Character Name Inspiration:

Victorian

Besides those on this list, Victorian names frequently included Biblical names, virtues, historical figures, and flowers (which get their own post).

Female

A ~

Ada, Adelaide, Adelia, Adeline, Agnes, Alice, Alfreda, Amelia, Antonia, Arabella

B ~

Beatrice, Beatrix, Bess, Beth, Betsie

C ~

Cecily, Charlotte, Clara, Clarissa, Clementine

D ~

Delphine, Dora, Dorothea

E ~

Edwina, Eleanor, Eliza, Elouise, Elsie, Emmeline, Estella, Ethel

F ~

Frances, Frederica, Florence

G ~

Gertrude, Ginny, Grace, Gwyneth

H ~

Harriet, Hattie, Henrietta, Hope

I ~

Ida, Imogen, Ingrid, Isabeau, Isadora

J ~

Jessamine, Josephine, Juliet

K ~

Katy, Kitty

L ~

Lacey, Lauretta, Leonora, Letitia, Lottie, Louisa, Lucinda

M ~

Mabel, Maud, Margaret, Mildred, Millie

N ~

Nellie, Nettie, Nora

O ~

Octavia, Olive, Ottilie

P ~

Patience, Peggy, Penelope, Philippa, Phoebe, Prudence

R ~

Roberta, Rosa

S ~

Sarah, Sophronia, Sylvia

T ~

Teresa, Theodora, Tillie

V ~

Vera, Verity, Victoria

W ~

Wilhelmina, Winifred, Winnie

Male

A ~

Adolphus, Alfred, Alfie, Archibald, Archie, Albert, Alexander

B ~

Baxter, Benedict, Bernard, Bert

C ~

Carlton, Chester, Charles, Chauncey, Clarence, Claude, Clement

D ~

Dee, Digby, Dorsey, Douglas

E ~

Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Ellsworth, Emerson, Emmet, Ernest, Everett

F ~

Felix, Florian, Francis, Freddie

G ~

Gabriel, Garret, George, Gilbert

H ~

Harold, Henry, Howard, Hubert, Hugh

I ~

Irving, Irwin, Ivan

J ~

Jerome, Julian, Julius

K ~

Kenneth

L ~

Laurence, Leander, Leopold, Lewis, Louis

M ~

Malcolm, Maxwell, Melvin, Millard, Milo, Morris, Montgomery, Myron

N ~

Neil, Norbert, Norman

O ~

Ollie, Orville, Oscar, Otto

P ~

Patrick, Percival, Phineas, Porter

R ~

Ralph, Reginald, Robert, Rufus

S ~

Sebastian, Shelby, Spencer, Stanley, Sterling, Sumner

T ~

Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Tristan

V ~

Victor, Vincent, Virgil

W ~

Walter, Warren, Wilhelm, Wesley, Wilbert, Wilbur, Willoughby

For more Victorian names along with their meanings, check out these lists by Nameberry:

Victorian Girl Names and Victorian Boy Names

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– Shadowlands (C.S. Lewis film)