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What would be some good names for a sibset in 18th century England. Probably quite wealthy and 4 girls, 5 boys. Please help me!...
Or if you know any real life sibsets from that era?
Thanks :)
Or if you know any real life sibsets from that era?
Thanks :)
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Probably one girl would be named after the mother, also. This was very commonly done in the eighteenth century---the oldest daughter was given the mother's name. If the OP is really going for verisimilitude, that would be the way to go--have the oldest daughter have the mother's name, with some sort of differentiating nickname.
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Classics will always work (Edward, John, Henry, Frederick, George, William; Elizabeth, Mary, Anne, Jane). Royals and nobility are always good to look at because they often set the fashions and tone for the names of the era. For example, George III had:
George
Frederick
William
Charlotte
Edward
Augusta Sophia
Elizabeth
Ernest Augustus
Augustus Frederick
Adolphus
Mary
Sophia
Octavius
Alfred
Amelia
or the Spencer girls
Georgiana
Henrietta
Louisa
Charlotte
Some of those are probably heavily German-influenced. Octavius was also the eighth son; I know other families might have had an Octavia for a girl or Septimus as a seventh child.
Also, the "i" in Sophia and Maria tended to be pronounced with an -eye- sound instead of -ee-.
Check out Jane Austen names too.
George
Frederick
William
Charlotte
Edward
Augusta Sophia
Elizabeth
Ernest Augustus
Augustus Frederick
Adolphus
Mary
Sophia
Octavius
Alfred
Amelia
or the Spencer girls
Georgiana
Henrietta
Louisa
Charlotte
Some of those are probably heavily German-influenced. Octavius was also the eighth son; I know other families might have had an Octavia for a girl or Septimus as a seventh child.
Also, the "i" in Sophia and Maria tended to be pronounced with an -eye- sound instead of -ee-.
Check out Jane Austen names too.
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Well William is pretty much a given, but here are my choices:
If they were wealthy, they would have traditional names passed on through generations I would gather, unless there was some shadyness to their wealth (which might be a nice story).
OPTION 1 –
Catherine “Kitty”
Margaret “Peggy”
Florence “Florrie”
Elizabeth “Elsie” or “Bess”
Whitney “Whit”
John “Jack”
Kimberly “Kim” or “Berl”
Edmund “Ed”
Thomas “Tommy”
OPTION 2 –
Sarah “Sally”
Esther “Essie”
Priscilla “Pris”
Rose
James “Jem”
Walter “Walt”
Hugh
Philip
Simon
Honorable mentions, I considered...
GIRLS: Alice, Edith, Agatha, Susanna, Louisa, Joanna, Cordelia, Frances, Cassandra, Rebecca, Eleanor, Ruth and Leticia.
BOYS: Kelly,
If they were wealthy, they would have traditional names passed on through generations I would gather, unless there was some shadyness to their wealth (which might be a nice story).
OPTION 1 –
Catherine “Kitty”
Margaret “Peggy”
Florence “Florrie”
Elizabeth “Elsie” or “Bess”
Whitney “Whit”
John “Jack”
Kimberly “Kim” or “Berl”
Edmund “Ed”
Thomas “Tommy”
OPTION 2 –
Sarah “Sally”
Esther “Essie”
Priscilla “Pris”
Rose
James “Jem”
Walter “Walt”
Hugh
Philip
Simon
Honorable mentions, I considered...
GIRLS: Alice, Edith, Agatha, Susanna, Louisa, Joanna, Cordelia, Frances, Cassandra, Rebecca, Eleanor, Ruth and Leticia.
BOYS: Kelly,
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