Hello all! I’m back! (ok ive only been gone like 3 days but drama is key) At the moment I’m trying to name some characters for a book set in 1920s [name_u]London[/name_u] (though [name_u]America[/name_u] is on the cards also) and for my MC I’m currently liking [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] nn [name_u]Issy[/name_u]/Izzy but I have no idea if that’s historically accurate at all, so at the moment I’m here to collect some names. Please say your favourite 1920s names, or names that really bring to mind that period for you. Thanks!!!
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I’m writing a story set at the same time, and here are some of the names I’m using:
Theodore
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
Beatice
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
Hope this helps a bit!
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Laurence
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_u]Maria[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
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[name_f]Isolde[/name_f] is one of those name that was never really popular, so it could fit in any time period.
Other names:
Female
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] “[name_f]Minnie[/name_f]/Billie”
[name_f]Henriette[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] “[name_f]Maggie[/name_f]/Daisy”
Male
Robert
Richard
Sidney “Sid”
Duke
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Fern
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Delta[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
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I would first like to mention that I love [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] “[name_u]Issy[/name_u]”/“[name_u]Izzy[/name_u]”! I have [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] set aside for a story idea that I’ll accomplish one day, and I never would’ve thought to call her [name_u]Issy[/name_u] or [name_u]Izzy[/name_u], so that’s really smart.
My favorite 1920’s names (or names that feel like they fit that period):
Francis
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Eldwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Vernon[/name_u]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_m]Clay[/name_m]
Gilvin
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Allan[/name_m]
Beatrice
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
Rudith
[name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]
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