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

[natane.livejournal.com]

she won't be using the nickname for most of the story. it's not "her nickname" per say, it's something another character's going to start calling her.

yes, but it's hard for me to find out what would come across as a proper, slightly hoity-toity name that victorian parents would burden their daughter with, as opposed to the john smith of the day.

thanks for the list :) caroline is one i like.