Baby Name: California

Back when sea voyages were the only way to reach distant lands, many babies ended up being born aboard ships. And many of these ship-born babies were given names that reflected the circumstances of their birth. A good portion of them, for instance, were named after the ships upon which they were born.

I’ve gathered hundreds of these ship-inspired baby names over the years, and I think it’s finally time to post what I’ve found. You’ll find the first half of the list below. (Here’s the second half.)

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A

• Abergeldie:
  • Emma Abergeldie Walsh, born in 1884

• Abernyte:
  • Eva Abernyte Congdon, born in 1875

• Abington:
  • Herbert Bealie Abington Tait, born in 1884

• Abyssinia:
  • Abyssinia Louise Juhansen, born in 1870
  • Abyssinia Elfkin, born in 1872
  • Louise Abyssinia Bellanger, born in 1874

• Achilles:
  • John Achilles Denchey, born in 1871

• Actoea:
  • U. Actoea Jones, born in 1868

• Adriatic:
  • John Adriatic Gateley Collins, born in 1879
  • Adriatic O’Loghlin Gould, born in 1880
  • Agnes Adriatic Cook, born in 1880

• Agamemnon:
  • Frederick Agamemnon Dingly, born in 1876

• Alaska:
  • Mary Alaska Magee, born in 1884

• Alcester:
  • Gertrude Alcester Dart, born in 1884

• Alcinous:
  • Mary Duncan Alcinosa Greenwood, born in 1887

• Aldergrove:
  • Aldergrove Andrew Fullarton Feathers, born in 1875
  • Ethel Aldergrove Winning, born in 1883

• Aleppo:
  • Rosalia Aleppo Rosenthal, born in 1866
  • Aleppo Atalanta Boardsen, born in 1883

• Alexandrina:
  • Caroline Alexandrina Phillips, born in 1873
  • Mary Alexandrina Hedges, born in 1874
  • Alexandrina Horsnell, born in 1874

• Algeria:
  • Louis Algeria Noizet, born in 1872

• Aliquin:
  • Edward Aliquin Poley, born in 1860

• Allanshaw:
  • Joseph Allanshaw Moss, born in 1883
  • Frederick Allanshaw Shields, born in 1883

• Almora:
  • Almora May Leech, born in 1856
  • Emily Almora Hamper, born in 1883
  • Joseph Henry Almora Alford, born in 1883
  • Mary Almora Clothier, born in 1887
  • Almora Merten, born in 1887

• Alnwick Castle:
  • William Alnwick Bull, born in 1861

• Alpheta:
  • Mary Alpheta Stone, born in 1877

• Alsatia:
  • Alsatia Campbell Carnalian, born in 1877

• Altmore:
  • Eliza Altmore Harris, born in 1883

• Alumbagh:
  • Alumbagh Eleanor Bright, born in 1868
  • Sarah Louise Alumbagh Hancock, born in 1868

• Alvington:
  • Alvington Oak Silvester, born in 1879

• Amoor:
  • William Amoor Walker, born in 1864

• Anchoria:
  • Anchoria Adelaide Williams, born in 1890

• Angerona:
  • Mary Angerona Harwood, born in 1875

• Anglesey:
  • Clara Anglesey Oakley, born in 1859
  • Emma Jane Anglesey Conbrough, born in 1874

• Anglia:
  • James Craig Anglia Watt, born in 1871
  • Emma Anglia Hewitt, born in 1873
  • Margaret Anglia Smith Mulholland, born in 1874

• Anglo Saxon:
  • Mary Saxon Copeland, born in 1860

• Antiope:
  • Lilias Antiope Carrick, born in 1884

• Aorangi:
  • Arthur Aorangi Burrow, born in 1884
  • Aorangi Millar, born in 1885
  • Ellen Corbet Aorangi Browne, born in 1891
  • Aorangi Townsend, born in 1934

• Arabic:
  • Isabella Arabic East, born in 1887

• Arcadia:
  • Arcadia Herbert, born in 1877

• Archer:
  • Archer Grainger Bryans, born in 1883
  • Beatrice Archer Shambers, born in 1885

• Argo:
  • Sigri Argo Larsen, born in 1877

• Arica:
  • Aricania Pereg, born in 1883

• Arizona:
  • Helen Arizona Erickson, born in 1881
  • Sarah Arizona Duggan, born in 1881
  • Ole Arizona Melting, born in 1881
  • Agnes Arizona Kane, born in 1884
  • Elenor Arizona Poulteny, born in 1884
  • Elizabeth Arizona Harvey, born in 1887
  • Marie Arizona Malm, born in 1887

• Arundel Castle:
  • Arundal Sheal Davis, born in 1870
  • Leopold Arundel Hofmeyer, born in 1876
  • George Arundel Baylis, born in 1876
  • Charles Arundel Holden, born in 1876

• Arvonia:
  • Herbert John Arvon Hughes, born in 1881

• Ashmore:
  • James Alfred George Henry Ashmore Curtis, born in 1882

• Astria:
  • Jessie Astria Santon, born in 1875

• Atalanta:
  • Anne Atalanta McCormack, born in 1861

• Atlanta:
  • Elizabeth Atlanta Harrington, born in 1871
  • Elizabeth Atlanta Earp, born in 1871

• Auckland:
  • Jane Auckland Peacock, born in 1872

• Australia:
  • Australia Dominica Scioli, born in 1880

• Australis:
  • Australis Pachis, born in 1967

• Avalanche:
  • Avalanche Isaac Hughes, born in 1874
  • Gabrielle Stella Avalanche Newson, born in 1876

• Avoca:
  • Margaret Avoca Randall, born in 1878

• Avonmore:
  • Gwendoline Avonmore Corfield, born in 1876

B

• Baltic:
  • Annie Baltic Jones, born in 1880

• Bard of Avon:
  • William Avon Clifford, born in 1864

• Baron Blantyre:
  • Mary Blantyre Philbrook, born in 1887

• Batavia:
  • Batavia Svensen, born in 1877

• Beemah:
  • Miriam Beemah Pickerwell, born in 1856
  • Catharine Mary Beemah Dooney, born in 1879

• Belair:
  • Mary Louise Belair Wright, born in 1882

• Belle Alliance:
  • Dora Belle Howat, born in 1876

• Belle Wood:
  • Joseph Bellewood Richards, born in 1864

• Ben Nevis:
  • Ben Nevis Amoorthum, born in 1878

• Benan:
  • Edward Benan Davies, born in 1877

• Berar:
  • Berar Oceana Cunningham Firth, born in 1873
  • Berar Clark, born in 1885

• Berlin:
  • Elizabeth Berlina Glaser, born in 1881

• Blair Athole:
  • Athole Taylor Bartley Butler, born in 1878

• Blue Jacket:
  • William Blue Jacket Afflech, born in 1864
  • Julia Blue Jacket Shaw, born in 1864

• Bolivia:
  • Bolivia Alexandra Anderson, born in 1884

• Bombay:
  • Mary Bombay Wareing, born in 1883

• Boyne:
  • William Boyne Brooks, born in 1874
  • Mabel Boyne Roberts, born in 1878
  • Whiteoak Boyne Stokes, born in 1878

• Brittania:
  • Annie Britannia Johnson, born in 1873
  • Columbia Britannia Rosenberg, born in 1881
  • Britannia Hafner, born in 1883

• Britannic:
  • Brita Annica Hellgren, born in 1876
  • Robert Britannic Bowen, born in 1877
  • Bernard Britannic Traynor, born in 1882
  • Margaret Britannic McCracken, born in 1886

• British King:
  • British King Frank, born in 1886
  • British King Johann, born in 1886, who made the news:

• British Prince:
  • Patrick Prince McShane, born in 1887

• Brooklyn:
  • Marina Brooklyn Neilstather, born in 1882

• Broughton:
  • Annie Broughton Hutchinson, born in 1877
  • Margaret Broughton Edkin, born in 1878

• Bula:
  • David Bula Newman Watson, born in 1878

• Bulimba:
  • Moses Bulimba Williams, born in 1883
  • Annie Bulimba Burstow, born in 1883
  • Bulimba Skow, born in 1886
  • William Bulimba Elgar, born in 1886
  • Alice Bulimba Bevis, born in 1887
  • Bulimba Elizabeth Ufer, born in 1887
  • John Bulimba Nott, born in 1887

• Burgess:
  • Burgess Sorensen, born in 1902

C

• Caduceus:
  • John Caduceus Mason, born in 1869
  • Pauline Caduceus Pyne, born in 1871
  • Amy Caduceus Ward, born in 1871

• Calabria:
  • Sarah Elizabeth Calabria Marsden, born in 1874

• Caledonia:
  • William Caledonia Lowe, born in 1870
  • Jane Caledonia Morrison, born in 1870
  • James Caledonia Terrie, born in 1871
  • Muhelina Caledonia Cardone, born in 1888

• California:
  • Craig California McGinley, born in 1872
  • Sarah California Boettcher, born in 1877

• Calliance:
  • William James Calliance Potter, born in 1861

• Cambodia:
  • Mary Cambodia Pocock, born in 1884
  • Ellen Cambodia Goldthorp, born in 1884
  • Emma Cambodia Gascoigne, born in 1884

• Cambria:
  • Cambria Wallace Milne, born in 1880

• Cambrian:
  • Henry Cambrian Bouchier, born in 1863

• Camorta:
  • John Camorta Bleney, born in 1882

• Camperdown:
  • Ellen Duncan Camperdown Woods, born in 1876

• Canada:
  • Amelia Canada Scrivens, born in 1857
  • Mary Canada Furlong, born in 1883

• Canara:
  • Canara Iunatum, born in 1880

• Canterbury:
  • Canterbury C. Purdon, born in 1863

• Cardigan Castle:
  • Cardigan Petersen, born in 1873

• Carisbrooke Castle:
  • Ellen Carisbrooke Haslett, born in 1875
  • Phoebe Carisbrooke Fleming, born in 1875

• Carnatic:
  • Elizabeth Ann Carnatic Bowler, born in 1873
  • Agnes Carnatic Keen, born in 1875
  • Maria Carnatic Gauser, born in 1880
  • Amy Carnatic Collins, born in 1880
  • David Carnatic Robinson, born in 1880

• Carrick Castle:
  • Carrick Beatrix Hagerty, born in 1874

• Cartrale:
  • Arthur Taylor Cartrale Smith, born in 1874

• Cartsburn:
  • M. B. Cartsburn Watt, born in 1874
  • Cartsburn Baxter, born in 1874
  • A. C. Cartsburn Sloan, born in 1874

• Caspian:
  • William Caspian Downham, born in 1877

• Castalia:
  • Castalia Marchesa, born in 1879

• Catalonia:
  • Gurnod Catalonius Sjoberg, born in 1886

• Cedric the Saxon:
  • Frank Cedric McNair, born in 1885

• Cephalonia:
  • Cephalonia Charles Jones, born in 1883
  • Henrietta Cephalonia Colman, born in 1885
  • Cephalonia Brook, born in 1886

• Ceylon:
  • Archie Ceylon Randle, born in 1885

• Chalmers:
  • Henry Richard Chalmers Charles Bainton, born in 1859

• Charles Cox:
  • Carlotta Graham Cox, born in 1878

• Charlwood:
  • Bertram Charlwood Hiscocks, born in 1881

• Cheops:
  • Cheops Garthwaite, born in 1874

• Chimborazo:
  • Daniel Chimborazo Dineen, born in 1879

• China:
  • George China Ward, born in 1876

• Chollerton:
  • Robert Chollerton Shepherd, born in 1887
  • Ellen Chollerton Blackwell, born in 1887
  • Gertrude Chollerton Archer, born in 1887

• Christian McAusland:
  • William Taylor McAusland Nelson, born in 1875

• Chyebassa:
  • Chyebassa Best, born in 1881
  • Chybasse Pettitgean, born in 1884
  • Godfrey Chyebassa Svensson, born in 1885
  • Chyebassa Lowe, born in 1887

• Cilla:
  • Cillarius Gustav Guttinger, born in 1865

• Circassia:
  • Circassia Wray Barrett, born in 1880

• Cissy:
  • Cisseillia Naughton, born in 1867

• City of Agra:
  • Marie Florence Agra Tyrell, born in 1876
  • Samson Agra Hay, born in 1877

• City of Auckland:
  • Jane Auckland Pearce, born in 1872
  • Harry Auckland Wood, born in 1872

• City of Baltimore:
  • Charlotte Baltimore Hadfield, born in 1856

• City of Benares:
  • Fanny Benares Casson, born in 1874

• City of Berlin:
  • James Berlin Felix Gerola, born in 1881
  • Adelaide Berlina Mathews, born in 1881

• City of Brussels:
  • Timothy Brussels Hogan, born in 1880
  • Charles Brussels Arthur, born in 1880

• City of Chester:
  • Wilhilmene Lewis Chester Andersson, born in 1887

• City of Durham:
  • Patrick Durham Hickey, born in 1868

• City of Montreal:
  • Fanny Lund Montreal Massey, born in 1881

• City of Nankin:
  • Christina Nankin McLean, born in 1880

• City of Rome:
  • Rose Roma Monro Colman, born in 1884
  • Romulus Johnson, born in 1884
  • Kate Roma Oliver, born in 1885

• Clairellen:
  • Clairellen Ada Shepherd, born in 1873

• Clara:
  • Deliela Clara Wright, born in 1875

• Clara Mærsk:
  • Clara (surname unknown), born in 1975

• Clarence:
  • Fanny Clarence Murray, born in 1861
  • Eliza Clarence Cox, born in 1861

• Claverhouse:
  • Frank Claverhouse Parsons, born in 1879

• Cleveland:
  • Cleveland Kottarsky, born in 1910

• Clio:
  • Charles Clio Greening, born in 1856

• Clyde:
  • Veronica Clyde Gray, born in 1876
  • Richard Clyde Bordlace, born in 1878
  • George Clyde Baker, born in 1878
  • Louisa Teasdel Clyde Lancaster, born in 1879
  • Agnes Clyde Robertson, born in 1879
  • Alice Maria Clyde Crup, born in 1881
  • Venezia Clyde Mackenzie, born in 1884

• Collingrove:
  • Isabelle Hope Collingrove Benson, born in 1870

• Columbia:
  • Nora Columbia Needham, born in 1861

• Colombo:
  • Robert Colombo Sharp, born in 1885

• Colorado:
  • Colorado Harris, born in 1868

• Compta:
  • Rose Compta August Kerutz, born in 1881
  • James Compta Burrows, born in 1882

• Copenhagen:
  • Copenhagen G. Williams, born in 1862

• Corean:
  • Corea Catherine Cosgrove, born in 1888

• Corinthian:
  • Corinthian Macnicol McAtee, born in 1880

• Corlic:
  • Minnie Corlic Collins, born in 1874

• Coromandel:
  • Nellie Coromandel Brookes, born in 1880

• Cotopaxi:
  • Herminia Angela Cotopaxi Shertzer, born in 1886

• Countess of Galloway:
  • Galloway Nicholson, born in 1878

• Countess of Kintore:
  • Thomas Kintore Buer, born in 1871

• Countess of Seafield:
  • Catherine Horton Seafield Danvers, born in 1864

• Crusader:
  • Robert Alexander Crusader Rodgers, born in 1879

• Cuba:
  • Rosetta Cuba Burke, born in 1869

• Culzean:
  • Culzean Pernie Ryan, born in 1874

• Cuzco:
  • Agnes Cuzco Johnstone, born in 1878
  • John Cuzco Parker, born in 1883
  • James Ridler Cuzco Hartley, born in 1886
  • Margaret Albany Cuzco Walsh, born in 1888

D

• Dacca:
  • William Adlard Dacca Dillon, born in 1884
  • Alfred Dacca Taylor, born in 1886
  • Janet Kate Dacca Ingles, born in 1889

• Danube:
  • Charles Danube Candvon, born in 1876
  • Ada Danube Horner, born in 1877

• Darling Downs:
  • Grace Darling Graham, born in 1874

• Darra:
  • Lillian Darunda Smith, born in 1883

• Denmark:
  • Gertrude Denmark Hibbett, born in 1877

• Devon:
  • Jeffrey Devon Connell, born in 1878
  • Charlotte Devon Jones, born in 1878
  • Emily Devon Robinson, born in 1879
  • Annie Devon Napier, born in 1879

• Devonia:
  • John Young Devonia McLeod, born in 1881
  • James Devonia Young Turney, born in 1881
  • Devonia Young Dunbar, born in 1882
  • Alexander Devonia Brown McNaught, born in 1887

• Dilharree:
  • Elizabeth Dilharree Morgans, born in 1876

• Dominion:
  • Margaret Dominion Lee, born in 1879
  • Charles Christie Dominion Trevaskis, born in 1879

• Domino:
  • Berta Domino Larsen, born in 1881

• Doric:
  • Doric Peck, born in 1883
  • Mary Doric De Forder, born in 1886

• Dorrette:
  • Elizabeth Dorrette Diver, born in 1874
  • James Dorrette Rose, born in 1874

• Dorunda:
  • Dorunda McKee, born in 1882
  • William Russell Dorunda Skinner, born in 1882
  • Dorunda Parker, born in 1885
  • Lilly Dorunda Gronow, born in 1887
  • Ada Dorunda Wiekes, born in 1890

• Dresden:
  • Frida Dresden Essai, born in 1889

• Drummond:
  • Jessie Drummond Gillespie, born in 1882

• Dudbrook:
  • Mary Deacon Dudbrook Bradshaw, born in 1862
  • Florence Dudbrook Grumbey, born in 1862

• Duke of Argyll:
  • Annie Argyll Camfield, born in 1887
  • Elizabeth Argyll Loder, born in 1888
  • Kate Argyll Chapman, born in 1888

• Duke of Buccleuch:
  • Alice Buccleuch Lake, born in 1883
  • Samuel Buccleuch Shipstone, born in 1883
  • Elizabeth Buccleuch Sherratt, born in 1884
  • Albert Buccleuch Dawn, born in 1884
  • Buccleuch Davis, born in 1885
  • Ivy Buccleuch Scott, born in 1885
  • Buccleuch Davis, born in 1885

• Duke of Edinburgh:
  • Edith Edinburgh Marriott, born in 1875
  • Elizabeth Edinburgh Cockayne, born in 1875

• Dunbar Castle:
  • Emily Dunbar Keilly, born in 1878
  • Robert Dunbar Castle Holland, born in 1878
  • Charles Dunbar Finch, born in 1880

• Dundee:
  • Thomas Dundee Dobson, born in 1883

• Dunfallen:
  • Margaret Dunfallan McKenzie, born in 1870

• Dunmore:
  • Henry Dunmore Richard, born in 1879
  • John Edgar Dunmore McCanley, born in 1881

E

• Earl Dalhousie:
  • Lydia Dalhousie Woodhard, born in 1873
  • Sydney Dalhousie Smith, born in 1873
  • Ellen Dalhousie Gare, born in 1874
  • Selina Dalhousie Baker, born in 1875
  • Emily Dalhousie Hunter, born in 1875
  • Francis Louisa Dalhousie Reed, born in 1878
  • Percy Dalhousie Wiltshire, born in 1878
  • Matilda Dalhousie Cormie, born in 1879

• Earl Derby:
  • William Earl Derby Rimmington, born in 1879

• Earl Granville:
  • Granville Campbell Speed, born in 1879
  • William John Granville Cathrope, born in 1880
  • Granville Williams, born in 1881
  • John Granville Tymms, born in 1883
  • John Granville Richards, born in 1883
  • John Granville Flint, born in 1883

• Earl of Zetland:
  • Helen Zetland Clark, born in 1875
  • John Whiting Zetland Hamilton, born in 1875

• Earl Percy:
  • Florence Percy Jarrold, born in 1876

• Edward Oliver:
  • Edward Neptune White, born in 1858

• Elderslie:
  • Josephine Elderslie McGrath, born in 1887

• Ellen Stuart:
  • John Calvert Stuart Defries, born in 1870

• Elliot:
  • James Lyle Elliot Mackay, born in 1879

• Ellora:
  • Mary Ellora McEwan, born in 1879
  • Ellora Mary Little, born in 1883

• El Nil:
  • Akiva El Nil Gerstein, born in 1940

• Elysia:
  • Catello Elisio Martingano, born in 1886

• Erin:
  • Erine Andersen, born in 1881

• Essex:
  • John Essex McQueen, born in 1863
  • Charlotte Essex Mead, born in 1863
  • Henry Essex Hamilton, born in 1863
  • Helen Essex Percy, born in 1863
  • Sarah Essex Mulholland, born in 1869
  • Wilhelmina Essex, born in 1870
  • Alfred Essex Jackson, born in 1874

• Ethiopia:
  • Ethiopia M. Prokop, born in 1880
  • Ethiopia Murray Drabeck, born in 1883

• Etna:
  • Margaret Etna Hugg, born in 1865

• Etruria:
  • Thomas Etruria Walter, born in 1887
  • Charles Ramage Etruria Allison, born in 1888
  • Etruria Rachel Goldstein, born in 1907

• Euterpe:
  • Minnie McGahey Euterpe Pearson, born in 1874
  • Selina Euterpe Robinson, born in 1874

F

• Falkland:
  • Falkland James Macfarlane, born in 1859

• Famenoth:
  • Famenoth Bradley, born in 1876

• Far East:
  • Horace Far East Guest, born in 1866

• Fernglen:
  • James Fernglen Power, born in 1876
  • Minnie Fernglen Morrell, born in 1878

• Feronia:
  • Ada Feronia Hutchinson, born in 1863

• Fitzroy:
  • William Fitzroy Beck, born in 1882

• Florence:
  • Florence Harding Campbell, born in 1884

• Fontabelle:
  • Minnie Fontabelle Nixon, born in 1866

• Forfarshire:
  • Mary Forfarshire Khrupp, born in 1872
  • Joseph Forfarshire Hughes, born in 1872
  • Hannah Forfarshire Hill, born in 1873

• France:
  • France Atlantic Amsen, born in 1871

• Furnessia:
  • Margaret Furnessia Breen, born in 1884
  • Sarah Furnessia Johnstone, born in 1888

G

• Gainsborough:
  • John Gainsboro Hunt Beaumont, born in 1877

• Galileo:
  • Esther Galileo Jones, born in 1875

• Gallia:
  • Alfred Gallia Hall, born in 1882

• Gananoque:
  • Norris Gananoque Green, born in 1860

• Ganges:
  • Hedley Theodore Ganges Kempthorne, born in 1886

• Garonne:
  • Jane Garonne Sparkes, born in 1882
  • Alexander Garonne Bendiksen, born in 1886

• Gartmore:
  • Cecil Gartmore Ritchie, born in 1889

• Georgic:
  • George Nolan, born in 1933

• Germanic:
  • Mary Germanic Phillips, born in 1881

• Gilmore:
  • Rose Gilmore Hallet, born in 1857

• Gladstone:
  • Sydney Gladstone Myers, born in 1883
  • Mary Elizabeth Gladstone Jackson, born in 1884

• Glamorgan:
  • Glamorgan Wallace, born in 1875

• Glenallan:
  • Prince Glenallan Shilston, born in 1870

• Glenavon:
  • Daniel Glenavon Clinton, born in 1885

• Glenlora:
  • Mary Glenlora Green, born in 1879

• Glenmark:
  • Margaret Glenmark McKinley, born in 1864

• Glen Osmond:
  • Glen Osmond Thomas, born in 1883

• Goorkha:
  • John Sharp Teele Goorkha Cloquet, born in 1882

• Gosforth:
  • Gosforth Williamson, born in 1856

• Granton:
  • John Burns Granton Grundell, born in 1870

• Grasmere:
  • Caroline Grasmere Hastings, born in 1876

• Gulf of St. Vincent:
  • Emma St. Vincent McClellan, born in 1886

H

• Hahnemann:
  • Sydney Hahnemann Vanstone, born in 1886

• Halcione:
  • William Halcione Jardine, born in 1874
  • Fanny Halcione Taylor, born in 1875
  • Halcione M. Forsythe, born in 1878

• Hannoria:
  • Hannoria Manson, born in 1872

• Harbinger:
  • Florence Harbinger Jackson, born in 1886

• Harriet Mcgregor:
  • Alexander Mcgregor Stewart, born in 1875

• Hastings:
  • George Carren Hastings Wishart, born in 1856
  • George Hastings Elson, born in 1877

• Helen Demry:
  • Helen Demry Wood, born in 1874

• Helvetia:
  • Helvetia Mary Prewer, born in 1869
  • Helvetia Fay Allen, born in 1870

• Hermione:
  • Beatrice Hermione Cotterell, born in 1882
  • Hermione Davidson, born in 1884

• Hibernian:
  • Anna Hibernian Maria Kaagu, born in 1883

• Hindostan:
  • Hindolina Dewson, born in 1875

• Holland:
  • Thomas Holland Barns, born in 1870
  • Margaret Holland McAline, born in 1870

• Hope:
  • Mada Jordan Hope (surname unknown), born in 1960

• Hornet:
  • George Hornet Cotter, born in 1866
  • Charles Hornet Perry, born in 1866

• Howrah:
  • Elizabeth Howrah Paully, born in 1874
  • Edward Howrah Leaman, born in 1875

• Huntress:
  • Laura Huntress Jeffreys, born in 1863

• Hydaspes:
  • Hydaspes Sarah Gardner, born in 1865

• Hydrabad:
  • Elizabeth Hydrabad Jarrad, born in 1878

I

• Iberia:
  • Iberian Sey, born in 1883
  • Iberia Sealby, born in 1885
  • Gerald Iberia Crisp, born in 1886

• India:
  • Maria Annajata India Cocchiavano, born in 1882

• Indus:
  • William Indus Laudeis, born in 1857
  • Esther Indus Graves, born in 1870
  • Henry William Indus Peacock, born in 1870
  • James Indus Stanley, born in 1870
  • Robert Indus Kalterns, born in 1871
  • Phoebe Indus Smith, born in 1871
  • Harry Indus Rolling, born in 1873
  • William Indus Key, born in 1874

• Intrinsic:
  • Elizabeth Intrinsic Kidd, born in 1841

• Invererne:
  • Fanny Invererne Harrison, born in 1874
  • Jane Campbell Invererne Hetherington, born in 1874
  • Invererne Wilkinson, born in 1875
  • Florence Invererne Boston, born in 1875

• Inverness:
  • George Inverness Durrant, born in 1876

• Ionic:
  • James Ionic Carter, born in 1883
  • Katie Ionica Selenia Lear, born in 1885

• Iowa:
  • Iowa Chesworth, born in 1886

• Islay:
  • Georgiana Islay Mathewson, born in 1876

• Ismalia:
  • Lillian Ismalia Sherwood, born in 1875

• Italia:
  • Frederica Hassenstein Italia Bertol, born in 1884

• Italy:
  • Agnes Italy Newton, born in 1879

• Ivanhoe:
  • Ethel Ivanhoe Matthews, born in 1886
  • Alfred George Ivanhoe Chisholm, born in 1890

• Ivernia:
  • Pauline Ivernia Pacer, born in 1906
  • Gazilla Ivernia Szentkiraly, born in 1914

J

• James Nicol Fleming:
  • Amelia Fleming Barnett, born in 1875
  • James Fleming Page, born in 1875

• James Wishart:
  • E. E. Wishart Farrans, born in 1874
  • Emma Wishart Willard, born in 1874
  • Emma Edith Wishart Brown, born in 1874
  • Daisy Constance Wishart Layard, born in 1874
  • Edward James Wishart Jones, born in 1878

• J. C. Robertson:
  • Zenas Robertson Sutton, born in 1879

• Jessie Osborne:
  • Hugh Osborne Bowden, born in 1876

• John Duncan:
  • Mary Elizabeth Duncan Jolly, born in 1862

• John Knox:
  • James John Knox Carr, born in 1858

• Jura:
  • Jura Ann Farquharson, born in 1858

K

• Kapunda:
  • Mary Kapunda McGrath, born in 1875

• Kedar:
  • Heinreich Kedar Wurdler, born in 1869

• Kenilworth:
  • Amy Kenilworth Jaques, born in 1873

• Kinfauns Castle:
  • Kinfauns Halbeth, born in 1882

• King Cerdic:
  • John Cerdic Shields, born in 1875

• Kirk:
  • Giang-Tien Kirk Tran-Nguyen, born in 1975

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• La Hogue:
  • George La Hogue Douglas, born in 1860
  • Emily Goddard La Hogue Willingale, born in 1869
  • Thomas La Hogue Law, born in 1872
  • Jane La Hogue Smith, born in 1874
  • Lizzie La Hogue Grestidge, born in 1874
  • Violet La Hogue Duffield, born in 1874
  • Olive Lizzie La Houge Stayte, born in 1883
  • Thomas James La Hogue Goodman, born in 1883

• Lady Jocelyn:
  • Ada Lady Jocelyn Goodger, born in 1872
  • Elizabeth Jocelyn Caswell, born in 1874
  • Alfred Jocelyn Ashford Vaughan, born in 1874
  • George Jocelyn Ward, born in 1875
  • George Jenkins Jocelyn Lennox, born in 1875
  • Mary Ann Jenkins Jocelyn Wilcocks, born in 1875
  • Ann Jenkins Jocelyn Plutom, born in 1875
  • James Jane Jocelyn Boughton, born in 1876
  • R. R. Jocelyn Pascol, born in 1876
  • John William Jocelyn Hickman, born in 1876
  • Thomas Jocelyn Williams, born in 1876
  • Maria Jocelyn Louring, born in 1876
  • Emily Jane Jocelyn Inge, born in 1877
  • Octavius Jocelyn Carr, born in 1880
  • Jocelyn Boorman Trigg, born in 1880
  • Agnes Jocelyn Smith, born in 1880
  • Alice Jocelyn Edwards, born in 1881
  • Jocelyn Jenkins Swarbrick, born in 1881
  • Beatrice Jocelyn Isaac, born in 1883
  • Mary Jocelyn Wrigley, born in 1883
  • Beatrice Jocelyn Isaac, born in 1883

• Lady Melville:
  • Margaret Evelyn Melville Wiltshire, born in 1870

• Lady Wodehouse:
  • Thomas Wodehouse Hayden, born in 1880

• Lake Winnipeg:
  • Ellen Winnipeg Raymond, born in 1879

• Leicester:
  • Leicester Jane Smith, born in 1876
  • Annie Rebecca Leicester Drewery, born in 1877

• Leitrim:
  • Lizzie Leitrim Jones, born in 1885

• Liguria:
  • Sidney Liguria Halcombe, born in 1882
  • Adelaide Liguria Gledhill, born in 1890

• Lincolnshire:
  • Agnes Victoria Lincolnshire Longbottom, born in 1873
  • Ellen Maud Lincolnshire Murdock, born in 1874

• Lismore:
  • Sydney Lismore Smith, born in 1888

• Loch Eck:
  • Agnes Loch Eck Thomson, born in 1882

• Lochee:
  • Lizzie Lochee Stead, born in 1883
  • Alice Lochee Strafford, born in 1883
  • James Lochee Barker, born in 1883

• Lord Clive:
  • Samuel Clive Greenwood, born in 1887
  • Rakel Clive Anderson, born in 1888
  • Clive Nesbitt, born in 1889

• Lord Gough:
  • Deborah Lordine Gough Gardarwkn, born in 1882
  • Lord Gough Fritz Jagodizinski, born in 1886
  • James Gough Gay, born in 1887
  • Jemima Gough Mullins, born in 1887

• Lord Raglan:
  • Oliver Raglan Montague Campbell, born in 1886

• Lord Rannoch:
  • William Rannoch McDonald Johnston, born in 1886

• Lucibelle:
  • Lucibelle Taylor, born in 1865

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Do you think any of the ship names above work particularly well as human names?

Sources:

• FamilySearch.org
• “General Notes.” Isabella County Enterprise 18 Jun. 1886: 6.

Image: Adapted from Earl Dalhousie (public domain)

[Latest update: Jan. 2025]