The most unusual name in my family tree is that of Dilkoosha Eva Loveland. She was born on 18th June 1900 to Charles Henry Loveland and Ellen Maria Sawyer (my 2nd great aunt).
When I look up Dilkoosha on Google, I get images of Dilkusha Palace in Lucknow, India which was apparently built as a hunting lodge and used as a residence by the British in the 1850s. How my cousin (twice removed) came to be named after this building is a bit of a mystery.
Neither of Dilkoosha's parents had anything to do with India - both of them were born and grew up in South East England. My only conclusion is that there must have been something in the newspapers at the time and the name caught their imagination.
It's like a couple of family members born in Australia who have a middle name of Stanislaus - how did that happen?
Anyway if you want to have a look at Dilkusha Palace, here is a link to a photo in the British Library:
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/d/019pho000000988u00005000.html
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