What's Your Dickens Character Name?
Although he died over 140 years ago, you can still find Charles Dickens’ works everywhere: in the bookstore, on television, and even in Doctor Who. These works are set in Victorian England and follow the stories of many whimsically named characters. So if you’ve ever wondered what it’d be like to scurry around London working as a seamstress to the wealthy, or to be a poor blacksmith-turned-gentleman, have I got a name game for you! Just follow the steps below, find your Dickens-worthy moniker, and get to work on that Victorian accent!
First Name: Choose a name from the list that corresponds to your favorite Victorian-era writer.
Charles Dickens: Bentley, Harry, Charlotte, Flora
Charlotte Brontë: Jacques, William, Ninetta, Rosa
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Frederick, Herbert, Emma, Amy
Lewis Carroll: Uriah, Jacob, Sarah, Kitty
Arthur Conan Doyle: Edwin, Philip, Clara, Matilda
George Eliot: Raymond, Oliver, Georgiana, Betsey
Oscar Wilde: Arthur, Jeremiah, Ada, Kate
Alfred Tennyson: Noah, Edward, Estella, Rachel
Bram Stoker: John, Neville, Honoria, Lucie
Emily Brontë: Allan, Ebenezer, Pet, Fanny
Robert Louis Stevenson: Charles, Nicholas, Sally, Arethusa
H.G. Wells: Daniel, Harold, Ester, Helena
George Bernard Shaw: Luke, Tim, Martha, Nancy
Rudyard Kipling: Frank, Dolge, Judy, Malta
Thomas Hardy: Edmund, Thomas, Emily, Anne
Other: Vincent, Alexander, Julia, Agnes
“Argh! I can’t choose!”: Ephraim, Henry, Phoebe, Affery
Middle Name: Choose the name that corresponds to the month you were born.
Last Name: Choose from the surnames that correspond to your favorite of Dickens’ novels.
Oliver Twist: Bates or Pumblechook
Great Expectations: Nickleby or Grummidge
A Tale of Two Cities: Copperfield or Wemmick
Hard Times: Stryver or Gridley
Bleak House: Gargery or Drood
David Copperfield: Landless or Tulkinghorn
Little Dorrit: Clennam or Pirrip
Dombey and Son: Summerson or Clare
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: Fleming or Sikes
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Merdle or Carstone
A Christmas Carol: Havisham or Murdstone
The Old Curiosity Shop: Blandois or Pocket
Other: Dorrit or Sparkler
None: Rigaud or Scrooge
Post by Sydney Scott, aka Affery Jane Clennam
What's your Dickens name?