Have you considered flipping through the nearest Bible and seeing if anything jumps out? I'm kind of ill right now, so the only Biblical ones coming to mind I'm pretty sure were used in the period are Rebecca, Leah, and Ruth, but I know there are lots of others.
Elizabeth comes to mind if you want nicknames, since there are so many -- Liza, Beth, Betty, Lisa, etc. And if you really like Clara, you could always use Clarice and shorten it (is that a legitimate nickname? I'm not sure, but it makes sense.) And if you really want a boyish one, you could use Roberta and shorten it to Bobbi.
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Date: 2009-10-17 08:33 pm (UTC)Elizabeth comes to mind if you want nicknames, since there are so many -- Liza, Beth, Betty, Lisa, etc. And if you really like Clara, you could always use Clarice and shorten it (is that a legitimate nickname? I'm not sure, but it makes sense.) And if you really want a boyish one, you could use Roberta and shorten it to Bobbi.
Hope that at least spars a couple of ideas!
Cheers!