Wednesday, September 14, 2011

What are your favorite southern belle and southern gentlemen names?

I love classic, southern names for both boys and girls. What are your favorites of the old fashioned, classic southern names?|||Scarlett and Rhett|||Charlotte

Arabella

Julienne

Ghiselle

Josephina

Isadora

Jessamine

Leonora

Dominique

Catherine

Anthea

Lisette

Rosalea

Rosetta

Carolina

Bernadette

Charlotta

Priscilla

Mary Suzette

Marta Beth

Millicent

Ninna Pearl

Sophia



Austin

Adrian

August

Ashton

Barrett

Brendan

Barlow

Cedric

Charleston

Clayton

Marshal

Oliver

Philippe

Samuel

Theodore

Maurice

Maxwell

Mason

Marcel

Reuben

Sebastian

Spencer

Zane

Greyson

Edwin

Emerson

Everett

Earnest

Harris

Jasper

Jameson

Fredrick

Godfrey

Isadore

Geoffrey

Lucien

Laurie

Ellery



Women were frequently addressed by both first and middle name. This is a long-standing Southern tradition. My sibs and I were rarely called by one name. Also, some parts of the south had a strong French influence. French names were fashionable throughout much of the south.|||Louise


Savannah


Scarlett


Violet


Claire


Paulina


Caroline


Adelaide


Emmaline


Margaret








Charles "Charlie"


Harrison


John David


Spencer


James/Jamie








Hope I helped. Also many southerners use double names like:


Jean Louise


Eloise Claire


Margaret Sue|||I like:





For a southern belle ~





~ Augusta


~ Charlotte


~ Emily


~ Isabella


~ Savannah


~ Trisha


~ Victoria





For a southern gentleman ~





~ Austin


~ Beau


~ Dwight


~ Grant


~ Lee


~ Russell


~ Wyatt|||Savannah, Henry, jewels, belle, andrew|||Girls





Caroline


Charlotte


Louanna


Scarlett


Sua anne








Boys


Beau


Jackson


Jasper


Austin


Dallas


Clayton|||Beau..Savannah Scarlette Daisy and Delilah...Avery|||Savannah|||Scarlett and Rhett|||Belle and Wyatt|||Blanche and Saul

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