Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Mennonite (European-origin)

Amish first names

The 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

Hutterites use biblical and particularly German first names. Andreas and Paul are two favorites.

Amish surnames

Top 10

#Stoltzfus
#King
#Beiler
#Fisher
#Lapp
#Zook
#Esh
#Glick
#Riehl
#Smucker

Others

#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

#Decker
#Ens
#Entz
#Fast
#Glanzer
#Gross
#Hofer
#Jansen
#Kleinsasser
#Knels
#Mandel
#Miller
#Pullman
#Stahl
#Tschetter
#Waldner
#Walter
#Waltner
#Wipf
#Wollman
#Wurz

Ethiopian Mennonite names