Forsyte saga

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The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy is a book detailing five or so generations of an English family in the late 1800s, early 1900s, and it has some of the best names I've come across. I thought I'd post the names from the family tree here. I've bolded the ones I personally like best, and nicknames beside if applicable.

Male:

Jolyon (JO-lee-un) ("Old Jolyon," "Young Jolyon," Jolly, Jon)
James
Timothy
Swithin
Roger
Soames
Montague (Monty)
Val
Benedict
Michael
Edgar
Nicholas
Archibald
Ernest
Christopher
Patrick
George
Thomas
St. John (pronounced SIN-jin)
Augustus
Giles
Jesse

Female:

Annabel
Eustace
Blanche
Violet
Gladys
Marian
Florence
Euphemia
Hester
Susan
Julia (Juley)
Ann
Frances (Francie)
Helene
Irene (in the movie it's eye-REEN-ee)
Cicely
Rachel
Muriel
Imogen
Maud
Annette
Fleur
June
Holly

Comments

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I thought it might be something like that, but in the BBC version Jolyon is pronounced as JO-lee-in more than any other way, so that's what I picked. :)