Quirky Cemetery Names

A name some people first encountered in the old children's book series The Five Little Peppers, in which Sophronia, the youngest of the Peppers is nicknamed Phronsie.`It was also used by Dickens in two of his novels: The Old Curiosity Shop and Our Mutual Friend.

Rather formal word name that has been used occasionally over the years, most notably for the autism activist and animal expert Temple Grandin.

This rarely used Old Testament name will inevitably set off a connection to thirst. Thirza was historically used as both an independent name and as a nickname for Theresa.

Wellington is a tony-sounding English surname turned baby name by pregnancy guru Rosie Pope, who calls her son Wells for short. It's also the middle name of one of the Sweet Home sextuplets, Blu Wellington.

An English surname derived from multiple place names, which ranked in the Top 500 for boys in the US until the turn of the 20th century.

A biblical name that was used in colonial times, but which has an unpleasant sound to the modern ear.