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Effect of unusual names

Discussion in 'Any questions?' started by Liberty, Aug 21, 2013.

  1. Margery

    Margery LostCousins Member

    I feel sorry for some of the modern names inflicted on children these days. Not only do they have mangled spellings but often there is no way to distinguish the sex of the child by their given names.:confused:
     
  2. Gillian

    Gillian LostCousins Star

    However, the difficulty of telling the sex of children from their given names is nothing new, is it? A few that come to mind are Joyce, Beverl(e)y, Hilary and Evelyn. I'm sure there are lots more.
     
  3. Gillian

    Gillian LostCousins Star

    I'm resurrecting this discussion because today I came upon a gentleman with the surname Excell (pity about the two l's) among my forebears in mid-19th century Kent. I've only just discovered him, besides which he's 'only' a relative by marriage and died before he and his wife had any offspring, so I don't know how widespread the surname is.
     
  4. emjay

    emjay LostCousins Member

    Excellent post Gillian.
     
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  5. Pauline

    Pauline LostCousins Megastar

    The surname Excell crops up in my tree, also by marriage, in Gloucestershire and I don't think it is particularly unusual. It may, of course, be regional - reasonably common in Gloucestershire but less so elsewhere - but I haven't investigated. I think the most common variant spellings are Excell and Exell but I have also come across both those variants spelt with a single 'l'.
     

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