What's in a name?

When putting a family tree together you can come across some interesting names. Here are just a few I have found:

Puritans names of the Perry's: 

Remembrance , Freelove , Patience, Fear & Mercy

Prudence Hopson 1750-1860 was my 5th great grandmother 

Barzillai Swift 1745-1822 was my 5th great grandfather. 

Check out the article on Purtitan names in the link. Many Puritan families named children after virtues. My take on the name Fear was probably from the angle of having a "Fear of the Lord". To me a reverential fear.

Barzillai's name comes from the Bible, Hebrew name meaning "iron hearted". In English it appears to be pronounced (BAHR-zeel-yə)

http://www.behindthename.com/glossary/view/puritan_names

http://www.behindthename.com/name/barzillai/submitted

German:

Sidonia Braviers 1631-1717  with some interesting info on that name in this link. http://obscurebabynames.blogspot.com/2011/09/sidonia.html

Scotch/Irish:

Curan Ardelia Carothers 1850-1903  I can only find spelling Curran which is usually a male name https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curran_(surname)#

Welsh:

Rees Davies 1771-?

 Could it have become a first name from a mothers maiden name? Rees generally was a last name with variations. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rees

Biblical:

Absolom Titus Cain 1846-1918- Absolom from Hebrew "my father is peace" Titus, biblical companion of Paul

Magdalena Bokers 1650-1717

Rare Names:

Venna Brannan 1900-? only 5 women in 1900 named Venna. 

http://www.nameslist.org/english/names-meaning/Venna

Esthafina Johnson 1847-? No information on this spelling found. Many countries use something similar as the female version of  Stephen

Orphelia Johnson 1851-? No information on this spelling found. Could this have been Ophelia?

Be sure to leave a comment with any interesting names in your family tree. Do you know where they originate from or their meaning?