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My seasonal name for the day taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes is: "Merry Christmas" March Qtr 1874 Midhurst Reg. Dist. I wonder what day they were born! #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Our festive name for today (taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes is: "Christmas Slap" March Qtr 1838 Tunstead Reg. Dist. Which is what the mother-in-law might get of she doesn't behave herself and lay off the sherry this afternoon #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Another seasonal offering from the England & Wales Birth Indexes: "Reindeer T Boomsma" March Qtr 1949 Middlesex Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

He really did exist - name taken from the England &Wales Birth Indexes: "Santa Claus Losack/Losace" March Qtr 1891 Holborn Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Another seasonal (and not unexpected) name taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes: "Holly Berry" March Qtr 1880 Barnstaple Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Today's seasonal name from the England & Wales Birth Indexes is: "Festive Devine" September Qtr 1896 S Shields Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

I wonder what day he or she was born (taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes): "New Year West" March Qtr 1845 Ely Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

It's a shame he wasn't born on new year's day, but it seems an appropriate name for my choice today (taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes): "Resolution Taylor" September Qtr 1875 Oldham Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Imagine going through life as Piggy Hart! #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

I hope for her sake she wasn't an introvert.... #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Another strange one from the England & Wales Birth Indexes. I wonder whether her parents were into lizards or something #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

I'm not sure what was going on in these parents heads when they named their child. Perhaps he had big ears or something #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

What reason on earth could you have for naming your child Jumbo? #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Here's an uplifting name on a dull and cold January Monday. I like to think that the parents were happy people #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Perhaps he was a whingy baby or something #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

They must have been cheery parents to give their son such a name #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Sadly he was the wrong gender to be in a girl band and about a hundred years too early, but his name was nearly right. Did his parents have aspirations for him I wonder #weirdnames

I wonder what his parents had in mind when they gave him this name. It conjures up an image of a man mountain running an opium den #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

Vegetable loving parents? Such a shame that his surname didn't begin with a 'P' as well #weirdnames #genealogy