#also there were a truly shocking number of Keren-happuchs
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20 Names More Common in the Regency Era than any of the Bridgerton Girls' Names
Araminta
Asenath
Brittania
Cherry
Christmas
Cleopatra
Dorcas
Dove
Easter
Etheldred
Happy
Keren-happuch
Mehetabel
Peace
Petronella
Philadelphia
Seabright
Urania
Virtue
Zilpah
#I am wrapping up the stats on a huge survey project on regency era names#I firmly believe Bridgerton would be a vastly superior show if Daphne's name was Dorcas#I was going through romance novel summaries to get examples of bad regency names and they're SO BAD you guys#also there were a truly shocking number of Keren-happuchs#regency#bridgerton#history#names#1800s#1810s#i have a research problem
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