Hello everyone!
I’m trying to write a book set in [name_u]Salem[/name_u] in the 17th century, about witches and everything that happened there at that time … But I can’t find the names / surnames of the time!
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any idea?
(sorry for my bad English)
Generally biblical and virtue names are a safe bet when it comes to the 17th century. Here are some I managed to dig up by searching ‘names from the 1600s’ on Google. For surnames, try looking up immigration records, or even look at English surnames from the period. A lot of American families immigrated heavily from [name_f]England[/name_f] during that time, so the surnames aren’t all that different.
Male:
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
Female:
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Temperance[/name_f]
[name_f]Remember[/name_f]
[name_f]Mehitabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f]
[name_f]Bathsheba[/name_f]
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]
[name_f]Ester[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
NAMES:
@vestigesofsummer suggests a smaller list which is pretty similar
SURNAMES:
This a list of real people which participated during the [name_u]Salem[/name_u] witch trials between February 1692 and [name_f]May[/name_f] 1693.
These people surnames were common at that time.