Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Baby Names

Yesterday I went on to new.familysearch.org to look up possible family names to use for Baby Boy Franz. There sure are a lot of names in there! Here are some names that won't make the cut. There are some real gems in the list:

Abel
Abijah
Adolf
Adriannes
Aelson
Ambrose
Anders
Andries
Arad
Archibald
Aren
Arie/Arien/Ariensz
Augustine
Berend/Berent
Bruyn
Bygot
Carbo/Kerbo
Cephas
Cheney
Claes
Claude
Clement
Cornelis/Cornelius
Crijn
Deacon
Dominique
Ebenezar/Ebenezear
Elbartus
Elipahalet
Engelhart
Francois
Frantz/Franz
Fredrik
Freegrace
Fortunatus
Gjert
Guilliame
Hal
Han/Hans
Harmon
Haynes
Henderiks/Hendrick/Hendrik/Henrick
Herman
Jan/Jansen
Jean/Jean Baptiste
Jeddiah
Jellis
Jens
Jeremah
Jerise
Jonas
Jorgen
Joris
Josiah
Jost
Karel
Kield
Kinsee
Kjeld
Kleis
Knud
Koop
Lambert/Lammert
Lancelot
Lars
Lorens/Lorentz/Louwrens
Ludwig
Mads
Mansuy
Mathija
Matthijs
Montgomery
Moses
Nehemiah
Niels/Nils
Ole
Ols
Oluf
Peder
Pehr
Percival
Petri
Pierce
Pierre
Rasmus
Sebastianes/Sebastianus
Smeadly
Stafford
Sulpice
Teunis
Thymens
Valentine
Washington
Wilmi

10 comments:

Mike + Mo said...

Man! I can't believe Oluf is out! That one has got to be my fav! ;)

But seriously...

Carrie said...

i used to have a huge crush on a boy named claude... i wonder how that name is treating him these days, y'know, in 2010... in the states.

but i guess my brother's name is walter and he's loving it...

brenna said...

Go with Jellis Bygot. Definitely...

bdoyle said...

You mean you don't want a little Lancelot Franz running around??

Jacob and Kalli Hiller said...

I'm glad you decided against Franz Franz. There are people out there who have done that to their children.

The Fleming Family said...

And oddly, Albus or Severus isn't on that list...

-Danielle

Smart Helm said...

That is quite the list. Surprised the Brother of Jared isn't on there.

Selena said...

Franz Hans Franz. Do it.

Kent, Krista and Family said...

I'm so relieved....Those were, uhm, very interesting!

Keith said...

We did the same thing. Good memories. Baby will be here before you know it. Make sure to get some sleep!