VICTORIAN ERA NAMES circa 1840's-1890's

VICTORIAN ERA NAMES circa 1840's-1890's

FEMALE


Abigale / Abby
Ada
Adella
Agnes
Allie
Almira / Almyra
Alva
America
Amelia
Ann ~ (also nickname for Nancy) / Annie
Arrah
Beatrice
Becky ~ (see Rebecca)
Bernice
Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy ~ (for Elizabeth)
Charity
Charlotte
Chastity
Claire
Constance
Cynthia
Dorothy ~ (also Dot)
Edith
Edna
Edwina
Ella
Eleanor
Ellie
Elizabeth ~(also Eliza, Liza, Lizzy; see Bess.)
Elvira
Emma
Esther
Ethel
Ettie ~ (see Henrietta)
Eudora
Eva
Fidelia
Frances
Fanny ~ (usually nickname for Frances)
Flora
Florence
Geneve
Genevieve
Georgia
Gertrude / Gertie
Gladys
Grace
Hannah
Hattie
Helen
Helene
Henrietta / Hettie ~ (also Ettie)
Hester
Hope
Hortence
Isabell / Isabella
Jane
Jennie
Jessamine
Josephine
Judith
Julia
Juliet
Katherine / Kate
Laura
Leah
Lenora
Letitia
Lila
Lilly
Lorena
Lorraine
Lottie
Louise / Louisa
Lucy
Lulu
Lydia
Mahulda
Margaret ~ (see Peggy)
Mary
Mary Elizabeth
Mary Frances
Martha
Matilda / Mattie
Maude
Maxine /Maxie
Mercy
Mildred
Minerva
Missouri
Molly ~ (nickname for Mary)
Myrtle
Nancy ~ (see Ann)
Natalie
Nellie / Nelly
Nettie
Nora
Orpha
Patsy
Parthena
Peggy ~ (nickname for Margaret)
Permelia
Phoebe
Philomena
Polly ~ (nickname for Mary)
Preshea
Rachel
Rebecca ~ (see Becky)
Rhoda / Rhody
Rowena
Rufina
Ruth
Samantha
Sally
Sarah
Sarah Ann
Sarah Elizabeth
Savannah
Selina
Sophronia
Stella
Theodosia
Vertiline ~ (also Verd)
Victoria
Virginia / Ginny
Vivian
Winnifred / Winnie
Zona
Zylphia

MALE

Aaron
Abraham / Abe
Alan / Allen
Albert
Alexander
Alonzo
Ambrose
Amon
Amos
Andrew / Drew / Andy
Aquilla
Archibald / Archie
Arnold
Asa
August / Augustus
Barnabas / Barney
Bartholomew / Bart
Benjamin
Bennet
Benedict
Bernard
Bertram / Bert
Buford
Byron
Calvin
Charles / Charley / Charlie
Christopher
Christopher Columbus
Clarence
Clement / Clem
Clinton / Clint
Cole
Columbus (also Lom or Lum)
Commodore Perry
Daniel / Dan
David
Dick ~ (see Richard)
Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Eldon
Eli
Elijah
ElishaEmmett
Enoch
Ezekiel ~ (also Zeke)
Ezra
Francis
Frank ~ (also nickname for Francis)
Franklin
Frederick / Fred
Gabriel / Gabe
Garrett
George
George Washington
Gideon
Gilbert / Gil
Granville
Gus ~ (see August)
Hank ~ (nickname for Henry)
Harland
Harrison
Harold / Harry
Harvey
Henry ~ (see Hank)
Hiram
Horace
Horatio
Hugh
Isaiah
Israel
Isaac ~ (also Ike)
Isaac Newton
Jacob / Jake
James ~ (also Jim)
Jasper
Jack ~ (for John)
Jefferson / Jeff
Jedediah / Jed
Jeptha
Jesse
Joel
John ~ (see Jack)
John Paul
John Wesley
Jonathan
Joseph
Josephus ~ (also “Cephas”)
Josiah
Joshua
Julian
Julius
Lafayette ~ (also Lafe)
Lawrence / Larry
Leander
Les / Lester / Leslie
Lewis / Lew / Louis
Levi
Lucas
Lucian
Lucius
Luke
Luther
Louis
Levi
Lucas
Lucian
Lucius
Luke
Luther
Matthew
Marcellus
Mark
Martin
Martin Luther
Masheck
Maurice
Maxwell
Merrill
Meriwether
Meriwether Lewis
Michael/ Mike
Micajah ~ (have seen nickname “Cage”)
Mordecai
Morgan
Morris
Nathaniel / Nathan / Nate / Nat
Ned ~ (short for Edward)
Newton / Newt
Nicholas / Nick
Nimrod
Ninian
Obediah
Octavius
Ora / Oral
Orville
Oscar
Owen
Paul
Patrick / Pat
Patrick Henry
Paul
Perry
Peter
Pleasant
Ralph
Raymond
Reuben
Robert ~ (also Bob)
Robert Lee
Richard / Rich ~ (see Dick)
Roderick
Rudolph
Rufus
Samuel
Sam Houston
Seth
Silas
Simon
Simeon
Stanley / Stan
Stephen
Thaddeus
Thomas / Tom
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore / Ted
Timothy / Tim
Ulysses
Uriah
Victor
Walter
Warren
Washington
Wilfred
William / Will ~ (also Bill, Billy)
Willie ~ (Not always for William)
Zachariah
Zebulon
Zedock