Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
In honor of the holiday, I thought I’d put together a list of Pilgrim names.
Specifically, these are the first names of all the people (passengers + crew) who traveled to the New World aboard the Mayflower in 1620, plus the number of people that had each name.
According to what we know, the most common names were John for males and Mary for females.
Male Mayflower Names
Bartholomew (1)
Christopher (1)
Degory* (1)
Edmund (1)
Edward (6)
Elias (1)
Francis (3)
George (1)
Gilbert (1)
Giles (1)
Henry (1)
Isaac (1)
James (1)
Jasper (1)
John (15)
Joseph (2)
Love (1)
Moses (1)
Myles (1)
Oceanus** (1)
Peregrine** (1)
Peter (1)
Resolved (1)
Richard (5)
Robert (1)
Roger (1)
Samuel (3)
Solomon (1)
Stephen (1)
Thomas (4)
William (8)
Wrestling (1)
+ 4 anonymous males
Female Mayflower Names
Alice (2)
Ann (1)
Catherine (1)
Constance (1)
Damaris (1)
Desire (1)
Dorothy (2)
Eleanor (1)
Elizabeth (3)
Ellen (1)
Humility (1)
Joan (1)
Mary (6)
Priscilla (1)
Remember (1)
Rose (1)
Sarah (1)
Susanna (2)
+ 2 anonymous females
*More on Degory.
**More on Oceanus and Peregrine.
P.S. Want to see some Pilgrim surnames?
What a great idea for a post, Nancy! Perfect reference for anyone who has a child born today. I’d totally pick one of these names.
Well done, hon! :)
Thanks, Virginia Lee.
Was Anonymous really a popular name back then? A popular unisex name? Or does that mean they didn’t know what those people were named.
Sorry about the confusion, Tirzah. Anonymous wasn’t a name back then. It just means “anonymous” in this case.
Charles is a pilgrim name to.