HELP!!!. I NEED a name, please!?

Question

I'm writing a serial of stories about a homebirth midwife named Caroline. When Caroline was 16 years old in 1916, she got pregnant because she was raped by her uncle. Their parents didn't believe her testimony and she was sent to New Orleans to be with her grandma and gave birth to her child. Caroline gave birth to a boy named Philip in the same house that she was born and this birth was attended by a black midwife. I NEED A NAME FOR THE BLACK MIDWIFE, please. Could you HELP me?

Thank you very much!!!

KISSES

Answer 1

uhhhhhhhhhhh Claudia

Answer 2

francine

Answer 3

monica

jazmine

shyanne

Answer 4

Ruth or Ruby maybe? Tessa & Clara are good too.

Answer 5

Tilley or Tulley

Lawita (la-WEE-ta)

Naomi

Answer 6

i dont know, but your story sounds very good!

Answer 7

well since it's 1916 And I'd have to guess that the African American Midwife is in her mid 30's early 40's I went back to 1880 and  these were the top girls names of that year:

1      Mary

2      Anna

3      Emma

4      Elizabeth

5      Minnie

6      Margaret

7      Ida

8      Alice

9 Bertha

10 Sarah

11 Annie

12 Clara

13 Ella

14 Florence

15 Cora

16 Martha

17 Laura

18 Nellie

19 Grace

20 Carrie

Some others from the top 100 in that time that might work are:  Bessie Ella Nellie Mabel Edna Edith Hattie Mattie Frances Ada Josephine Fannie Elsie Nora Mamie Rosa Effie Mae Nettie Della Sallie Flora Etta Lottie Caroline Addie Georgia Willie Harriet Charlotte Lulu Nannie

Hope this helps!

Good Luck, God Bless & Happy Writing! :)

Answer 8

Abigail

Answer 9

Naomi of course!!

Answer 10

The book sound great, Ms. Bessie Jones

Ms. Ella May Virece

Hope this helps

Answer 11

Bernadette ~ German ~ Bold as a Bear

Delia ~ Latin ~ Daughter of the Sea

Edie ~ Old English ~ Rich War

Eliza ~ Hebrew ~ Oath of God

Grace ~ Latin ~ Grace of God

Margot ~ Greek ~ Pearl



Matilda ~ German ~ Might

Rose ~ Latin ~ Unconcious Love

Sophie ~ Greek ~ Wisdom

Answer 12

How about:

Helen

Frances

Margaret

I got these off http://genealogy.about.com/library/blbab... , but I don't know if there were different names forblack babies.

The whole list from there is:

  1.  Mary  

  2. Helen  

  3. Margaret  

  4. Dorothy  

  5. Ruth  

  6. Mildred  

  7. Anna  

  8. Frances  

  9. Elizabeth  

10. Marie

Answer 13

From that time period and region... I would think that Nellie, Effie, Bessie, Mattie, or Sallie would be appropriate names.  Since my favorite hobby is genealogy, I perused the 1920 Louisiana census records for some ideas, and most of the names from that time period ended in "ie" regardless of race... so... I personally like Nellie or Effie the best.  Good luck.

Edit:  I just finished looking through a few more census records pertaining to black families in Louisiana in 1910, and I found that Nellie, Ida, Cora, and Eula were very popular names.  Also, the last names of Minick, Brown, and Guidry seemed to be quite common.

Answer 14

There were definitely different names for black women than white women. You could try Hattie Mae, (Oprah's grandmother's name)  or go to the library and look up some older books (like Uncle Toms Cabin, or the Color Purple) which would feature names from past time periods... it was also common for black women to have a nickname that became their only used name- like "Truthie."

Answer 15

Ms. Boudreaux, Ms. Brown, Ms. Thibodeaux, Ms. Babineaux, Ms. Jones, Ms. Godeaux  

I'm from la. these are some common last names

Ms. Thibeaux

Answer 16

i like the story.

a couple of names i think would fit this period of times would be:

-Jackie

-Lela

-Ebony

-Edwina

-Belle

and i got this from the site and in the fifth paragraph, it was talking about some common names :)

i hope this helps you.

Answer 17

The Name should go with the Role if shes a comforting character it should be pleasant like Bella but if shes mean and ugly it should be harsh sounding like Hulga

Answer 18

Carolyn or Deliah.