A good name for a woman:

Jolly Sadd. Suffolk

[Macbev]

I'm quite fond of Waterloo Maude Glover in my tree

[Michael]

The most unusual names I've come across haven't been in my tree, but since I've come here. Most Chinese people intending to have any sort of contact with the English-speaking world adopt an English name, for the sake of non-Chinese speakers who will invariably be unable to pronounce Chinese names. Some choose (or have their parents choose for them) what might be considered normal English names; others pick ones which are real names, but which went out of fashion in the UK the best part of a century ago (I don't think I've known an Ada, Arthur or Norman in the UK who was born after 1930, but I've taught all of them here). Still others choose names which, like the Puritan ones of Temperance, Virtue etc., may be rather hard to live up to: Handsome, Angel and Fairy; in the last category are those who opt for English words which wouldn't usually be considered names at all - Green, Leaf, Apple (fortunately those three aren't in the same class!), Circle, but the worst of the lot... Demon.

[garstonite]

Meschach Howett burial 23rd june 1917 Burnley cemetery
aged 65
abode 10 master street
grave 14429
gender male

[marquette]

Hi Michael

When we went to Beijing for the Olympics, our lovely Chinese tour guides had been asked to pick an English name and some were quite close to their real name, but the one I recall most was "Chocolate".

We have quite a few Chinese and Koreans at our high school and they usually pick an English name quite close to the pronunciation of their own name, or, as you have found, one of the really old or traditional English names.

[Michael]

I have a two boys in one class who are inclined to mess about if allowed to sit together. Their names, I kid you not... Tom and Jerry.

[HarrysMum]

Michael...we have a lot of Asians here in Oz and they often name their children something they think is "English".

Susan seems to be a common name for girls, yet hardly heard in the Aussie population now. Junior is a favourite for boys.

Strangely the Aboriginal names are often 'older' style ones as well. Lionel, Arthur, Norman, Roberta, Edna, etc.

Many yeras ago I was at a meeting and spoke to a 90 year old lady who had the name of India. I commented how much I liked it and she said she had three sisters, Storm, Fern and Summer. They all would have been in the 1800s.

[Nell]

I have a friend called Mary, who was born in Hong Kong. Mary is her adopted name, her real name translates as "Lovely Apple".

[Shona]

Meanwhile back in Scotland, I've just found an 18th-century Jelly.

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Shona

Meanwhile back in Scotland, I've just found an 18th-century Jelly.

Male or female? In the latter case I was just imagining a marriage between yours and OC's resulting in Jelly Fish.