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http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/curiosities-of-puritan-nomenclature-1888/

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Came across this when searching for word name ideas for a story. Found quite a few gems haha

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Here's a few (I tried to 'organize' them lol):

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Increase
Brownjohn
Crestolot
Fearing
Gillotyne
Handmaid
Ithamaria - kinda like this one
Jehoiada
Wealthy
Amalasiontha
Diffidence
Badcock
Fannasibilla
Elnathan - kinda like this too
Continent
Abericusgentylis
Helpless
Jockaminshaw
Lamentations
Lemon
Living
Micklejohn
Mycock
Northhamtonia
Nothing
Original
Obey
Peacock
Philadelphia
Posthumus
Posthuma (lol the female form of Posthumus apparently!)
Properjohn
Rediviva
Refrayne
Renovata
Replenish
Revelation
Revolt
Salt
Shorter
Sirs
Sis
Sou'wester
Subpena
Sudden
Talkative
Trial
Unfeigned
Wat
Weakly
Wrath
Wrestling
Zebulon
Zerrubabel

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Parish Church
Love Venus
Renold Falcon
Young Allen & Young John
Rum John Pritchard
Zaphnaphpaaneah Isaiah Obededom Nicodemus Francis Edward
Thomas Hill Joseph Napoleon Horatio Bonaparte Swindlehurst Nelson

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Talitha-Cumi
My-sake
Abuse-not
Sea-mercy
Heavenly-mind
Church-reform
Sin-denie
Love-lust
More-fruite
Zeal-of-the-land
Quod-vult-Deus
Hold-the-world
Sorry-for-sin
Search-the-Scriptures
Flie-fornication (flee fornication??)
Judas-not-Iscariot
Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith
Job-rakt-out-of-the-asshes (first read this as Job-ran-out-of-asses lol)
If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned
Dancell-Dallphebo-Marke-Antony-Dallery-Gallery-Cesar (not even kidding!)

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My PNL = http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/37275

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Top: Henry & Lara (main) / Caspian & Briar (GP) / Leon & Georgiana (top25)
Bottom: Trajan & Jacoba (main) / Dinadan & Melpomene (GP) / Corvo & Ourania (top25)

This message was edited 4/17/2014, 3:33 PM