I'm gonna be making a short movie this summer before I go to college and I'm having a hard time thinking of names for the characters. I need male and female names, first and last (not necessarily together, just either/or). The main characters are wealthy kids and it's set in a classic looking old estate. I was thinking names similar to the ones in Pride & Prejudice, like Elizabeth Bennet, because this movie is actually going to be a lot like that except set in modern times but with a classic feel.
The best answer goes to whoever has the best QUALITY names... if you give me a list of the 100 most popular baby names from 2005, that's not what I'm looking for. I want names that sound like they were used a long time ago, because the families in the movie are pretty much assumed to be descended from English old money.
The last names are especially important. Like I said, names like Bennet and Darcy (from Pride & Prejudice) are exactly what I'm looking for.
Thanks=)
2007-02-14 06:57:10 · 6 answers · asked by m-cha 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Abigale / Abby BACON Elizabeth AUS TAS Green Ponds/Oatlands 1833-1859
BARBER Catherine IRE Kings County c1830
BARBER Catherine AUS NSW Parramatta 1847-c1865
BARBER Catherine AUS VIC Sandhurst c1866+
BARNES William AUS NSW c1800-1865
BARNES Henry AUS VIC Sandhurst 1865+
BARNETT AUS VIC Kangaroo Flat 1855+
BARNETT George AUS TAS Green Ponds/Oatlands 1825+
BRIDGEMAN AUS VIC C1840
BRIDGEMAN ENG LON 1819
CARVOSO
CARVOSSO ENG CON
DAUGNEY AUS VIC Lethbridge 1862+
MATTHEWS AUS VIC Kangaroo Flat 1857+
MATTHEWS ENG CON Paul Pre 1857
METHVEN AUS VIC Carngham C1860
METHVEN SCOT FIFE C1830
ROWATT Grace ENG CON Redruth c1820-1852
ROWATT Grace ENG CON Redruth 1852+
SHELTON AUS VIC Kangaroo Flat 1855+
SHELTON James AUS TAS Launceston 1852+
SHELTON James ENG KENT Pre 1852
STEVENS James ENG CON Redruth c1820-1852
STEVENS AUS VIC Kangaroo Flat 1852+
WILSON AUS VIC Carngham/Ballarat 1861+
WILSON ENG YKS Old Byland Pre 1861
Ada
Adella
Agnes
Allie
Almira / Almyra
Alva
America
Amelia
Ann ~ (also nickname for Nancy) / Annie
Arrah
Beatrice
Becky ~ (see Rebecca)
Bernice
Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy ~ (for Elizabeth)
Charity
Charlotte
Chastity
Claire
Constance
Cynthia
Dorothy ~ (also Dot)
Edith
Edna
Edwina
Ella
Eleanor
Ellie
Elizabeth ~(also Eliza, Liza, Lizzy; see Bess.)
Elvira
Emma
Esther
Ethel
Ettie ~ (see Henrietta)
Eudora
Eva
Fidelia
Frances
Fanny ~ (usually nickname for Frances)
Flora
Florence
Geneve
Genevieve
Georgia
Gertrude / Gertie
Gladys
Grace
Hannah
Hattie
Helen
Helene
Henrietta / Hettie ~ (also Ettie)
Hester
Hope
Hortence
Isabell / Isabella
Jane
Jennie
Jessamine
Josephine
Judith
Julia
Juliet
Katherine / Kate
Laura
Leah
Lenora
Letitia
Lila
Lilly
Lorena
Lorraine
Lottie
Louise / Louisa
Lucy
Lulu
Lydia
Mahulda
Margaret ~ (see Peggy)
Mary
Mary Elizabeth
Mary Frances
Martha
Matilda / Mattie
Maude
Maxine /Maxie
Mercy
Mildred
Minerva
Missouri
Molly ~ (nickname for Mary)
Myrtle
Nancy ~ (see Ann)
Natalie
Nellie / Nelly
Nettie
Nora
Orpha
Patsy
Parthena
Peggy ~ (nickname for Margaret)
Permelia
Phoebe
Philomena
Polly ~ (nickname for Mary)
Preshea
Rachel
Rebecca ~ (see Becky)
Rhoda / Rhody
Rowena
Rufina
Ruth
Samantha
Sally
Sarah
Sarah Ann
Sarah Elizabeth
Savannah
Selina
Sophronia
Stella
Theodosia
Vertiline ~ (also Verd)
Victoria
Virginia / Ginny
Vivian
Winnifred / Winnie
Zona
Zylphia
MALE
Aaron
Abraham / Abe
Alan / Allen
Albert
Alexander
Alonzo
Ambrose
Amon
Amos
Andrew / Drew / Andy
Aquilla
Archibald / Archie
Arnold
Asa
August / Augustus
Barnabas / Barney
Bartholomew / Bart
Benjamin
Bennet
Benedict
Bernard
Bertram / Bert
Buford
Byron
Calvin
Charles / Charley / Charlie
Christopher
Christopher Columbus
Clarence
Clement / Clem
Clinton / Clint
Cole
Columbus (also Lom or Lum)
Commodore Perry
Daniel / Dan
David
Dick ~ (see Richard)
Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Eldon
Eli
Elijah
ElishaEmmett
Enoch
Ezekiel ~ (also Zeke)
Ezra
Francis
Frank ~ (also nickname for Francis)
Franklin
Frederick / Fred
Gabriel / Gabe
Garrett
George
George Washington
Gideon
Gilbert / Gil
Granville
Gus ~ (see August)
Hank ~ (nickname for Henry)
Harland
Harrison
Harold / Harry
Harvey
Henry ~ (see Hank)
Hiram
Horace
Horatio
Hugh
Isaiah
Israel
Isaac ~ (also Ike)
Isaac Newton
Jacob / Jake
James ~ (also Jim)
Jasper
Jack ~ (for John)
Jefferson / Jeff
Jedediah / Jed
Jeptha
Jesse
Joel
John ~ (see Jack)
John Paul
John Wesley
Jonathan
Joseph
Josephus ~ (also “Cephas”)
Josiah
Joshua
Julian
Julius
Lafayette ~ (also Lafe)
Lawrence / Larry
Leander
Les / Lester / Leslie
Lewis / Lew / Louis
Levi
Lucas
Lucian
Lucius
Luke
Luther
Louis
Levi
Lucas
Lucian
Lucius
Luke
Luther
Matthew
Marcellus
Mark
Martin
Martin Luther
Masheck
Maurice
Maxwell
Merrill
Meriwether
Meriwether Lewis
Michael/ Mike
Micajah ~ (have seen nickname “Cage”)
Mordecai
Morgan
Morris
Nathaniel / Nathan / Nate / Nat
Ned ~ (short for Edward)
Newton / Newt
Nicholas / Nick
Nimrod
Ninian
Obediah
Octavius
Ora / Oral
Orville
Oscar
Owen
Paul
Patrick / Pat
Patrick Henry
Paul
Perry
Peter
Pleasant
Ralph
Raymond
Reuben
Robert ~ (also Bob)
Robert Lee
Richard / Rich ~ (see Dick)
Roderick
Rudolph
Rufus
Samuel
Sam Houston
Seth
Silas
Simon
Simeon
Stanley / Stan
Stephen
Thaddeus
Thomas / Tom
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore / Ted
Timothy / Tim
Ulysses
Uriah
Victor
Walter
Warren
Washington
Wilfred
William / Will ~ (also Bill, Billy)
Willie ~ (Not always for William)
Zachariah
Zebulon
Zedock
2007-02-14 07:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Montgomery is a classic english last name as is Spencer, Moore, Sheridan and Beckett. First names like Anne, Victoria, Emily, Caroline, Catherine, Gillian, Skye, Mary and Alice are all classics, but if you are looking for prestige there are Paige, Allison, Brooke, Blaine, Sydney for girls and Hunter, Marshall, Ian, Cameron, Carter, Chase, Sebastian, Miles and Trevor for guys. Good luck.
2007-02-14 07:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by 2craz4u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For first names I'd think Annabelle, James, Dorothy, Madison, or Thomas. Any of these can be used as last names I guess. Brennan, Hartshorn, Carmody, etc are some nice old-sounding last names. Good luck with the movie!
2007-02-14 07:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by Jello 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shondra, Plymoth, or Beatrice. Hopw it works out for you...
2015-03-30 16:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by Amos Barnett From Head-Fi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for last names:
calloway
wellington
donovan
montgomery
for first names:
sarah
rosalie
genevieve
catherine
trevor
charles
david
kenneth
harper
abbot
these all sound like very regal names to me
2007-02-14 07:04:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wembley
Anderson
Baker
Carlisle
Dover
Foggerty
Gains
Humbolt
Kemper
2007-02-14 07:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋