I responded privately, but this was my response in essence.  There are tons
of websites that have them....Just do a www.google.com search for something
like:  "Naming Patterns" or "Naming Patterns Genealogy" or "Naming patterns
Scottish" or "Naming Patterns German".  Here is a real nice, simple, easy to
read example:

http://ourancestry.com/naming-patterns.html

 > In 18th & 19th Century Britain families generally tended to name their
> children in a specific pattern as follows:
>
> Males
>
> First-born Son - father's father
> Second-born Son - mother's father
> Third-born Son - father
> Fourth-born Son - father's eldest brother
> Fifth-born Son - father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother
> Females
>
> First-born Daughter - mother's mother
> Second-born Daughter - father's mother
> Third-born Daughter - mother
> Fourth-born Daughter - mother's eldest sister
> Fifth-born Daughter - mother's 2nd oldest sister or father's oldest sister
>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My personal experience is that the first three or each sex follows the
pattern in general quite often, but the order is often reversed.  In
particular, I have a couple of families where the first born daughter seems
to be religiously named after the mother herself, and on at least to the next
generation.

Janet Hunter

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