Victorian Era Names (1840s-1890s)

Compiled by Rachel E.S. Walton

Female Names 1

  1. Abigail (Abby)
  2. Amelia
  3. Ann/Annie
  4. Beatrice
  5. Charlotte
  6. Chastity
  7. Constance
  8. Dorothy (Dot)
  9. Edith
  10. Edwina
  11. Eleanor
  12. Elizabeth (Bess, Lizzy)
  13. Eva
  14. Florence
  15. Grace
  16. Gertrude (Gertie)
  17. Hannah
  18. Henrietta (Hettie, Etta)
  19. Hortence
  20. Isabell/Isabella

Female Names 2

  1. Jane
  2. Lucy
  3. Margaret (Peggy)
  4. Martha
  5. Mary Elizabeth
  6. Maude
  7. Mildred (Milly)
  8. Minerva
  9. Orpha
  10. Phoebe
  11. Philomena
  12. Rebecca (Becky)
  13. Rhoda/Rhody
  14. Sarah Ann
  15. Stella
  16. Victoria
  17. Virginia (Ginny)
  18. Vivian
  19. Winnifred (Winnie)
  20. Zylphia

Male Names 1

  1. Albert
  2. Barnabas (Barney)
  3. Benedict
  4. Calvin
  5. Byron
  6. Charles/Charley/Charlie
  7. Christopher
  8. Clement (Clem)
  9. Cole
  10. Edmund
  11. Edward
  12. Edwin
  13. Gabriel (Gabe)
  14. Garrett
  15. George
  16. Horatio
  17. Hugh
  18. James (Jim)
  19. John (Jack)
  20. Josiah

Male Names 2

  1. Lewis/Louis (Lew)
  2. Lucian
  3. Luther
  4. Matthew
  5. Maxwell
  6. Nathaniel/Nathan (Nate)
  7. Nicholas (Nick)
  8. Orville
  9. Patrick Henrey
  10. Robert Lee
  11. Simon
  12. Thaddeus
  13. Thomas/Tom
  14. Timothy (Tim)
  15. Ulysses
  16. Victor
  17. Walter
  18. William/Will (Bill, Billy)
  19. Zachariah
  20. Zebulon

Surnames 1

  1. Amory
  2. Applebaum
  3. Arnsworth
  4. Arterberry
  5. Ashmore
  6. Baldwin
  7. Barnebey
  8. Bassett
  9. Bennings
  10. Berkelbach
  11. Boleman
  12. Borroughs
  13. Brackenridge
  14. Brickham
  15. Brindamour
  16. Browning
  17. Brubaker
  18. Cauthorne
  19. Chattoway
  20. Cluppert

Surnames 2

  1. Cornaby
  2. Cortwright
  3. Crickenberger
  4. Diggory
  5. Dougherty
  6. Dun
  7. Endacott
  8. Englehart
  9. Godwin
  10. Goodley
  11. Greenshaw
  12. Gunn
  13. Halbard
  14. Havercroft
  15. Hawk
  16. Hayward
  17. Highmore
  18. Holmes
  19. Hopkin
  20. Hornbeck

Surnames 3

  1. Irons
  2. Kemble
  3. Kenward
  4. Lathbury
  5. McNealey
  6. O'Shea
  7. Pickard
  8. Pilkington
  9. Quillan
  10. Rosamond
  11. Rooksby
  12. Sawyer
  13. Seymour
  14. Thackeray
  15. Tottingham
  16. Webster
  17. Westwick
  18. Whitlock
  19. Yearsley
  20. Zollar

Street Vendor Fast Food

  1. baked ’tatoes
  2. fried fish
  3. pea soup
  4. pickled whelks (sea snails)
  5. sheeps’ trotters (boiled sheep feet)
  6. meat and currant puddings
  7. pork sausages
  8. shellfish like oysters and shrimp
  9. ham sandwiches
  10. watercress
  11. hot green peas
  12. baked chestnuts and peanuts
  13. muffins, crumpets, and hot cross buns
  14. oranges, strawberries, and apples
  15. almond toffee and halfpenny lollipops
  16. apple-fritters and boiled puddings
  17. ice creams
  18. plum cakes and brandy balls
  19. ginger beer and elder wine
  20. peppermint water, lemonade, and rice milk