Names for Southern Characters
#1
Posted 01 January 2009 - 06:49 PM
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.
#2
Posted 02 January 2009 - 12:32 PM
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!
#3
Posted 02 January 2009 - 07:28 PM
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!!!!
#4
Posted 02 January 2009 - 07:37 PM
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!
#5
Posted 02 January 2009 - 07:40 PM
#6
Posted 04 January 2020 - 10:39 AM
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
#7
Posted 10 January 2020 - 01:27 PM
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.
#8
Posted 24 March 2022 - 07:13 AM
Hey! I'd like to add a couple more:
Airard
Aimard
Ecme
Teias
Warrik
Greylen
Bailor
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