Ladylike Name: Anne

ANNE

Gender: Female

Origin: English/French version of the Hebrew Hannah and Channah and Greek Anna. Anna was the faithful prophetess Anna in New Testament who await the birth of Jesus Christ. 

Meaning: "He (God) has favored me", "gracious", "grace"

Common Nicknames: Nancy, Nan, Nanny, Annie. Jane Austen uses Nancy most often as a nickname.

Regency Popularity: Very popular among most classes. Most lower classes would probably use Hannah or the nicknames more, but the upper classes would use Anne. Among the royalty Anne was and still is quite popular.

Jane Austen Usage:

• Persuasion - Anne Elliot is the heroine of the story. She is the second daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, devoted friend, aunt, sister, and constant to her true love Captain Frederick Wentworth.
• Sense and Sensibility - Miss Anne Steele is the older sister of Lucy Steele, nearly thirty years old; 'never succeeded in catching the Doctor'. She is usually called Nancy by her sister.
• Pride and Prejudice - Miss Anne de Bourgh is the sickly daughter of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Named after her aunt Lady Anne Darcy a match is made by the two mothers for her to marry her cousin Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy.
• Pride and Prejudice - Lady Anne Darcy, born Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, is the deceased mother of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Miss Georgiana Darcy. Wife of the elder Mr. Darcy, sister of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, aunt of Miss Anne de Bourgh and Colonel Fitzwilliam.
• Northanger Abbey - Anne Thorpe is one of Mrs Thorpe's two younger daughters. Although not as beautiful as her older sister Isabella, she does very well by pretending to be as handsome as her sister, imitating her air, and dressing in the same style.
• Emma - Anne Taylor is governess to heroine Emma Woodhouse until she's marries Mr. Weston. At the end of the book she has a daughter who is named Anna after her mother.
• Northanger Abbey - Anne Mitchell is mentioned as a 'friend' of Isabella Thorpe's who had tried to put on a turban like Isabella's but who had apparently made wretched work of it.
• Juvenilia: The Three Sisters - Miss Anne (also called Miss XXX) is the friend that Georgiana Stanhope writes to and dictates her plans for her sisters.
• Juvenilia: Evelyn - Mrs. Anne Augusta Webb, wife of Mr. Webb and mother of Maria.
• Juvenilia: Catharine, or the Bower - Anne, also called Nanny, is the heroine Catharine's maid. 

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 Names: Henry

HENRY

Gender: Male

Origin: German

Meaning: "ruler of the household"

Common Nicknames: Harry, Jane Austen uses it a few times.

Regency Popularity: Very commonly used by all classes and especially among royalty.

Jane Austen Usage:

• Northanger Abbey - Rev. Henry Tilney is the witty and charming hero. A clergyman who lives at his Parrish Woodston but spends much time with his father and sister at Northanger Abbey and visiting Bath. He marries the heroine Catherine Morland and shares her passion for reading novels.
• Emma - Mr. Henry Woodhouse is the owner of Hartfield in Highbury. His wife Catherine dies leaving two daughters: Isabella marries John Knightley and Emma marries George Knightley. His grandson is named after him.
• Emma - Master Henry Knightley is the oldest son of Isabella Woodhouse and John Knightley, named after his grandfather Henry Woodhouse.
• Mansfield Park - Henry Crawford is the "villain" of the story. He is the brother of Mary Crawford, half-brother to Mrs Grant, brother-in-law of Dr. Grant. He and his sister Mary were brought up by their uncle Admiral Crawford and his wife. Has an estate in Norfolk called Enscombe. He trifles with the feelings of the three ladies at Mansfield Park.
• Mansfield Park - Sir Henry is mentioned by Mr. Yates as the guest of Lord Ravenshaw's houseparty.
• Persuasion - Sir Henry Russell was the late husband of Lady Russell, he was only a Knight so his title couldn't be passed down to any children they might have had. 
• Sense and Sensibility - Henry Dashwood of Stanhill and Norland Park. By his first wife he had one son, John; by his second, three daughters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. His death at the beginning of the story sets the events of the plot in motion.
• Juvenilia: Henry and Eliza - Mr. Henry Cecil is the hero of the story, he married Eliza.
• Juvenilia: Lesley Castle - Mr. Henry Hervey
• Juvenilia: Evelyn - Mr. Henry
• Juvenilia: Amelia Webster - Mr. Henry Beverley a character who marries on of George Hervey's sisters.
• Juvenilia: The Three Sisters - Sir Henry Brudenell
• Juvenilia: Sir William Montague - Sir Henry Montague

Jane Austen's Life:

• Henry Austen (1771-1850) - brother, fourth oldest Austen child, married his cousin Eliza de Feuillide.

Gentlemanly Name: George

GEORGE

Gender: Male

Origin: Greek, German

Meaning: "farmer", "earth worker"

Common Nicknames: Georgie, but usually none is used by Jane Austen

Regency Popularity: Very commonly used. It was the name of the kings at the time and still considered German at the time.

Jane Austen Usage:

• Emma - Mr. George Knightley is the hero of Emma, a true gentleman. He is the elder brother of John Knightley, uncle to John & Isabella's children (one is named after him), magistrate and a rich land owner. His Christian name is not frequently used, even his dear Emma Woodhouse says she can't call him "George". 
• Emma - Master George Knightley, the third son of Isabella Woodhouse & John Knightley, named after his uncle.
• Emma - Mr. George Otway is a Highbury resident who comes to balls and parties.
• Pride and Prejudice - Mr. George Wickham the "villain" of the story. The Bennet sisters meet him when his regiment comes to Meryton he later elopes with Lydia Bennet. George is probably also the first name of the elder Mr. Darcy (Fitzwilliam Darcy's father) because the novel says that George Wickham is his godfather and his daughter with wife Lady Anne is named Georgiana.
• Northanger Abbey - George Parry is mentioned as the young gentleman who Mrs Allen says might have danced with Catherine had he only been in Bath.
• Northanger Abbey - George Morland is one of Catherine Morland's youngest siblings; a child of six who was one of the first to joyously proclaim his sister's return home.
• Juvenilia: Amelia Webster - Mr. George Hervey is one of the characters who writes letters and marries the title character Amelia Webster, and is influential in the marriages of his two sisters.  
• Juvenilia: Catharine, or the Bower - Sir George Fitzgibbon is a relation of the Wynnes.
• Juvenilia: Henry and Eliza - Mr. George Harcourt is the father of heroine Eliza and husband of Lady "Polly" Harcourt.
• Juvenilia: Lesley Castle - Sir George Lesley is 57-years-old but "still remains the beau", lord of Lesley Castle and father of three grown children.

Characters from Emma

Ladies Names In Emma:
Anna
Anne
Augusta
Bella
Caroline
Clara
Emma
Hannah
Harriet
Hetty
Isabella
Jane
Patty
Selina


Gentlemen Names In Emma:
Arthur
Frank
George
Harry
Henry
James
John
Philip
Richard
Robert
Tom
William


Surnames In Emma:
Abbot
Adby
Bates
Bickerton
Bird
Bragge
Braithwaite
Brown
Campbell
Churchill
Cole
Cooper
Coxe
Dixon
Elton
Fairfax
Ford
Gilbert
Green
Goddard
Graham
Hawkins
Hodges
Hughes
Jeffreys
Knightley
Larkins
Martin
Milman
Mitchell
Nash
Otway
Partridge
Perry
Prince
Richardson
Saunders
Serle
Smallridge
Smith
Stokes
Suckling
Taylor
Tupman
Wallis
Weston
Wingfield
Woodhouse
Wright

Ladylike Name: Anna

ANNA

Gender: Female
Origin: From Hebrew Hannah and Channah. Name of faithful prophetess Anna in New Testament who await the birth of Jesus Christ.

Meaning: "Grace, graceful, gracious."

Nicknames: Annie, Anne, Nancy

Regency Popularity: Widely used but perhaps not as popular as Ann or Anne.

Jane Austen Usage: 

• Emma - Anna Weston, baby daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Weston and half sister to Frank Churchill, born toward the end of the novel . 
• Sense and Sensibility - Anna-Maria Middleton is daughter of Sir John Middleton's who is about three years old.
• Juvenilia: A Beautiful Description - Miss Anna is mentioned.
• Juvenilia: A letter from a young lady - Miss Anna Parker is mentioned
• Poems: In measured verse I'll now rehearse - Miss./Mrs. Anna is mentioned.