Following on from the sixteenth century we now move on to the eccentric or unusual names of the seventeenth century from Norfolk baptisms -- a time of the Stuarts, the Civil War, Cromwell's Republic, and the Restoration Period.
Note: Only a small fraction of the Norfolk parish registers cover this period -- most start at the beginning of the eighteenth century -- so the names below are only a small sample from that time period.
Beyond Mary and John:
| Abiah Abraham Alexander Alraka Ambrose Amos Anthony Arnold Augustin Aurelius Barnaby Bartholomew Bartram Benedict Brian Caleb Cecil Clement Cornelius Cuthbert Eleazer Elisha Ellis Emmanuel Erasmus Eusebius Ezekiel Felix Gamaliel Giles Godfrey Humphrey Isaac Israel Japhia Jeffery |
Jeremiah Jeronimo Josiah Judah Lancelot Laurence Leonard Lewis Lionel Marmaduke Maurice Methuselah Moses Myles Nathaniel Neriah Obadiah Oliver Osmund Paul Peregrine Quartus Randulph Roger Salvino Septimus Solomon Theophilus Titus Tobias Tristram Valentine Vincent Walter Wolfric Zacharias |
Aquila Amphilis Anis Annabell Arabella Audrey Augusta Aurelia Avis Azoah Barbara Barsheba Bethsaby Blanche Blythe Bridget Cecily Charissima Christabella Christiana Dessorell Diana Dinah Dorcas Edonie Etheldreda Eunice Euphanie Fanstine Grisell Hezekiah Honoria Jemima Jeronomie Keziah Leah |
Leticia Lettice Lucretia Mariella Marina Mirabel Mildred Millicent Monica Muriel Nazareth Octavia Pauline Penelope Philippa Phillis Phoebe Priscilla Rhoda Rosamond Sebeliah Sustillian Tabitha Tamar Theodora Theodorien Theodosia Thomasin Tryphena Ursula Valentine Vecula Verely / Verily Veronica Zipporah |
Virtue/ word names:
| Easter Fortune Good Livewell Wroth |
Charity Clemencie Deodate Easter Faith Felicity Fortune |
Good Grace Honesty Honor Hope Joy Modesty |
Pain Patience Pleasance Prudence Temperance Trothe Verity |
Surname-first names:
| Appleyard Astley Bassingborne Bassinson Bongoman Bryant Bunday Chaplin Fairbrother Fairefax Faken Firmin Grantham Gillbride Hamond |
Hansill Moore Myhill Osborne Palgrane Parker Paston Pole Sampson Schuldam Sheldrake Shovell Wentworth Woolstone |
Annison Bennet Clease Clopton Elling Friswell Knevett Olly / Oley Parnell Pagrane Palgrave Swithin Wellthean Willoughby Wyborough |
Gender-benders:
| Clare | Adrian Anthony Benedict Christian |
Ezekiel Judah Matthew Robert |
Stay tuned next week for the Curiosities of the Eighteenth Century.
