GIRLS
Asira - Arabic, feminine form of Asir, meaning "honored" or "chosen".
Ibrisam - Arabic, meaning "silk".
BOYS
Tylan
Robert Frost's poem "A Cliff Dwelling" reminds me of the people who must have lived here "Oh years ago--ten thousand years" and enjoyed the beauty and safety of a cliff. A place "to rest from his besetting fears". Welcome to mine.
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Basket of Names
GIRLS
Lardiana - from a book on Virginia genealogy
BOYS
Brewster
Celedon Greek
Hallem
Turkand
Lardiana - from a book on Virginia genealogy
BOYS
Brewster
Celedon Greek
Hallem
Turkand
Sunday, November 4, 2018
New Yorker Names
I came across these in a book on New York genealogy. Technically some of the names are Connecticut, England, or Holland, but since they are in the ancestry of New Yorkers, I felt the title for this post applied.
GIRLS
Aeltje
Jacomyntje
BOYS
Banyer
Beant -
Catoonah- name of an Indian chief in Long Island in the early 1700s
Clermont
Cuyler- I've seen Kyler in recent years, but this spelling was the first name of the author of a book on genealogy published in 1914.
Eckford
Goozen
Levinus
Medad - name of a New England colonial inhabitant
Roelif
Wolrave
GIRLS
Aeltje
Jacomyntje
BOYS
Banyer
Beant -
Catoonah- name of an Indian chief in Long Island in the early 1700s
Clermont
Cuyler- I've seen Kyler in recent years, but this spelling was the first name of the author of a book on genealogy published in 1914.
Eckford
Goozen
Levinus
Medad - name of a New England colonial inhabitant
Roelif
Wolrave