1876 - the year that Queen Victoria became "Empress of India" and Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell filed a patent for the telephone.
Below is a selection of names from the GRO Birth Records for England and Wales in 1876. All are first names and middle names — the surnames are not included unless indicated by 'sn' — and have been checked against other records for accuracy.
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Abednego Harvey
Aberhard Rudolf
Abid Ellateef
Abijah Stephen
Achille Herbert Charles
Adin Asaph
Admiral Noah
Adolphus Orvel
Aeneas Henry
Agathos Daniel
Agrippa William
Ahmed Laban
Aidyl William Papworth
Alaric John
Alewyn Henry
Alonso Christian Valentine
Alured Humphrey
Amaziah Henry
Amos Adalbert
Aneurin Erasmus
Aquilla Ernest
Araunah Charles
Archelaus Job
Arrowsmith
Arundel Castle
Asceline Fitzarthur
Ashantee Henry
Austin Napoleon
Ballantyne Beautymine (sn: Blake)
Baptist Andrew
Bristo Cornelius
Broxholm Woodrow
Caesar John
Cajaction Diasantius Herbert Rivatt
Camille Harmodius
Captain George
Cave Ludford
Collingwood Valentine
Colonel Nelson
Corbulious Coates
Count Lorenzo
Curwen Randolph
Denchfield Fleet
Derwen Maddock Trevor
Dick Christmas
Doctor Albert
Donnison Mattison (sn: Gibson)
Duke Ernest
Egbert Ethelred
Energetic Alfred
Engelbert Lutyens Rothwell
Epaphroditus Simeon
Eustace Sylvanus
Fenwick Fryer
Fildecevvra -- brothers were named Tralaverio Stansfield and Le'Gran Omega.
Gamble Ekin Vickers
Giordano Bruno
Glaucus Walter
Goliath
Gwillym Golyddan
Hedley Esau
Hetherington Smedley
Hyacynthe Eldred Rewse
Inflexible Reuben
Iphis Knapton
Justinian George
King Arthur
Lancelot Leopold
Leonidas Robert
Linnaeus James
Lyulph Ydwallo Odin Nestor Egbert Lyonel Toedmag Hugh Erchenwyne Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma Nevill Dysart Plantagenet ("L.Y.O.N.E.L. T.H.E. S.E.C.O.N.D")
Naphtali James
Narborough Montague
Nehemiah Oswald
Neptune Henry
Nicolas Leonidas
Normington Sinkinson (sn: Sellers)
Offin Edmund
Omer Kelita
Onesimus Josiah
Orpheus Vincent
Parmenas Joshua
Paulus Aurelian Winthorpe
Pericles
Pharaoh James
Prince Ebenezer
Tulip Percy
Urban Godfrey Lloyd
Xenophon Henry
Zacharias Nicodemus
Zoram Eber C.
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Achsah Ann
Addie Florentia
Adeline Urania
Adelini Myrtilla
Adeliza Priscilla
Adolphine Julia Ethel Gertrude
Adora Beatrice
Adrielle Winifred
Afra Ellen
Agenora Constance
Agostina Maria
Alcestie Maud
Aleida Marguerite
Alexina Edith
Algerina
Almeida Julia
Alsina Helen Marion
Alverella Louise St Aubin
Ambrozine Philippa
Aminda Lauretta
Anetta Lucy
Aniceta Maria-del Pilar
Ankaret Hyde Clare
Anselena Sarah
Anstice Matilda
Appolonia Pelagia
Argentine Martha
Ariadne Belinda
Ariel Jane Marion
Armetrude Charlotte Violet
Arminell Rosa
Asenath Estella
Averietta Maud
Aynhoe Julia Ellen -- born in the village of Aynhoe
Azeline Elizabeth
Barbarina Mary
Bathia Berry
Bolina Daisy
Bonella Clara
Britannia Louisa
Britomart Theodosia
Bruerton Isabel
Camilla Gustava Emma Bligh
Cassidena Barbara
Celestine Naomi
Cincinata Caroline
Comfort Berinthia
Constance Ethelwynne
Cordelia Zenobia
Cristabella Priscilla
Desdemona Rosina
Effie Ophelia
Eglah Lydia
Enriqueta Celestina
Erinthia Evangeline
Everilda Florence
Evangeline Andrewartha
Galatea Leonora
Gesine Martha
Haidee Helen
Happiness
Hazelelponi
Hedwig Theodora Rosamond
Hildegarde Eveline Land
Hughina Marion
Hypatia Violetta
Isolina Athanea
Ivy Clelia Guilietta
Jessamine Emmaline
Kerenhappuch Maria
Kingbro Winifred
Leopoldina Caroline
Lina Onyx
Nathalie Alphonsina
Nellie Otilia
Nora Thusnelda
Norina Lillian Sheridan
Obedience
Olliff Virginie
Orlinda Bessie
Pauline Alphonsine
Percina Lizzie
Prima Josephina
Prissy Rose
Urania Antoinette
Urettia Jane
Windsor (sn: Castle)
Yetta Jochebed
Zara Lillias
Zingra Jane
Zorella Louisa
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