What were common names for women who worked in the fields nd farms?

I need a character name for a woman who worked in the farm about during the 1700 or 1800s. Just something plain and simple, like Sarah Copperfield...Please first and last names thanks!

What were common names for women who worked in the fields nd farms?
Charlotte, Abigail, Martha, Helen, Hannah, Jane, Louisa. Symmes, McCardle, Childress, Goodhue, Axson.
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Reply:Throughout Europe, 'bible' names or variations of them were very popular in every era.





Some of the more common names in England, for example would be Mary, Martha, Hannah, Sarah, Susan and Ann.





All of these biblical names had variations ~ Sally (from Sarah); Nan (from Ann); Sukie (from Susan), etc.





Surnames, or last names, have different derivations. Most women took their father's surname on birth and their husband's later in life.





English, or 'peasant' names were often descriptive, such as 'Smith', 'Farmer' or 'Cooper' (both trade names which indicate the line of work the first named male was in), or 'Lambton' which indicates the family comes from a certain place. Another source of surname was to describe a characteristic, such as the name 'turnbull', which apparently originallly meant 'turns bulls (or brave) when needed'





Names with a french derivative were commonly aristocratic or middle class names.





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