Character Name Ideas

1800s Names

Female:
Ada- means 'adornment'
Adelaide- means 'noble'
Adelia- means 'noble'
Agatha- means 'good woman'
Agnes- means 'pure' or 'holy'
Alexandra- means 'defender'
Alice- means 'nobility'
Alma- means 'loving,' 'Apple,' or 'good'
Alberta- means 'noble' and 'right'
Anna- means 'favor' or 'grace'
Anne- means 'Grace'
Annie- means 'grace'
Arabella- means 'yielding to prayer'
Audrey- means 'nobility and strength'

Beatrice- means 'blessed' or 'voyager'
Bertha- means 'bright'
Beryl- means 'gemstone'
Bessie- means 'God's promise'
Blanche- means 'white'
Briar- means 'thorny shrub'

Carrie- means 'free man'
Caroline- means 'free man'
Catherine- means 'pure'
Charlotte- means 'feee man' or 'petite'
Clara- means 'clear and bright'
Clementine- means 'mild and merciful'
Cora- means 'maiden'
Cordelia- means 'heart' or 'daughter of the sea'
Constance- means 'constant'

Della- means 'noble'
Daisy- means 'day's eye'
Dinah- means 'judged'
Dorothy- means 'God's gift'

Ebba- means 'strong'
Edith- means 'prosperous in war'
Edna- means 'pleasure'
Effie- means 'well-spoken'
Eleanor- means 'bright'
Elinor- means 'sun ray'
Eliza- means 'pledged to God'
Elizabeth- means 'pledged to God'
Elsie- means 'my God is bountiful'
Ella- means 'beautiful' or 'fairy maiden'
Emily- means 'industrious'
Emma- means 'universal'
Emmeline- means 'work'
Esther- means 'star'
Ethel- means 'noble'
Evie- means 'life' or 'lively'

Fannie- means 'free'
Flora- means 'flower'
Florence- means 'to flower'
Frances- means 'French woman'

Grace- means 'gracious'
Gertrude- means 'strength' or 'spear'

Harriet- means 'estate ruler'
Hazel- means 'hazelnut tree'
Hannah- means 'favor' or 'grace'
Henrietta- means 'home ruler'
Helen- means 'light' or 'bright'

Ida- means 'hardworking and diligent'
Isabella- means 'devoted to God'
Irene- means 'peace'

Jane- means 'God has been gracious'
Josephine- means 'God increases'
Josepha- means 'Jehovah increases'
Josie- means 'may Jehovah add'
June- means 'queen of the heavens'

Kitty- means 'pure'
Katherine- means 'pure'
Kate- means 'pure'

Laura- means 'bay laurel plant'
Lilian- means 'lily'
Lily- means 'pure'
Lizzie- means 'oath of God'
Lena- means 'she that allures' or 'sunlight'
Lottie- means 'free man'
Louise- means 'famous warrior'
Lucy- means 'light'
Luella- means 'warrior'
Lula- means 'famous warrior'
Lydia- means 'beautiful one' or 'noble one'

Mabel- means 'lovable'
Maggie- means 'pearl'
Maida- means 'virgin'
Maisie- means 'pearl'
Marjorie- means 'child of light'
Margaret- means 'pearl' or 'cluster of blossoms'
Martha- means 'lady'
Marie- 'Star of the sea'
Mary- means 'beloved' or 'bitter'
Mattie- means 'lady' or 'mighty in battle'
Matilda- means 'strength'
Millie- means 'free born' or 'noble'
Minnie- means 'rebellion'
Minerva- means 'the mind'
Molly- means 'sea of bitterness' or 'Star of the sea'
Maude- means 'powerful battler'

Nellie- means 'shining light'
Nora- means 'light'
Norah- means 'fire' or 'light'

Ottilie- means 'riches'

Pearl- means 'smooth'

Rachel- means 'ewe'
Rayne- means 'queen'
Rebecca- means 'to tie firmly'
Rosie- means 'Rose'
Rose- means 'flower'
Ruby- means 'red'
Ruth- means 'friend'

Sadie- means 'princess'
Sarah- means 'princess'
Sophronia- means 'prudent'
Sophia- means 'wisdom'
Sylvia- means 'wood'

Tillie- means 'battle mighty'
Tabitha- means 'gazelle' or 'gorgeous'
Theodora- means 'God' or 'gift'