Jane Austen Name Generator
Regency names worthy of a drawing room
Generate names straight out of a Jane Austen novel: canon characters from Pride and Prejudice to Persuasion, plus original Regency-era gentlemen, ladies, clergymen, naval captains and titled relations for fan fiction, period roleplay and historical stories.
About Jane Austen names
Jane Austen named her characters with a very particular ear. Given names are drawn from a small, respectable pool that real English gentry used between 1790 and 1820: Elizabeth, Jane, Anne, Mary, Catherine, Charlotte, Emma, Fanny and Harriet for women; Charles, Edward, Henry, George, William, Thomas, James and Frederick for men. Exotic or showy first names are reserved for people Austen wants you to distrust, which is why Augusta Elton and Lady Susan Vernon sound grander than the heroines.
Surnames do most of the social work. Old landed families carry place-like names such as Darcy, Knightley, Bertram and Wentworth; trade money shows up in plainer names like Bingley and Cole; the clergy and navy get solid, unfussy surnames like Collins, Tilney and Harville. Titles matter too. "Sir Walter" is a baronet, "Lady Catherine" is the daughter of an earl, and "Miss Bennet" with no first name always means the eldest unmarried daughter.
This generator mixes canon names from all six novels, Lady Susan, Sanditon and The Watsons with new names built the same way, so an invented Miss Theodosia Greville or Captain Gilbert Lindsay fits on the same ballroom card as Mr Darcy.
How to choose Jane Austen names
- For a heroine, pick an ordinary, well-worn given name (Anne, Elinor, Catherine) and let the surname carry the flavour; Austen saves flashy first names for rivals and schemers.
- Match the title to the rank: Sir plus first name for a baronet or knight, Lady plus first name only for an earl's daughter, Lady plus surname for a knight's or baronet's wife.
- Naval and army characters should sound brisk and plain (Captain Wentworth, Colonel Brandon); clergymen can carry slightly longer, softer surnames (Mr Collins, Mr Elton, Mr Tilney).
- In dialogue, the eldest daughter is Miss Lucas and her younger sisters are Miss Maria Lucas and so on; getting this right instantly makes a scene feel period-accurate.
- Double-barrelled surnames (Wentworth-Grey, Vane-Tempest) signal an inheritance or a marriage of two estates, and read as newer money than a single old name like Darcy.
Frequently asked questions
Where did Jane Austen get her character names?
Mostly from her own world. Austen borrowed surnames from neighbours, landowners and families in the Hampshire and Kent gentry (Bennet, Bingley, Wentworth and Dashwood were all real local names), and given names from the short list of Christian names in use among her class. The effect is realism rather than invention.
Which names in this list are canon and which are original?
The list opens with canon characters from Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, Sanditon and The Watsons. After that come original names that follow the same Regency conventions, so they suit fan fiction, original characters and period roleplay without clashing with the books.
How do Regency titles and forms of address work?
A baronet or knight is Sir plus first name (Sir Walter Elliot); his wife is Lady plus surname (Lady Elliot). The daughter of a duke, marquess or earl is Lady plus first name (Lady Catherine). Untitled gentlemen are Mr, and the eldest unmarried daughter of a family is simply Miss plus surname.
Can I use these names for a novel or a Regency RPG?
Yes. The original names are free to use in fiction, tabletop games and roleplay. Canon Austen characters are long out of copyright, though using Elizabeth Bennet or Mr Darcy as your own protagonist will read as a retelling rather than an original story.
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All 500 Jane Austen names
A: 39 names
- Adelaide Eastlake
- Admiral Croft
- Admiral Jasper Ingram
- Admiral Thomas Kinnaird
- Agnes Underhill
- Alethea Otway
- Alexander Throckmorton
- Algernon Stanhope
- Alicia Johnson
- Almeria Talbot
- Ambrose Hawtrey
- Amelia Beaumont
- Amelia Delmonte
- Andrew Norbury
- Anna Caldecott
- Anne Calverley
- Anne Curzon
- Anne de Bourgh
- Anne Elliot
- Anne Frobisher
- Anne Mauleverer
- Anne Mayhew
- Anne Steele
- Anne Taylor
- Anne Wyndham-Ross
- Anselm Chetwynd
- Anthony Rivers
- Arabella Cholmondeley
- Arabella Pemberton
- Arthur Bentinck
- Arthur Coverdale
- Arthur Parker
- Arthur Stapleton
- Augusta Beauclerk
- Augusta Elton
- Augusta Sandys
- Augusta Sherringham
- Augustus Villiers
- Augustus Whitaker
B: 5 names
- Barnaby Marlowe
- Bartholomew Prentice
- Belinda Aldridge
- Benjamin Bramwell
- Bridget Wakefield
C: 67 names
- Camilla Verney
- Captain Benwick
- Captain Carter
- Captain Cecil Brackenbury
- Captain Charles Digby
- Captain Edmund Haldane
- Captain Francis Marsham
- Captain Frederick Tilney
- Captain Frederick Wentworth
- Captain George Lanyon
- Captain Gervase Marlowe
- Captain Harville
- Captain James Clavering
- Captain John Raikes
- Captain Philip Maitland
- Captain Robert Pelly
- Captain Thomas Eden
- Captain Wilfred Carteret
- Captain William Harcourt-Vere
- Caroline Ashbury
- Caroline Bingley
- Caroline Standish
- Caroline Tresham
- Catherine Ashdown
- Catherine Fairholme
- Catherine Loveday
- Catherine Morland
- Catherine Vernon
- Catherine Welby
- Cecil Dunstan
- Cecilia Kingsley
- Cecilia Rolleston
- Cecily Ellesmere
C, continued
- Charles Allingham
- Charles Bingley
- Charles Daubeny
- Charles Hayter
- Charles Musgrove
- Charles Ormerod
- Charles Penryn
- Charles Vane-Tempest
- Charlotte Ashenden
- Charlotte Downe
- Charlotte Heywood
- Charlotte Lucas
- Charlotte Mowbray
- Charlotte Palmer
- Charlotte Somerville
- Christopher Lisle
- Clara Brereton
- Clement Fenwick
- Clementina Rowley
- Colonel Ambrose Greville
- Colonel Arthur Pakenham
- Colonel Brandon
- Colonel Campbell
- Colonel Edwin Fenwick
- Colonel Fitzwilliam
- Colonel Forster
- Colonel Francis Ryder
- Colonel Hugh Dunmore
- Colonel Jervis Hatherley
- Colonel Randolph Waverley
- Constance Ferrier
- Constance Harcourt
- Cordelia Faulkner
- Cuthbert Neville
D: 10 names
- Diana Parker
- Dinah Strickland
- Doctor Everard Sedgwick
- Doctor Jocelyn Oakes
- Doctor Lewis Throckmorton
- Doctor Matthew Pryor
- Dorothea Pleydell
- Dorothea Sedgwick
- Dorothy Winslow
- Dr Grant
E: 41 names
- Edmund Bertram
- Edmund Ferrars-Pole
- Edmund Ravenhill
- Edmund Strangeways
- Edmund Trefusis
- Edmund Wycherley
- Edward Carnaby
- Edward Fenimore
- Edward Ferrars
- Edward Gardiner
- Edward Lyttelton
- Edward Musgrave-Hale
- Edward Tanfield
- Edwin Hetherington
- Eleanor Brandling
- Eleanor Dyce
- Eleanor Ridley
- Eleanor Tilney
- Elias Kingscote
- Elinor Dashwood
E, continued
- Elinor Whitfield
- Eliza Brandreth
- Eliza Drewe
- Eliza Williams
- Elizabeth Bennet
- Elizabeth Elliot
- Elizabeth Harrowby
- Elizabeth Heathcote-Pryce
- Elizabeth Ingoldsby
- Elizabeth Rainsford
- Emma Ferncliffe
- Emma Hawtree
- Emma Ponsonby
- Emma Watson
- Emma Woodhouse
- Emmeline Tremayne
- Esther Denham
- Eugenia Marchmont
- Euphemia Kerridge
- Evelina Chichester
- Everard Radcliffe
F: 22 names
- Fanny Barrington
- Fanny Brocklehurst
- Fanny Dashwood
- Fanny Price
- Fanny Thornhill
- Fanny Whitlock
- Felicity Kemble
- Ferdinand Godolphin
- Fitzwilliam Darcy
- Frances Danvers
- Francis Dutton
- Francis Tredgold
- Frank Churchill
- Frederica Vernon
- Frederick Amory
- Frederick Ashby
- Frederick Fielding
- Frederick Hanbury
- Frederick Meynell
- Frederick Pyncombe
- Frederick Seton
- Frederick Wolseley
G: 17 names
- General Tilney
- George Annesley
- George Danby
- George Hambledon
- George Hotham
- George Ingham
- George Knightley
- George Laurance
- George Wickham
- Georgiana Darcy
- Georgiana Lambe
- Georgiana Lisle
- Georgiana Trelawney
- Georgina Whitcombe
- Gervase Oakes
- Gilbert Lindsay
- Giles Thornbury
H: 33 names
- Hannah Nugent
- Harriet Cawthorne
- Harriet Fanshawe
- Harriet Forster
- Harriet Lacey
- Harriet Pyne
- Harriet Rowntree
- Harriet Smith
- Harriet Wickersham
- Harriet Wooler
- Harriot Wentmore
- Henrietta Lumley
- Henrietta Musgrove
- Henrietta Wardell
- Henry Bagot
- Henry Brocas
- Henry Castleton
- Henry Crawford
- Henry Fairfield
- Henry Fairleigh
- Henry Grenville
- Henry Hervey
- Henry Tilney
- Henry Woodhouse
- Hester Farleigh
- Hester Kennaway
- Hetty Bates
- Honoria Ormsby
- Horatio Lascelles
- Hugh Dacre-Holt
- Hugh Pendarves
- Hugh Tollemache
- Humphrey Courtenay
I: 6 names
- Isabella Cranmer
- Isabella Darnell
- Isabella Fernhurst
- Isabella Knightley
- Isabella Oakover
- Isabella Thorpe
J: 31 names
- James Elphinstone
- James Huntingdon
- James Morland
- James Ravensworth
- James Rushworth
- James Whitmore
- Jane Bennet
- Jane Fairfax
- Jane Ferrand
- Jane Marlborough
- Jane Purefoy
- Jane Wilbraham
- Jane Winterbourne
- Jasper Pelham
- Jemima Mortimer
- Joanna Ardingly
- Jocelyn Ravenscroft
- John Ashurst
- John Fortescue
- John Heathcote
- John Knightley
- John Pevensey
- John Radnor
- John Thorpe
- John Willoughby
- John Yates
- Jonathan Dacre
- Julia Bertram
- Julia Copleston
- Julia Hawksworth
- Julia Meadowes
K: 3 names
- Keziah Penrose
- Kitty Bennet
- Kitty Falconer
L: 42 names
- Lady Bertram
- Lady Caroline Welbeck
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Lady Dalrymple
- Lady Denham
- Lady Eleanor Swinburne
- Lady Honoria Ashcombe
- Lady Jane Hungerford
- Lady Margaret Tiverton
- Lady Matilda Fitzgerald
- Lady Middleton
- Lady Russell
- Lady Sarah Clive
- Lady Sophia Lisburne
- Lady Susan Vernon
- Laetitia Bellingham
- Lancelot Esmond
- Lavinia Wyndham
- Letitia Bosanquet
- Letitia Peyton
- Letitia Quenby
L, continued
- Lettice Calloway
- Lewis Wrexham
- Lionel Gresham
- Lord Oliver Wrexham
- Lord Osbert Tennant
- Lord Osborne
- Louisa Ayscough
- Louisa Fairbrother
- Louisa Hurst
- Louisa Musgrove
- Louisa Pennington
- Lucinda Molyneux
- Lucius Ashcombe
- Lucy Blount
- Lucy Farrant
- Lucy Steele
- Lucy Wyvill
- Lydia Bennet
- Lydia Farquhar
- Lydia Pembridge
- Lydia Stracey
M: 64 names
- Madeline Gardiner
- Margaret Carbery
- Margaret Dashwood
- Margaret Fitzhugh
- Margaret Popham
- Margaret Wexford
- Maria Bertram
- Maria Halliday
- Maria Lucas
- Maria Stowell
- Maria Thorold
- Marianne Dashwood
- Marianne Ellwood
- Marmaduke Vavasour
- Martha Sotheby
- Mary Ann Sedley
- Mary Ashbourne
- Mary Bennet
- Mary Chudleigh
- Mary Crawford
- Mary Dalby
- Mary King
- Mary Musgrove
- Mary Thistlewood
- Matilda Haverstock
- Matthew Fitzroy
- Miles Saville
- Miss Amelia Carew
- Miss Anne Gorringe
- Miss Augusta Pole
- Miss Catherine Dunsany
- Miss Charlotte Pelham-Ross
M, continued
- Miss Elinor Prideaux
- Miss Eliza Wakeham
- Miss Fanny Drury
- Miss Harriet Ormond
- Miss Julia Tyrwhitt
- Miss Kitty Farrow
- Miss Lavinia Quarles
- Miss Louisa Bidwell
- Miss Maria Conyngham
- Miss Mary Trollope
- Miss Susan Tregonwell
- Montague Tennant
- Mr Charles Treherne
- Mr Edward Lucan
- Mr George Blackwood
- Mr Henry Osgood
- Mr James Medlicott
- Mr Perry
- Mr Richard Dampier
- Mr Shepherd
- Mr Weston
- Mr William Scrope
- Mrs Allen
- Mrs Eleanor Pakington
- Mrs Honora Pellew
- Mrs Isabella Verinder
- Mrs Jennings
- Mrs Lydia Corbett
- Mrs Norris
- Mrs Philips
- Mrs Reynolds
- Mrs Smith
N: 3 names
- Nathaniel Northcote
- Nathaniel Parfitt
- Nicholas Leveson
O: 4 names
- Octavia Blanchard
- Oliver Brackenbury
- Olivia Dorrington
- Osbert Waverley
P: 13 names
- Penelope Clay
- Penelope Tarrant
- Percival Jermyn
- Peregrine Abbotsley
- Philadelphia Merriweather
- Philip Elton
- Philip Enderby
- Philip Godwin
- Philip Hazlewood
- Philip Maunsell
- Philippa Rokeby
- Priscilla Jekyll
- Prudence Delafield
R: 28 names
- Ralph Umfraville
- Randolph Ashworth
- Rebecca Lovell
- Reginald Bowes
- Reginald De Courcy
- Reginald Hartopp
- Reginald Yelverton
- Reverend Anthony Norbury
- Reverend Edmund Ambler
- Reverend Edmund Cheyne
- Reverend Elias Hetherington
- Reverend Samuel Crewe
- Reverend Tristram Ashworth
- Reverend Walter Cornwallis
- Richard Aubrey
- Richard Bransby
- Richard Lumsden
- Richard Woolcombe
- Robert Allerton
- Robert Ferrars
- Robert Kingsmill
- Robert Langrishe
- Robert Martin
- Robert Tichborne
- Robert Verulam
- Roderick Nethercott
- Rosamund Upton
- Rupert Egerton
S: 42 names
- Samuel Wilmot
- Sarah Pulteney
- Selina Brightwell
- Selina Crofton
- Selina Hartwell
- Selina Ingram
- Septimus Ingleby
- Sidney Atherton
- Sidney Parker
- Sidney Thrale
- Sir Alexander Rivers
- Sir Anthony Lechmere
- Sir Barnaby Kingscote
- Sir Clement Dunstan
- Sir Edward Denham
- Sir Edward Mallory
- Sir Frederick Bagshot
- Sir Gervase Everleigh
- Sir Giles Faringdon
- Sir Hugh Marchant
- Sir James Martin
S, continued
- Sir John Middleton
- Sir Lionel Brandling
- Sir Montague Ravenscroft
- Sir Roger Tempest
- Sir Thomas Bertram
- Sir Walter Dymoke
- Sir Walter Elliot
- Sir Walter Pendlebury
- Sir William Lucas
- Sophia Croft
- Sophia Dimsdale
- Sophia Grey
- Sophia Herbert
- Sophia Lumsdaine
- Sophia Willoughby-Grey
- Sophy Ossington
- Stephen Holroyd
- Susan Axminster
- Susan Calthorpe
- Susan Molesworth
- Susan Price
T: 14 names
- Theodosia Greville
- Theophilus Crane
- Thomas Brayfield
- Thomas Eversham
- Thomas Merivale
- Thomas Palmer
- Thomas Wentworth-Grey
- Thomas Wroughton
- Thomas Wyke
- Thomasina Grantham
- Tom Bellamy
- Tom Bertram
- Tom Musgrave
- Tristram Carteret
V: 1 name
- Valentine Langford