character name

[natane.livejournal.com]

i'm writing a female character living sometime in the 1800s (possibly about 1870), in britain... only it's going to be semi-historical fantasy. she's almost upper-class. ish.

i need a realistic name for her. nothing too boring, but nothing completely out-there either.

i like amelia and clara, but i think they sound a bit too cliche. i'm honestly blank on what to call her. i've looked at too many naming websites and everything seems the same.

her parents would like to see themselves as very proper and correct, so probably a first-middle-last kind of name. it'd be nice if her first name was something that could be abbreviated to a more playful or boyish nickname. not samantha, though.

Comments

[lanna-lovely.livejournal.com]

I'll just list nice names from a site about names from that time period (and I'll list the nicknames I know for the names, some will have boyish nicknames):

- Virginia (Ginny, Gina)
- Hannah (Han, Hanni)
- Cora
- Victoria (Vic, Vicky, Tori, Vee)
- Charlotte (Charlie, Lottie)
- Violet (Vi, Vee)
- Lily (...Lil?)
- Margaret (Maggie, Mags, Peg, Peggy)
- Clarissa (Clara, Riss, Rissa, Clari)
- Harriett (I have a character called that in one of my older stories and I gave her the nickname Harri)
- Genevieve
- Georgia/Gorgiana (Georgy, Gigi, Gee)
- Eleanor (Elle, Ella)
- Phoebe
- Ruby (apparently that was first used as a name in the 1870's)
- Sophia
- Olivia (Liv)
- Winifred (Winny... or Fred, if you want a boy nickname)
- Lorena/Lorraine (Lorri, Lor)
- Matilda (Mattie)

If you need last names, some popular ones from the 1800's are in the first answer on here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080316130935AAHhjZe

[natane.livejournal.com]

thought i replied to this... whoops.

thanks :) i think i may have my name.