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[Opinions] Names from Western Australia, 1850-1859 (girls)
In this decade there were 1757 named births, comprising 217 different names.Names used more than once:
Mary - 273
Elizabeth - 158
Sarah - 107
Ellen - 83
Jane - 70
Emma - 58
Eliza - 54
Ann - 44
Margaret - 42
Louisa - 35
Emily - 34
Maria - 31
Alice - 28
Caroline - 28
Frances - 27
Anne - 26
Catherine - 25
Martha - 23
Hannah - 22
Annie - 21
Lucy - 21
Anna - 20
Fanny - 20
Matilda - 19
Harriet - 18
Charlotte - 17
Agnes - 16
Amelia - 16
Susan - 16
Susannah - 14
Isabella - 12
Julia - 12
Clara - 11
Bridget - 10
Edith - 9
Rebecca - 9
Sophia - 9
Lydia - 8
Rose - 8
Catharine - 7
Esther - 7
Susanna - 7
Eleanor - 6
Ruth - 6
Selina - 6
Amy - 5
Gertrude - 5
Harriett - 5
Johanna - 5
Priscilla - 5
Rachael - 5
Betsy - 4
Flora - 4
Grace - 4
Helen - 4
Henrietta - 4
Hester - 4
Kate - 4
Laura - 4
Phoebe - 4
Rachel - 4
Barbara - 3
Christina - 3
Georgiana - 3
Jessie - 3
Letitia - 3
May - 3
Rosetta - 3
Ada - 2
Alma - 2
Augusta - 2
Dora - 2
Elenor - 2
Emely - 2
Emilie - 2
Evangeline - 2
Fanney - 2
Florence - 2
Francis - 2
Hanna - 2
Isabel - 2
Jenet - 2
Joanna - 2
Kathleen - 2
Lavinia - 2
Margarett - 2
Margaretta - 2
Marian - 2
Marianne - 2
Maude - 2
Rosa - 2
Vittoria - 2Names used once only:
Adela
Albina
Alysia
Ambrozena
Amey
Amme
Annas
Annette
Avis
Babara
Belinda
Bella
Bertha
Bessie
Birtha
Bithia
Camilla
Cassandra
Cata
Ceceila
Celina
Christiana
Ciscilia
Clarissa
Clements
Comfort
Cordelia
Diana
Dorcas
Dorothea
Drucilla
Eda
Eddis
Edwina
Eleanora
Elena
Elibeth
Ellena
Ellenor
Ellice
Ellinor
Ellizebth
Eloise
Elvia
Emeline
Emiline
Ester
Eustatia
Evaline
Evangelina
Eveline
Floria
Hannorah
Hariet
Harrait
Harrietta
Helena
Hellen
Hephzebah
Hollena
Honor
Honora
Issabella
Jannet
Jeannett
Jeannette
Jemima
Jess
Jesse
Jessy
Johannah
Josephine
Juday
Juliana
June
Kate-Eliza
Katherine
Kesiah
Lilias
Lilly
Lizzey
Louise
Lucinda
Malena
Margarette
Margret
Marien
Marjery
Maryann
Maryanne
Maud
Medora
Melinda
Melvina
Mercy
Metilda
Mira
Mona
Naomi
Nellenor
Norah
Oceana
Octavia
Olive
Penelope
Prue
Pulow
Rodda
Rosamond
Rosanna
Rosannah
Rosina
Sabina
Sapphia
Selenaann
Sophy
Suasanna
Susana
Susanah
Teresa
Thamson
Theodosia
Theophila
Wilhelmina
Winnifred

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Pulow?Some of the rare ones I think we can chalk up to the registrar or whoever not being able to spell, or bad writing or perhaps having misheard.
But I can't think what Pulow is supposed to be.
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It could be a family surname, I guess.
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