Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A generally dry and thoroughly cited examination of the development of naming conventions among Puritans in England from 1560 to 1660, which briefly touches on the general English naming practices between the Norman conquest of 1066 and the end of the period in question.

During the height of the most unconventional naming crazy a pair of brother were named: "Jesus-Christ-came-into-the-world-to-save Barebone" and "If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone", whose friends just called him "Damned Barebone".

Orphans found abandoned someplace would be named after the place, with "Mary Porch" and "John City Hall" as the best examples.

For anyone who does not have an especial interest in this book, I recommend skipping to the back and reading the names listed in the index of names, which include:

Anger, Ashes, Blaze, Bride, Cannon, Centurian, China Ware, Church-reform, Continent, Creature, Crestolot, Custance, Die-well, Dowsabel, Eli-lama-Sabachthani, Emperor, Experience, Faint-not, Fight-the-good-fight, Flie-fornication, From-above, Hate-bad, Humiliation, Job-rakt-out-the-asshes, Johnamaria, Judas-not-Iscariot, Kerenhappuch, Live-loose, Love-lust, Mahershalalhashbaz, Nab, Northamtonia, Nothing, Peacock, Properjohn, Revolt, Rutterkin, Sandercock, Sirs, Tribulation, Weakly, Wrestling

This book is available in the Public Domain, online at this website. If you want to follow my recommendation, you can navigate to the index at the end of the volume by clicking the visible page edges on the right side.… (altro)