Welcome to another episode of weird and funny history nerd facts! Today I present you my favourite Puritan names. Of course many Puritans gave their children biblical names but some parents took the whole 'naming your child'-thing one step further and named them after desireable virtues or slogans. Some of those names are still in use today, examples are Hope, Chasity, Joy or Faith. Most Puritan names however have died out....Fortunately! Here are my favourites:
- Moral
- Hate-evil
- Endurance
- The-Lord-is-near
- Kill-sin
- Tranquilla
- Fear-the-Lord
Aaaaaand my very favourite:
- If-Christ-had- not-died-for- thee-thou-hadst- been-damned
That's impossible, you might think, nobody would give their child such a ridiculous name. Well, let me prove you wrong: Meet Nicholas If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barbon!
Horrible Histories made a great video about Puritans, you should definately watch it, it's hilarious. So is all the stuff Horrible Histories does, by the way!
Enjoy!
The Countess
Oh wow, that must be the most ridiculous name i have ever come across. Lucky him it's only the middle name ;)
ReplyDeleteHaha, that's my favourite wife swap of Horrible Histories!
ReplyDeleteno, it wasn't, he changed his name to Nicholas when he got older(who can blame him!)
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