1872 was the year of the first FA Cup final, the publication of George Eliot's novel Middlemarch, and a reported meteor hitting a wall in Banbury.
Below is a selection of names from the GRO Birth Records for England and Wales in 1872. 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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Abimelech Brigham
Admiral Anthony
Adoniram Sigsworth
Adrianus Marinus
Aeneas Charles
Agrippa Aquila
Alban Constantine
Alonzo Hugh
Alpha Jovial
Alpheaus Charles
Alred Mark
Alvara William
Amariah Rich
Amos Jehosaphat
Apollas John
Araunah Joseph Augustus
Arbuthnot Patrick Astley
Archelaus Arthur Cuming
Archibald Cato
Aristides
Athanasius Carrington
Auberon Herbert
Axel Olof
Baldisaro
Balleswidden
Baptist Victor
Barford Spink
Barzillai Jonathan
Bastable Albert Ernest Edward William Merdon
Belford Verdon Iceley Travers
Bernardus Franciscus
Birkett Lancelot
Buena Ventura Marco
Burroughes Maurice
Cadwaladr Pierce
Cain Abel
Captain Dyson
Celso Laurance
Colenso George
Confucius
Defiance
Dilwyn John
Disraeli Benjamin
Doctor Edward
Douglas Olinthus Percy
Dyas Beverley
Eadeauf
Ebenezer Alabama
Egbert Ethelred George
Exuperius Pickering
Felton Dashwood John Scott
Friend Richard
Friendly
Godfrey Valiant
Golden Ernest (sn: Pennock)
Goliath
Hildebrand Aubrey
Hitchband Reedman
Igdaliah
Ivor Ajax
Leander Abydos
Osgood Simon
Ozem Onan
Pontius Pilate
Ulric Dane
Vittorio Jim
Ythil George
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Acacia Harriet Siret
Adderbell Eliza
Addrian Cornelia
Adna Sophie
Agenoria Jane
Albina Augusta
Alida Catharina
Alline Georgiana
Alphonsine Marion
Alswitha
Alvilde Therese
Apsley Catherine
Ariana Winifred
Arminal Julia
Arnoldine Georgiana
Arvesta Annie
Asenath Josephine
Attillia Daisy
Azubah Minna
Bellamaria Georgina
Bethania Elizabeth
Blandina Gobat
Blossom Jane
Boadicea Agnes
Brittalina Mary
Brucelia Charlotte
Constance Godiva
Contents Increase (sn: Greatorix)
Camelia Estella
Coinosthanes Marie Victorine
Criscilia Sarah
Crystella Beatrice Martha
Delphina Merita
Delta Caroline
Eadgith Blandina
Essyllt Constance
Ethelburga Bella
Etheldreda Lucy
Ethelwyn Silvania
Ferdinandina Catherine
Fernanda Jessie
Finnetta Jane
Forestina Henrietta Eva Maude Minnie
Fortuna Emma
Girardine Raymonde
Gravelina Zenobia
Huldah Hephzibah
Iceland Gertrude
Ione Esmeralda Gertrude
Izet Birdie
Lamia Rose
[Mabel Helmingham Ethel Huntingtower Beatrice Blazonberrie Evangeline Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet Toedmag Saxon]
Oliff Keziah
Olympia Beatrice
Owenetta Maria
Pontine Lavinia
Pulcherie Emma
True Robinson
Venetia Pearl
Venus Minnie
Veta Castilia
Viva Augusta
Zaida Beatrice
Zella Adriana
Zepherine Florence
Zita Imelda
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