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[wordsmith]

Luke and Mark are brothers. They grew up in Georgia with a [content replaced] cruel father and their mother, the submissive, dutiful housewife - very maternal, but unable (and unwilling?) to stand up to her husband.

When they leave home, Luke and Mark change their surnames to really break away from that family and I have their new last names figured out, but I need a few things:

- Original surname. I want something that brings to mind old Southern (Georgian) wealth. The family's status has been on the decline for years, but I want something that still sounds wealthy and impressive, something their father would be proud of and boast about.

- Should they have changed their first names, too? If so, what should their first names have been to begin with?

- Mom's name: can't decide between Luella, Eula, Lois, and Lou Ethel. What do you think?

- First name for dad

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Katie-Nana]

Baxter
Lancaster
Lanier
Ashford
Ashby
Mitchell
Rutherford
Davis
Sinclair

An easy way to find more names would be to look up county, street and place names in GA.

[wordsmith]

Thanks!

 

I've decided on Ashby for the surname    I managed to name all except one.

 

The parents are Clyde and Eula Ashby and the younger brother is Loren Mark Ashby.  Now I just need to name Luke.  I thought about letting his first name be Lucas, but I'm wondering if not making Lucas or Luke the middle name and giving him a different sort of first name, like with Loren Mark. 

 

Any suggestions?