(Thanks to @snowmaiden for giving me the idea with her Little Women post and letting me copy her!)
So, if you can’t tell from my profile pic and my many Anne-influenced combos, I am obsessed with the Green Gables series. I first read the books as a lonely, imaginative, awkward 11 year old (a bit like Anne) and have been in love with them ever since! I could go on forever talking about AOGG, but that’s not the point of this post.
A couple polls on Avonlea names: (and beyond)
What’s your favorite of all the Avonlea school children’s names?
Anne!
Diana
Josie
Gertie
Prissy
Ruby
Jane
Gilbert
Charlie
Moody
Fred
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Favorite name of the Cuthbert family?
Matthew
Marilla
Anne
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Favorites of Anne’s children’s names?
Joyce “Joy”
James Matthew “Jem”
Walter Cuthbert
Anne “Nan”
Diana “Di”
Shirley
Bertha Marilla “Rilla”
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(Side note: does anyone know Joy’s, Nan’s, Di’s or Shirley’s middle names?)
Another thing I love about Anne is her knack for renaming everything around her. What’s your favorite?
The White Way of Delight
The Lake of Shining Water
Lover’s Lane
Idlewild
Birch Path
Violet Vale
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Anne or her dream name?
Anne
Cordelia
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A non name related poll:
What’s your favorite book in the series?
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne’s House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside
Rainbow Valley
Rilla of Ingleside
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extra questions:
Out of any AOGG characters, whose name are you most likely to use?
If you were to rename the main characters, what would you name them?
If you had to create “Anne” names for places around where you live, what would they be?
If you had to put an AOGG name in a combo with you favorite names, what would it be?
My answers
Anne!
I could see Anne as a Lucy, Amelia, or Nora, Gilbert as a Theodore, Tommy or Gabriel, Diana as a Millie, Eleanor, or Penelope, Marilla as a Ruth, and Matthew as a Samuel or a Luke.
I’m already guilty of doing this, lol. You can find me biking down Rabbit Run, wading through Dawn’s Creek, or wandering through the Fairy’s Forest!
AOGG names are already in a lot of my favorite combos, but if I had to make some more, how about: Abilene Diana, Theodore Matthew, Anne Wildflower, Josephine Marilla, Gilbert James, or Beatrix Shirley. I could go on and on making Anne combos!
This reminds me of camp unit names! Think Sunset Prairie, Trail’s End, Lookout Peak… I just stole Violet Vale for my list of potential unit names for my book
Out of any AOGG characters, whose name are you most likely to use?
As a first name, I love [name_u]Anne[/name_u]. As a middle, I love [name_f]Marilla[/name_f]. [name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m] is also on my middle list for boys, which I think would be a fun way to honor so many of the characters!
If you were to rename the main characters, what would you name them?
Well, I suppose I’d let [name_u]Anne[/name_u] be [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]. [name_f]Marilla[/name_f] would make a good [name_f]Minerva[/name_f] to me. [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] would be a sweet Mycroft. [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] would be great as a [name_u]Jack[/name_u] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m].
But the one I’d most like to rename is [name_f]Diana[/name_f]. I don’t like that name! I’d call her [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] (and [name_u]Anne[/name_u] could nickname her [name_u]Freddy[/name_u], which I think is so delightful!)
If you had to create “Anne” names for places around where you live, what would they be?
I’ll call my bedroom the Hazellark [name_u]Haven[/name_u]. The creek in the park across from my best friend’s house shall be the [name_m]Little[/name_m] [name_u]Light[/name_u] Idylle (of Frogs and Waterbugs). The walk home from my high school to my old house is the Walk of Finest Friendships.
The house I most adore to babysit for is the Praiséd Place—or maybe the Cottage Clear—of the Blonde Brigade. Loved thinking about those!
If you had to put an AOGG name in a combo with you favorite names, what would it be?
Some I love are…
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Marilla[/name_f]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u] [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] (I much prefer the N to the D!) [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_u]Edward[/name_u] [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f] [name_f]Avonlea[/name_f]
[name_u]Florence[/name_u] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_u]George[/name_u] [name_u]Laurence[/name_u] [name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m]
And I’m loving your [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Marilla[/name_f], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u].
out of any aogg characters, whose name are you most likely to use?
absolutely marilla ‘rilla’. i just love that name! anne, gilbert, ruby follow closely behind.
if you were to rename the main characters, what would you name them?
i think i’d rename anne, ruth with the nickname “ruthie”; i’d call gilbert, wilbur; marilla and matthew would be constance and thornton, and diana would be helen “nell”.
if you had to create “anne” names for places around where you live, what would they be?
the street i grew up on would be birdsong boulevard”, the street i live on currently would be “willow tree way”, and the forest behind the house i grew up in would be “the woodland of whispering wildflowers”.
If you had to put an aogg name in a combo with you favorite names, what would it be?
there are so many i’d choose! but today, i’m especially loving juniper avonlea, rook gilbert, and winsome marilla.
I somehow managed to never read the books which is a very weird blind spot in my literary experience. I should maybe get on that, lol.
[name_m]Just[/name_m] going off the polls:
I’d maybe be most likely to use [name_m]Fred[/name_m] since its on my list as a nn for both [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] and [name_f]Winifred[/name_f].
Um… The Miniature [name_u]Marsh[/name_u], Alpaca [name_m]Fields[/name_m], and The Hypnotist Fence? (There’s a wavy wrought iron fence that’s really mesmerizing to watch as you drive by).
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u] [name_f]Avonlea[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_u]Anne[/name_u], [name_u]Josie[/name_u] [name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
I’d be most likely to use [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]! (It is my fourth favorite boy name right now!)
[name_u]Anne[/name_u] would be [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] would be [name_u]Cecil[/name_u], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] would be [name_u]Robert[/name_u], [name_f]Marilla[/name_f] would be [name_f]Prudence[/name_f], [name_f]Diana[/name_f] would be [name_f]Lydia[/name_f].
The Dubious Ditch, Canopy [name_u]Cove[/name_u], and The [name_u]Golden[/name_u] [name_m]Field[/name_m] of [name_f]Spring[/name_f]
Not counting my [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] combo, I think [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_u]Anne[/name_u] is lovely! I also used to have [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] on my list.
I’m not super likely to use any of them but I’m partial to Minnie May.
Agreed! Also, Gilbert → Thomas, Matthew → Frederick, Marilla → Constance, Diana → Christine (although I like the original names more than what I came up with!)
The Forest of the Playful River, The Silver Falls, and Acorn Castle.
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f] would make a good [name_f]Minerva[/name_f] to me. [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] would be a sweet Mycroft. [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] would be great as a [name_u]Jack[/name_u] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m].
Loved thinking about those!
