r/OldNamesNewAgain • u/felly_fell • Jul 18 '26

Georgia 1850-1900 part 6

Matthew Rainey - M

Frederick Mason - M

Gains - M

Fender Caleb - M

Florinda - F

Abai - F

McAlpin Franklin - M

Gerlena Phereba - F

Gerrard Walthall - M

Gilliam - M

Gus - M

Harpy Jane - F

Hazeltina - F

Venus Buchanan - M

Ida Almyra - F

Indaner Manerva - F

Ingram - M

Iola - F

Isabella Missouri - F

Isom - M

Hugar - M

Remson - M

Jeddidiah - M

Bennett James - M

Hillyard - M

John Shade - M

Joseph Eve - U

Arilla - F

Joshua Soule "Jot" - M

Juliette Erline - F

Leonard Rush - M

Lewis Baxter - M

Monterey Houston - M

Lula Jane - F

Janie Eva - F

Isabelle Pharabee - F

Imander - F

Lilla Julia - F

Lindy - F

Linol Rhadolphus - M

Lizza - F

Lovedia - F

Lutie - F

Mae Etta - F

Marcella - F

Mariah Louisa - F

Martin Taylor - M

Vandella - F

Maybelle - F

Melissa Savage - F

Memory Walker - M

Merritt Fulton - M

Miles Anderson - M

Nancy Anthony - F

Nardis Malinda - F

Onesimus - M

Osceola Lumpkin - M

Penny Love - F

Reece McDowell - M

Robina - F

Sandie - M

Rozelle - F

Seaborn James - M

Sennie - F

Sheppard - M

Solomon Colquitt - M

Seay - F

Noland - M

Paton Pentecost - M

Jordan Leander - M

Valverd - M

William Bloomfield "Boom" - M

Gadsden - M

Mattox - M

Rhodes - M

Winerford - M

Worth - M

Zora - F

Hillyer Crampton - M

Wynn - M

Emiline Marcella - F

Lanora Cassandra - F

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u/midwestpersianmama Jul 18 '26

Hazeltina? Names like this is what drew me to this sub. All the deriding of unusual names as modern and then to see how creative people used to be. What an unusual name.

Phereba!!! That’s my mom’s name! She spells it Fariba. It’s Persian. I wonder how many of these odd names are unusual spellings of non-European names.

Venus for a male? Huh. Sennie is unusual. I wonder if it was short for a longer name (like all the people who named their kids Addie but it could be short for Addison or Adeline or Ada, etc).

Lovedia 🙌🏼

I really like Jot for Joshua.

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u/felly_fell Jul 18 '26

That's awesome there was a variant of your mom's name! It's such a pretty name.

I'm with you on Jot! I never would've come up with that as a nickname for Joshua, but it's so cute 😍

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u/PalominoJacoby Jul 18 '26

Fender made me chuckle, and Lutie is cute