Given names status=one-off

"One-Off" Given Names

To avoid listing unique names or transcription errors, three distict citations are collected before a name is added to the main list. The following have one or two. Should you find another instance of one of these in use between 1450 and 1650, we would be interested in hearing from you. Please advise the date and place.

Alcede fem.
Form of Alice?

Arbuse fem.

Athebart masc.
Form of Ethelbert?

Bellamin fem.

Brell masc.
Possible surname used as forename?

Court masc.

Dane
Danne masc. Southwark
Northumberland Same name or two different? Short for Daniel?

Dove fem. Cambs. Some in 1800's, only one citation from 1450-1650.

Edri masc.
Abbreviation (Edwardi)? Possible survival of OE Eadred/Edred?

Eliary fem.
Perhaps a form of Hilary?

Ellyer
Hellyer fem. Cornwall. Same as masc. Helier/Elier from the Channel Islands, or fem. Ilyer/Illyer from Wales? Are they all the same?

Esay masc.

Etde fem. Cornwall An abbreviation? For what?

Euphemius masc. Cambs. 1629 Only one known instance as a masculine name.

Farall ?
Surname used as forename?

Feyrat masc. Beds.

Gaverigan masc. Cornwall Found as a surname in Cornwall. but only once as a forename.

Gawdy masc.
Appears as gentry surname in Norfolk. Any other instances of its use as forename?

Gecian masc.

Geffren masc.
Familiar form of Geoffrey?

Hanmer masc. Cambs. 1612 Appears to be a surname used as forename. Many instances as a gentry surname.

Hopson masc.
Seems to be a surname used as a forename. Many instances of the surname among landed families.

Ismell
Ismall fem. Herts. c. 1550
A feminine form of Ishmael?

Jacka masc. Cornwall Diminutive? Of what?

Janor fem. Cornwall

Jant fem. Cornwall Abbreviation of Janet?

Jayes
Jees fem. Cornwall and Devon.

Jugidie fem. Greater London, 1609 Same name as Latin Juguetha (medieval, translated as Jowett)?

Keverne masc.
St. Keverne appears in place names, the given name only once.

Mallian fem. Beds. Same as Mallyn? Or a diminutive of Marian?

Malliard ? Essex

Marris fem.
A familiar form of Demaris? Also occurs as a surname.

Mongwell masc. Cornwall. Perhaps a surname as found in Devonshire.

Overine fem. Cambs. Perhaps Averine/Averin, rare fem. name from the end of this period, or from the surname Overin/Overing?

Paradice fem.

Paray fem.

Philia fem.
Properly Philis? Abbreviation for Philadelphia?

Ragell fem. Cambs. A form of Rachel perhaps?

Sarepter fem. Herts. 1587

Secksey fem. London 1650, child burial Same as Saxa? From the surname Sexey?

Selander fem.

Sendry masc. Cornwall

Swanis fem. Beds. 1604

Yedia fem. Oxon. Perhaps a Latinization of feminine Ede.

Zachire fem. Holborn 1660 burial Not Zachary, but a feminine name.

Alcede	fem.		Form of Alice?
Arbuse	fem.
Athebart	masc.		Form of Ethelbert?
Bellamin	fem.
Brell	masc.		Possible surname used as forename?
Court	masc.
Dane Danne	masc.	Southwark Northumberland	Same name or two different? Short for Daniel?
Dove	fem.	Cambs.	Some in 1800's, only one citation from 1450-1650.
Edri	masc.		Abbreviation (Edwardi)? Possible survival of OE Eadred/Edred?
Eliary	fem.		Perhaps a form of Hilary?
Ellyer Hellyer	fem.	Cornwall.	Same as masc. Helier/Elier from the Channel Islands, or fem. Ilyer/Illyer from Wales? Are they all the same?
Esay	masc.
Etde	fem.	Cornwall	An abbreviation? For what?
Euphemius	masc.	Cambs. 1629	Only one known instance as a masculine name.
Farall	?		Surname used as forename?
Feyrat	masc.	Beds.
Gaverigan	masc.	Cornwall	Found as a surname in Cornwall. but only once as a forename.
Gawdy	masc.		Appears as gentry surname in Norfolk. Any other instances of its use as forename?
Gecian	masc.
Geffren	masc.		Familiar form of Geoffrey?
Hanmer	masc.	Cambs. 1612	Appears to be a surname used as forename. Many instances as a gentry surname.
Hopson	masc.		Seems to be a surname used as a forename. Many instances of the surname among landed families.
Ismell Ismall	fem.	Herts. c. 1550	A feminine form of Ishmael?
Jacka	masc.	Cornwall	Diminutive? Of what?
Janor	fem.	Cornwall
Jant	fem.	Cornwall	Abbreviation of Janet?
Jayes Jees	fem.	Cornwall and Devon.
Jugidie	fem.	Greater London, 1609	Same name as Latin Juguetha (medieval, translated as Jowett)?
Keverne	masc.		St. Keverne appears in place names, the given name only once.
Mallian	fem.	Beds.	Same as Mallyn? Or a diminutive of Marian?
Malliard	?	Essex
Marris	fem.		A familiar form of Demaris? Also occurs as a surname.
Mongwell	masc.	Cornwall.	Perhaps a surname as found in Devonshire.
Overine	fem.	Cambs.	Perhaps Averine/Averin, rare fem. name from the end of this period, or from the surname Overin/Overing?
Paradice	fem.
Paray	fem.
Philia	fem.		Properly Philis? Abbreviation for Philadelphia?
Ragell	fem.	Cambs.	A form of Rachel perhaps?
Sarepter	fem.	Herts. 1587
Secksey	fem.	London 1650, child burial	Same as Saxa? From the surname Sexey?
Selander	fem.
Sendry	masc.	Cornwall
Swanis	fem.	Beds. 1604
Yedia	fem.	Oxon.	Perhaps a Latinization of feminine Ede.
Zachire	fem.	Holborn 1660 burial	Not Zachary, but a feminine name.