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When he was born, and named, he wasn't a blacksmith or a thief and his hair and eyes might well not have been their adult colours. Click on Names, just to the right of the Search bar, then on Popularity and you'll find the names that were popular as far back as 1880. Pick one of those. For a surname, your public library should have street directories, voters' rolls etc from way back. Pick one of them; or just take an ordinary name, or a Mayflower passenger's name, or the name of the people next door. Or name him Copeland: then he and his lady friend will have something to talk about when they first meet.