General Chat

Of course, all way though. on Brown's side, Robert and Michael are the common ones, on lowsons Joseph, Robert, George and Richard all way back to 1626.

for the male line its james ,john ,herbert and william...for the female line its mary/maria, elizabeth and ann....mrs presley, i've also got a couple of kezia,s lovely name, wonder were it came from...iris

I've got several generations of Francis on one line plus a lot of Edwards on another. I also have a line of Jonathans. William and Thomas turn up a lot but it isn't as bad as my husband who has 18 men on his tree called William Gill. Sorting that lot out was a nightmare. His grandfather had done a lot of that bit of the tree using parish records about 50 years ago but we found a small muddle in one spot when we put it all on computer. That made it clearer that a couple of the Williams had been confused. That's without adding a lot of the more recent lines downwards and the name is still being used in the family. Elizabeth is popular on all the lines we have. I have several Janes too. My short run of Ralphs did help sort out one line and I've got useful groups of Isaac and Jeremiah. Sue

Yes like so many others James Mary Mary Ann Thomas William Elizabeth thank goodness for Leonidus Polyibus Archer he broke the mould LOL Marie Kent

Mary Ann Mary Ann there's so many of them one generation after another and it's getting me all confuddled :( Lyn x

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Ellen x 5

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

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