Forenames

Whether or not there was a conscious intention to use a naming convention, the names Hugh and Thomas were still given in my branch down to my grandfather’s brother and my uncle.  The frequency of first names is set out below, boys first then girls followed by wives:

The Births column is those registered 1837-1900.

 

Census

1901

Census

1881

Births

Albert

1

2

4

Alfred

4

4

7

Amos

3

1

4

Andrew

1

1

1

Arthur

3

4

9

Benjamin

-

1

2

Bernard

1

-

1

Charles

2

2

4

Daniel

4

4

7

Dennis

1

-

1

Edward

8

8

14

Edwin

-

-

1

Eli

-

-

1

Ellis

2

1

2

Enoch

1

1

1

Ernest

2

1

1

Evan

1

-

1

Frank

2

-

3

Fred[erick]

3

1

4

George

9

7

10

Harold

-

-

2

Harry

4

-

6

Hedley

1

-

1

Henry

7

10

11

Herbert

2

-

2

Hubert

1

1

1

Hugh

6

5

11

James

6

8

15

John

16

14

30

Joseph

22

17

28

Joshua

2

3

4

Lawrence

-

-

1

Leonard

1

-

1

Levi

1

1

1

Louie

1

-

1

Mark

-

-

1

Medford

-

-

1

Michael

-

-

1

Miles

2

-

2

Moses

1

1

?

Norman

1

-

1

Percy

1

1

2

Peter

2

2

?1

Reginald

-

-

1

Reynold

1

-

1

Richard

3

1

3

Robert

2

1

2

Sam[uel]

1

1

4

Sidney

3

1

3

Thomas

13

18

19

Towers

1

-

1

Walter

2

1

4

Wilfred

-

-

2

William

17

6

29

 

168

130

271

 

 

 

 

Ada

3

-

5

Agnes

1

-

1

Alice

-

1

7

Amelia

2

-

2

Amy

1

-

1

Ann[e][ie][a]

6

6

10

Beatrice

1

-

1

Bertha

2

-

2

Caroline

-

-

1

Catherine

1

1

3

Charlotte

-

1

1

Cicely

-

-

1

Clara

2

-

2

Constance

1

-

?

Doris

2

-

2

Dorothy

1

-

1

Edith

4

1

5

Edna

-

1

1

Eliza[beth]

12

10

27

Ellen[nor]

3

2

8

Elsie

2

-

2

Emily

5

2

4

Emma

1

1

5

Esther

1

-

2

Ethel

-

-

2

Ethelyn

1

-

1

Eva

1

-

1

Eveline

3

-

2

Evelyn

-

-

1

Fanny

-

1

?

Florence

3

1

6

Frances

-

-

2

Gladys

1

-

2

Gwendoline

-

-

1

Hannah

4

6

11

Harriet

-

2

6

Isabel

-

-

1

Jane

5

3

11

Jessie

2

-

2

Julia

1

-

1

Lillian

2

1

3

Lilly

1

-

1

Lottie

1

-

1

Louisa

-

1

2

Lucy

3

1

5

Lydia

1

1

2

Margaret

4

2

7

Maria

-

1

2

Martha

1

5

7

Mary

9

12

34

Maud

1

-

1

May

3

-

4

Minnie

1

-

1

Nancy

-

-

1

Nellie

3

-

3

Oliva[e]

-

1

1

Rachel

-

-

2

Rebecca

1

1

2

Rhoda

-

-

2

Ruth

1

-

1

Sarah

5

7

20

Selina

1

-

1

Susan[n]a[h]

1

1

4

Sylvia

1

-

1

 

112

73

252

Wives:

 

 

 

Ada

2

-

 

Ann[ie]

4

4

 

Betsey

1

-

 

Elizabeth

12

6

 

Ellen[or]

3

1

 

Emily

-

1

 

Emma

2

1

 

Eveline

1

-

 

Florence

1

-

 

Florrie

1

-

 

Hannah

1

2

 

Harriet

2

2

 

Jane

-

2

 

Lizzie

1

-

 

Margaret

3

-

 

Maria

1

-

 

Martha

2

-

 

Mary

5

6

 

Mercy

1

1

 

Nellie

1

-

 

Phoebe

1

1

 

Ruth

1

-

 

Sarah

5

7

 

Susannah

1

-

 

Sylvia

1

-

 

Theresa

2

2

 

 

55

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