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in reply to a message by Array
Depends on when in that 100-year span you've set your story. Eliza was the preferred name in England, still is. Liza, Liz, Lizzie, etc. were and are used as nicknames for given name Elizabeth and in the 1800's that would have been the Baptismal name. Eliza, like Abigail, did take a class dip and in the mid-to-late 1800's both would have been distinctly lower-class. They've now happily recovered to UK yuppie status.
Polwell here in England would be some mush of nonsense or some Powell family trying to get above themselves. That's not to say it doesn't occur, simply that it's an obscure and odd surname for the British population. I would put forth some of the brilliant surnames from placenames here like Poling/Polling, Pollicott, Pollington, Poltamore or if you'd like to give her some Cornish flair, Polperro, Polruan or Polyphant. English humour is never more apparent than in her placenames...Polyphant may look like elephant but it means 'toad's pool' ;o)
Polwell here in England would be some mush of nonsense or some Powell family trying to get above themselves. That's not to say it doesn't occur, simply that it's an obscure and odd surname for the British population. I would put forth some of the brilliant surnames from placenames here like Poling/Polling, Pollicott, Pollington, Poltamore or if you'd like to give her some Cornish flair, Polperro, Polruan or Polyphant. English humour is never more apparent than in her placenames...Polyphant may look like elephant but it means 'toad's pool' ;o)
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