Family trees are fun!

[ricardienne]

The next time anyone complains about People These Days Giving Their Children Terrible Names, I'm going to point out that in the family tree of my mother's father's old New England family, in addition to the Abijahs, the Amariah, and the Shubaels (all m.), Persises (or should that be Persides?), Parmelias (Parmeliae?), Zoella and Angenette (all f.), there's a Comfort, a Welcome (both m.), a Thankful, a Waitstill, and a Waity (all three f.).

(I actually like the name Persis a lot. Waity, not so much.)

Comments

[existentialgoat.livejournal.com]

I thought it was only my mom's Midwestern/Southern (Missouri is weird) family that had Pamelias! My great-great-grandma was Lura Pamelia and my great-grandma was Lura Kathrina.

Names are the coolest. (I think the winner for Worst Name on that side of the family is my grandmother's great-uncle, who was born in 1866 and named Robert E. Lee LastName. Nooo, Missouri family, noooooo. My grandma knew him as "Uncle Bob." :P)

[achyvi.livejournal.com]

WAITY KATEY AMIRITE

I think naming your child Persis might be a bit risky. It's waaaay too close to looking like his name is Penis. Was Waitstill an old maid? That would have been deliciously appropriate.