Victorian names for a character?

Question

I'm writing a book and I'd really like to use a Victorian or old-fashioned name for the female main character. She's a very strong character and I want her name to reflect that. Her personality is gentle, bossy, willful, a little sad, and she's very introverted. She doesn't like people telling her what to do. She has medium-brown hair, misty gray eyes, pale skin, is about 5'7 1/2" tall. She's about 21. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

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I love Victorian-era names. The most simplest and still common names for a female would be Mary, Elizabeth, Victoria, Jane, Catherine, Lydia, Charlotte, Rosalyn/Rose and Cornelia are but a few. Here's a longer list;

* Abigale / Abby

* Ada

* Adella

* Agnes

* Allie

* Almira / Almyra

* Alva

* America

* Amelia

* Ann ~ (also nickname for Nancy) / Annie

* Arrah

* Beatrice

* Becky ~ (see Rebecca)

* Bernice

* Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy ~ (for Elizabeth)

* Charity

* Charlotte

* Chastity

* Claire

* Constance

* Cynthia

* Dorothy ~ (also Dot)

* Edith

* Edna

* Edwina

* Ella

* Eleanor

* Ellie

* Elizabeth ~(also Eliza, Liza, Lizzy; see Bess.)

* Elvira

* Emma

* Esther

* Ethel

* Ettie ~ (see Henrietta)

* Eudora

* Eva

* Fidelia

* Frances

* Fanny ~ (usually nickname for Frances)

* Flora

* Florence

* Geneve

* Genevieve

* Georgia

* Gertrude / Gertie

* Gladys

* Grace

* Hannah

* Hattie

* Helen

* Helene

* Henrietta / Hettie ~ (also Ettie)

* Hester

* Hope

* Hortence

* Isabell / Isabella

* Jane

* Jennie

* Jessamine

* Josephine

* Judith

* Julia

* Juliet

* Katherine / Kate

* Laura

* Leah

* Lenora

* Letitia

* Lila

* Lilly

* Lorena

* Lorraine

* Lottie

* Louise / Louisa

* Lucy

* Lulu

* Lydia

* Mahulda

* Margaret ~ (see Peggy)

* Mary

* Mary Elizabeth

* Mary Frances

* Martha

* Matilda / Mattie

* Maude

* Maxine /Maxie

* Mercy

* Mildred

* Minerva

* Missouri

* Molly ~ (nickname for Mary)

* Myrtle

* Nancy ~ (see Ann)

* Natalie

* Nellie / Nelly

* Nettie

* Nora

* Orpha

* Patsy

* Parthena

* Peggy ~ (nickname for Margaret)

* Permelia

* Phoebe

* Philomena

* Polly ~ (nickname for Mary)

* Preshea

* Rachel

* Rebecca ~ (see Becky)

* Rhoda / Rhody

* Rowena

* Rufina

* Ruth

* Samantha

* Sally

* Sarah

* Sarah Ann

* Sarah Elizabeth

* Savannah

* Selina

* Sophronia

* Stella

* Theodosia

* Vertiline ~ (also Verd)

* Victoria

* Virginia / Ginny

* Vivian

* Winnifred / Winnie

* Zona

* Zylphia

Source(s): This very useful website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~...

Answer 2

Elizabeth

Abigail

Mary

Sarah

Catherine

Amelia

Source(s): Life

Answer 3

http://www.alternativebabynames.com/index.php?goto...

Answer 4

I like the name(s)

Vivian.

Helen

Hattie

Agnes

Beatrice

Bessie

Elizabeth

Charlotte

Audie

Cynthia

Frances

Ethel

Florence

Hannah

Isabell/Isabella

Jane

Jennie

Juliet

Kate/Katherine

Louisa

Selina

Natalie

Molly...

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