A selection of names from the GRO Birth Records for England and Wales in 1864. All are first names and middle names — the surnames are not included unless indicated by 'sn' — and have been checked against other records for accuracy.
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Amos & Avis (twins)
Augustus Kirwan Adelmare
Baron Rayleigh Hedley Vicars
Baruch Ash
Bernard Maynard Eustace Theodore
Cleanthus Avicenna
Cleophas Caleb
Clotworthy John
Clyde Alexander Vivian
Colley Edmund George
Cornish James Elger
Demas Leonard
Demosthenes Cicero
Deodatus Theophilus
Drewry Octavius
Dryden Devereux
Emanuel Valentine
Esmond Justin Alexander Thomas
Everard Lancelot
Ferdinand Wolfgang Amadeus
Gaius Demetrius
Hamlet Bertie Bevan Melancthon
Jabez Rembrandt
James Plato
John Chrysostom Henry Peter
Joseph Innocent Alexander
Justinian Vernon
Kilcoursie Jocelyn
Lambert Josse Ernest Raducan Jules
Leicester Railway (he was born in Leicester --and his father was an engine fitter!)
Leonidas Richard
Lewis Nazzareus
Lot Thomas
March Leonard
Robert Maelgwyn
Shebaniah John Sylvester
Stacey William
Stanlake Henry
Swan Harrison
Taliesin Wyndham
Trinley Richard Montagu
Tryphenius
Vaniah William
Voltaire Ernest
Wayman Crow
William Archimedes
William Hodges Garibaldi Alexander Victor Albert Reginald
William Nebuchadnezzar
Wroth Perian Christopher
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Adamanta Eliza
Adolphina Christina Johanna
Adrienne Justine Leonie Silvie
Agnes Mynfreda
Alethea Prudence
Alexandra Janetta Albinia
Alice Nut Brown
Ambrosina Angelina
Amy Gwynellia
Annie Samuelina
Azarell Annie
Bathsheba Victoria
Britannia Matilda
Clara Verona
Corisande Eleanor Gertrude
Dulcibella Blyth
Emma Aleisha
Emma Selina Olympus
Evelina Eugenia
Faith Hope Charity (sn: Peace)
Francine Eulalie Catherine
Frederica Violetta Frances Sophia
[Henrietta Georgina Alexandra Florence Millicent Feodore]
Italia Ernestina Maria
Isabella Azella
Jessaline Amelia
Julia Zereda
Justine Eugenie Augusta
Kelia Onarena
Leila Portia
Lilia Theophila
Lilla Laura Adeliza Alphene
Lucretia Amina
Luna Alexandria
Mahala Jessie Priscilla
Manandra Sophia
Marie Amedee Valentine Oneida
Marguerite Evelina Rafaela Antonia
Mary Forestina
Matred Francina
Mercy Philadelphia
Milborough Christiana
Minney Mahala Maria
Monimia
Obedience Amy
Orpha Jerusha
Phillis Adelphia
Ragna Josephine
Rhoda Altazera
Rose Ginevra
Selah Anita Lee
Septima Octavia
Sexa Ann
Silence Helen
Simona Engracia
Uretta Jane
Valentine Helena
Viola Feodora
Violet Angel
Zibiah Alma
Zoe Florence
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N.B. 1864 was the year of its own heir-to-the-thrown royal baby.
Prince Albert Victor (full name Albert Victor Christian Edward) was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales. His grandmother, Queen Victoria, announced his name as Albert Victor before even consulting his parents. In a letter to the Prince of Wales she said, "As regards the names, if others besides Albert Victor are added (which I don't the least object to), you must take dear Uncle Leopold's also. You could not give King Christian's and the Landgrave's without also giving Uncle Leopold's. I would advise reserving Edward for a second or third son."
They didn't observe this edict (perhaps understandably!), and added Christian (after King Christian IX of Denmark, his maternal grandfather) and Edward; always calling their son "Eddy" throughout his life.
And, as we would expect, 1864 therefore saw many boys born with the names Albert Victor or a mixture of all four of the baby's given names.
