Jane Austen Names

While my blog often focuses on names that aren't very well known, I thought I'd give today to some names found all over birth certificates and classic English literature - the works of Jane Austen.

Being that I have quite a few friends who study English literature, I'm sure there are a lot of opinions out there on Jane Austen's body of work. Her characters are more than memorable for many! Let's look at some of the classic names she focused on, shall we?

Sense and Sensibility, 1811

Elinor                                              
Marianne                                        
Margaret                                         
Fanny     
Mary
Charlotte
Anna-Maria
Lucy
Nancy
Eliza
Sophia

John 
Edward 
Robert
Henry
Thomas
Harry  
Richard                                      

Pride and Prejudice, 1813

Elizabeth "Lizzie"
Jane
Mary
Catherine "Kitty"
Lydia
Caroline
Georgiana
Charlotte
Ann
Louisa

Fitzwilliam
Charles
George
William
Edward

Mansfield Park, 1814

Fanny
Frances
Susan
Mary
Betsey
Julia
Maria

William
John
Richard
Sam
Tom
Charles
Edmund
Thomas
Henry

Emma, 1815

Emma
Jane
Harriet
Augusta
Isabella
Selina

George
Frank
Philip
Henry
John
Robert
William

Northanger Abbey, 1818

Catherine
Isabella
Eleanor

James
Henry
John
Frederick

Persuasion, 1818

Louisa
Henrietta
Elizabeth
Mary
Anne
Sophia

Charles
James
Richard
Harry
Walter
William
Frederick
Edward

The names that jumped out at me were Elinor (the less-used spelling), Marianne, Fanny, Georgiana, Fitzwilliam, Selina, and Louisa. What names are you drawn to?