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1930s British names, courtesy of P.G. Wodehouse :)

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My list of lovely and amusing names from Wodehouse's books, by no means complete, in no particular order:

GIRLS
Millicent 
Maud
Gladys
Brenda
Clarice
Muriel 
Georgiana
Evangeline
Priscilla 
Hypatia
Honoria
Marcella
Dahlia
Agatha 
Aurelia
Myrtle
Mabelle

BOYS
Bertram (a.k.a Bertie Wooster) :)
Adrian
Jasper
Sutton
Reginald
Percy
Mervyn
Eustace
Orlando 
Egbert
Cuthbert
Cyril
Geoffrey
Wilfred 
Ronald
Rodney
Bernard 
Lancelot
Archibald
Lester
Mortimer
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Re: 1930s British names, courtesy of P.G. Wodehouse :)

  • queenbonequeenbone member
    I totally want to name a pair of kittens Gladys and Myrtle.

    And my current cat is Mortimer.

    For people I adore Georgiana, and love Millicent, Agatha, and Reginald/Reggie.
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  • FakeFinnFakeFinn member
    There are some awesome names on that list!
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  • IrishcurlsIrishcurls member
    I've been reading Ken Follett's new series and though they encompass WWI and WWII, he uses a lot of names that I'm loving! Maud is in there! 
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  • mchupiemchupie member
    Which book is Aurelia in? Or I can probably Google it...
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  • didobasdidobas member
    mchupie said:

    Which book is Aurelia in? Or I can probably Google it...


    If I remember correctly, the Aurelia I saw was not an actual character but an authoress of a book the character was reading :) I thouhgt the name was worth mentioning! :)
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    If I remember correctly, the Aurelia I saw was not an actual character but an authoress of a book the character was reading :)I thouhgt the name was worth mentioning! :)
    @didobas it is! It's DD2's name and it fits her perfectly :)
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  • didobasdidobas member
    Oy. I do know how to spell thought, I promise... :)
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  • megbmegmegbmeg member
    I love Dahlia. 
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  • didobasdidobas member
    I also love the silly nns that many J&W characters go by: Gussy, Tuppy, and especially, Oofy (whose fn, astonishingly, is Alexander) :)
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  • macska3macska3 member
    I love Evangeline and Dahlia from the girls list. Some of them are nice, but NMS.

    I looooooove that Sutton is on this list for a boy. I'm always afraid to ask about Sutton here because so many people ask about it for a girl!

    I also like Adrian, Jasper, Percy, and Ronald
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