Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Mennonite (European-origin)
Amish first names
editThe Amish mostly select from Biblical names. Unusual Biblical names such as Ezekiel are popular. Most male Amish go by such names as John, Aaron, Amos, Levi, Jacob, David, Daniel, Isaiah, Eli, Noah, Samuel, Moses, etc., while a few go by New Testament names such as Stephen and Thomas. Popular female Amish names run along the lines of Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, Anna, Susanna, Hannah, Susan, Elizabeth, Rachel, etc.
Hutterite first names
editHutterites use biblical and particularly German first names. Andreas and Paul are two favorites.
Amish surnames
editTop 10
edit#Stoltzfus #King #Beiler #Fisher #Lapp #Zook #Esh #Glick #Riehl #Smucker
Others
edit#Amstutz #Basinger #Baumgartner #Beachy #Bixler #Bontrager #Borkholder #Brubaker #Burkholder #Byler #Chupp #Christner #Coblentz #Detweiler #Eash #Eberly #Eicher #Erb #Geiser #Gerber #Gingerich #Graber #Habegger #Hershberger #Hilty #Hochstetler #Horst #Hostetler #Kauffman #Klopfenstein #Knepp #Kurtz #Lehman #Lengacher #Liechty #Martin #Mast #Miller #Moser #Mullet #Neuenschwander #Nussbaum #Peachey #Raber #Saltzman #Schlabach #Schmucker #Schrock #Schwartz #Schwartzendruber #Shetler #Sprunger #Steiner #Stoll #Stutzman #Swartzentruber #Troyer #Wagler #Weaver #Welty #Wengerd #Yoder #Yutzy #Zimmerman
Hutterite surnames
edit#Decker #Ens #Entz #Fast #Glanzer #Gross #Hofer #Jansen #Kleinsasser #Knels #Mandel #Miller #Pullman #Stahl #Tschetter #Waldner #Walter #Waltner #Wipf #Wollman #Wurz