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23 of the most hilariously bizarre real names from the ‘Actual Names’ Twitter account

There’s a rather marvellous account on Twitter called Actual Names. They sift through the historical and genealogical archives looking for records of people with unusual (and gloriously puerile) names, and they are very good at this as these 25 examples show.

We’ve never been more thankful to have a boring first name and a common surname.

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