Mayflower Passenger Names

Susanna is an old and under-appreciated name, perhaps because of the recent overpopularity of Susan, that is certainly due for a comeback.

Slimmed down spelling is well-established and makes an old name more modern, for better and worse. Katie Couric spells her Elinor's name this way.

Oceanus was the Titan in ancient Greek mythology who rules what they thought was the body of water that surrounded the Earth. Oceanus was, appropriately enough, the name of the baby born on the Mayflower. Modern variations include Ocean, Oceana, and Oceane, a popular French name for girls.

In the Anglophone world, Love is more likely to be perceived as an English word name than the Swedish form of Louis.

No one will ever forget it. But Remember as a name came over on the Mayflower, so it has deep history as well as modern potential.

Believe it or not, this was a fairly common appellation in early New England, interpreted not in the sexual sense, but more in terms of desiring salvation. In modern times, the French name Desiree, pronounced dehz-ih-ray, would be more acceptable.

One of the less common names that came over on the Mayflower, albeit, one with modern potential.

Famously the name of a Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower.

Best known as the name of a Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower.

Virtue names are making a comeback, but we don't foresee Humility coming into fashion. A baby named Humility Cooper was a passenger on the Mayflower.