What is the most unusual name in your family tree? (free, typical)

[NY Annie]

My uncle was named Cedric - and he named his son Cedric Jr. The rest of us cousins called him "Sir Dick"

[BrassTacksGal]

Originally Posted by ss20ts

My name and my sister's name. Can't say them on here since we're both alive. But they're ODD.

Many of the names listed above are religious from a specific time period. They were quite common then. My name is biblical sort of and spelled completely wrong. My sister's name was 100% made up.

Why do parents do that to daughters? Why do parents so commonly spell their daughters' names in odd ways that just make it their lives more difficult? I don't get it.

[Tracysherm]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

The founder of Oldsmobile?

No, a different one "Ranson Van Leuven" a Mormon pioneer, 1811(or 1808)-1899. But he and Ransom Olds are probably the only two guys named Ransom ever.

[jiminnm]

Originally Posted by in_newengland

Zollicoffer Quigley Arnett.

Quite a mouthful there. Wonder what they called him for short! Actually an impressive name, taken all together.

According to a local history I read, he was called Zolli or Z Q. No one else in the family that I've mentioned him to had ever heard of him.

[PA2UK]

Originally Posted by BrassTacksGal

Why do parents do that to daughters? Why do parents so commonly spell their daughters' names in odd ways that just make it their lives more difficult? I don't get it.

Because they want their children to be unique. Imagine the opposite - going to school and finding there are 20 other girls in your grade with the same first name. That happened to a friend of mine when we were kids and she went home crying the first day of school because her name was the 3rd most popular name in the country for our age. It hardly makes one feel special.

[Destiny74]

Not in my lineage that I know of, but my son's friends mom introduced me to her mother.

Her name was Clidoris..

Not kidding. She put extreme emphasis on the 'Doris' part though.

[trinity1111]

Originally Posted by Destiny74

Not in my lineage that I know of, but my son's friends mom introduced me to her mother.

Her name was Clidoris..

Not kidding. She put extreme emphasis on the 'Doris' part though.

That's just Wrong. What are those parents thinking? Geez.

[naadarien]

We simply didn't really do crazy names. Long ones with multiple middle names, sure, but nothing really off the wall.

The wildest that comes to mind is Jabez Snow, my 9th great-grandfather. Puritans and their obscure bible names. :-D

[naadarien]

Originally Posted by NY Annie

My uncle was named Cedric - and he named his son Cedric Jr. The rest of us cousins called him "Sir Dick"

My grandfather's closest cousin, they grew up together, was nicknamed Dick because his mother was always sleeping around with a wide variety of men. Even though she did marry Dick's dad (and later divorced him), the name stuck. His real name was William.

[bpollen]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

I found one recently from the mid 1700s era. The wife's name was Experience.

My grandma's parents were named Aladdin and Clementine.