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HelpVictorian sightings
(f)
Roseleaf
Henriadney
Darthula
Lesbia
Salinda
Gunhilde
Albreda
Romia
Pussie
Harinah
Tryphena
Jenet
Viania
(m)
Coryndon
Salisbury (this is pronounced 'SALLS bree' - salls rhymes with falls)
Ostorius
Brass
Numa
Ubrick
Olynthus
Lyrimachus
Lochinvar
Roseleaf
Henriadney
Darthula
Lesbia
Salinda
Gunhilde
Albreda
Romia
Pussie
Harinah
Tryphena
Jenet
Viania
(m)
Coryndon
Salisbury (this is pronounced 'SALLS bree' - salls rhymes with falls)
Ostorius
Brass
Numa
Ubrick
Olynthus
Lyrimachus
Lochinvar
This message was edited 2/15/2015, 5:55 PM
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I actually knew a South African Tryphena!
The parents of Lesbia, Numa and Lochinvar ... enjoyed showing off their education! And Brass is totally amazing - presumably where he is, there's muck! Coryndon could be Corydon and look quite convincing, but how the -n- got in there beats me.
Have you got a context for any of them?
The parents of Lesbia, Numa and Lochinvar ... enjoyed showing off their education! And Brass is totally amazing - presumably where he is, there's muck! Coryndon could be Corydon and look quite convincing, but how the -n- got in there beats me.
Have you got a context for any of them?
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Brass quite possibly is after Brass Crosby, who was a Lord Mayor of London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Crosby - and quite a famous chap. It's also a surname, which is probably why he had it.
Coryndon is an aristocratic family name - there are quite a few entries for it as a first name and many as a last name, including one of the British governors of Kenya and Uganda.
Darthula seems to be from a poem by 18th-c writer and 'translator' James Macpherson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macpherson
Ostorius is probably from the Roman governor who defeated Caratacus : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Ostorius_Scapula
I'll look into the others when I have time!
Coryndon is an aristocratic family name - there are quite a few entries for it as a first name and many as a last name, including one of the British governors of Kenya and Uganda.
Darthula seems to be from a poem by 18th-c writer and 'translator' James Macpherson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macpherson
Ostorius is probably from the Roman governor who defeated Caratacus : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Ostorius_Scapula
I'll look into the others when I have time!
This message was edited 2/16/2015, 7:52 AM
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Ok, I love Roseleaf. That is too deliciously perfectly offbeat Victorian.
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Roseleaf is interesting and pretty. I would never use it myself, but I find it charming.
Jenet is cool though. Almost a futuristic Janet to me - though obviously this list is of historical gems. Romia is also lovely.
For the boys, I do like Numa and Ubrick. Brass is a bit bold too. The rest are not appealing in sound or spelling.
I am aware of an older tradition in which names were quite long and (what I would call) cumbersome in spelling. I am in favor of this style which produced names like Sedjewick and Cuthbert, but my modern frame of mind just cannot imagine actually being named Lesbia or Henriadney (may have mispelled that).
Jenet is cool though. Almost a futuristic Janet to me - though obviously this list is of historical gems. Romia is also lovely.
For the boys, I do like Numa and Ubrick. Brass is a bit bold too. The rest are not appealing in sound or spelling.
I am aware of an older tradition in which names were quite long and (what I would call) cumbersome in spelling. I am in favor of this style which produced names like Sedjewick and Cuthbert, but my modern frame of mind just cannot imagine actually being named Lesbia or Henriadney (may have mispelled that).
This message was edited 2/16/2015, 10:24 AM
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What incredible names! Jenet I have come across several times - reflecting a dialect pronunciation of Janet, but the others are amazing. I know there was a revival of old Anglo-Saxon names in the nineteenth century, giving rise to Hereward, Oswald, and Edwin among others. I would be interesting to know whether Gunhilde reflects that revival or whether it was used quietly in rustic districts and thus preserved down the centuries (the former, I'd wager. Unless her mother was German or similar)
I also wonder whether Henriadney is a formal version of Harriadney - in other words, whether they though Ariadne starts with Harry and wanted the formal Henry to start off the name!
I also wonder whether Henriadney is a formal version of Harriadney - in other words, whether they though Ariadne starts with Harry and wanted the formal Henry to start off the name!
This message was edited 2/15/2015, 7:24 PM
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Gunhilda and variants, and the similar Gundrada and variants, seem to be pocket survivals - they've consistently been used, albeit very rarely, since the Anglo-Saxon period. This lady's post-mortem history may be related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundred,_Countess_of_Surrey
I thought exactly the same re Henriadney. :)
I thought exactly the same re Henriadney. :)
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I'm fond of Roseleaf, Salinda, Gunhilde, Tryphena, Coryndon, and Olynthus.
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