Another one I saw had a similar thing in it with Puritan names.

Unusual victorian names. Ladies magazine of the mid-century saw a flurry of heroines bearing names such as Glaphyra Zemira Adelgitha and Orinda and you only need to look at my Finds from. Compare it to Felicity. Opiates were as freely available as present-day crisps and pipes filled with various types of tobacco were to be found in most every home.

This beautiful and short baby boy name has the Victorian vibes imbibed in it. Plenty of names have been lost throughout the years as well though. Wymark - A unisex name representing 04 of all female names in Kent.

Sometimes I think these people must look really hard to find all these weird names though. You know Happy actually isnt very odd though. Both their scientific and common labels are rich in meaning often revealing the history uses or myths of a species.

By Katie Avis-Riordan All plant names have a story to tell. More unusual choices among the Victorian royal baby names include Alberta Augusta and Maud. Lacie Lace Lacey Lacia.

The famous namesake is Jerome Kern. Series to find the influence of this gothic trend in lavish names such as Garton Crucifix Mordaunt Lionel Wolf Ezekiel Desolata Claranda Melvina Georgina and Grecia Horatia. The following are just some of these bizarre inventions some useful and some not so much.

- Actually I read a book once about a cat named Happy. In the Victorian era smoking was commonplace. Weird and wonderful plant names The stories behind fun plant names revealed from a famous movie villain to a Victorian tree-climbing theory.