I Need Some Old Character names?

Question

Ok, I'm writing a story with characters born in various years. I'm having trouble thinking of names for them and i cont find any useful websites either. I don't want the name to be TOO difficult to pronounce- this would take away from my story. But i also don't want any names such as: John, William, Mary, Anne etc...

here are the gender and birth year.

Male- 1973

(he's a quiet, know it all, jerk if that helps with thinking of a proper name)

Female- 1925

(she's an average girl, nice, friendly, girly)

Female- 1897

(i'm thinking of using Violet for her, sound ok?)

Male- 1849

("leader of the pack" kinda guy)

Male- 1739

(I might use Abram for this one)

I know kinda jumpy with the years ^_^

If you can help, I'd appreciate it a whole lot<3

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p.s. in this story there is also a normal teenage girl (17) and i'm thinking of using Grace, but if anyone has any suggestions i'm open for changing it. She's shy but has an attitude if that helps.

thanxxx. ^.^

Answer 1

There is a VERY cool name site that ranks name by year (going back to the 1880s).  It will tell you if a particular name was popular that year, or if it wouldn&#039;t have been used at that time.

For instance...you were thinking Violet (1897).  According to the name site, it was the 207th most popular name at that time for girls.  It became much more popular in around 1910.

Check it out!  It&#039;s really fun to play with:

http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#pr...

Otherwise, here are my suggestions:

Male- 1973 -- Chad

Female- 1925 --  Rose

Female- 1897 -- Nora or Lydia

Male- 1849 -- Samuel or Henry

Male- 1739 -- Abram would be good or Ephraim

Answer 2

For the male(1973) Elliot comes to mind, for the jerk part, but all people named Elliot are not jerks..

Female (1925) Lillie, not old or young, but the common names like Mary and Anne are more popular at this time

Female Violet very nice, should suit her

Male 1849 Ulysses but goes by Sam..kinda like General U.S. Grant, he was a leader, but very noble

Grace for the 17 year old sounds good, she may be the cornerstone to the whole plot maybe and all the others are just players in her story?  Could she be a time traveler to help these people??  Set history right kinda thing?  Just a thought...

Last names...Grace Perchant?

Violet Leffingwell?

Lillie Sanders?

Ulysses or Samuel Montgomery?

Elliot Bainbridge (very brainy and know-it-all type)

this all is only an opinion, good luck with the story!

Answer 3

I Googled &quot;popular [gender] names in [year]&quot;, and these are some of the options I came up with. :)

Male, 1973:

Michael

Christopher

Jason

James

David

Female, 1925:

Margaret

Virginia

Evelyn

Anna

Marie

Female 1897:

Violet sounds like a great name! Here are a few more for you. :)

Clara

Alice

Hazel

Pearl

Male, 1849:

James

Simeon

Joseph

William

Daniel

Male, 1739:

Absolutely, Abram sounds perfect!

And Grace is a wonderful name as well! You should definitely use it! :)

Answer 4

Male- 1973:

Saul

Nicholas

Stefan

Desmond

Stewart

Thaddeus

Quentin

Female- 1925:

Evangeline

Louisa

Georgette

Rosalind

Harriette

Female- 1897:

Violet is good. Also,

Thelma

Alice

Pearl

Frances

Ruby

Male- 1849

Reginald

Casper

Clement

Boyd

Sterling

Leander

Lanham

Male- 1739

Abram is good. Also:

Archibald

Elias

Hugh

And Grace is fine for your teenager.

As for last names, I think many of the names given above would work as last names, too.  

Answer 5

i try to write some good names

Matt?

Kate?

Violet sounds great!

Josh?

Abram is ok!

How &#039;bout Megan?

also mabey another guy name could be Mike? Mike Meyers?

last names?

umm

Martin

Smith

Simon

Thompson

Huges

Masey

hope these names help u!!!! tell me if they do

by the way if u type ur story e-mail it to me!

i&#039;ll like to read it!

also e-mail me if u need more names!!!!!

Good luck with ur story!

Answer 6

Male- 1973

Fraser?

Alan?

Ian?

Lyle?

Lance?

Female- 1925

Lilian?

Nora?

Joy?

Rose?

Female- 1897

Violet - sounds good or

Viola?

Georgina?

Claudia?

Mable?

Evelyn?

Male- 1849

Rexford?

Edwin?

Male- 1739

Abram  - sound perfect to me