'm not sure exactly how often they were enforced. Some of these people would have been poor white laborers during the 1800s; there is for sure overlap between poor white American names and African American names regardless (most of these people with a few exceptions were born in the US). Chieko at least I can confidently say was Japanese; Bena and Morris were siblings born in Germany.
I like Reytblat btw.
Which one is Nigerian? Which ones seem African American to you?
My surname is Ashkenazi, and with the exception of a Native American who I know nothing about beyond showing up on a genealogy test, my ancestors were Northwestern Europeans (Brits and Germans, for the most part) who pre-1900 moved to various places in what is now the Southeastern US. I can't attest to the ethnicity of all of these people given that I looked at cousins of grandparents etc; anti-miscegenation laws were suspended during Reconstruction (post US Civil War) era and after that, I'm not sure exactly how often they were enforced. Some of these people would have been poor white laborers during the 1800s; there is for sure overlap between poor white American names and African American names regardless (most of these people with a few exceptions were born in the US). Chieko at least I can confidently say was Japanese; Bena and Morris were siblings born in Germany.
I like Reytblat btw.
This message was edited 3/30/2025, 2:40 PM
Mozelle and Novella were historically more African-American, but that doesn’t mean no white people at all had those names.
Oh, I didn't know that. I think of Mozelle/Moselle as having been common across the region, pre-1950. I had at least 4 in my family (from different sides, they weren't named for each other)...it's the only one that occurred that often, of the ones listed here.
This message was edited 3/30/2025, 8:57 PM