Help! Quirky Elizabethan style names? Think Kit Marlowe and the Mayflower...

[lupin]

I’m bored with my names list. Would you help me to spice it up a bit?
I think most of the names I like sound a bit like they’re from a children’s book set in the sixteenth century, if that’s any kind of prompt at all.

GIRLS
[name]Elsa[/name] [name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Flora[/name] [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Thomasin[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name] [name]Livia[/name]
[name]Iris[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]

BOYS
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Francis[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name] [name]Fingal[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]August[/name]
[name]William[/name] [name]Finch[/name]
[name]Kit[/name] [name]Johannes[/name]
[name]Edward[/name] [name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]

I also like [name]Hazel[/name] and [name]Tabitha[/name], but can never think what to do with them. [name]Do[/name] they go together?

Oh, and Lyria, just for sheer made-up loveliness.

Thank you in advance!

[ksheja]

Well, here’s some names from way back on my family tree:
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Cicely[/name]
[name]Cecelia[/name]
[name]Christabel[/name]
[name]Patience[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]/[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name] and [name]Sybilla[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name] and [name]Maud[/name]
[name]Joanna[/name] and [name]Johanna[/name] and a ton of Joans
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]/Alianor
lots of [name]Margery[/name]
[name]Amery[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Petronella[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Lettice[/name]
Scolastica
[name]Constance[/name]
Dionysia
Egidia
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Idonia[/name]
[name]Adela[/name] and [name]Adele[/name]
[name]Christiana[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Adeliza[/name]
Aeline
Esyltt ([name]Iseult[/name])
Elinora
[name]Tabitha[/name]
Ermentrude
[name]Thomasine[/name]/Tamsen
[name]Blanche[/name]

[name]Rowland[/name]
Albon
[name]Walter[/name]
Aimeric
[name]Morgan[/name] Awbrey
[name]Giles[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]

[name]Hazel[/name] and [name]Tabitha[/name] are a little different in style to me. I love [name]Tabitha[/name]!

[augusta_lee]

This is right up my alley. [name]How[/name] about:

[name]Winifred[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Bess[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Eugenie[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Myrtle[/name]
[name]Deborah[/name]
[name]Thora[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Alba[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Polly[/name]
[name]Judith[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Millie[/name]
[name]Nell[/name]
[name]Mavis[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Philomena[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Janet[/name]
[name]Inez[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Blanche[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Hester[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Aphra[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Lettice[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Marjorie[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Heloise[/name]
[name]Ursula[/name]
[name]Ismay[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Bryony[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Dinah[/name]
[name]Hattie[/name]
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Catriona[/name]
Florimel
[name]Honor[/name]
[name]Jemima[/name]
[name]Mercy[/name]
[name]Phyllis[/name]
[name]Susan[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Mehitabel[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Susan[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]

[name]Roland[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Alistair[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Tristram[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Bartholomew[/name]
[name]Roderick[/name]
[name]Erasmus[/name]
[name]Aloysius[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Ned[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Howard[/name]
[name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Giles[/name]
[name]Calder[/name]
[name]Thayer[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Bruce[/name]
[name]Clive[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Ernest[/name]
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Alfie[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Franklin[/name]
[name]Waldo[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name]
[name]Bartleby[/name]
[name]Newton[/name]
[name]Homer[/name]
[name]Ephraim[/name]
[name]Dudley[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Cuthbert[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Baxter[/name]
[name]Willoughby[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Richard[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Anthony[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]Quentin[/name]

[violetgray]

The 1500s in my family tree are filled with Joans, Alices, and [name]Thomas[/name]'s but here are some interesting ones I found:

Marabella
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Pippa[/name]- yeah, just [name]Pippa[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Priscilla[/name]
[name]Julianna[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Corlissa[/name]-I find this really unique, born ca.1414
[name]Christiana[/name] Tidersleigh- added her ln for fun
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Polly[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Cecelia[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name] “[name]Sunny[/name]”
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Aggie[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Lora[/name]

Boys:
[name]Amias[/name]
[name]Leland[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Benjamen[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]John[/name] Button- the full name of someone on my family tree. I find it quirky

[system]

Fun! Let us see what I can come up with.

Girls:
[name]Annis[/name]
Edwenna/[name]Edwina[/name]
[name]Lilias[/name]
Remembrance
[name]Bathsheba[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Frederica[/name]
[name]Clemency[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
Jocosa
[name]Antonia[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Theodosia[/name]

Boys:
Hopkin
[name]Mordecai[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Seymour[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
Wolfram
[name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Absalom[/name]
[name]Bartholomew[/name]
[name]Balthazar[/name]

I think [name]Tabitha[/name] [name]Hazel[/name] is lovely, btw.

[lupin]

Wow, thank you everyone!

lori:
I’m adding [name]Simeon[/name] to the boys’ list, and [name]Hetty[/name], [name]Juniper[/name] and [name]Tilda[/name] to the girls’. I like [name]Queenie[/name] and [name]Prue[/name], too, but perhaps they’re a bit much. Is it bad that I’m almost liking [name]Bernard[/name]?! Too much [name]Dylan[/name] Moran, I think.
Also, that website is fantastic. Wonder why Frideswide survived into the [name]Early[/name] Modern period?! Wilmot’s also interesting… too early for them to be named after the Second [name]Earl[/name] of [name]Rochester[/name] though. Pity, he was great.

ksheja:
I love [name]Lydia[/name]! Scolastica and [name]Lettice[/name] are brilliant. I hope they were siblings.

augusta_lee:
[name]Love[/name] [name]Rosemary[/name], [name]Ismay[/name], [name]Catriona[/name] and [name]Duncan[/name]! Especially [name]Ismay[/name] and [name]Duncan[/name], they’d be lovely twins.

violetgray:
I much prefer [name]Pippa[/name] to [name]Philippa[/name], interesting that it was used way back! I’ll add it to the list. Also, [name]John[/name] Button is just the BEST name. Everyone should be called [name]John[/name] Button. Hahaha.

ribbons-and-soldiers:
[name]Clemency[/name] and [name]Antonia[/name] are lovely. [name]Balthazar[/name] is something of a guilty pleasure - I’d use it for a mouse, though. Never heard [name]Annis[/name] before, can’t decide if I like it or if it’s just a really unfortunate homophone. [name]Tabitha[/name] [name]Hazel[/name] does work better than [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Tabitha[/name], doesn’t it? Pity, I like [name]Hazel[/name] more…

I also love [name]Benedict[/name], [name]Fergus[/name], [name]Roland[/name] and [name]Millie[/name], but sadly I have friends with these names.
Thank you so much, all! All suggestions still much appreciated!

[author_in_writing]

[name]Thomasina[/name] is the only name I can think that I don’t think has been suggested!