2007-03-20 05:01:50 · 15 answers · asked by lemmy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
These are the most popular names from the late 1500's (sorry, couldn't find any from 1600 exactly)
MEN
John, Nicholas, Leonard, Samuel, Arthur,
Thomas, Ralph, Martin, Allen, David,
William, Christopher, Simon, Charles, Fulke,
Robert, Anthony, Peter, Alexander, Luke,
Richard, Matthew, Philip, Gregory , Mathias,
Henry, Edmund, Stephen, Nathaniel, Tobias,
George, Walter, Lawrence, Abraham, Isaac,
Edward, Hugh, Roger, Barnaby, Jerome,
James, Andrew, Daniel, Geoffrey, Joseph,
Francis, Humphrey, Michael, Reynold, Rowland
WOMEN
Elizabeth, Isabel, Christian, Barbara, Julian,
Joan, Dorothy, Edith, Rachel, Philippa,
Margaret, Margery, Emma, Charity, Audrey,
Agnes, Susanna, Lucy, Mabel, Helen,
Alice, Ellen, Martha, Millicent, Janet,
Anne, Sarah, Marion, Rose, Sybil,
Mary, Clemence, Cecily, Thomasin, Ursula,
Jane, Frances, Frideswide, Fortune, Avis,
Catherine, Joyce, Grace, Gillian, Beatrice,
Elinor, Bridget, Amy, Judith, Blanche
ahahah Frideswide? wtf?
2007-03-20 05:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by shannonf27 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Edward, Edmund, Edwin, Henry, William, Giles, Richard, Thomas, Robert.
Elizabeth, Catherine, Anne, Jane, Matilda, Maude, Joan, Joanna, Margaret, Isabelle, Mary.
2007-03-20 15:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by KB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much the same as the traditional names as today, George, peter ect..
Its a fair bet that a lot of girls were called Elizibeth as she was on the throne at the time and was popular amounst her subjects.
Below is a list of people whoo were born in 1600 just to let you know what they were being named.
January 28 - Pope Clement IX (died 1669)
February - Edmund Calamy the Elder, English presbyterian (died 1666)
March 3 - George Ghica, Prince of Wallachia (died 1664)
August 16 - Maria Celeste, nun, daughter of Galileo Galilei
November John Ogilby, English writer and cartographer (died 1676)
November 19 - King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (died 1649)
Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French poet and novelist (died 1674)
Samuel Gorton, English sectary (died 1677)
Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet, English Royalist leader (died 1658)
Peter Heylin, English ecclesiastical writer (died 1662)
William Prynne, English puritan politician (died 1669)
Brian Walton, English divine and scholar (died 1661)
2007-03-20 12:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by Lion Head 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starting from c1600 and throughout the 17th century, Biblical names became popular in England - so we have Sir Isaac Newton for example.
The 17th century was a most turbulent one in English history - religious turmoil is an understatement, what with the Civil War etc.
2007-03-20 14:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Henry, Walter, Francis, Elizabeth, Anne & Catherine.
2007-03-20 12:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Phillipe, mary, Henry, Peter, mighel, sarah, john, william,margaret, edward, thomas,ann, agnes, james , elizabeth, susannah just some of the popular names along with issac and jecepanias.
2007-03-22 19:54:59 · answer #6 · answered by tinker33 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
globally, i figure it would be french names since France was the most powerfull (and probably the most populous, except for maybe india and/or china) country in the world. Powerfull countries export their culture, amongst wich resort names.
Also, biblical names should have been a great hit, with all that attention going into religion around that time (pious wars)
2007-03-20 18:42:10 · answer #7 · answered by dirk_vermaelen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the names of that time most know were Paul, Johann, Maria, Joseph, Christopher.
2007-03-20 12:16:06 · answer #8 · answered by moonguardian 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John, Paul, George and Ringo
2007-03-20 13:18:08 · answer #9 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tiffany, Muffy, Chip and Skylar
2007-03-20 13:15:48 · answer #10 · answered by retropink 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋