What is Count Dracula's first name?

Having just now done a digital search on every instance of "Dracula" in the novel I can confirm that there is no reference to any first name. (It really is quite a good book, btw; if you haven't read it yet, I recommend you do. Make certain, thoug... read more

Among the many plot elements that Bram Stoker borrowed from Mary Shelley, Dracula has no first name. (He even introduces himself , thus:"I am Dracula; and I bid you welcome." Dracula has no first name. The lack of one, you see, invokes and at the very least, nobility. read more

At first enticed by Dracula's gracious manners, Harker soon realizes that he is Dracula's prisoner. Wandering the Count's castle against Dracula's admonition, Harker encounters three female vampires, called"the sisters", from whom he is rescued by Dracula. read more