Sunday, March 4, 2012

What are some "Southern Belle" type names?

Looking for a name for one of the characters in my story :) I am looking for something pretty and southern sounding. Nothing too trendy but nothing to old fashioned and hick either!What are some "Southern Belle" type names?Savannah ~

Scarlett ~

Caroline ~What are some "Southern Belle" type names?
These are some of the names that come to mind when I think "Southern Belle" names. You're the only one who can decide what you consider to be "trendy", "old-fashioned", or "hick" names; because naturally, everyone seems to have their own opinions as to what is what.

Daisy
Rose
Violet
Lily
Georgia
Virginia
Claudette
Suzette
Antoinette
Josephine
Georgine
Georgette
Viola
Bernadette
Claudine
Wilhelmina

Edit: Names like Sue, Ann, Lou, Jo; which are usually accompanied by another name like Mary (i.e. Mary-Ann, Mary-Jo, Mary-Lou, etc...), are definitely hillbilly "hick" names. As are names like Annie, May, Ruby, Cathy, Lynn, etc... I should be pretty familiar with hillbilly "hick" names thanks to my mother's side of the family. They're from Kentucky, and all have hillbilly names.What are some "Southern Belle" type names?I found these names from my family tree:
Mamie Florence
Susan Artamisia
Emma Valula
Emmeline
Charlotte
Minerva Jane
Andora Dorothea
Sophia Maria
Martha Louise Ruth

Typically, Southern names seem to be confined to those Southerners who were born in the generation before the American Civil War and in the generation immediately following it. Otherwise, I did find a lot of double-barrel girl's names, but they were names like Mary Anne, Mary Carolyn, and Nancy Jane.
Ruby
Daisy
Belle
Scarlett
Caroline
Clementine
Clara
Maisie
Ada
Alexandria
Augusta
Carolina
Charlotte
Dallas
Florence
Georgia
Magnolia
Memphis
Meridian
Paris
Raleigh
Savannah
Scarlett
Ashley
Vivian
Tara
Ann
Lynn
Lou
Jo
Beth
Jean
Marie
Kay
Rae
Sue
Emily
Emma
Madison
Hannah
Ashley
Alyssa
Abigail
Isabella
Alexis
Sarah
Anna
Olivia

Yeah, I know it's a long list, but at least there's a lot of names for you to choose from. I'm sorry if some of the names repeat. I tried to look through it but it's hard to remember what all the names were while I went down the list.What are some "Southern Belle" type names?Jackie

Mary Jane (Tom petty :)

anything with Ann in it

Any month (May, April, etc.)

Annie

Simple names, Natalie, Nicole, Sydney, Kayla etc with a name added on, like Natalie Ann, Sydney May, Kayla Ray.





Penny Lane.What are some "Southern Belle" type names?
McKinley

Scarlett

Mae Anne

Mary Anne

Mary Jane

Mary Ellen

Mary Alice

And pretty much any of the Mae or Mary names...

Maybe names of months or seasons:

Autumn

Summer

June

Mae

April
Savannah and Scarlett are the first names that come to mind. Savannah because it's an old city in Georgia and Scarlett from "Gone with the Wind".What are some "Southern Belle" type names?
Molly

Beth

Ida

Ana

Tess

Tessa

Georgia

Ruby

Daisy

Belle

Scarlett

Caroline

Charlotte



Those are a few I thought of. Hope you like :)
Elizabeth

Savannah

Cathrine
I feel like Susanna is a very southern belle type of name. Maybe Susanna Mae wood be nice.
Magnolia

Savannah

Liliana

Caroline

Audrey

Laurel

Grace

Elizabeth

Ellie

Annabeth

Gabriella

Olivia

Shelby
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