AlyxWRONGzandia

A baby in the paper today - Alyxzandria.

I really don't think z following x works. It's superfluous. I feel like I have to say ALYX (pause) ZANDRIA in order that the z isn't swallowed up. Ditto for double x, such as Jaxxon, of which there is one in my extended family. I always want to say JAX - SON.

Poor baby Lyxy, I don't know why the parents only massacred the first half of the name. Why not go all the way, like Alyxzandreeyah? So yooneek.

First Fleet series: females on the Prince of Wales

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the fourth post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 50 female convicts aboard the Prince of Wales, with the following names:

Mary x 12
Ann x 6
Elizabeth x 6
Jane x 5
Susannah x 3
Sarah x 2
Catherine x 2
Frances x 2
Esther
Ruth
Rebecca
Margaret
Deborah
Phebe
Ellen / Eleanor
Caroline
Flora / Laura
Martha
Lydia
Ellen / Esther


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

First fleet series: females on the Lady Penrhyn

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the third post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 102 females aboard the Lady Penrhyn, with the following names:

Mary x 31
Ann x 19
Elizabeth x 17
Sarah x 7
Margaret x 3
Jane x 3
Catherine x 3
Martha x 3
Susannah x 2
Charlotte x 2
Phebe
Eleanor
Sophia
Amelia
Tamasin
Rebecca
Frances
Olive
Maria
Dorothy
Esther
Hannah
Isabella
Lucy
Nancy


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

First Fleet series: females on the Friendship

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the second post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 21 females aboard the Friendship. Given names as follows:

Elizabeth x 8
Susannah x 2
Mary x 2
Ann
Rachel
Hannah
Margaret
Frances
Sarah
Isabella
Jane
Charlotte


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

First Fleet series: females on the Charlotte

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the first post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 20 female convicts aboard the Charlotte, with the following names:

Mary x 5
Ann x 4
Jane x 3
Elizabeth x 2
Hannah x 2
Margaret x 2
Catherine
Frances (Fanny)

No doubt Catherine and Frances felt pretty unique.

Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.