Characters from Charles Dickens Novels
Charles Dickens created characters with some of the most memorable (and sometimes silly) names in literary history. Here is a (non all-inclusive) list of them. (side note: just about any of these would make a good band name-- can't you see it now... Hannibal Chollop tonight at the Roxy!)
| Male Character | Book Found In | Female Character | Book Found In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Garland | Old Curiosity Shop | Abbey Potterson | Our Mutual Friend |
| Abel Magwich | Great Expectations | Ada Clare | Bleak House |
| Adolphus Tetterby | the Haunted Man | Affery Flintwinch | Little Dorrit |
| Alexandre Manette, Dr. | A Tale of Two Cities | Agnes Fleming | Oliver Twist |
| Alfred Heathfield | the Battle of Life | Agnes Wickfield | David Copperfield |
| Alfred Jingle | Pickwick Papers | Alice Brown Marwood | Dombey and Son |
| Alfred Lammle | Our Mutual Friend | Amy Dorrit | Little Dorrit |
| Alfred Mantalini | Nicholas Nickelby | Anastasia Veneering | Our Mutual Friend |
| Allan Woodcourt | Bleak House | Anne Chickenstalker | the Chimes |
| Anthony Chuzzlewit | Martin Chuzzlewit | Annie Strong | David Copperfield |
| Anthony Jeddler | the Battle of Life | Arabella Allen | Pickwick Papers |
| Arthur Clennam | Little Dorrit | Bella Wilfer | Our Mutual Friend |
| Arthur Gride | Nicholas Nickelby | Belle | A Christmas Carol |
| Arthur Havisham | Great Expectations | Bertha Plummer | Cricket on the Hearth |
| Augustus Folair (Tommy) | Nicholas Nickelby | Betsy (Bet) | Oliver Twist |
| Augustus Snodgrass | Pickwick Papers | Betsy Prig | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Barkis | David Copperfield | Betsy Quilp | Old Curiosity Shop |
| Barnaby Rudge | Barnaby Rudge | Betsy Trotwood | David Copperfield |
| Bayham Badger | Bleak House | Betty Higden | Our Mutual Friend |
| Bazzard | Mystery of Edwin Drood | Biddy | Great Expectations |
| Benjamin Allen | Pickwick Papers | Caroline "Caddy" Jellyby | Bleak House |
| Benjamin Bailey | Martin Chuzzlewit | Charity Pecksniff "Cherry" | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Bentley Drummle | Great Expectations | Charlotte Neckett "Charley" | Bleak House |
| Bill Sikes | Oliver Twist | Clara Barley | Great Expectations |
| Bitzer | Hard Times | Clara Copperfield | David Copperfield |
| Blathers | Oliver Twist | Clara Peggotty | David Copperfield |
| Bob Cratchit | A Christmas Carol | Clarissa Spenlow | David Copperfield |
| Bob Sawyer | Pickwick Papers | Clemency Newcome | the Battle of Life |
| Bradley Headstone | Our Mutual Friend | Cleopatra Skewton | Dombey and Son |
| Brownlow | Oliver Twist | Clickett | David Copperfield |
| Bucket | Bleak House | Cornelia Blimber | Dombey and Son |
| Bumble | Oliver Twist | Defarge, Madame | a Tale of Two Cities |
| Caleb Plummer | Cricket on the Hearth | Dolly Varden | Barnaby Rudge |
| Canon Crisparkle | Mystery of Edwin Drood | Dora Copperfield | David Copperfield |
| Charles Bates | Oliver Twist | Dora Spenlow | David Copperfield |
| Charles Cheeryble | Nicholas Nickelby | Edith Granger | Dombey and Son |
| Charles Darnay | A Tale of Two Cities | Emily | David Copperfield |
| Charles Mell | David Copperfield | Emma Haredale | Barnaby Rudge |
| Charlie Hexam | Our Mutual Friend | Emma Micawber | David Copperfield |
| Chevy Slyme | Martin Chuzzlewit | Emma Peecher | Our Mutual Friend |
| Christopher Casby | Little Dorrit | Estella | Great Expectations |
| Clarence Barnacle | Little Dorrit | Esther Summerson | Bleak House |
| Clarriker | Great Expectations | Fan | A Christmas Carol |
| Compeyson | Great Expectations | Fanny Cleaver | Our Mutual Friend |
| Creakle | David Copperfield | Fanny Dombey | Dombey and Son |
| Daniel Doyce | Little Dorrit | Fanny Dorrit | Little Dorrit |
| Daniel Peggotty | David Copperfield | Fanny Squeers | Nicholas Nickelby |
| Daniel Quilp | Old Curiosity Shop | Flopson | Great Expectations |
| David Copperfield | David Copperfield | Flora Finching | Little Dorrit |
| David Crimple "Crimp" | Martin Chuzzlewit | Florence Dombey | Dombey and Son |
| Decimus Tite Barnacle | Little Dorrit | Good Mrs. Brown | Dombey and Son |
| Dick Datchery | Mystery of Edwin Drood | Grace Jeddler | the Battle of Life |
| Dick Swiveller | Old Curiosity Shop | Harriet Carker | Dombey and Son |
| Dolge Orlick | Great Expectations | Helena Landless | Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| Dr. Slammer | Pickwick Papers | Henrietta Boffin | Our Mutual Friend |
| Duff | Oliver Twist | Henrietta Petowker | Nicholas Nickelby |
| Durdles | Mystery of Edwin Drood | Honoria Dedlock, Lady | Bleak House |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | A Christmas Carol | Hortense | Bleak House |
| Edmund Longford | the Haunted Man | Isabella Wardle | Pickwick Papers |
| Edmund Sparkler | Little Dorrit | Jane Murdstone | David Copperfield |
| Edward "Tip" Dorrit | Little Dorrit | Janet | David Copperfield |
| Edward Chester | Barnaby Rudge | Jemima Bilberry | Little Dorrit |
| Edward Leeford (Monks) | Oliver Twist | Jenny | Bleak House |
| Edward Murdstone | David Copperfield | Jenny Wren | Our Mutual Friend |
| Edward Plummer | Cricket on the Hearth | Julia Mills | David Copperfield |
| Edwin "Ned" Cheeryble | Nicholas Nickelby | Kate Nickelby | Nicholas Nickelby |
| Edwin Drood | Mystery of Edwin Drood | Lavinia Spenlow | David Copperfield |
| Elijah Pogram | Martin Chuzzlewit | Lavinia Wilfer | Our Mutual Friend |
| Ephraim Flintwinch | Little Dorrit | Lillian | the Chimes |
| Ernest Defarge | A Tale of Two Cities | Liz | Bleak House |
| Eugene Wrayburn | Our Mutual Friend | Lizzie Hexam | Our Mutual Friend |
| Fagin | Oliver Twist | Louisa Chick | Dombey and Son |
| Fezziwig | A Christmas Carol | Louisa Gradgrind | Hard Times |
| Filer | the Chimes | Lucie Manette | a Tale of Two Cities |
| Fledgeby "Fascination" | Our Mutual Friend | Lucretia Tox | Dombey and Son |
| Francis Spenlow | David Copperfield | Madeline Bray | Nicholas Nickelby |
| Frank Cheeryble | Nicholas Nickelby | Maggy | Little Dorrit |
| Frank Milvey, Reverend | Our Mutual Friend | Malta Bagnet | Bleak House |
| Fred | A Christmas Carol | Marchioness, the | Old Curiosity Shop |
| Fred Trent | Old Curiosity Shop | Marion Jeddler | the Battle of Life |
| Frederick Verisopht, Lord | Nicholas Nickelby | Martha Bardell | Pickwick Papers |
| Gabriel Varden | Barnaby Rudge | Martha Endell | David Copperfield |
| Gaffer Hexam | Our Mutual Friend | Martha Jeddler | the Battle of Life |
| Gashford | Barnaby Rudge | Martha Varden | Barnaby Rudge |
| Gaspard | A Tale of Two Cities | Mary Anne | David Copperfield |
| General Cyrus Choke | Martin Chuzzlewit | Mary Graham | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Geoffrey Haredale | Barnaby Rudge | Mary Graham | Pickwick Papers |
| George Radfoot | Our Mutual Friend | Mary Peerybingle "Dot" | Cricket on the Hearth |
| George Rouncewell | Bleak House | Mary Rudge | Barnaby Rudge |
| Grainger | David Copperfield | Matilda Price | Nicholas Nickelby |
| Grewgious | Mystery of Edwin Drood | May Fielding | Cricket on the Hearth |
| Gridley | Bleak House | Meg (Margaret) | the Chimes |
| Ham Peggotty | David Copperfield | Mercy Pecksniff "Merry" | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Hamilton Veneering | Our Mutual Friend | Miggs | Barnaby Rudge |
| Hannibal Chollop | Martin Chuzzlewit | Millers | Great Expectations |
| Harold Skimpole | Bleak House | Milly Swidger | the Haunted Man |
| Harry Maylie | Oliver Twist | Miss Havisham | Great Expectations |
| Henry Gowan | Little Dorrit | Molly | Great Expectations |
| Henry Wititterly | Nicholas Nickelby | Mrs. Hominy | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Herbert Pocket | Great Expectations | Nelly Trent | Old Curiosity Shop |
| Hugh | Barnaby Rudge | Ninetta Crummles | Nicholas Nickelby |
| Jack Bunsby | Dombey and Son | Peg Sliderskew | Nicholas Nickelby |
| Jack Dawkins | Oliver Twist | Pet Meagles | Little Dorrit |
| Jack Maldon | David Copperfield | Pleasant Riderhood | Our Mutual Friend |
| Jacob Marley | A Christmas Carol | Polly Toodle | Dombey and Son |
| Jaggers | Great Expectations | Rachael | Hard Times |
| James Carker | Dombey and Son | Rachael, Mrs. | Bleak House |
| James Harthouse | Hard Times | Rosa | Bleak House |
| James Steerforth | David Copperfield | Rosa Bud | Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| Jarvis Lorry | A Tale of Two Cities | Rosa Dartle | David Copperfield |
| Jefferson Brick | Martin Chuzzlewit | Rose Maylie | Oliver Twist |
| Jeremiah Flintwinch | Little Dorrit | Ruth Pinch | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Jerry Cruncher | A Tale of Two Cities | Sairey Gamp | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Jo | Bleak House | Sally Brass | Old Curiosity Shop |
| Job Trotter | Pickwick Papers | Sally Tetterby | the Haunted Man |
| Joe (the Fat Boy) | Pickwick Papers | Sally, Old | Oliver Twist |
| Joe Gargery | Great Expectations | Sissy Jupe | Hard Times |
| Joe Willet | Barnaby Rudge | Sophia Tetterby | the Haunted Man |
| John Baptist Cavaletto | Little Dorrit | Sophie Wackles | Old Curiosity Shop |
| John Barsad | A Tale of Two Cities | Sophronia Lammle | Our Mutual Friend |
| John Browdie | Nicholas Nickelby | Sophy Crewler | David Copperfield |
| John Chivery | Little Dorrit | Spottletoe, Mrs. | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| John Grueby | Barnaby Rudge | Susan Nipper | Dombey and Son |
| John Harmon | Our Mutual Friend | Tattycoram (Harriet Beadle) | Little Dorrit |
| John Jarndyce | Bleak House | Ticket, Mrs. | Little Dorrit |
| John Jasper | Mystery of Edwin Drood | Tilly Slowboy | Cricket on the Hearth |
| John Peerybingle | Cricket on the Hearth | Todgers, Mrs. | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| John Podsnap | Our Mutual Friend | Twinkleton, Miss | Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| John Rokesmith | Our Mutual Friend | Vengeance, the | a Tale of Two Cities |
| John Wemmick | Great Expectations | Volumnia Dedlock | Bleak House |
| John Westlock | Martin Chuzzlewit | Wade, Miss | Little Dorrit |
| Johnny Tetterby | the Haunted Man | Whimple, Mrs. | Great Expectations |
| Jonas Chuzzlewit | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Jorkins | David Copperfield | ||
| Josiah Bounderby | Hard Times | ||
| Julius Handford | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Kenge | Bleak House | ||
| Kit Nubbles | Old Curiosity Shop | ||
| Krook | Bleak House | ||
| Langdale | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Lewsome | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Littimer | David Copperfield | ||
| Lowten | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Luke Honeythunder | Mystery of Edwin Drood | ||
| Mark Tapley | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Markham | David Copperfield | ||
| Marquis de St Evremonde | A Tale of Two Cities | ||
| Martin Chuzzlewit | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Matthew Pocket | Great Expectations | ||
| M'Choakumchild | Hard Times | ||
| Mealy Potatoes | David Copperfield | ||
| Michael Warden | the Battle of Life | ||
| Mick Walker | David Copperfield | ||
| Montigue Tigg | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Mortimer Lightwood | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Mould | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Nadgett | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Nathaniel Winkle | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Native, the | Dombey and Son | ||
| Neckett | Bleak House | ||
| Ned Dennis | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Nemo | Bleak House | ||
| Neville Landless | Mystery of Edwin Drood | ||
| Newman Noggs | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Nicholas Nickelby | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Noah Claypole | Oliver Twist | ||
| Noddy Boffin | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Old Bill Barley | Great Expectations | ||
| Oliver Twist | Oliver Twist | ||
| Pancks | Little Dorrit | ||
| Paul Dombey | Dombey and Son | ||
| Paul Sweedlepipe | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Perch | Dombey and Son | ||
| Perker | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Peter Magnus | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Phil Parkes | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Phil Squod | Bleak House | ||
| Philip Swidger | the Haunted Man | ||
| Pip (Pirrip, Phillip) | Great Expectations | ||
| Prince Turveydrop | Bleak House | ||
| Pumblechook | Great Expectations | ||
| Quebec Bagnet | Bleak House | ||
| Quinion | David Copperfield | ||
| Ralph Nickelby | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Redlaw | the Haunted Man | ||
| Reginald Wilfer | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Reuben Haredale | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Riah | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Richard | the Chimes | ||
| Richard Carstone | Bleak House | ||
| Rigaud (Blandois, Lagnier) | Little Dorrit | ||
| Rob the Grinder | Dombey and Son | ||
| Roger Cly | A Tale of Two Cities | ||
| Rogue Riderhood | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Sampson Brass | Old Curiosity Shop | ||
| Samuel Pickwick | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Samuel Weller | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Serjeant Buzfuz | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Seth Pecksniff | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Silas Wegg | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Simon Tappertit | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Sir John Fielding | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Sir Mulberry Hawk | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Sleary | Hard Times | ||
| Sloppy | Our Mutual Friend | ||
| Slurk, Mr. | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Smalweed | Bleak House | ||
| Smike | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Snagsby | Bleak House | ||
| Snawley | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Snitchey and Craggs | the Battle of Life | ||
| Soloman Daisy | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Soloman Gills | Dombey and Son | ||
| Soloman Pross | A Tale of Two Cities | ||
| Solomon Pell | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Stagg | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Startop | Great Expectations | ||
| Stephen Blackpool | Hard Times | ||
| Stiggins, Reverend | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Stryver | A Tale of Two Cities | ||
| Sydney Carton | A Tale of Two Cities | ||
| Tackleton | Cricket on the Hearth | ||
| Tartar | Mystery of Edwin Drood | ||
| Theophile Gabelle | A Tale of Two Cities | ||
| Thomas Gradgrind | Hard Times | ||
| Thomas Lenville | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Thomas Plornish | Little Dorrit | ||
| Thomas Sapsea | Mystery of Edwin Drood | ||
| Tim Linkinwater | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Tiny Tim Cratchit | A Christmas Carol | ||
| Tite Barnacle | Little Dorrit | ||
| Toby "Trotty" Veck | the Chimes | ||
| Tom Cobb | Barnaby Rudge | ||
| Tom Pinch | Martin Chuzzlewit | ||
| Tom Scott | Old Curiosity Shop | ||
| Tommy Traddles | David Copperfield | ||
| Tony (Weevle) Jobling | Bleak House | ||
| Tony Weller | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Toots | Dombey and Son | ||
| Trabb | Great Expectations | ||
| Tracy Tupman | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Tulkinghorn | Bleak House | ||
| Tungay | David Copperfield | ||
| Uriah Heep | David Copperfield | ||
| Vholes | Bleak House | ||
| Vincent Crummles | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Wackford Squeers | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Walter Bray | Nicholas Nickelby | ||
| Walter Gay | Dombey and Son | ||
| Wardle | Pickwick Papers | ||
| Watt | Bleak House | ||
| Wilkins Micawber | David Copperfield | ||
| Will Fern | the Chimes | ||
| William Dorrit | Little Dorrit | ||
| William Guppy | Bleak House | ||
| William Swidger | the Haunted Man | ||
| Woolwich Bagnet | Bleak House | ||
| Wopsle | Great Expectations | ||
| Zephaniah Scadde | Martin Chuzzlewit |