Gentlemanly Names: Harry

HARRY

Gender: Male

Origin: English nickname from German name Henry

Meaning: "ruler of the household"

Common Nicknames: This is a nickname so most Harrys mentioned most likely have the full name of Henry.

Regency Popularity: Very common as a nickname for Henry, especially for little boys named after family members.

Jane Austen Usage:

• Sense and Sensibility - Harry Dashwood is the four-year-old son of John and Fanny Dashwood, named after his grandfather Henry Dashwood, nephew of Elinor, Marianne and Margaret Dashwood.
• Persuasion - Harry Musgrove is the youngest son of Mr. Charles (Elder) and Mrs Musgrove and brother to Charles and Mary (Elliot) Musgrove.
• Emma - Harry, a servant at Mr. Knightley's estate Donwell Abbey.
• Sanditon - Sir Harry Denham is mentioned at the deceased second husband of Lady Denham and uncle to Sir Edward Denham, Baronet.

Gentlemanly Name: Edward

EDWARD

Gender: Male

Origin: Old English

Meaning: "prosperous guardian", "wealthy protector"

Common Nicknames: Ed, Eddie, Ned, Neddy

Regency Popularity: Widely use among the upper class and royalty.

Jane Austen Usage:

• Sense and Sensibility - Mr. Edward Ferrars is an honorable hero who wins the heart of heroine Elinor Dashwood. 
• Persuasion - Mr. Edward Wentworth is the brother of Captain Frederick Wentworth and Mrs Sophia Croft. He did have the curacy of Monksford but later moves out of county, marries and has a parish in Shropshire.
• Pride and Prejudice - Mr. Edward Gardiner is the brother of Mrs Bennet. He's a solicitor and lives in Cheapside, London with his wife and young children.
• Northanger Abbey - Edward Thorpe is mentioned as one of Mrs Thorpe's talented (according to her) sons - a student at Merchant-Taylors'.
• Sanditon - Si Edward Denham, Baronet is nephew of Sir Harry Denham. brother of Esther. born to be a villain- 'quite in the line of Lovelaces'.
• Juvenilia: Catharine, or the Bower - Edward Stanley is the son of Mr & Mrs Stanley.
• Juvenilia: Love and Freindship - Sir Edward Lindsay is the father of Mr Edward Lindsay, who thinks his son has been reading novels again.
• Juvenilia: Love and Freindship - Mr. Edward Lindsay (concealed as Talbot), son of Sir Edward Lindsay, and husband to Laura.
• Juvenilia: Sir William Montague - Sir Edward Montague is mentioned.
• Juvenilia: The Mystery - Sir Edward Spangle is mentioned.

Gentlemanly Name: Charles

CHARLES

Gender: Male

Origin: German

Meaning: "man", "free man", "army, warrior"

Common Nicknames: Charlie, Chuck, Chip

Regency Popularity: Widely used 


Jane Austen Usage: 

• Pride & Prejudice - Charles Bingley rents Netherfield Park and falls in love with Jane Bennet.
• Persuasion - Charles Musgrove is brother-in-law to the heroine Anne Elliot, he first asked her to marry him before marrying her sister Mary. Charles is named after his father and gives his son the same name.
• Persuasion - Charles Musgrove (the elder) is Mary Musgrove's father-in-law, owner of Uppercross-Hall, second in county status only to Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch.
• Persuasion - Little Charles Musgrove is the eldest son of Charles and Mary Musgrove. 
• Persuasion - Charles Hayter is a nephew of Mrs. Musgrove, eldest son of the Hayters. Non-resident curate. Has an understanding with, and marries his cousin, Henrietta Musgrove, after securing a church living. 
• Persuasion - Mr. Charles Smith, a friend of William Elliot who marries Anne's friend Miss Hamilton/Mrs. Smith but has left her a poor widow at the time of the book.
• Northanger Abbey - Charles Hodges is one of the many enraptured gentlemen mentioned by Isabella Thorpe who claims he plagued her to death, in order to make her dance. 
• Mansfield Park - Charles Price is the younger brother of heroine Fanny Price. He is eight-years-old at the end of Mansfield Park and is the youngest son in the family.
• Mansfield Park - Mr. Charles Anderson is a friend of Tom Bertram who has two sisters.
• Mansfield Park - Charles Maddox is a local gentleman who is considered for the part of Anhalt in Lovers' Vows. 
• Mansfield Park - Sir Charles is mentioned as a friend of Admiral Crawford, uses his influence to secure William Price's Lieutenant's commission.. 
• Mansfield Park - Charles is mentioned as the postillion on Lady Bertram's coach. 
• Lady Susan - Mr. Charles Vernon of Churchill, Sussex. Youngest son of Lady Susan's first husband. Married to Catherine De Courcy, with children in abundance. A clergyman.
• Lady Susan - Charles Smith is mentioned in passing.
• Sanditon - Mrs. Charles Dupuis is mentioned.
• The Watsons - Charles is mentioned as the young son of Mrs. Blake and nephew of Reverend Howard.
• Juvenilia: Catharine, or the Bower - Charles Wynne is the son of Reverend Wynne.
• Juvenilia: Jack and Alice - Mr. Charles Adams is mentioned.
• Juvenilia: A Beautiful Description - Mr. Charles is mentioned.
• Juvenilia: The First Act of a Comedy - Mr. Charles Postilion is mentioned.

Characters from Sanditon

Ladies Names In Sanditon:
Charlotte
Clara
Diana
Esther
Fanny
Jane
Letitia
Susan


Gentlemen Names In Sanditon:
Arthur
Charles
Edward
Jebb
Richard
Sam
Sidney
Thomas
William


Surnames In Sanditon:
Beard
Beaufort
Brereton
Brown
Capper
Darling
Davis
Denham
Dupuis
Fisher
Griffiths
Hanking
Heely
Heywood
Hillier
Lambe
Little
Matthews
Merryweather
Morgan
Mullins
Noyce
Parker
Pratt
Scroggs
Sheldon
Smith
Stringer
Whitby
Woodcock