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[HarmonyP]

My head is soon going to explode with all the stories I'm trying to take on, but I don't really mind.
So what I'm looking for today are names you find commonly in the South.
I don't just want Annabelle or Clara or Scarlett. I want deeper, more Southern names. Names you might find in Texas or maybe Georgia.
I also need last names and boy names, so if you could take the time, please give me a few suggestions for each.
Thank you, you wonderful, smart people! Thank you.

[JENN2688]

I know a lot of people (as I do live in the South --- Georgia) that use a maiden of the mother or other female family member to name either boy/girl! You could use this and pick some Southern last names to name them, especially for the boys!

Here are some suggestions:

Girl:
Suellen
Nellie*
Bess/Bessie*
Mabel*
Arnette
Carlene
June
Dixie
Claudell*
Cordelia
Daisy
Darlene
Dollie
Essielou*
Flossie*
Ida/Ina/Ima
JoEllen
Lottie
Maggie
Pansy
Pauline
Reba
Sadie
Winfred*
Zadie
Carleigh
Harley
Cornelia
Clemmie*
Fannie*
Kellieann
Nettie*
Stella
Ida Mae
Alva Grace
Betsy Ann
Dixie Lee/Rose
Nettie Bell
Evie Sue
Peggy Sue
Sara Jean/Jane

Boy:
Angus*
Bo/Boe
Buford
Claude
Duke
Earl
Felton
Harlan
Hoyt
Jed
Pascal
Vernon
Cappie
Willie

Last Names - To use as first names or last name
Bedford
Buford
Claiborne
Delford
Haywood
Montgomery
Pellman
Singleton
Covington
Buchanan
Carmichael
Sinclair
Harrington
Sorenson
Dixon

* May be to old fashioned

Mae, Jean, Lou, Faye, Lynn and Ann/Anne are probably the most common Southern middle names!

Hope these help! Please let me know if you like any!

[HarmonyP]

Wow.
That is exactly what I needed!
Those were great names, thank you sooooo much.
I definitely have a better idea of what I'm looking for, now.

I'd still like some more boy names and last names to anyone else who'd please contribute!!!!

[Remy Hadley]

I think JMC1988 got, like, all of them, but on my personal opinion, I think these names sound southern (though, it may just be me, lol)/some I got from a website:
Gals:
Kathryn/Katherine nn Katie or Kate
Jo/Joanne/Joanna
Hallie
Anne/Anna
Belle/Bella
Emma/Emma-Kate (or most names with a hyphen between)
Elizabeth
Georgia
Jolene
Hannah
Savannah
Caroline
Daisy
Peggy Sue
Scarlett
Virginia
Lorette/Loretta
Cheyenne (name of a country movie my grandpa likes, lol)
Christine

For a boy:
Jose
Juan
Luis
Andrew nn Andy
Matthew nn Matt (maybe...)
Tyler
Beau
Blake
Brett
Clay
Sawyer
Thomas nn Tom
Jackson
John
Luke/Lucas
Mark
(My brother-in-law says biblical names would probubly be very southern, too).

As for last names.... no clue, but I've always thought my last name (Taylor) sounded southern. Good luck with it!

[Remy Hadley]

Though, you live in Texas, don't you, lol? Or do you mean olden-time southern names?

[movieboyapache]

I live in the south, North Carolina to be exact. My family is split between White and Cherokee/Lakota Sioux Indians. My family consists of Williams, Davids, Johns, and a LOT of people named Thomas. MY whole family comes from Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, so it doesn't sound too much like what your looking for, which is more south-central/west, since you used the state of Texas as an example. My parents lived in Texas for a while, and I've came u with deep south surnames:

 

• Sizemore
• Harris
• Perry (To make it sound more southern, to me at least, would use the name "Jim" as the first name to this surname)
• Royster
• Hill
• Begay (Surname derived from Navajo Nation, southwest surname of someone with Navajo ancestry)
• Thorpe
• Conley
• Calhoun

 

Boy Names:

 

• John
• Cooper
• Aaron
• Django
• Adam
• Thomas
• Jacob
• Peter
• Jim
• Duke
• John
• Hank
• Dale
• Merrill
• Graham
• Lewis/Louis
• Luis
• Johnathan
• Owen
• William

[WriterJones]

As a Southern, let me tell you two trends youre really going to want to use:

1. Double names for both genders
Examples:
(girl) Mary Delaney, Anna Ryan, Hannah Grace, Abi Beth
(boy) Jon Brent, John Robert

2. The mothers maiden name as the childs first name
Examples: Caldwell (nickname Cally for girl), Hudson, Brewer, Bryson, Braxton, Everett, Tucker, Bailey, Campbell, Davis, Dawson, etc.

[warrion]

Hey! I'd like to add a couple more:

 

Airard

Aimard

Ecme

Teias

Warrik

Greylen

Bailor