Mayflower Passenger Names

One of those names that most Americans find just too too tea-sippingly British to consider; its meaning has led to occasional use for Capricorn boys.

Slimmed down spelling is well-established and makes an old name more modern, for better and worse. Katie Couric spells her Elinor's name this way.

In the Anglophone world, Love is more likely to be perceived as an English word name than the Swedish form of Louis.

Oceanus was the Titan in ancient Greek mythology who rules what they thought was the body of water that surrounded the Earth. Oceanus was, appropriately enough, the name of the baby born on the Mayflower. Modern variations include Ocean, Oceana, and Oceane, a popular French name for girls.

No one will ever forget it. But Remember as a name came over on the Mayflower, so it has deep history as well as modern potential.

Believe it or not, this was a fairly common appellation in early New England, interpreted not in the sexual sense, but more in terms of desiring salvation. In modern times, the French name Desiree, pronounced dehz-ih-ray, would be more acceptable.

Famously the name of a Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower.

Best known as the name of a Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower.

One of the less common names that came over on the Mayflower, albeit, one with modern potential.

Virtue names are making a comeback, but we don't foresee Humility coming into fashion. A baby named Humility Cooper was a passenger on the Mayflower.