Convict Names from the Records
If you were on board one of the Convict Ships bringing female prisoners from England to Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries some of your companions were probably named Mary, Mary Ann, Maria, Elizabeth, Hannah, Jane, Margaret, Anne, Charlotte, Martha or Sarah; or perhaps a little less likely Lucy, Frances, Sally, Emma, Alice, Phoebe, Grace, Louisa, Rebecca or Lydia.
On the Convict Ships from Ireland predominate male first names included Patrick, Bryan, Daniel, Michael, Owen, Terence, Denis, Timothy, Francis or perhaps Lawrence, Richard or Martin. The female Irish convicts were often named Bridget, Margaret, Mary, Anne, Catherine, Rose, Ellen, Eleanor, Johanna and Eliza.
Some names from convict records that appear less frequently are listed below:
Male Convict Names |
Female Convict Names |
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Abel Abnor Abraham Absolom Adolphus Ambrose Ammon Amos Ananias Aquilla Arnold Augustine Augustus Austin Barclay Barnabus Barnaby Barnett Bartley Barzilla Beaumont Bennett Brighton Christian Clement Conrad Constantine Cornelius Darby Decimus Demetrius Deninus Dixon Dudley Eanis Ebeneza Edmund Elias Elijah Elisha Ellis Elmer Eneas Enoch Enos Ephraim Erasmus Ernest Erskine Esau Eugene Eusebius Euseby Evan Ewing Ezekiel Ezra Felix Fenton Ferdinand Finlay Francisco Franklin Gabriel Gamaleon Garrard Gareth Garrett Gaspard Gerrard Gersham Gervas, Gilbert Giles Godfrey Goliah Griffin Griffith Guy Hagar Hamlet Hammond Harrison Hector Hercules Hezekiah Hierom Hiram Horace Horatio Houston Humphrey Hiam Ignatius Ira Isachar Ishmael Isaiah Israel Iverson Jabez Jarvis Jasper Jediah Joachim Job Johan Jonas Josias Judah Julias Justice Justinian Kellon Lackey Larkin Laughlin Launcelot Lazarus Leigh Lester Lewis Lilham Lionel Llewellen Lot Lyon Magnus Mahalath Major Manasseh Marius Marmaduke Marriatt Mathias Mathuselah Maurice Melancthon Melville Millington Mortimer Morty Mordacai Moses Murdock Murtagh Nehemiah Nelson Nerrian Newson Noah Noble Norman Oaten Obadiah Orlando Oscar Pascoe Percival Peregrine Petus Phineas Pierce Purcill Ralph Randall Randle Raphael Redmond Reginald Reuben Roderick Rody Rowland Rupert Sampson Saul Septimus Seth Seymour Shadrack Silas Silvanus Silvester Simeon Solomon Spencer Squire Sydney Sylvanus Tattersall Thadeus Thady Theodore Theophillus Titus Tobias Tristram Urias Uziel Valentine Vernon Vincent Wilfred Worthy Xavery Zadock Zebedee Zenophon |
Abigail Adelaide Alison Alley Anastatia Avis Belinda Bell Bertha Betsey Biddy Charity Christiana Clara Clarissa Clementina Dinah Dolly Dorothea Dorothy Elspeth Esther Euphemia Fanny Flora Florence Flower Georgiana Henrietta Hepzibah Ivy Jemima Kesiah Keziah Kitty Letitia Lionel Loveday Lucinda Lucretia Madge Margery Matilda Mercy Millicent Mirium Myra Nancy Nelly Norah Olivia Olympia Peggy Phillis Priscilla Prudence Rhoda Robina Rosa Rosanette Rosina Sabina Sapy (Gypsy name) Tabitha Tamasin Thereza Thomasine Venus Violetta Winifred |
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