In the Mid-19th Century, perhaps inspired by Queen Victoria (whose full name was Alexandrina Victoria), long, elaborate Latin and Greek names were in for girls:

Alexandra

Amanda

Anastasia

Annabella

Arabella

Augusta

Aurelia

Beatrice

Cecilia

Christina

Clarissa

Cordelia

Cornelia

Dorothea

Eleanora

Emilia

Eudora

Eugenia

Eulalia

Euphemia

Eustacia

Frederica

Georgiana

Henrietta

Lavinia

Leonora

Letitia

Octavia

Philomena

Rosalind

Rosamund

Theodora

Valentina

Victoria

Other Popular Girls' Names in the Mid- to Late-19th Century

Ada

Alice

Ann

Anna

Annie

Bertha

Bessie

Caroline

Catherine

Clara

Cora

Elizabeth

Ella

Ellen

Emily

Emma

Ethel

Florence

Frances

Grace

Hannah

Harriet

Helen

Ida

Jane

Julia

Kate

Katie

Laura

Lily

Lou

Lucy

Mabel

Margaret

Martha

Mary

Minnie

Nancy

Nellie

Rose

Sarah

Susan

Popular Boys' Names in the Mid- to Late-19th Century

Albert

Andrew

Arthur

Benjamin

Charles

Clarence

Daniel

David

Edward

Francis

Frank

Frederick

George

Harry

Henry

Jacob

James

John

Joseph

Louis

Robert

Samuel

Thomas

Walter

William

Willie