I am working on a project set in small town [name_u]Texas[/name_u] in the 1850’s - focused on the rise of the beef industry…
I need names, and lots of them. THROW THEM AT ME!
This is entirely fictional so please don’t list names of famous figures of the time.
I need first names and last names. I need (fictional) place names and names for local businesses.
I need cowboys, ranch hands, land owners, lawmen, outlaws, wives, children, saloon girls, local business owners…
The story is comedic in tone, so the occasional stereotypical / over-the-top name is encouraged.
Can you help?
Many thanks in advance!
Oooh, that’s hard, because Social Security only has data as far back as 1880! But lemme give it a shot. I’m just gonna list names and you can give them the personalities, because yeah, it’s a lot of names.
Ladies
Indiana
Virginia
Cordelia
Kimberly
Charlotte
May
Margaret
June
Imogene
Celia
Bridget
Rebeccah
Mary
Ann
Clara
Beatrice
Joan
Comfort
Adelaide
Frances
Geraldine
Lavinia
Mildred
Grace
Silence
Clemency
Faith
Modesty
Jane
Temperance
Dorothy
Martha
Agnes
Winifred
Florence
Eugenia
Mamie
Henrietta
Coraline
Harriet
Edith
Miriam
Theodora
Ada
Constance
Sarah
Rose
Susannah
Priscilla
Alice
Elizabeth
Truelove
Catherine
Remember
Elinor
Adelaide
Myrtle
Wilhelmina
Ellen
Prudence
Billie
Gents
Zane
Coleman
Bartholomew
John
Gilbert
Giles
Stephen
Francis
Casey
Beau
Travis
Eugene
Herbert
Shane
Rusty
Jesse
Samuel
Jasper
Zachariah
Eloy
Forrest
Calvin
Isaac
Austin
William
Robert
Peter
Buck
Cooper
Merle
Lyle
Kent
Justice
Herschel
Garret
Rex
Chance
Roger
Vance
Weston
Henry
Theodore
Trace
Matthew
Amos
George
Joseph
Calvin
Darrell
Vaughn
Ephraim
Jedediah
Adam
Daniel
Eli
Luke
Mark
Dallas
Lloyd
Gene
Wayne
Moses
Seth
Zebedee
Reuben
Elias
Jethro
Chuck
Thomas
Wyatt
Rhys
James
Truett
Grant
Levi
Abner
Gideon
Barnaby
Jeremiah
Trey
Pro tip: You can point to a name in the Bible, pick a virtue, or some sort of occupation, and you will have a name.
Thank you for the long list, you’re amazing!! 
Does anyone else have any suggestions? I’d love some last names or place names?
Many thanks in advance!