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From searching the birth indexes (which goes back to 1855) there doesn't appear to have been a single girl born in Scotland with the legal first name "Tweed" since at least 1855. Even as a middle name (it was very common in Scotland for people's middle names to be taken from meaningful surnames) it's incredibly uncommon - though there are about 30/40 instances. But there's also "Tweedie" which is about 10x as common as a middle name, and there have even been 3 girls with Tweedie as a first name:
One was born on New Year's Day 1901 and had the absolutely extraordinary first-middle name combination of "Tweedie Centurion". Her parents must have wanted everyone to know she was born on the first day of the new century! (Tweedie in this case I imagine is an elaboration of twenty)
Fast forward to 1913 and another girl named Tweedie is born. This time, her name comes from her mother's maiden name, which was Tweedie-Stodart. It was relatively common until the early 20th century for minor aristocratic families to preserve surnames this way, by passing it down as a first name to a son (or occassionally - as seen here - a daughter). From records on Ancestry I see that this Tweedie eventually emigrated away from Scotland - perhaps she could be the very person you're looking for information about!
The third Tweedie was born 100 years later - in 2023. With many surnames becoming popular first name, and diminutive names ending in "ie" being common, it's not too surprised to see this name being used again.
One was born on New Year's Day 1901 and had the absolutely extraordinary first-middle name combination of "Tweedie Centurion". Her parents must have wanted everyone to know she was born on the first day of the new century! (Tweedie in this case I imagine is an elaboration of twenty)
Fast forward to 1913 and another girl named Tweedie is born. This time, her name comes from her mother's maiden name, which was Tweedie-Stodart. It was relatively common until the early 20th century for minor aristocratic families to preserve surnames this way, by passing it down as a first name to a son (or occassionally - as seen here - a daughter). From records on Ancestry I see that this Tweedie eventually emigrated away from Scotland - perhaps she could be the very person you're looking for information about!
The third Tweedie was born 100 years later - in 2023. With many surnames becoming popular first name, and diminutive names ending in "ie" being common, it's not too surprised to see this name being used again.
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