Gallery III · 1750 to 1837
The Age of Revolutions
Georgian England, the young United States, Napoleonic Europe and the new republics of Latin America.
Classical learning shaped taste: parents chose Roman and Greek names, and some honored the heroes of their revolutions by giving surnames as first names. Biblical names remained the backbone of naming in Protestant lands, while saints' names guided Catholic families.
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.