List No. 078

AVAILABLE NAMES

Charles Dickens

1855–65

Over the course of his illustrious career, Charles Dickens created hundreds of characters to inhabit his many novels, short stories and plays. Understandably, thinking of names for these characters, and indeed titles for the works, was quite a task, and so Dickens kept lists of such things to be considered for future use. Those seen here were kept in a single notebook that he called Memoranda and used from 1855 until 1865; it also contained story ideas, snippets of dialogue and general brainstorming.

AVAILABLE NAMES

Titles for books

THE LUMBER ROOM. SOMEBODY’S LUGGAGE. TO BE LEFT TILL CALLED FOR. SOMETHING WANTED. EXTREMES MEET. NOBODY’S FAULT. THE GRINDSTONE. ROKESMITH’S FORGE. OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. THE CINDER HEAP.

TWO GENERATIONS. BROKEN CROCKERY. DUST. THE HOME DEPARTMENT. THE YOUNG PERSON. NOW OR NEVER. MY NEIGHBOURS. THE CHILDREN OF THE FATHERS. NO THOROUGHFARE.

Girls from Privy Council Education lists.

LELIA. MENELLA. RUBINA. IRIS. REBECCA.

ETTY. REBINAH. SEBA. PERSIA. ARAMANDA.

DORIS. BALZINA. PLEASANT. GENTILLA.

Boys from Privy Council Education lists.

DOCTOR. HOMER. ODEN. BRADLEY.

ZERUBBABEL. MAXIMILIAN. URBIN. SAMILIAS.

PICKLES. ORANGE. FEATHER.

Girls and Boys from Ditto.

AMANDA, ETHLYNIDA; BOETIUS, BOLTIUS.

More Boys.

ROBERT LADLE. JOLY STICK. BILL MARIGOLD. STEPHEN MARQUICK. JONATHAN KNOTWELL. PHILIP BROWNDRESS. HENRY GHOST.

GEORGE MUZZLE. WALTER ASHES. ZEPHANIAH FERRY (or FURY). WILLIAM WHY. ROBERT GOSPEL. THOMAS FATHERLY. ROBIN SCRUBBAN.

More Girls.

SARAH GOLDSACKS. ROSETTA DUST. SUSAN GOLORING. CATHERINE TWO. MATILDA RAINBIRD. MIRIAM DENIAL. SOPHIA DOOMSDAY.

ALICE THORNEYWORE. SALLY GIMBLET. VERITY MAWKYARD. BIRDIE NASH. AMBROSINA EVENTS. APAULINA VERNON. NELTIE ASHFORD.

[Untitled list]

TOWNDLING.

MOOD.

GUFF.

TREBLE.

CHILBY.

SPESSIFER.

WODDER.

WHELPFORD.

FENNERCK.

GANNERSON.

CHINKERBLE.

BINTREY.

FLEDSON.

HIRLL.

BRAYLE.

MULLENDER.

TRESLINGHAM.

BRANKLE.

SITTERN.

DOSTONE.

CAY-LON.

SNOWELL.

LOTTRUM.

LAMMLE.

FROSER.

HOLBLACK.

MULLEY.

REDWORTH.

REDFOOT.

TARBOX (B).

TINKLING.

DUDDLE.

JEBUS.

POWDERHILL.

GRIMMER.

SKUSE.

TITCOOMBE.

CRABBLE.

SWANNOCK.

TUZZEN.

TWEMLOW.

SQUAB.

JACKMAN.

SUGG.

BREMMIDGE.

SILAS BLODGET.

MELVIN BEAL.

BUTTRICK.

EDSON.

SANLORN.

LIGHTWORD.

TITBULL.

BANGHAM.

KYLE—NYLE.

PEMBLE.

MAXEY.

ROKESMITH.

CHIVERY.

SLYANT.

QUEEDY.

BESSELTHUR.

MUSTY.

GROUT.

TERTIUS JOBBER.

AMON HEADSTON.

STRAYSHOTT.

HIGDEN.

MORFIT.

GOLDSTRAW.

BARREL.

INGE.

JUMP.

JIGGINS.

BONES.

COY.

DAWN.

TATKIN.

DROWVEY.

PUDSEY.

WABBLER.

PEEX—SPEEX.

GANNAWAY.

MRS. FLINKS.

FLINX.

JEE.

HARDEN.

MERDLE.

MURDEN.

TOPWASH.

PORDAGE.

DORRET—DORRIT.

CARTON.

MINIFIE.

SLINGO.

JOAD.

KINCH.

MAG.

CHELLYSON.

BLENNAM—CL.

BARDOCK.

SNIGSWORTH.

SWENTON.

CASBY—BEACH.

LOWLEIGH—LOWELY.

PIGRIN.

YERBURY.

PLORNISH.

MAROON.

BANDY-NANDY.

STONEBURY.

MAGWITCH.

MEAGLES.

PANCKS.

HAGGAGE.

PROVIS.

STILTINGTON.

PEDSEY.

DUNCALF.

TRICKLEBANK.

SAPSEA.

READYHUFF.

DUFTY.

FOGGY.

TWINN.

BROWNSWORD.

PEARTREE.

SUDDS.

SILVERMAN.

KIMBER.

LAUGHLEY.

LESSOCK.

TIPPINS.

MINNITT.

RADLOWE.

PRATCHET.

MAWDETT.

WOZENHAM.

STILTWALK.

STILTINGSTALK.

STILTSTALKING.

RAVENDER.

PODSNAP.

CLARRIKER.

COMPERY.

STRIVER—STRYVER.

PUMBLECHOOK.

WANGLER.

BOFFIN.

BANTINCK.

DIBTON.

WILFER.

GLIBBERY.

MULVEY.

HORLICK.

DOOLGE.

GANNERY.

GARGERY.

WILLSHARD.

RIDERHOOD.

PRATTERSTONE.

CHINKIBLE.

WOPSELL.

WOPSLE.

WHELPINGTON.

WHELPFORD.

GAYVERY.

WEGG.

HUBBLE.

URRY.

KIBBLE.

SKIFFINS.

WODDER.

ETSER.

AKERSHEM.