just for fun, classic lit names

sasq09

Share your favorite literary inspired names! Obviously to kill a mockingbird has made Scout and Harper super popular, but I love Atticus. Anyone else out there have names they love because of books?

Helenahhandbasket

She's not named after Jo March, but DD is Josephine, and we have been asked a few times if the name was inspired by "Little Women" (she's named after a relative)

Holden is a huge GP name for me.

Also, Annabel (this spelling).

LNic5

Love Holden, Cullen (obviously from twilight but it's a family name, I'm not a twilight fan though), Elphie is a GP nickname for me (Wicked), Eloise, and Cosette (Les Mis). Another GP name of mine is Embry but I found that one in a movie, not a booK

DaisyZH

Hermione (HP) - DH will not consider, even for a middle name

Luna (HP)

Arthur (King Arthur legends - does that count as literary?)

Phillipa (Author Phillipa Gregory)

Theodosia (Tea Shop Mysteries)

rowboat4

Hermione (HP)

Jean (To Kill a Mockingbird; I hate the Scout trend)

Atticus (To Kill a Mocking Bird)

Miranda (The Tempest)

This is hard to do on the spot... I'll probably think of a bunch more later.

DaisyZH

kch917 said:

DaisyZH said:

Hermione (HP) - DH will not consider, even for a middle name

Luna (HP)

Arthur (King Arthur legends - does that count as literary?)

Phillipa (Author Phillipa Gregory)

Theodosia (Tea Shop Mysteries)

I would love to use a HP name as a middle name for future children!!

I love Harry Potter - also love your siggy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my favorites!

PinkDahLia44

I know it won't get love here, but I love Finnick (from Hunger Games).

Also, a girl on my bmb named her baby Willa (a la Willa Cather). I kind of love it.

Beevol

bromios I have a cat named Feanor! 

Mamamads

I've always loved Astrid from white oleander

gnomemom

There are so many good ones on here. Some of my favorites:

Dmitri (The Brothers Karmamazov)

Fiona (The Giver)

Valentine (Ender's Game and Stranger in a Strange Land)

Octavia (Shakespeare)

Arya (GoT)

 

DaBearsFansWife

Almost all of my GP stem from Hunger Games. I just love the names they chose. 

Finnick (I fucking love this name. Sorry not sorry)

JoHanna 

Katniss

Effie

Enobaria

Seneca

Cato

ETA: His sexiness might be clouding my judgement on the name...

DaBearsFansWife

bromios said:

DaBearsFansWife said:

Almost all of my GP stem from Hunger Games. I just love the names they chose. 

Finnick (I fucking love this name. Sorry not sorry)

JoHanna 

Katniss

Effie

Enobaria

Seneca

Cato

ETA: His sexiness might be clouding my judgement on the name...

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Finnick's sexiness definitely clouds my judgment, just not this dude...

Color me dense, what do you mean not this dude? Shirtless Finnick not doing it for you?

lifeonthehill

This is actually H and I's #1 naming goal! Names from books we love. Or top picks right now are Oscar and Naomi.

Oscar- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Simon- Lord of the Flies
Oliver- Oliver Twist
Peter- Narnia

Mina- Dracula
Hanna(h)- The Reader
Naomi- Animals
Sara- The Little Princess
Matilda- Matilda
Anna- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Persephone- Greek Mythology
Ophelia- Shakespeare
Cecilia- The Virgin Suicides
Alice- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Adele- Jane Eyre
Coraline- Coraline

PinkDahLia44

DaBearsFansWife said:

Almost all of my GP stem from Hunger Games. I just love the names they chose. 

Finnick (I fucking love this name. Sorry not sorry)

JoHanna 

Katniss

Effie

Enobaria

Seneca

Cato

ETA: His sexiness might be clouding my judgement on the name...

YESSSSS!!!! I'm not the only one

TheWop

Cosette for sure.  Total guilty pleasure name for me. 

BananaLettuce

I could be in this thread all day, so I'll just give my ultimate literary nerd names:

Dorothy Alice
Atticus Laurence

From WoO, AiW, TKAM, LW