Una delle cose che è necessario avere sottomano nel mese di novembre, se si vuol semplificarsi la vita di scrittori, è una buona lista di nomi. Ora, farsi una lista di nomi adeguata non è semplice e soprattutto richiede tempo per reperire le fonti. Non è un segreto che io spesso uso delle app che generano nomi casuali prendendo da elenchi non meglio specificati. Non sarebbe la prima volta, però che i nomi che mi ritrovo presentano degli evidenti errori… ortografici. Finché si tratta di nomi nella mia lingua o in lingue che conosco, poco male: me ne accorgo e li correggo, ma che fare se si tratta di nomi in lingue a me sconosciute o nomi che ora non si usano più? Ci si può fidare della corretta ortografia?
Qui di seguito un elenco di nomi popolari nell’epoca coloniale americana, nell’epoca Vittoriana ed Edwardiana
Nomi femminili
Abigail, Abitha, Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alberta, Alice, Alma, Amelia, Amity, Anastasia, Ann/Anne, Anna, Annabelle, Aphra, Arlene, Astrid, Audrey, Augusta, Aurinda, Ava
Beatrice, Bernadette, Bernice, Bertha, Bessie, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Beulah, Billie, Birdie, Blanche, Blythe
Camille, Candace, Carlotta, Caroline, Cassandra, Catherine, Cecilia, Celeste, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Chastity, Clarity, Chloe, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Clarissa, Clementine, Cleo, Colleen, Comfort, Constance, Cora, Cornelia
Daisy, Darla, Darlene, Delia, Delilah, Della, Dinah, Dixie, Dolores, Dora, Doris, Dorothy/Dorothea
Edie, Edith, Edna, Edwina, Effie, Eilleen, Elaine, Eleanor, Electa, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Ellie, Eloise, Elouise, Elsa, Elsie, Emeline, Emily, Emma, Enid, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Etta, Eudora, Eunice, Eva, Eve, Evelyn
Fannie, Fay, Felicity, Fern, Flo, Flora, Florence, Frances, Frieda
Gail, Garnet, Gemma, Geneva, Genevieve, Georgette, Georgia, Georgiana, Georgine, Geraldine, Gertrude, Gladys, Gloria, Glynn, Grace, Greta, Gretchen, Gwendolyn
Harriet, Hattie, Hazel, Helen, Henrietta, Hepzibah, Hester,Hilda,Holly, Hortense
Ida, Imogen, Irene, Iris, Irma, Isabella, Isabelle, Isadora, Ivy
Jacqueline, Jane, Jean, Jemima, Jewel, Jocelyn, Josephine, Joy, Judith, Julia, Juliana, June, Justine
Katie, Katharine
Layla, Lenora, Lillian, Lily, Liza, Linda, Lois, Lorene, Loretta, Lorraine, Louisa, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucy, Luella, Lula, Lydia
Mabel, Madeline, Madeline/Madelyn, Mae, Maggie, Maisie, Mamie, Margaret, Marianne, Marilyn, Marion, Marjorie, Martha, Matilda, Maude, Maura, Maureen, Mavis, Maxine, May, Melanie, Melissa, Melody, Mercy, Meredith, Mildred, Millie, Minnie, Miranda, Miriam, Molly, Mona, Muriel, Myra, Myrtle
Nell/ Nellie, Nettie, Noreen, Norma
Olive, Olivia, Opal, Ophelia
Patience, Paula, Pauline, Pearl, Penelope, Petunia, Phila, Phoebe, Phyllis, Polly, Pollyanna, Primrose, Priscilla, Prudence
Queenie, Quinn, Quinnie
Rachel, Rebecca, Rebekah, Rhoda, Roberta, Rosalie, Rosalyn, Rosanna, Rose, Rosemary, Roxanne, Roxy, Ruby, Ruth
Sadie, Sally, Samantha, Sarah, Scarlett, Sela, Selma, Sheila, Sophie, Stella, Susannah, Susie, Sybil, Sylvia,
Tabitha, Temperance, Thelma, Theodosia, Tillie, Trudy
Ursula
Velma,Vera, Verna, Verity, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian/Vivienne
Wanda, Willa, Willie, Wilma, Winifred, Yvonne
Zelda, Zipporah, Zora
Nomi maschili
Aaron, Abe, Abel, Abner, Abraham, Abram, Ajax, Albert, Alden, Alec, Alexander, Alford, Alva, Alvin, Amos,Andrew, Ansel, Archibald, Archie/Archibald, Arlo, Arnold, Arthur, Asa, Asahe, Augustus, Azariah
Balthasar, Barnabas, Barney, Bart/Bartholomew, Barton, Baxter, Bazel, Benajah, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennett, Bennie, Benson, Bernard, Bert, Bert/Bertrand, Boaz, Boyd, Bradford, Bradley, Braxton, Brigham, Brock, Broderick, Bronson, Bruce, Bud, Buford, Byron
Calvin, Carl, Carlton, Carroll, Carter, Cecil, Cedric, Charles, Charlie, Chauncey, Chester, Chris, Christopher, Clarence, Clark, Claude, Clem/Clement, Cletus, Clifford, Clifton, Clinton, Clyde, Cole, Coleman, Collin, Columbus, Conrad, Cornelius, Cotton, Crawford, Curtis, Cyrus
Daniel, Darius, Darren, David, Davis, Davy, Delbert, Dennis, Dewitt, Dewy, Dexter, Dixon, Domingo, Don, Donald, Douglas, Duke, Duncan, Dwight
Earl, Easton, Ebenezer, Eddie, Edgar, Edison, Edmond, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Elbert, Eldon, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliot, Ellis, Elmer, Elvis, Elwood, Emanuel, Emerson, Emmett, Emory, Enoch, Enos, Ephraim, Eric, Ernest, Erwin, Eugene, Evander, Everett, Ezra, Ezekiel
Felix, Ferdinand, Ferguson, Finley, Finn, Finnian, Fletcher, Floyd, Flynn, Forrest, Foster, Francis, Frank, Franklin, Fred, Frederick
Gabe/Gabriel, Garrett, Garvan, George, Gerald, Gerard, Gideon, Gil/Gilbert, Glenn, Gordon, Grady, Graham, Grant, Griffin, Grover, Gus, Guy
Hamilton, Hank, Hannibal, Harrison, Harold, Hart, Harvey, Hayes, Hector, Henry, Herbert, Hezekiah, Hilton, Hiram, Holmes, Homer, Horace, Horatio, Hosea, Howard, Hubert, Hudson, Huey, Hugh
Isaac, Ike, Ira, Irving, Isaiah, Isham, Israel
Jabez, Jack, Jacob, James, Jameson, Jared, Jasper, Jedidiah, Jefferson, Jeremiah, Jerry, Jesse, Jethro, Jimmie, Job, Joel, John, Johnny, Jonas, Joseph, Josiah, Jothan, Julius
Kendrick, Kenelm, Kenneth, Kent, Kirk
Lambert, Lance, Lane, Langston, Lawrence, Lazarus, Lee, Lemuel, Leo, Leon, Leonard, Leopold, Leroy, Leslie, Lester, Levi, Liam, Lincoln, Linus, Lloyd, Lonnie, Lou, Louis, Luke, Luther, Lyle
Mack, Major, Malcom, Mannie, Marcus, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Marvin, Mason, Matthias, Maurice, Maverick, Max, Maximilian, Maxwell, Melton, Melvin, Mercer, Merle, Michael, Miles, Millard, Miller, Mitchell, Milton, Monroe, Morris, Morton, Murray, Myron
Napoleon, Nathan, Nathaniel, Neal, Ned, Nelson, Nehemiah, Newton, Nicholas, Niles, Noble, Norman, Norris
Oakley, Obadiah, Ollie, Oliver, Orson, Orville, Oscar, Otis, Otto, Overton, Owen
Patrick, Pearl, Percy, Perry, Pete, Phillip, Philo, Philomon, Phineas, Pierce, Porter, Preston,
Quincy, Quinn,Quinton
Ralph, Raymond, Reed, Reuben, Richard, Riley, Robert, Roger, Roland, Ronald, Roscoe, Ross, Roy, Royce, Ruben, Rudolph, Rufus, Rupert, Russell
Sampson, Samson, Samuel, Saul, Saxon, Scott, Sebastian, Seth, Seymour, Sheldon, Shelton, Sherman, Sidney, Sigmund, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stacy, Stanley, Sterling, Stetson, Steven, Stuart, Sullivan, Sumner, Sylvan, Sylvester
Ted, Thaddeus, Theodore, Thornton, Thurston, Timothy, Tobias, Truman, Tucker
Ulysses
Van, Vaughn, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil, Vladimir
Wade, Wallace, Walter, Walton, Ward, Warren, Watson, Wayne, Weldon, Wesley, Weston, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, William, Willis, Wilson, Winston, Woodrow, Wyatt
Zachariah, Zachary, Zadock, Zephaniah, Zeke
