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HelpRe: Eye-catchers from an 1888 Publication, Batch 3 (34 names)
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Awwww:
Florence
Frederick Valentine -- what a combo
Adelaide
Goldie
Giddeon Hannibal -- imagine a time when you didn't have to be defensive about loving the name Hannibal
Giddeon Merrick
Harriet Araminta -- a tad "t" heavy as a combo, but I'll cut the parents some slack because they are dead. (huh?)
Hattie
Helen Carlotta -- sounds like a dance
Henrietta
Hepsie -- Hepsibah? Too cool.
Herselia -- although I prefer Hersilia
Herbert Ralph
Horatio -- ! Horatia is fun too
Irene Augusta -- wow
Irving Edgar
Jennie
Eunice
Jessie -- as a nickname for Jean
James Waldo
Patrick
Joseph -- you're going to try to make me love Apollos but I'm not going to let you
Josiah
Kezia -- kicky
Laurentia -- why isn't this more popular?
Mehitable -- but only as Mehetabel
Louisa Blood -- for sheer guts -- I do like Blodwen, which sounds similar
Lucy Miranda
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Florence
Frederick Valentine -- what a combo
Adelaide
Goldie
Giddeon Hannibal -- imagine a time when you didn't have to be defensive about loving the name Hannibal
Giddeon Merrick
Harriet Araminta -- a tad "t" heavy as a combo, but I'll cut the parents some slack because they are dead. (huh?)
Hattie
Helen Carlotta -- sounds like a dance
Henrietta
Hepsie -- Hepsibah? Too cool.
Herselia -- although I prefer Hersilia
Herbert Ralph
Horatio -- ! Horatia is fun too
Irene Augusta -- wow
Irving Edgar
Jennie
Eunice
Jessie -- as a nickname for Jean
James Waldo
Patrick
Joseph -- you're going to try to make me love Apollos but I'm not going to let you
Josiah
Kezia -- kicky
Laurentia -- why isn't this more popular?
Mehitable -- but only as Mehetabel
Louisa Blood -- for sheer guts -- I do like Blodwen, which sounds similar
Lucy Miranda
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Herselia, etc.
Thank you, I was wondering if Herselia might be intended as a feminine form of Hershel or such. Don't find a forvo pron. for it; would it be an "ee" sound in the middle?
I loved Irene Augusta, too, and I'm not particularly drawn to Augusta, generally.
I'm guessing Blood is probably a family surname (where the 1871 published line of my 4th gr grandmother was really big into Puritan and obscure names, this 1888 published line of my 4th gr grandfather is just wild about surname names); I could also see it as a sort of "virtue"/religious name.
Thank you, I was wondering if Herselia might be intended as a feminine form of Hershel or such. Don't find a forvo pron. for it; would it be an "ee" sound in the middle?
I loved Irene Augusta, too, and I'm not particularly drawn to Augusta, generally.
I'm guessing Blood is probably a family surname (where the 1871 published line of my 4th gr grandmother was really big into Puritan and obscure names, this 1888 published line of my 4th gr grandfather is just wild about surname names); I could also see it as a sort of "virtue"/religious name.
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