So, I have a friend. A fellow historical fiction writer who mainly writes Georgian and Regency romance. She's having a little trouble with picking out names for a few of the female characters in the book. Most especially, the heroine.
I figured I'd help her out by making a long list of names. We brainstormed for a couple of hours, but we did not find the name. Here's a sampling of what I came up with yesterday. It is not quite alphabetical. Please help us and add to this list!
Anne, Annette, Angeline, Alexandra, Babette, Bernice, Beatrice, Charlotte, Cora, Coraline, Caroline, Cassandra, Claire
Delphina, Daphne, Druscilla, Eugenia, Edith, Esmeralda, Emerald, Elspeth, Elaine, Elizabeth/Eliza/Liza, etc Evelyn, Frances, Francesca, Florence, Georgette, Georgina, Georgiana, Genevieve
Hannah, Harriet, Hermione, Honora, Iphegenia, Imogen, Josephine, Jaqueline, Lily, Madeleine, Margaret, Maude, Marion, Millicent, Muriel, Ophelia, Octavia, Olympia, Prudence, Phillipa, Pamela
Regina, Rebecc,a Rowena, (my friend's name is Rachel, so that's a no), Sabine, Sophia, Seraphina, Theodora, Zenia, Zora
This list is by no means exhaustive. I actually had a lot more names, but they were all French and we laughed hysterically over them because the only names I could think of were French names rather than English names.
If you have a list of names appropriate for the Georgian or Regency historical era, please share!
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- Vivienne Westlake
- I write historical erotic romance. My favorite periods of history to write about are the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Regency, and Victorian England.
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http://www.galbithink.org/names.htm
Try this
Abigail (watch for the connotations, though!) Ada, Almyra, Amelia, Becky, Charity, Chastity, Constance, Dorothy, Edwina, Eleanora, Ella, Ellie, Emma, Eudora, Fidelia, Hannah, Henrietta, Judith, Lily, Melanie, Rebecca, Sarah, Tamara...
Amber and I were on the money. My friend Rachel is strongly leaning toward Eleanora or Eleanor for the heroine's name. But, we hope that she'll be able to use some of the other names for secondary characters!
Thank you guys so much! I've pretty confidently chosen Eleanora as the heroine (still need her name and rank lol) but what a help everyone was here and on twitter and chat!
Definitely have some names for secondary chars, which is great!
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