General Chat

Does anyone have any names which are common in their tree? I found my 4x Great Grandfathers sister 'Louisa' and then it seemed to have go everywhere on the family line!

Yes, It was very common to name children after parents, grandparents etc.

yeah- Joseph,if my next grandchild is called that (and probably will be !)I will screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem

If I come aross anymore Thomas who married a Martha in my tree I will scream. I have 6 couples with these names it is sooooo confusing. Jackie:o)

My 2 x Great Grandfather was William Barrett, so was his dad, so was his dad, so was his dad, and so was his dad. lol

william about 5 catherine about 4 Mary's Henry's Tons all with the most common surnames too-Brown Smith and Taylor's Catherine xx

Down my father's side Cyril Ex husband's side Ivan My eldest son thanks me almost daily I didn't follow tradition on either side :) And I was also kind enough to not give him either as a second name. BUT.....If I had been heavily into tracing my family history, way back then, I may have been sorely tempted :)))) lol Chris

Ellen x 5

Henry x 6 Thomas x 5 William x 10 Mary x 5 all with the same surnames

Oh I've got several and problem is even the surnames are very common. John Scott - about 8 in this line John Myles - every generation for the past 8. and Thomas' all over the place.

Yes, the name that goes on and on and on, on dads side is Thomas! going back to the 1600's its Thomas, and my gggrandfather was called Thomas who called one of his sons Thomas and thank god my ggrandfather was called Anthony and luckily he called none of his sons Thomas, Hurrah end of line. Mary is the other name and Sarah how many of these do you need as well! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Yvonne x

Sorry back again, the other thing that bugs me as well, The Harrisons came from Durham and were coal miners.. how many Harrisons are there in Durham? hundreds of them. What a family, always said we were dysfunctional.

I have 5 generations of Josephs marrying Marys. No Jesus's though - just more Marys & Josephs!!!!! maggie

My 14 x GGF was called Thomas Green. Every generation down to my 4 x GGF, was a Thomas Green. But my 3 x GGF was called John Green! No idea why the family went mad with this foreign name, lol. OC

I've got aabout 15 or so Alexanders and strangly enough quite a few Euphemia's including three Euphemia Jessie's Then of course theres John Ross and his father John Ross ect. Infact i just have too many Ross', they apear on both my dads and mums sides and even seem to marry people with the same last name Ross - Hendry.

My brother is William. My Dad was William. My Grandad as William. My Grandads uncle was William.........and guess what?.. his uncle was William !! Libby x

Found a lovely name in my tree which runs and runs......Kezia....if i ever have a little girl i will carry it onxxx

Why did they name the boys after the father and the brothers of each family also used the same forenames. Roberts 6 Henry 10 Thomas 11 John 11 George 12 William 15 Ann 8 Mary 14 My favourite though is Treleven and there is only one of him! All these are on my paternal line. They drive me mad but I love them all. Beryl x

I've got my fair share of William's, Thomas' etc, but i have nearly 20 Ralph's I also have Surtees (as a Christian name) about 10 times and Anthony about the same - I didn't think that it was popular in the 1700's

Also have loads of Henrys and Harolds.....all named after ggg(?) grandmother Harriet. Biggest headache, and I love him, is my gg Grandfather who disappeared into a black hole between 1871 and 1901 when he reappeared with a wife and four children. (Bet he was with the socks. LOL. Can not even find when he died!!. Libby xx