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 as follows:

[Births 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

-