NOTE.
Reading edition
W. D. S. in the Prologue = “Wappentagium de Strafford.”
C. S. P. = “Calendar of State Papers.”
CONTENTS.
PROLOGUE.
THE PET-NAME EPOCH IN ENGLAND.
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I. The Paucity of Names after the Conquest 1
II. Pet Forms 9
(a.) Kin 9
(b.) Cock 13
(c.) On or In 17
(d.) Ot or Et 21
(e.) Double Terminatives. 30
III. Scripture Names already in use at the Reformation 34
(a.) Mystery Names 34
(b.) Crusade Names 35
(c.) The Saints’ Calendar 36
(d.) Festival Names 36
CHAPTER I.
THE HEBREW INVASION.
I. The March of the Army 38
II. Popularity of the Old Testament 59
III. Objectionable Scripture Names 70
IV. Losses 76
(a.) The Destruction of Pet Forms 76
(b.) The Decrease of Nick Forms 82
(c.) The Decay of Saint and Festival Names 92
(d.) The Last of some Old Favourites 99
V. The General Confusion 109
CHAPTER II.
PURITAN ECCENTRICITIES.
I. Introductory 117
II. Originated by the Presbyterian Clergy 121
III. Curious Names not Puritan 128
IV. Instances 134
(a.) Latin Names 134
(b.) Grace Names 138
(c.) Exhortatory Names 155
(d.) Accidents of Birth 166
(e.) General 176
V. A Scoffing World 179
(a.) The Playwrights 182
(b.) The Sussex Jury 191
(c.) Royalists with Puritan Names 194
VI. Bunyan’s Debt to the Puritans 198
VII. The Influence of Puritanism on American Nomenclature 201
EPILOGUE.
DOUBLE CHRISTIAN NAMES: THEIR RISE AND PROGRESS.
I. Royal Double Names 213
II. Conjoined Names 222
III. Hyphened Names 224
IV. The Decay of Single Patronymics in Baptism 228
V. The Influence of Foundling Names upon Double Baptismal Names 233
Index 239
CURIOSITIES OF PURITAN NOMENCLATURE.