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Nickname-names were very popular for women.

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Mattie
Jennie or Jenny
Nelly or Nellie
Sadie
Hattie
Lillie (a nickname for Elizabeth)
Jessie
Maggie
Sally
Annie
Minnie
Bessie
Ella
Emmy
Carrie
Pearl
Gertie
Belle

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They might have been short forms for longer names, but often they weren't.

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For men, Biblical names would probably work well, though maybe not the ones that are super popular nowadays. Pick something with an "antique" feel.

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Ezekiel "Zeke"
Jesse
Hosea
Amos
Levi
Moses
Abraham
Silas
Asa
Elias
Lemuel
Abner

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Also stuff like Boyd, Wade, Lorenzo, and Alonzo have an Old West feel for sure.