Our tree includes approximately 15,000 people, it is very wide (thanks to all our DNA cousin matches) and quite deep, thanks to several unusual surnames.
So the big question is “who do we have the most off?”, this is hard to say, if you look at variations. One of the most frequent names is Elizabeth.
The name Elizabeth is derived from a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning “My God is an oath” or “My God is abundance”. It most often appears as full name but does have many shortened variations: Beth, Betsy, Eli, Bettina, Betty, Elisabeth, Élise, Eliza, Elsa, Elspeth, Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle, Lisa, Lisbeth, Liza, Liz, Lizzie, Lizzy, and probably many more!
I have middle name Elizabeth and there are 565 Elizabeths (with first or middle name) in our tree….
They occur in most of my branches, most occurrence are :
Elizabeth Punchard 13
Elizabeth Pinchbeck 14
Elizabeth Brown 8
Not many pictures of Elizabeth’s available to share, but these 2 are rather splendid images, Elizabeths from my husband’s maternal line in Scotland.
Elizabeth Moir TOD 1801- 1872 3rd great-grandmother of husband
and daughter of Elizabeth Moir, Elizabeth Moir Stormonth DARLING 1829 1863 2nd great-grandmother of husband
There are some other “Same Names” in our tree, including middle names.
Ann and variations, Anne, Annie total 736
James 550
William 883
Largest First and Last name combination is William Pinchbeck 26, which is not a surprise if you have read any other of my blogs about Pinchbecks a gift of a genealogy name!
not just any family 