#name nerd

• location: Britain (these names were from Greater London specifically) • time period: broadly, 1795 - 1837. specifically, 1811 to 1820, the time in which King George's eldest son became regent (taking over the duties of the throne due to his father's deteriorating mental state, while his father remained king in name and privileges) • demographics of this list: All first names, middle names (excluding mothers' maiden as far as I could tell), and known nicknames of people born in 1805 and buried in Greater London, recorded, and compiled in Find A Grave. A mixture of the egregiously wealthy and the impoverished. feminine and masculine.

~ feminine: ~

Adelaide. Agnes. Alice. Allmina. Amelia. Amey. Amy. Ann. Anna. Annabella. Anna Maria. Anne. Annie. Arabella. Augusta. Aurora. Barbara. Bethia. Betsey. Betsy. Bridget. Caroline. Catharine. Catherine. Celia. Cecilia. Celestine. Charlotte. Christiana. Christianna. Clara. Clarissa. Claudine. Clementina. Commarina. Constance. Constantia. Cornelia. Deborah. Diana. Dianna. Dinah. Dora. Dorothea. Dorothy. Easter. Edith. Eleanor. Eleonora. Elin. Elisa. Eliza. Elizabeth. Ellen. Ellin. Emily. Emma. Esther. Etty. Evelina. Fanny. Florence. Frances. Frederica. Georgiana. Georgina. Grace. Hannah. Harriet. Harriett. Harriot. Hebe. Helen. Henrietta. Hephzibah. Hermina. Hester. Honora. Honoria. Isabell. Isabella. Jane. Janet. Jeanne. Jemima. Jessie. Joanna. Johanna. Josephine. Joyce. Judith. Judy. Julia. Julianna. Katharine. Kezia. Keziah. Kitty. Laura. Lavinia. Leonara. Letitia. Louisa. Lucinda. Lucretia. Lucy. Lydia. Madeleine. Marcia. Margaret. Margaretta. Margery. Maria. Marian. Mariana. Mariann. Marianna. Marianne. Marion. Martha. Mary. Matilda. Mercy. Mira. Miriam. Naomi. Pamela. Parnel. Pauline. Penelope. Phillippa. Phillis. Phobe. Phoebe. Priscilla. Prudence. Rachel. Rebecca. Reine. Rhoda. Rosanna. Rose. Rosetta. Ruth. Sally. Sarah. Selina. Sophia. Sophy. Susan. Susanna. Susannah. Suzannah. Teresa. Theophila. Theresa. Thomasine. Victoria. Violetta. Virginie. Welhelmina. Zillah. Zipporah.

Noteable mention: Pictemeller, a middle name. Unable to tell if this was in honor of distant relative (mother's and grandmothers' maiden names were different or already part of this women's name), and it doesn't seem to be one of her married names, either! I've never seen it before.

~ masculine: ~

Abel. Abraham. Adam. Alban. Albert. Albion. Alexander. Alfred. Algernon. Alkin. Allen. Alonzo. Alpin. Ambrose. Andrew. Angus. Anthony. Antoine. Antonios. Argent. Arthur. Augustus. Bames. Barnes. Bartholomew. Beal. Benjamin. Benoni. Bernard. Brittan. Cecil. Charles. Christian. Christopher. Cleophas. Clifton. Climens. Colin. Cornelius. Damian. Daniel. David. Demetrius. Douglas. Dudley. Eastman. Ebenezer. Edmund. Edward. Edwin. Eglintoune. Eli. Elias. Elijah. Ellis. Ennis. Ephraim. Eustace. Evans. Ferris. Forbes. Forsyth. Francis. Franklin. Frederic. Frederick. Freeman. Furnell. Gabriel. Gavin. Geddes. George. Gideon. Giles. Glasdon. Godfred. Hamilton. Hamlet. Harrison. Harry. Henry. Herbert. Hewitt. Horace. Horatio. Hugh. Ikin. Ireland. Isaac. Isaiah. Israel. Jabez. Jacob. James. Jasper. Jeremiah. Jervais. Jesse. Joel. John. Jonas. Jonathan. Joseph. Joshua. Josiah. Julius. Lawrence. Lewis. Lloyd. Louis. Luke. Marcus. Mark. Martin. Matthew. Maurice. Mellar. Melville. Meredith. Michael. Minter. Mordaunt. Morgan. Morris. Moses. Nathaniel. Patrick. Peter. Philip. Phippard. Rainford. Ralph. Randal. Rees. Reuben. Richard. Richardson. Robert. Rodney. Roger. Rudolph. Saint.* Samuel. Scipio. Septimus. Seth. Severin. Shadrach. Sigismund. Silvanus. Silver. Simon. Solomon. Stanley. Stanton. Stephen. Stewart. Theodore. Theodosius. Theophile. Thomas. Timothy. Tito. Uriah. Valentine. Vesey. Vicesimus. Vincent. Walker. Walter. William. Wilson. Winter. Zachariah.

*I checked. Can't find a saint named John Kirk, so I can only assume that was actually his first name and not just a misplacement of the title

Name that have... this vibe (part 1)💐

Aesthetic: Regency Era, romantic, period piece

Vibe: delicate, romantic, vintage, classic, literary, soft

Masculine: Austice, Percy, Arthur, Ambrose, Laurence, Ewan, Oliver, Silas, Theophile, William, Bellamy, Bronson, Elias, Arden, Hugo, Edwin, Hugh, James

Feminine: Jane, Caroline, Emmeline, Isabeau, Rosamund, Theodosia, Genevieve, Odette, Sabine, Penelope, Effie, Ottoline, Thomasin, Beatrice, Elizabeth, Josephine

Gender-neutral: Augustine, Hyacinth, Darcy, Valentine, Loveday, Marlowe, Frances, Raphaelle, Llewellyn, Quinn, Emory, Briar, Starling, Narcisse

First & middle name combos: Daphne Grace, Isabella Avalon, Antigone Marie, Lavinia Rose, Asa Maxwell, Julius Anders, Ellis Oliver, Albert Darcy, Aubrey Randolph, Ophelia Jane

Surnames: Lark, Melrose, Remington, Ellsworth, Brighton, Evergreen, Penrose, Carroway, Fairbourne, Beaufort, Devereaux, Partridge, Berry, Bloom, Rosewood

Thought I'd try something new once again. This idea struck me when I was half asleep last night!

Yes, I know some of these names were not used or popular during the actual Regency Era. I'm going more for aesthetics here than anything else!

Literally fascinated.

Outside of trying to find accurate-ish CC (in relation to time-period and culture) and all that jazz for my Sims games, I take great care to try and find appropriate names as well. I'm sort of a self-proclaimed namenerd. If I'm not doing something Sims-related you can find me looking up things about names, naming fake families, etc...

That sorta leads me to the point of this post: RESOURCES so you don't have to keep naming your Sims the same 5 common names everyone else is using for their games! I notice a lot of name overlap for various gameplays I follow, especially the historical ones. There are so many unique options and variety when it comes to choosing an historically accurate name. (This may not matter to a lot of you, but I figured if I cared about it someone else out there might too. So, if that person is you, I hope you find this helpful!!)  Also, if anyone else knows of any sources for time-periods/cultures that I didn't include please let me know!!

Disclaimer: Majority of these are European based, because that is the easiest to find. I have searched for reliable, extensive sources of names from underrepresented cultures/ethnic groups/countries, but I don't always know the best way to search for accurate information, especially regarding something I'm not as familiar with.

As an official Name Nerd, I LOVE this question. Actually one of the reasons I started playing fundie sims legacy challenges is because I loved names.

All my families have a name theme, so I choose names that fit the theme. Usually once I know the theme, I make a big list of names that fit the theme and whenever my sim has a baby, I go back to that list and pick a first and middle name. Themes so far have been:

Campbell - My first (failed) fundie sims family was Alphabet Themed

Kenney (gen 1) - All names started with the letter M

O'Connell (gen 2) - Bible/Religion themed names

James (gen 3) - Marvel themed names (this one was for my entertainment lol)

Hastings (gen 4) - It's a surprise ;)

Some of the names are names I would use myself; I typically try to use my favourite names (that fit with the theme) on the heir presumptive. Some names I could definitely see myself using are:

Matilda, Maya, Mallory, Maeve, Ruby, Natasha, Emily, and Henry.

My favourite names that I've not yet used in my fundie Sims but would totally use on real children are: