Murder Mystery Name Generator

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Generate character names for a murder mystery: detectives, suspects, victims, servants and red herrings in the golden-age Christie style, plus modern and hardboiled variants, for dinner party games, cozy mysteries, escape rooms and crime novels.

About murder mystery names

Murder mystery names do a job before the story starts: they tell the reader who belongs at the country house, who is staff, and who the author wants you to underestimate. Agatha Christie's casts set the template (Colonel Arbuthnot, Mrs. Hubbard, Lady Westholme, Dr. Constantine), with titles and professions carried into the name because a character's social position is a clue. Golden-age detective fiction leans on old English surnames that sound like places (Ravenscroft, Pemberton, Trelawney), Latinate first names for the gentry (Augustus, Cordelia, Percival), and plain first names for the servants (Ellen the parlour maid, Peters the gamekeeper).

The list covers every role a whodunit needs: police detectives with rank, amateur sleuths, the aristocratic household and its staff, bright young things down from London, professionals with a motive attached, a hardboiled 1940s strand, a contemporary set, and archetype cards (The Unknown Heir, The Scorned Wife) for casting suspects. It also holds victims, relations gathered for the will, casts for a train, a liner, a hotel, a theatre and a college, and detectives from other countries under their own ranks.

A good murder mystery name is distinct from every other name in the cast: vary the first letters, syllable counts and titles so that a guest reading a character sheet never confuses the vicar with the valet.

How to choose murder mystery names

  • Give every character a different first initial and a different rhythm: Beatrix Ollerenshaw and Bunty Carstairs are fine together; Beatrix and Beatrice are not.
  • Attach a title, rank or profession to suspects on a party character sheet (Dr., Colonel, Lady, 'the Chauffeur') so guests grasp the social map instantly.
  • Name the victim last, and make it a name people will enjoy saying in accusations: The Late Sir Rupert Ellsmere lands better than a plain John Smith.
  • For a modern-day setting, keep the surnames varied and international and lean on jobs (Sommelier, Wedding Planner, Tech Founder) rather than titles to signal motive.
  • If you're writing a series, pick a detective name that survives repetition: two or three syllables, easy to spell, and no obvious puns.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a good murder mystery character name?

It should place the character socially (title, rank or job), be instantly distinguishable from every other name in the cast, and fit the era and setting. Golden-age mysteries favour place-like English surnames and Latinate first names; noir favours short, punchy American names.

How many characters do I need for a murder mystery party?

Most kits run six to twelve players: one victim (who can double as host or narrator), one detective if you want a facilitator, and five to ten suspects each with a motive. Give each suspect a distinct name and a one-line profession so guests can keep track.

Are these names based on real detectives like Poirot or Miss Marple?

The style is inspired by Christie, Sayers and Chesterton, and a few entries deliberately echo their sleuths. The aim is names in that style, not the famous characters themselves, and the list was not compared with every mystery in print. Use an echo as homage or swap in your own detective.

Can I use these names in a published novel or a commercial party kit?

A name on its own is generally not protected by copyright, so you are free to use them. The list was de-duplicated and screened for filler, but nobody has compared it with real people, brand names or other books, so search a distinctive full name before you put it on a book cover or box.

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A: 41 names

  • Ace Randall, Card Sharp
  • Achille Darcourt, Fencing Master
  • Ada Scroggs the Washerwoman
  • Adam Kowalczyk, Property Developer
  • Adela Faringdon
  • Admiral Sir Bertram Kettleby
  • Adrian Locke, Ex-Business Partner
  • Agnes Dewhurst, Knitting Circle Chair
  • Air Commodore Douglas Pym
  • Alaric Fennimore
  • Albert the Boot Boy
  • Albert Tranmere, Head Porter
  • Alfred Sprague, Chemist

A, continued

  • Algernon Stokesay
  • Algy Threlkeld
  • Alice the Under-Housemaid
  • Amara Okafor, Fashion Designer
  • Ambrose Kettering
  • Ambrose Nightingale, Medium
  • Ambrose Quayle, Antiques Dealer
  • Ambrose Sayle, Art Critic
  • Amos Beedle, Verger
  • Amos Thackeray, Estate Manager
  • Amos Threadgold the Ostler
  • Antonio the Dining Car Attendant
  • Arabella Montague
  • Arabella Montgomery, Socialite

A, continued

  • Archdeacon Theophilus Ward
  • Archibald Dunsworth
  • Arthur the Chauffeur
  • Ashley Quince, Dramatist
  • Assistant Commissioner Wyndham Huxtable
  • Assistant District Attorney Naomi Feld
  • Aubrey Lascelles
  • Auguste Marchand
  • Augustus Merriweather
  • Aunt Clothilde from Bordeaux
  • Aunt Lettie Garroway
  • Aunt Maud Winterbourne
  • Aurelia Ravenscar, Debutante
  • Ava Sterling, Art Curator

B: 49 names

  • Babs Heneage
  • Barnabas Thistlewood
  • Barnaby Finch-Cole, Antiques Valuer
  • Barney Epps, Prompter
  • Barney Stenzel, Desk Sergeant
  • Baron Heinrich von Berg
  • Baron Lars Gyllenkrona
  • Baroness Elise Dupont
  • Baroness Wynyates
  • Baronet Sir Piers Wickham
  • Barrister Harrison Wolfe
  • Barrister Julian Ashby, KC

B, continued

  • Barrow the Valet
  • Bartholomew Pryce, Accountant
  • Bartley Scrivens, Ventriloquist
  • Basil Danvers, Theatre Critic
  • Bates the Chauffeur
  • Beatrice Longstaffe
  • Beatrix Ollerenshaw
  • Begum Farida Mirza
  • Ben Halloran, Real Estate Agent
  • Benedict Chorley
  • Bernard Oxley, Member of Parliament
  • Bert Slocombe, Village Carrier

B, continued

  • Bertie Ashcombe
  • Bessie Nuttall, Barmaid
  • Bettina Kraus, Ski Instructor
  • Betty Jo Tully, Steno Pool Typist
  • Betty Lou Parrish, Script Girl
  • Biffy Marsden-Hythe
  • Bingo Lyttleton
  • Binky Fortescue
  • Birdie Sackville-Brown
  • Blanche Winterton
  • Bob Furze the Thatcher
  • Bobo Fitzgibbon

B, continued

  • Boots Wetherall
  • Bosun Jock Ferrier
  • Brigadier Cuthbert Ollerenshaw
  • Brigadier Lionel Pettigrew
  • Brother Anselm of Rievaulx
  • Brother Wulfric the Herbalist
  • Brother-in-Law Stanley Dimmock
  • Bryony Tate, Wellness Guru
  • Bubbles Huntercombe
  • Bunny Blakeney
  • Bunty Carstairs
  • Bunty Ravenscar
  • Buzz Tierney, Getaway Driver

C: 81 names

  • Callista Reeve, True Crime Author
  • Canon Septimus Hoare
  • Capitaine Thierry Marchais
  • Captain Aloysius Brennan, Homicide
  • Captain Clement Strang, Polar Explorer
  • Captain Lars Thorvaldsen, Ship's Master
  • Captain Marcus Fairweather
  • Captain Nigel Sherborne
  • Captain Percival Ashby
  • Captain Silas Kane, Sea Captain
  • Carmen Estrada, Rumba Dancer
  • Casimir Ravel, Concert Pianist
  • Cecil Ravenscroft

C, continued

  • Cecily Arkell, First-Year Scholar
  • Celeste Okafor, Gallery Owner
  • Celia Wandsworth
  • Chalky White the Poacher
  • Charles the Footman
  • Chester Lomax, Used Car King
  • Chief Constable Sir Lambert Coyle
  • Chief Inspector Augusta Thwaite
  • Chief Inspector Cedric Mallinson
  • Chief Inspector Desmond Yeung
  • Chief Inspector Edgar Pettibone
  • Chief Inspector James Blackwood
  • Chief Inspector Walter Prendergast
  • Chief Steward Harold Binns

C, continued

  • Chief Superintendent Miriam Ellsworth
  • Chief Superintendent Vera Lockhart
  • Chip Dawson, Stuntman
  • Chloe Whitmore, Yoga Instructor
  • Cissie Faye, Soubrette
  • Clarence Weatherby
  • Clem Hooper, Night Watchman
  • Clemency Rushworth
  • Clive Hartnoll, War Correspondent
  • Cocktail Charlie Danvers
  • Colonel Bulstrode Hammond
  • Colonel Fane, Rose Grower
  • Colonel Jack Trelease, Indian Army

C, continued

  • Colonel Reginald Ashworth
  • Colonel Sir Humphrey Blakeney
  • Colonel Yuri Bogdanov
  • Comisario Baltasar Urrutia
  • Commander Rupert Ashcroft, RN
  • Commissaire Lucien Baptistin
  • Commissario Tullio Sartoris
  • Commodore Sir Basil Hawtrey
  • Comte Étienne de Rochefort
  • Connor Byrne, Plumber
  • Constable Alfred Pike
  • Constable Dai Probert
  • Constable Hamish Lennox
  • Constable Jim Oakshott

C, continued

  • Constable Mary Tredgold
  • Constable Ned Willoughby
  • Constance Fairfax
  • Constance Hebden, Scoutmistress
  • Conte Lorenzo Altieri
  • Contessa Livia Farnese
  • Cordelia Ravenswood
  • Cornelius Frere, Shipping Magnate
  • Cornelius Vandermeer, Art Dealer
  • Coroner Albert Graves
  • Coroner Dr. Phineas Stott
  • Coroner Ezra Wickham
  • Corporal Alf Tibbs

C, continued

  • Cosmo Underhill
  • Councilman Art Haskell
  • Count Vladimir Petrov
  • Countess Sofia Romanova
  • Countess Zara, Spiritualist
  • Cousin Bartholomew, Recently Returned from India
  • Cousin Mildred, Twice Removed
  • Cousin Oswald, Next in Line
  • Cousin Ralph, Back from Kenya
  • Crabtree the Head Gardener
  • Crime Scene Manager Deepak Soni
  • Crispin Duvall
  • Cuthbert Glyde, Lighthouse Keeper
  • Cyril Hobday, Commercial Traveller

D: 106 names

  • Daisy the Kitchen Maid
  • Dame Cressida Vane
  • Dame Ellaline Tempest
  • Dame Honoria Blackstock
  • Dame Philippa Coldstream
  • Daniel Rossi, Celebrity Chef
  • Daphne Coutts-Rivers, Lady Golfer
  • Dashiell Kane
  • DC Jodie Clough
  • DCI Helen Abernathy
  • DCI Raymond Osei
  • Dean Hildebrand Massey
  • Declan Hennessy, Tour Manager

D, continued

  • Delphine Marchetti
  • Deputy Earl Buckner
  • Deputy Wanda Stroud
  • Desmond Achebe, Head Chef
  • Detective Ada Lindgren
  • Detective Aisha Rahman
  • Detective Arthur Graves
  • Detective Bernice Odom
  • Detective Chief Superintendent Glyn Powys
  • Detective Constable Alfie Sprague
  • Detective Constable Betty Aldous
  • Detective Constable Ewan Strachan
  • Detective Constable Fergus Muir

D, continued

  • Detective Constable Peggy Nuttall
  • Detective Constable Ruth Applegate
  • Detective Eleanor Hart
  • Detective Frances Kell
  • Detective Gus Petrakis
  • Detective Ines Calloway
  • Detective Inspector Clara Bettany
  • Detective Inspector Hetty Brackenbury
  • Detective Inspector Iris Pargeter
  • Detective Inspector Marcus Wolfe
  • Detective Inspector Rhys Glanville
  • Detective Inspector Sybil Ferrars
  • Detective Josephine Farrant

D, continued

  • Detective Leonard Sayle
  • Detective Luca Moretti
  • Detective Marisol Vega
  • Detective Mateo Salazar
  • Detective Rosa Delgado
  • Detective Sergeant Angus Kilbride
  • Detective Sergeant Bram Ollerton
  • Detective Sergeant Callum Reid
  • Detective Sergeant Dennis Poole
  • Detective Sergeant Emma Stone
  • Detective Sergeant Maud Garside
  • Detective Sergeant Nell Rudge
  • Detective Sergeant Owen Fairbrother
  • Detective Sergeant Wilf Hobday

D, continued

  • Detective Superintendent Nora Entwistle
  • Dev Malhotra, Pub Landlord
  • DI Fiona Maclean
  • Diddy Ludlow
  • Digby Rathbone
  • Dinah Hollowell
  • District Attorney Whitman Cabot
  • District Nurse Gwyneth Howell
  • Dixie Lamour, Dime-a-Dance Girl
  • Dizzy Featherstone
  • Dobbs the Groom
  • Doc Ambler, Struck-Off Surgeon
  • Dodo Lanchester

D, continued

  • Dolly Meadows, Hotel Receptionist
  • Dolores Vane, Fading Actress
  • Don Álvaro de Montoya
  • Doña Mercedes Villalobos
  • Dora Pegg the Laundry Maid
  • Dorothea Fairchild
  • Dot Kowalski, Switchboard Girl
  • Dr. Aldous Pennington, Master of St. Jude's
  • Dr. Ambrose Fell
  • Dr. Bartholomew Sinclair
  • Dr. Caspar Voss, Toxicologist
  • Dr. Crispian Sedge, Dean of Chapel
  • Dr. Emmerich Lang, Visiting Lecturer

D, continued

  • Dr. Erasmus Blount
  • Dr. Hannah Weiss, Medical Examiner
  • Dr. Helena Sterling
  • Dr. Hester Wray
  • Dr. Isolde Ravenhill
  • Dr. Julian Moreau
  • Dr. Lucasta Penwarden
  • Dr. Ludovic Renner, Psychiatrist
  • Dr. Ludwig Falk, Alienist
  • Dr. Magnus Olafsen, Mountaineer
  • Dr. Marcus Ravenhill
  • Dr. Mordecai Abendroth
  • Dr. Niall Gilhooly, Ship's Surgeon

D, continued

  • Dr. Ottoline Frere, Egyptologist
  • Dr. Ottoline Sayers
  • Dr. Priya Ramaswamy, Forensic Pathologist
  • Dr. Samuel Okonjo, Pathologist
  • Dr. Septimus Hale-Thornaby
  • Dr. Thaddeus Quarrington
  • Dr. Winifred Oakes, Locum
  • Drusilla Hartigan
  • DS Priya Nair
  • DS Tariq Hussain
  • Duchess Catherine Fairfax
  • Duchesse Hortense de Valmy
  • Duke Callahan, Boxing Promoter
  • Dulcie Ravenhurst

E: 21 names

  • Eddie the Fixer Ferrante
  • Edgar Winstanley, Handwriting Expert
  • Edmund Worthington
  • Edwina Pollexfen
  • Eleanor Pierce, Journalist
  • Ellen the Parlour Maid
  • Elmer P. Ruggles, Chicago Meat Packer
  • Elsie the Still-Room Maid
  • Emile the Concierge
  • Enid Blakeney, Crime Novelist

E, continued

  • Enoch Dabbs the Gravedigger
  • Eric Thornhill, Test Cricketer
  • Ernest Kell, Ironmonger
  • Ethan Marsh, Crypto Trader
  • Eunice Platt, District Visitor
  • Eustace Winterbourne
  • Evadne Larkin
  • Evangeline Ashford
  • Evelyn Marsh, Novelist
  • Everard Marchmont
  • Ezra Whitlock, Mill Owner

F: 25 names

  • Fabian Strudwick
  • Family Liaison Officer Carys Pugh
  • Father Aloysius Crane
  • Father Benedict Mulcahy
  • Father Dominic Trevanion
  • Father Ignatius Doyle
  • Felicity Ashdown
  • Felicity Bloom, Florist
  • Fenwick the Valet
  • Finn Gallagher, Drone Pilot
  • Fitzroy Gallowglass
  • Fizzy Cavendish

F, continued

  • Flight Lieutenant Johnny Raeburn
  • Florence Rudge, Dressmaker
  • Florian Castlemaine
  • Flossie Carmichael
  • Frankie Nolan, Bookie's Runner
  • Frankie Two-Tone Moretti
  • Fräulein Liesel Brunner, Lady's Companion
  • Fred Noakes the Stable Lad
  • Freddie Vane-Tempest
  • Frederick Whitlock
  • Freiherr Klaus von Steinbach
  • Freya Jensen, Travel Blogger
  • Fürstin Mathilde zu Hohenwald

G: 29 names

  • Gareth Pritchard-Lowe, Allotment Secretary
  • Gaston Leclair, Couturier
  • General Sir Hector Mainwaring
  • Genevieve Lockwood
  • George the First Footman
  • Georgia Bell, Cigarette Girl
  • Georgiana Hurst
  • Gervase Hollingbury
  • Gideon Faulkner
  • Gil Prentiss, Crime Photographer
  • Giles Featherby, Rowing Blue
  • Ginger Marlowe
  • Gino Tedesco, Dance Band Leader
  • Gladys the Parlour Maid

G, continued

  • Gloria Starr, Screen Siren
  • Godfrey Pemberley
  • Gorringe the Coachman
  • Grace Whitaker, Head Teacher
  • Graf Otto von Ehrenfeld
  • Grandfather Elias Kingsmill
  • Grandmamma Scarsdale
  • Granny Pascoe, Wise Woman
  • Grant Halloway, Golf Pro
  • Great-Aunt Hortensia Mowbray
  • Great-Uncle Barnaby Thwaite
  • Griselda Mountjoy
  • Group Captain Miles Trenchard
  • Guard Albert Stubbins
  • Gussie Tattersall

H: 31 names

  • Hal Corrigan, Gumshoe
  • Half-Brother Dermot Hartigan
  • Hamza Qureshi, Barrister
  • Hans Vogelsang, Clockmaker
  • Harper Castellano, Wedding Planner
  • Harriet Vale, Solicitor
  • Harrison Wells, Photographer
  • Harry "The Ledger" Lund, Mob Accountant
  • Hauptkommissarin Lotte Brandner
  • Hector Brandreth, Colliery Owner

H, continued

  • Henri Lambelet, Wagon-Lit Conductor
  • Henrietta Bellamy
  • Henry the Footman
  • Hercule Fontaine
  • Hermione Blakeney
  • Herr Doktor Wilhelm Kraus
  • Herr Professor Gottlieb Reiss
  • Hester Monkswell
  • Hetty the Dairy Maid
  • Higgs the Lodge Porter

H, continued

  • Hilary Cavendish
  • Hiram J. Brokaw, Railroad Millionaire
  • Hobbs the Butler
  • Honey Calhoun, Radio Songbird
  • Horace Pinnock, Auctioneer
  • Horatio Sedgemoor
  • Hoskins the Valet
  • Hubert Lacey, Dispensing Chemist
  • Hugo Chetwynd, Racing Driver
  • Hugo Stanforth, Literary Agent
  • Humphrey Toogood, Amateur Beekeeper

I: 43 names

  • Ibrahim Soliman, Dragoman
  • Ida Silverstein, Pawnbroker
  • Imani Clarke, Publicist
  • Imogen Sedley
  • Ines Carvalho, Tango Dancer
  • Inigo Stannard
  • Inspecteur Armel Kerouan
  • Inspecteur Pieter Verbruggen
  • Inspector Adelaide Wells
  • Inspector Alistair Grey
  • Inspector Ambrose Tull
  • Inspector Anselm Rooke
  • Inspector Barnaby Locke
  • Inspector Cassius Renwick

I, continued

  • Inspector Cyril Penhaligon
  • Inspector Dorothy Stanbridge
  • Inspector Gideon Hallam
  • Inspector Hilary Vosper
  • Inspector Honor Blythe
  • Inspector Hugo Marchbanks
  • Inspector Ivo Castellane
  • Inspector Jefe Ramiro Olmedo
  • Inspector Kenji Morita
  • Inspector Lillian Frost
  • Inspector Lucius Hargreave
  • Inspector Margery Cobb
  • Inspector Mungo Sedgewick
  • Inspector Nathaniel Quist

I, continued

  • Inspector Osric Whitmore
  • Inspector Philomena Catchpole
  • Inspector Rosalie Dunmore
  • Inspector Tobias Wrenfield
  • Inspector Vikram Sethi, Bombay CID
  • Inspector Violet Crane
  • Irma Vandeleur, Costume Designer
  • Isabelle Thornbury
  • Isadora Vane, Ballerina
  • Isla Murray, Life Coach
  • Ispettore Giacomo Venier
  • Ivor Cheswick
  • Ivor Kettering, Music Hall Comedian
  • Ivy Danforth, Milliner
  • Ivy Tibbs the Scullery Maid

J: 29 names

  • Jabez Crook the Odd-Job Man
  • Jack Brannock, Private Eye
  • Jack Ollerton, Poacher's Son
  • Jacob Meerdink, Diamond Cutter
  • Jake Donnelly, Bouncer
  • James the Second Footman
  • Jameson the Butler
  • Jasper Wickham
  • Jax Monroe, Rock Guitarist
  • Jenkins Minor, Fourth Former
  • Jessamy Thorogood
  • Jethro Coombe, Rat Catcher
  • Jinx Farquharson
  • Jocasta Peverell

J, continued

  • Jocelyn Parfitt, Rhodes Scholar
  • Jocelyn Stirling-Hope, Juvenile Lead
  • Joe Cuttle, Signalman
  • Jolyon Creasey, Stamp Dealer
  • Jonah Whitaker, Tech Founder
  • Jordan Reyes, Startup CEO
  • Josephine Barrington
  • Josiah Kemp, Poacher
  • Josiah Trask, Sexton
  • Judge Lyman Truesdale
  • Judge Marmaduke Chorley
  • Judge Percival Blackstone
  • Juge d'Instruction Mathilde Aubry
  • Julian Danvers, Stockbroker
  • Juliana Wrexham

K: 12 names

  • Katharine Merridew
  • Kenelm Yardley
  • Kester Blackadder
  • Kid Rafferty, Welterweight
  • Kieran Doyle, Groundskeeper
  • Kiki Marchbanks
  • Kitty Devereux
  • Kommissar Dieter Hollenbeck
  • Kommissarie Gunnar Hedlund
  • Kriminalinspektör Sigrid Almqvist
  • Kriminalrat Ansgar Weidemann
  • Kwame Mensah, Restaurateur

L: 47 names

  • Lady Agnes Fotheringay-Stubbs
  • Lady Cressida Ravenscar
  • Lady Cynthia Ferrers
  • Lady Hermia Templeton, Amateur Sleuth
  • Lady Lucinda Harkness-Boyle
  • Lady Marguerite Ashby-Grey
  • Lady Ottoline Ferrers
  • Lady Sybil Thornycroft
  • Lady Victoria Blackstone
  • Lakshmi Iyer, Research Fellow
  • Lance Rivington, Leading Man

L, continued

  • Latimer the Valet
  • Lavender Ashcombe, Heiress
  • Lavinia Trelawney
  • Layla Haddad, Interior Designer
  • Lefty Grogan, Pool Hall Owner
  • Leo Fernandez, Wine Importer
  • Leonard Tibbett, Stage Manager
  • Leonora Garroway
  • Leopold Fanshawe, Publisher
  • Leopold Kingsley
  • Lettice Fanshawe
  • Lew Garrity, Insurance Investigator

L, continued

  • Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey Pryce
  • Lieutenant Commander Giles Penrose
  • Lieutenant Dolores Quintana
  • Lieutenant Frank Moretti
  • Lieutenant Robin Lascombe
  • Lieutenant Sam Kowalski
  • Lionel Darkwater
  • Lola LaRue, Cigarette Girl
  • Lord Anthony Wetherall
  • Lord Ashford of Ravensmere
  • Lord Evelyn Culverhouse
  • Lord Peter Ashcombe

L, continued

  • Lord Ravensmere
  • Lorna Vail, Silent Film Star
  • Lorraine Sutcliffe, Hairdresser
  • Lotta Darling, Pantomime Principal Boy
  • Lou Bianchi, Bootlegger
  • Luca the Lift Boy
  • Lucasta Wynyard
  • Lucian Fitzgibbon
  • Lucian Wolfe, Playwright
  • Ludmila Petrovna, Prima Donna
  • Luigi the Wine Steward
  • Lydia Coverdale, Society Hostess

M: 135 names

  • Mabel Teasdale, Chemist's Assistant
  • MacTavish the Ghillie
  • Madame Celeste Dubois
  • Madame Ilona Varga, Clairvoyant
  • Madame Nemesia, Palmist
  • Madame Olga Sarkisova, Singing Teacher
  • Madame Zora, Fortune Teller
  • Mademoiselle Blanchard, French Mistress
  • Mademoiselle Giroux the Governess
  • Mademoiselle Odile, Lady's Maid
  • Magistrate Edmund Cross
  • Magistrate Horace Lidgate
  • Magnus Harkaway
  • Maisie Dukes, Wardrobe Mistress
  • Major Bertram Grimsby

M, continued

  • Major Dudley Featherstonehaugh
  • Major Eustace Polkinghorne, Permanent Resident
  • Major Fitzroy Wickham
  • Major Tancred Oxenham, Retired
  • Malachi Brightmore
  • Marchesa Ottavia Bellarmino
  • Marcus Bell, Personal Trainer
  • Marcus Donovan, Reporter
  • Marcus Wrexham, Portrait Painter
  • Maresciallo Beppe Lodi
  • Marguerite Delacroix, Opera Singer
  • Marianne Colquhoun
  • Marlene Voss, Lounge Pianist
  • Marmaduke Chetwynd
  • Marnie Coyle, Bakery Owner

M, continued

  • Marquise Solange de Vauclair
  • Martha Sowerby, Midwife
  • Master Rupert Ashdown
  • Master Toby Culverhouse
  • Master William Ashford
  • Matron Grimshaw
  • Matron Winterbottom
  • Maurice Vanbrugh, Company Promoter
  • Mavis Dunleavy, Girl Friday
  • Max Brodsky, Theatrical Agent
  • Maximilian Crowley
  • Maxine Durand, Nightclub Hostess
  • Medical Examiner Dr. Ignace Roth
  • Meera Shah, Pharmacist
  • Mia Castellano, Pastry Chef

M, continued

  • Mickey Doyle, Cabbie
  • Midge Tollemache
  • Miles Wickham, Insurance Assessor
  • Millicent Pembroke
  • Milo Ashenden-James, Trust Fund Heir
  • Mimsy Pakenham
  • Minnie the Between-Maid
  • Miranda Fayre, Leading Lady
  • Miss Ada Fenchurch
  • Miss Agatha Peel, Governess
  • Miss Annis Brett, Paid Companion
  • Miss Araminta Loveday
  • Miss Charlotte Winslow
  • Miss Clementine Thirkettle
  • Miss Cordelia Frobisher

M, continued

  • Miss Dorcas Applewhite
  • Miss Elspeth Grimble, Librarian
  • Miss Euphrosyne Dabney
  • Miss Fenella Quill, Governess
  • Miss Gwendolen Sparrowhawk
  • Miss Harriet Vane-Ellery
  • Miss Hilda Marrable, Bursar
  • Miss Honoria Wilberforce
  • Miss Janet Ellaby, Paying Guest
  • Miss Jellicoe the Companion
  • Miss Jemima Aldwinckle, Watercolourist
  • Miss Letitia Vaux, Warden
  • Miss Lettice Pinfold
  • Miss Mabel Ogilvie, Missionary
  • Miss Olive Garnett, Bird Watcher

M, continued

  • Miss Ormsby-Hay, Headmistress
  • Miss Prim the Lady's Maid
  • Miss Prudence Frobisher, Vicar's Sister
  • Miss Prudence Marple-Whitcombe
  • Miss Sophronia Pellew
  • Miss Tabitha Quayle, Spinster
  • Miss Winifred Trussell
  • Monsieur Anatole Lefèvre
  • Monsieur Anton, the Chef
  • Monsieur Émile Duquesne
  • Monsieur Fernand, Maître d'Hôtel
  • Monsieur Théodore Vasseur, Director of the Line
  • Montague Peverel, Impresario
  • Montgomery Graves, Banker
  • Monty Havisham-Pryde

M, continued

  • Morag Sinclair-Rae, Island Postmistress
  • Mortimer Gault, Taxidermist
  • Mr. and Mrs. Cardew
  • Mr. Aubrey Sherwin, Tutor
  • Mr. Aubrey Truscott, Jeweller
  • Mr. Carne the Headmaster
  • Mr. Carraway the Under-Butler
  • Mr. Croft the Estate Steward
  • Mr. Finlay the Private Secretary
  • Mr. Hallett the Land Agent
  • Mr. Horace Dimmock
  • Mr. Ivo Quelch, Theosophist
  • Mr. Jonathan Graves
  • Mr. Justice Aldridge
  • Mr. Leopold Gant, Executor

M, continued

  • Mr. Obadiah Finch, Solicitor's Clerk
  • Mr. Pennyfeather the Librarian
  • Mr. Percival Ashdown
  • Mr. Pym the Curate
  • Mr. Silas Peabody, Retired Solicitor
  • Mr. Trevor Ansell, Games Master
  • Mrs. Amelia Hartwell
  • Mrs. Araminta Colthurst
  • Mrs. Blackwell the Housekeeper
  • Mrs. Cornelia Van Alstyne, American Widow
  • Mrs. Dalrymple the Organist
  • Mrs. Dunnock the Cook
  • Mrs. Enid Tuttle, Village Gossip
  • Mrs. Euphemia Cardew, Widow
  • Mrs. Evelyn Cross-Whitley, Oil Widow

M, continued

  • Mrs. Goodbody, College Scout
  • Mrs. Greatorex the Housekeeper
  • Mrs. Henderson the Cook
  • Mrs. Hepzibah Crowhurst
  • Mrs. Honoria Blakeney
  • Mrs. Larkspur the Housekeeper
  • Mrs. Lavinia Oddie, Amateur Sleuth
  • Mrs. Minerva Stuyvesant-Pell
  • Mrs. Muriel Tranter, Boarding House Keeper
  • Mrs. Pargeter the Housekeeper
  • Mrs. Portia Kinnersley, Barrister
  • Mrs. Puddicombe the Charwoman
  • Mrs. Tibbs the Cook
  • Mrs. Wilkins the Lodge Keeper
  • Mrs. Yeo the Daily Woman

N: 27 names

  • Nadia Ferreira, Veterinary Surgeon
  • Nadia Petrova, Ballet Mistress
  • Nancy Aldersey
  • Nanny Gubbins
  • Nanny Prothero
  • Nanny Wickham
  • Nathaniel Frere, Rare Book Dealer
  • Nathaniel Pemberton
  • Ned Hobday, Blacksmith
  • Ned Sloane, City Editor
  • Nell Gwynne Harker, Landlady
  • Nellie the Tweeny
  • Nephew Gerald Heathcote

N, continued

  • Nerissa Halloway
  • Nerissa Kentwell, Poetess
  • Neville Ashburnham
  • Nick Kovacs, Private Eye
  • Nicodemus Shackleford
  • Niece Pamela Staveley
  • Nikolai Sokolov, Chess Grandmaster
  • Noah Lindqvist, Architect
  • Nobby Alderton
  • Nurse Agnes Whitlow
  • Nurse Baines
  • Nurse Edith Maybury
  • Nurse Mallory, the Night Nurse
  • Nurse Prudence Tibbs

O: 20 names

  • Octavia Harrington
  • Oksana Bondar, Concert Violinist
  • Old Ezekiel the Shepherd
  • Old Jem the Ferryman
  • Old Mother Peel, Herbalist
  • Old Mr. Venables, Latin Master
  • Old Mrs. Dunstan, the Matriarch
  • Old Ned the Gardener
  • Old Silas the Boatman
  • Olive Renshaw, Understudy

O, continued

  • Olivia Chen, Corporate Lawyer
  • Olympia Dunwoody
  • Orlando Gresham
  • Osbert Frobisher
  • Osgood Fairlie, Ghost Hunter
  • Oswald Trask, Rent Collector
  • Otis Bramwell, Retreat Caretaker
  • Ottilie Brandon
  • Otto Kessler, Film Director
  • Ottoline Pryce

P: 37 names

  • Paloma Vidal, Reality TV Judge
  • Peaches Farrant
  • Percival Hastings
  • Percy Luscombe, Stationmaster
  • Peregrine Hawksworth
  • Perkins the Chauffeur
  • Peters the Gamekeeper
  • Petronella Cleeve
  • Philippa Danvers
  • Piers Wolstenholme
  • Piggy Trevelyan
  • Pinky Drummond-Hay

P, continued

  • Pip Stanhope-Rudd
  • Police Chief Loretta Haines
  • Police Matron Gladys Orme
  • Police Surgeon Dr. Ives
  • Politiinspektør Halvor Nygaard
  • Pongo Cattermole
  • Poor Dear Uncle Hubert
  • Poppy Sinclair
  • Pops Dugan, Newsstand Man
  • Prince Alexei Volkonsky
  • Princess Natasha Obolenskaya
  • Princess Zinaida Vorontsova

P, continued

  • Principessa Bianca di Castelnuovo
  • Priscilla Okoye, Crime Podcast Host
  • Pritchard the Chauffeur
  • Professor Cuthbert Lyle
  • Professor Enid Marchbanks
  • Professor Ignatius Vale, Archaeologist
  • Professor Lysander Coote
  • Professor Mortimer Blackwood
  • Professor Thirza Lockyer, Classics Don
  • Professor Wilfrid Blount, Botanist
  • Professor Zoltan, Hypnotist
  • Prue Tattersfield, Parish Council Clerk
  • Purser Desmond Faulds

Q: 2 names

  • Quentin Ravenscar
  • Quintin Heathcote

R: 29 names

  • Rabbi Ezra Liebermann
  • Rafael Corvino, Tenor
  • Ray Falcone, Bartender
  • Reggie "Rats" Ponsonby
  • Reginald Blackmore
  • Reginald Blackmore, Industrialist
  • Reginald Sayle, Bank Manager
  • Reuben Hext, Wheelwright
  • Reverend Josiah Kemble
  • Reverend Mother Scholastica
  • Reverend Thomas Blackwell
  • Rex Fanshawe, Big Game Hunter
  • Rex Harrington, Film Star
  • Rhoda Staveley

R, continued

  • Rocco Fontana, Nightclub Owner
  • Roderick Beaumaris
  • Rollo Marchant, Gentleman Jockey
  • Ronnie Sharples, Tennis Coach
  • Rosalind Ashby
  • Rosamund Trevelyan
  • Rose the Housemaid
  • Rowan Ashby, Estate Agent
  • Rowena Ludlow
  • Roxie Malone, Nightclub Singer
  • Ruby Delacroix, Femme Fatale
  • Ruby Nakamura, Video Game Designer
  • Rupert Fenwick
  • Ruth the Scullery Maid
  • Ryan Fletcher, Podcaster

S: 76 names

  • Sacheverell Dunstan
  • Sal "The Hammer" Benedetto, Racketeer
  • Sal Marlowe, Private Investigator
  • Sam Ashworth, IT Consultant
  • Sam Tuttle the Under-Gardener
  • Sam Waverly, Newspaper Hack
  • Saskia de Wit, Yacht Broker
  • Sebastian Carstairs
  • Señora Inés de Valdez
  • Seraphina Blackwell
  • Sergeant Cobbold, School Porter
  • Sergeant Cormac Riordan, Garda

S, continued

  • Sergeant Cyrus Bland
  • Sergeant Lottie Bramhall
  • Sergeant Major Bert Rudge
  • Sergeant Stanley Quigg
  • Sergeant Titus Beedle
  • Sergeant Wesley Thorne
  • Seth Yelland the Lock Keeper
  • Sheriff Homer Tolliver
  • Sholto Danforth
  • Sid Tibbs, Ferret Man
  • Sidney Gapp, Night Porter
  • Sidney Marlowe, Private Eye
  • Sienna Park, Event Planner

S, continued

  • Signor Carlo Bonaventura, Hotel Manager
  • Signor Enrico Bellini
  • Signor Pasquale Greco, Dancing Master
  • Signor Tito Marcolini, Motor Car Salesman
  • Signora Fiammetta Rinaldi
  • Silas Blackadder, Diamond Merchant
  • Silas Croft, Antiquarian
  • Simone Beaumont, Sommelier
  • Sir Ambrose Fitzwilliam
  • Sir Edmund Hartley
  • Sir Garrick Devane, Actor-Manager
  • Sir Giles Wimbush
  • Sir Hartley Quarmby, KC

S, continued

  • Sir Joseph Garth, Newspaper Proprietor
  • Sir Lancelot Mowbray
  • Sir Lucas Havering, Harley Street Surgeon
  • Sir Percival Rooke, Explorer
  • Sir Tobias Greville, Baronet
  • Sir Wilmot Tolhurst, Excavator
  • Sister Agatha Thornbury
  • Sister Bernadette Cole
  • Sister Mary Clare Doolan
  • Sister Perpetua Lamb
  • Skipper Tam Dunbar
  • Slim Wojcik, Safecracker

S, continued

  • Solicitor Ambrose Peabody
  • Solicitor Margaret Thorne
  • Sparks McNab, Wireless Operator
  • Special Agent Renee Fairbanks
  • Spike Hanratty, Fight Manager
  • Squadron Leader Roddy Fenchurch
  • Squiffy Danforth
  • Squire Jasper Tunstall
  • Stanislaw Bronski, Cameraman
  • Station Sergeant Bill Haddock
  • Stella Dvorak, Hat Check Girl
  • Stephen Carbury
  • Stepmother Leonie Harcourt

S, continued

  • Stepson Derek Mallinson
  • Stewardess Ethel Cribb
  • Stokes the Butler
  • Sub-Inspector Arjun Mehra
  • Subaltern Teddy Glenister
  • Sugar Malone, Chorus Girl
  • Sunita Kapoor, GP
  • Sunny Sedley
  • Superintendent Harold Bexley
  • Superintendent Jocelyn Harcourt
  • Superintendent Lionel Crabbe
  • Superintendent Roland Pike
  • Sylvia Tennant, Suffragist

T: 117 names

  • Tamsin Ellacott
  • Tanya Volkov, Cleaner
  • Tatiana Lebedeva, Émigrée Dressmaker
  • Tess Monahan, Diner Waitress
  • The Ambitious Nephew
  • The Anonymous Letter Writer
  • The Betrayed Partner
  • The Black Sheep
  • The Blackmailed Guest
  • The Body in the Boathouse
  • The Countess of Rookwood
  • The Critic in the Third Row
  • The Dame in the Green Hat
  • The Deceased, Mr. Lucius Fallowfield

T, continued

  • The Desperate Debtor
  • The Devoted Secretary
  • The Disinherited Son
  • The Dowager Countess of Ellsmere
  • The Dowager Lady Wetherall
  • The Dowager Marchioness of Peverill
  • The Duchess of Strathallen
  • The Duke of Marlingham
  • The Earl of Bassington
  • The Earl of Kilmarron
  • The Faithful Retainer
  • The Family Doctor
  • The Fortune Hunter
  • The Gentleman in Room Nine
  • The Great Mephisto, Stage Conjuror

T, continued

  • The Guest Who Left Early
  • The Honourable Clarissa Somerton
  • The Honourable Dickie Culverhouse
  • The Honourable Felix Ashford
  • The Honourable Julian Marchbanks
  • The Honourable Miss Daphne Wray
  • The Honourable Rupert Vane-Sturgis
  • The Houseguest with a Past
  • The Impostor
  • The Jealous Rival
  • The Jilted Fiancé
  • The Laird of Glenmorrow
  • The Last Person to See Him Alive
  • The Late Ambrose Pettifer, Solicitor

T, continued

  • The Late Canon Winterslow
  • The Late Colonel Hackett-Rowe
  • The Late Dame Rosalba Quist
  • The Late Dr. Cornelius Fairbairn
  • The Late Great-Uncle Phineas
  • The Late Hezekiah Brandreth, Cotton King
  • The Late Isobel Gray, Novelist
  • The Late Lady Hermione Stanbridge
  • The Late Lord Culverhouse
  • The Late Madame Zenaide
  • The Late Miss Emmeline Garth
  • The Late Monty "Lucky" Lomax
  • The Late Mr. Elkanah Oldroyd, Miser
  • The Late Mrs. Honoria Vance
  • The Late Mrs. Sidonie Coverdale

T, continued

  • The Late Professor Thackaberry
  • The Late Senator Beauregard Thibodeaux
  • The Late Sir Rupert Ellsmere
  • The Long-Lost Brother
  • The Man from the Insurance Company
  • The Man Who Changed the Will
  • The Marquess of Danforth
  • The Mysterious Stranger
  • The Nervous Bridegroom
  • The New Fiancée
  • The Old School Friend
  • The Passenger in Compartment Seven
  • The Poor Relation
  • The Prodigal Daughter
  • The Recently Departed Major Pilbeam

T, continued

  • The Reluctant Heiress
  • The Reverend Tertius Gilfoyle
  • The Rival Collector
  • The Scorned Wife
  • The Second Mrs. de Winter
  • The Secret Lover
  • The Silent Twin
  • The Sleepwalker
  • The Spurned Suitor
  • The Stowaway in Lifeboat Four
  • The Stranger on the Night Train
  • The Too-Helpful Neighbour
  • The Twins, Basil and Sybil Yardley
  • The Understudy Who Never Went On

T, continued

  • The Unidentified Man on the Beach
  • The Uninvited Guest
  • The Unknown Heir
  • The Vanished Bride
  • The Vicar's Wife
  • The Witness Nobody Believed
  • The Woman in the Veil
  • Thelma Ruddock, Gossip Columnist
  • Theo Baptiste, Jazz Trumpeter
  • Theodore Ashworth
  • Theodore Sterling, Financier
  • Theodosia Lyall
  • Thomas Green the Gardener
  • Thomasina Greaves
  • Tiggy Molyneux

T, continued

  • Tilly Hargrove, Bookshop Owner
  • Titus Sowden, Undertaker
  • Tobiah Venn, Bell Ringer
  • Tobias Lindqvist, Wine Merchant
  • Tom the Hall Boy
  • Tomasz Zielinski, Private Chef
  • Toots Wickham
  • Trask the Gamekeeper
  • Tristram Lovelace
  • Trixie Hebblethwaite
  • Trooper Clyde Rasmussen
  • Trumpet Joe Dupree
  • Tubby Wainwright
  • Tuppence Delacroix
  • Tuppy Arkwright

U: 5 names

  • Ulric Bassington
  • Uncle Ebenezer Stannard
  • Uncle Monty Lascelles
  • Urban Kingsmill
  • Ursula Ravensworth

V: 15 names

  • Valentine Ash
  • Velma Kincaid, Hollywood Columnist
  • Venetia Scarsdale
  • Vera Malone, Torch Singer
  • Verena Hallowes
  • Verity Kentwell
  • Vernon Blyth, Matinée Idol
  • Vicomte Raoul de Saint-Clair
  • Victor Northcliff
  • Vince Carbone, Bookmaker
  • Vinnie the Nose Caruso
  • Viscount Fenchurch
  • Viscount Hartlebury
  • Viscountess Ashcombe
  • Vivian Sterling, Heiress

W: 12 names

  • Wally Hogg, Stage Door Keeper
  • Walter Nuttall, Publican
  • Ward Brannigan, Studio Head
  • Wicked Uncle Jasper
  • Wilfred the Page
  • Wilfrid Ottery
  • Wilhelmina Trowbridge
  • Wilkins the Butler
  • Willie Strand, Hotel Bellhop
  • Wing Commander Hugh Tremaine
  • Winifred Cobb, Postmistress
  • Winifred Pargeter

X: 2 names

  • Xanthe Marlborough
  • Xavier Duplessis, Hedge Fund Manager

Y: 5 names

  • Yolande Deverell
  • Young Davy the Garden Boy
  • Young Mrs. Harcourt, the Second Wife
  • Yuki Tanabe, Escape Room Designer
  • Yvette the French Maid

Z: 4 names

  • Zachariah Wentworth
  • Zara Bennett, Influencer
  • Zelda Marchbanks, Aviatrix
  • Zenobia Culpepper