
And a chart, if you want to choose your own name or see where I got the names from.
| Feminine | Masculine | ||
| Belinda | Rape of the Lock | Adam | Brown Adam |
| Pertilote | Nun’s Priest’s Tale | Boone | Don Juan, Canto 8, Stanza Commencing LXI. |
| Annabel | Annabel Lee | Casey | Casey at the Bat; Ballad of Casey Jones |
| Ellen | Poor Ellen Smith | Cawline | Sir Cawline |
| Polly | Pretty Polly | Chauntecleer | Nun’s Priest’s Tale |
| Alison | Alysoun, others | Delamere | Lord Delamere |
| Heurodis | Sir Orfeo | Gawain | The Marriage of Sir Gawain (and others) |
| Griselda | Patient Griselda | Geordie | Geordie/Georgie |
| Eileen | Eileen Aroon (or C’mon Eileen) | James | James Harris/The Daemon Lover |
| Maisry | Lady Maisry (and others), The Gardener | Jellon | Jellon Graeme |
| Elinor | The Famous Flower of Serving men | Johnnie | Johnnie Armstrong |
| Evangeline | Evangeline | Lionel | Sir Lionel/Old Bagnum |
| Susan | The Reverie of Poor Susan | Logie | The Laird o Logie |
| Isabella | Isabella or the pot of basil | Lorenzo | Isabella or the Pot of Basil |
| Clementine | Clementine | Matty | Matty Groves |
| Bessy | Bessy Bell and Mary Gray | Morgan | Young Morgan/The Flying Highwayman |
| Mary | Bessy Bell and Mary Gray | Orfeo | Sir Orfeo |
| Peggie | Glasgow Peggie | Paul | Paul Revere’s Ride; Paul Bunyan |
| Leezie | Leezie Lindsay | Percy | The Death of Percy Reed |
| Saro | Pretty Saro | Randall | Lord Randall |
| Omie | Omie Wise | Redesdale | Redesdale and Wise William |
| Elspat | Lady Elspat | Reynadine | Reynadine |
| Laura | Goblin Market | Reynard | Reynard |
| Julia | Julia by John Donne | Ronald | Young Ronald |
| Lorena | Lorena | Simon | Simon Lee |
| Cory | Darlin’ Cory | Willie | lots |
| Jean | The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter | Jean | Petit Jean stories |

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