Janet Cuff wrote: > > Can someone please tell me if it was common for Sarah to be used as > a boy's name. I have a note of a baptism in a Somerset parish > register which I am sure I copied correctly and it reads - Sarah > (son) Cuff, son of William and Jane 1793. SARAH is a West Country surname, so it's possible Jane's or another family member's, maiden name was SARAH and the parents didn't think beyond honouring that family member. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk