Many popular Victorian names now sound terribly old-fashioned and are rarely used today.
Other names seem to have lasted for generations and can be found in children’s names today as well as in Victorian times.
Names were often associated with social class in Victorian times and as names became popular with the upper classes or royalty they were often copied by working class families.
Biblical names were very popular for naming children in Victorian times and included Samuel, Jacob, James, Joseph, John, Peter and Thomas for boys and Ruth, Sara, Mary, and Hannah for girls.
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Victorian Boy Names
Aaron
Abraham / Abe
Alan / Allen
Albert
Alexander
Ambrose
Amos
Andrew / Drew / Andy
Archibald / Archie
Arnold
Arthur
Asa
August / Augustus
Barnabas / Barney
Bartholomew / Bart
Benedict
Benjamin
Bernard
Bertram / Bert
Cecil
Charles / Charley / Charlie
Christopher
Clarence
Clement / Clem
Cyril
Daniel / Dan
David
Dick (see Richard)
Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Eli
Elijah
Elisha
Emmett
Enoch
Ernest
Ezekiel (also Zeke)
Ezra
Francis
Frank (also nickname for Francis)
Frederick / Fred
Gabriel / Gabe
George
Gideon
Gilbert / Gil
Gus (see August)
Harold / Harry
Harvey
Henry / Harry
Hiram
Horace
Horatio
Hugh
Isaac (also Ike)
Isaiah
Israel
Jack (for John)
Jacob / Jake
James (also Jim)
Jasper
Jedediah / Jed
Jeptha
Jesse
Joel
John (see Jack)
Jonathan
Joseph
Josephus (also “Cephas”)
Joshua
Josiah
Julian
Julius
Lawrence / Larry
Les / Lester / Leslie
Levi
Lewis / Lew / Louis
Louis
Lucas
Lucian
Lucius
Luke
Luther
Mark
Martin
Matthew
Maurice
Maxwell
Merrill
Michael/ Mike
Mordecai
Morgan
Morris
Nathaniel / Nathan / Nate / Nat
Ned (short for Edward)
Nicholas / Nick
Nimrod
Ninian
Obediah
Octavius
Orville
Oscar
Owen
Patrick / Pat
Paul
Peter
Ralph
Raymond
Reuben
Richard / Rich (see Dick)
Robert (also Bob)
Roderick
Rudolph
Rufus
Samuel
Seth
Silas
Simeon
Simon
Stanley / Stan
Stephen
Thaddeus
Theodore / Ted
Thomas / Tom
Timothy / Tim
Uriah
Victor
Walter
Wilfred
William / Will (also Bill, Billy)
Willie (Not always for William)
Zachariah
Zebulon
Victorian Girl Names
Abigale / Abigail / Abby
Ada
Adelaide
Adella
Agnes
Alice
Alma
Almira / Almyra
Alva
Amelia
Ann / Annie
Augusta
Beatrice
Becky (see Rebecca)
Bernice
Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy ~ (for Elizabeth)
Charity
Charlotte
Chastity
Claire
Clara
Constance
Cynthia
Daisy
Dora
Doris
Dorothy (also Dot)
Edith
Edna
Edwina
Eleanor
Eliza
Elizabeth (also Eliza, Liza, Lizzy; see Bess.)
Ella
Ellen
Ellie
Elsie
Elvira
Emily
Emma
Ernestine
Esther
Ethel
Ettie (see Henrietta)
Eudora
Eva
Fanny (usually nickname for Frances)
Fidelia
Flora
Florence
Frances/Fanny
Geneve / Genevieve
Georgia
Gertrude / Gertie
Gladys
Grace
Hannah
Hattie
Hazel
Helen
Henrietta / Hettie (also Ettie)
Hester
Hope
Hortence
Ida
Irene
Isabell / Isabella
Ivy
Jane
Jennie
Jessamine
Jessie
Josephine
Judith
Julia
Juliet
Katherine / Kate / Katherine / Catherine
Laura
Leah
Lenora
Letitia
Lilian / Lillian
Lilly / Lily / Lillie
Lorena
Lorraine
Lottie
Louise / Louisa
Lucy
Lulu
Lydia
Mabel
Mahulda
Margaret (see Peggy)
Maria/Marie
Marion
Martha
Mary
Mary Elizabeth
Mary Frances
Matilda / Mattie
Maud / Maude
Maxine / Maxie
May
Mercy
Mildred
Minerva
Missouri
Molly (nickname for Mary)
Myrtle
Nancy (see Ann)
Natalie
Nellie / Nelly
Nettie
Nora
Nora
Olive
Orpha
Parthena
Patsy
Peggy ~ (nickname for Margaret)
Permelia
Philomena
Phoebe
Polly (nickname for Mary)
Rachel
Rebecca (see Becky)
Rhoda
Rose
Rowena
Ruth
Sally
Samantha
Sara / Sarah
Savannah
Selina
Stella
Theodosia
Victoria
Violet
Virginia / Ginny
Vivian
Winnifred / Winnie