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Victorian sightings
From England and Wales:(m)
Harvest
Surrender
Agricola
Nebuchadnezzar
Hilarion
Badger
Uthred
Mazeppa
Ostrick
Nonus
Celaeno
Heber
Pinchas
Vancouver
Anaxagorus(f)
Pretoria
Cymbre
Winniefredia
Icelinge
Melrose
Celadia
Victress
Amphlis
Heretta
Morfa
Brunetta
Creamaleanouss (not a typo!)
Annaline
Taphenes
Marintha
Carnation
Lemontina
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Surrender - XD
Nebuchadnezzar - kind of an ostentatious thing to name your kid
Ostrick - one letter away from ostrich! Weird.
Badger - XD
Pretoria - I guess weird place names were given to babies back then too!
Melrose - sounds like the name of a Victorian estate. Wouldn't look out-of-place as the name of a manor in a Victorian novel
Victress - XD
Creamaleanouss - sounds like the name of a dessert
Carnation - one of the weirder Victorian flower names. I prefer Karamfila, which means carnation in Bulgarian.
Lemontina - remember when I mentioned the name Abricotine on one of my earlier posts? Lemontina sounds like she could be Abricotine's sister.
I admit, I kinda like Hilarion, and Marintha would make a great name for a princess in a fantasy novel.

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Pretoria was in honour of a battle in the Boer War, there were quite a few of them.
Karamfila is lovely, never seen it before - thanks!
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Interesting list! Comments on some...Harvest - could enjoy as a middle
Surrender - possible ditto
Uthred - curious about this; related to Uther?
Heber - didn't realize there was an Irish connection in addition to the biblical name
Anaxagorus - Greek philospher, per brief google, but not seeing meaning; a crater on the moon bears this name; for such a mouthful, it's easy to read/say
Victress - if it didn't seem job-ish (tavern cook), I might prefer it to Victoria
Heretta - related to Hera?; if so, prefer it
Creamaleanouss - first thought: TMI!
Marintha - minty vibe
Carnation - might enjoy as a middle
Lemontina - wow; over the top but I do love lemons
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Uthred is probably a version of Uhtred/Ughtred, a dithematic Old English name - for meaning, see here: http://www.behindthename.com/submit/name/ughtred. There was an Anglo-Saxon name revival trend in mid-Victorian England, but this was an unusual one. Uther has Welsh roots.
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Thanks...I like the meaning of Ughtred but not so much the sound. Guessing Uthred would probably be "Uh-tred"?
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