Unusual family names?

[carly12]

I have been doing some geneology research lately, and have uncovered some pretty unique family names, including these:

Sparrowhawk (from a family member in the 16th century!)
Nevada (for a girl)
Electious
Delinda


Do you have any, for better or worse, in your family tree?

[dovah]

I have an ancestory.com account, but I haven't gone back very far because I like to be absolutely certain that I'm actually related to them.

Some unusuals in my family:
Berma
Gleemer
Arzula
Jeptha (the only male)

My husband's family:
Tarlton

Also, his family kept with the common tradition of giving children Presidents' names. He has a George Washington [Last Name] and a John Adams [Last Name]

[rosie1997]

I have people in my family called Eunice and Eustace, they are siblings. We also have a family member called Lawrence but he ALWAYS went by Roy, to the point that no one in may family knew his real name so when we tried to find his birth and death it took a long time to find his real name

[econo]

I have a Telesphore and a Theofiel lurking in the family tree. I also discovered a branch of the family that were practically Pilgrims, so there were several men named Comfort. My grandmother always went by her middle name - Euphema.

[redwoodfey]

Oh my, Sparrowhawk is a find! We have lots of names I've either never heard before or rarely hear anymore. Almost everyone on my mother's side of the family is into genealogy and has been for many generations. Some of these are from as far back as the 16th century.

female names:
Alegrine
Elice
Faige
Forrest
Tekla

male names:
Ludwig
Luloff
Mortenus
Mortimer
Olof
Passmore
Silas
Thor
Timen
Ward

[geeknamezyo]

My Cajun relatives had some good ones--Elida, Aglia, and twins (?) named Minos and Mina.

[irmgard+theodorian]

From past generations:

Ferris
Gayheart
Maryuarite (Margaret)
Marauder (long story. went by Mara)
Meriwether
Magdolna (went by Dolly)
Symond
Minnie Appleton (thought the combination was strange.)
Welty (first name on a girl. surname of the family. she married young to avoid Welty Welty. oh the 1600s)

[penguin]

My family was pretty boring. Lots of Marys and Josephs and saint's names. The most unusual was Cornelius. And there was a Juozas, but that's just the Lithuanian spelling of Joseph.

[sweetpeace13]

We have an

Eliphalet
Electra

[scarlettrobin]

Thor, Napoleon, Reginleif, Adalida, Gustava, Beauregard, Helsa, Olga, Theodoric, etc