14 Insane Names Victorian Parents Actually Gave Their Kids

It’s unlikely anyone these days would call their child One Too Many, or That’s It Who’d Have Thought It.

Genealogy firm Fraser and Fraser uncovered the following names while looking for heirs to unclaimed estates.

Genealogy firm Fraser and Fraser uncovered the following names while looking for heirs to unclaimed estates.

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Neil Fraser, a partner at the firm, said in a press release:

Our genealogists get to look through hundreds of thousands of birth, death and marriage records. Over the years we have picked out certain names which have amused us and we've made a note of them. It shows people in the 19th century had a great sense of humour.

Friendless.

Friendless Baxter, a boy, was born in 1871.

Friendless.

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Faith Hope Charity.

Born in 1889. It might sound unusual to modern ears, but Hope wasn't a particularly uncommon name in the 19th century.

Faith Hope Charity.

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