Simple enough, what are names you would name you’re children in honor of characters from books/movies/tv shows? All my dads children were named after video games and I wouldn’t mind naming my child after shows that mean a lot to me, when I was small I wanted to name my daughter [name_f]Katara[/name_f] after [name_f]Katara[/name_f] from Avatar, now I’m not sure but I wouldn’t hold it against me if I did 
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Castiel
Kemper
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Draven[/name_m]
[name_m]Corvin[/name_m]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Gage[/name_m]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
Eowyn
[name_f]Olwyn[/name_f] (It was spelled [name_f]Olwin[/name_f] in the show that my nephew used to watch but I don’t like that spelling)
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
Russell ([name_m]Russell[/name_m] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u])
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] ([name_f]Kitty[/name_f] Forman)
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Bess[/name_f]’ ([name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] McCord)
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] ([name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] [name_f]Halliday[/name_f])
[name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] ([name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] [name_u]Snow[/name_u])
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] ([name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] Buffay)
[name_f]Monica[/name_f] ([name_f]Monica[/name_f] Geller)
[name_f]Leah[/name_f] ([name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Leia[/name_f])
[name_f]Roxanne[/name_f] ([name_f]Roxanne[/name_f] Weasley)
[name_u]Maria[/name_u] ([name_u]Maria[/name_u] [name_m]Hill[/name_m])
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u] ([name_u]Meredith[/name_u] [name_u]Palmer[/name_u] or [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] Dardenne)
[name_u]June[/name_u] ([name_u]June[/name_u] Johns)
These are my favorite names from some of my best loved pop culture sagas. They are not necessarily my favortie characters, but they do have some of the greatest names. I wouldn’t actually use them, but stand the names nonetheless.
SW:
[name_m]Ben[/name_m] (could adopt this as a real possbility)
Han
[name_u]Solo[/name_u]
Tarkin
[name_f]Leia[/name_f]
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_f]Padme[/name_f]
[name_u]Ren[/name_u]
Kylo
[name_u]Dune[/name_u]:
Chani
[name_f]Leto[/name_f]
Ghanima
Idaho
Fayd
Irulan
Tolkien:
[name_u]Rohan[/name_u] (this one is actually on the “for real list”)
[name_m]Elrond[/name_m]
Beorn
[name_m]Faramir[/name_m]
[name_f]Yavanna[/name_f]
Elendil
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]
Elladan
Beren
Melian
ASOIAF:
[name_f]Sansa[/name_f]
[name_m]Jon[/name_m]
[name_m]Theon[/name_m]
[name_m]Tyrion[/name_m]
[name_f]Lyanna[/name_f]
Victarion
Ilirio
Nymeria
[name_m]Jojen[/name_m]
[name_m]Oberyn[/name_m]
[name_m]Martell[/name_m]
[name_f]Mircella[/name_f]
His Dark Materials:
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_m]Asriel[/name_m]
Coram
[name_f]Ruta[/name_f]
Fables:
Bigby
[name_u]Snow[/name_u]
[name_u]Briar[/name_u] (also on the “for real list”)
[name_f]Ionna[/name_f]
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ozma[/name_f]
[name_m]Ichabod[/name_m]
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I have far too many names from books, but I like a lot of them for other reasons, too.
Ronan
Blue
Lucien / Lucian
Viola
Felicity
Dorian
River
Thalia
October
Magne
Magnus
Perseus
Laszlo
Cecily
Marceline
Basil / Basilton
Monty
Stan is technically a fandom name, I have it for [name_f]Gravity[/name_f] Falls and It. Does [name_u]Asher[/name_u] count as a fandom name if it comes from a book (without a large fanbase)? I also just added [name_m]Coleson[/name_m] to my list, and that is a bit more on the nose than my other names like [name_m]Damian[/name_m] (Batman), [name_u]Levi[/name_u] ([name_m]Lev[/name_m] from Unwind), [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] ([name_u]Chase[/name_u]), [name_m]Roman[/name_m] (off), and [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] (X-men). For girls I also have [name_f]Alina[/name_f] (Grishaverse), [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/Violet/Sunny (Asoue, although [name_u]Sunny[/name_u] is a family name as well), [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] (again, [name_f]Gravity[/name_f] Falls), and [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] (starkid, and tbh a lot of the names from Firebringer work as modern names too. Jemilla? [name_f]Emberly[/name_f]? Please) to name the more obvious ones.
I would only use a fandom name if it was also already a well used name with history outside of the show or book. I want a name to have history and meaning, and personally I find that requires more than one main association.
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So many and not sure they would all match up. To name a few.
Boys
[name_u]Shelby[/name_u] ( [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_u]Shelby[/name_u]) Peaky Blinders.
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m] ( [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] [name_m]Fraser[/name_m]) Outlander
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] ( [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]) [name_f]Narnia[/name_f] books.
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] ( [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u], The Picture of [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u])
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]/ perseus ( [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u] and the lightning theif)
Girls
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] after [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] lol. (Sex Education UK show)
[name_f]Ozma[/name_f] ( [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Ozma[/name_f], wizard of oz)
[name_f]Freydis[/name_f] ( Vikings)
[name_f]Swan[/name_f], from [name_f]Swan[/name_f] [name_u]Lake[/name_u]
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[name_f]Anya[/name_f] (from [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f])
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f] (from [name_u]Les[/name_u] Miserables)
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] (from [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u]'s [name_f]Emma[/name_f])
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] (from [name_m]Tuck[/name_m] Everlasting)
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] (based on [name_m]Westley[/name_m] from The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f])
[name_m]Philip[/name_m] nn [name_u]Pip[/name_u] (from Great Expectations)
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] ([name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Rider[/name_m] from Tangled)
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] (from The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f])
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Hermione 
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This is my kind of thread!
Henry, [name_u]Percy[/name_u], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] (Gentleman’s Guide to [name_m]Vice[/name_m] and [name_f]Virtue[/name_f])
Katherine (Newsies)
Thomas, [name_f]Sybil[/name_f], [name_f]Gwen[/name_f], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u])
Darcy m (The Mother-Daughter Book Club series. Then Pride and Prejudice)
Caspian ([name_f]Narnia[/name_f])
Theodore, [name_u]Laurence[/name_u], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] “[name_f]Meg[/name_f]”, [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “[name_u]Jo[/name_u]” ([name_m]Little[/name_m] Women)
Nikolai ([name_u]Shadow[/name_u] and Bone series)
Milo (Disney’s [name_u]Atlantis[/name_u])
I’m sure there are many more, but this is what currently comes to mind
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That’s when I started liking the name [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], too! It wouldn’t be “after her” if I ever used it, but that is where I was first like “you know, [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]'s a nice name!”
I don’t think there are any characters I would specifically name my child after, but a few of my names I first heard and started liking because of celebrities, books, or TV shows…
- [name_f]Frances[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Francie[/name_f]’ and [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m] ‘Neeley’ - the characters from A Tree Grows in [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u]
- [name_f]Annabeth[/name_f] - [name_f]Annabeth[/name_f] [name_u]Chase[/name_u], [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u] series
- McAfee - McAfee [name_m]Westbrook[/name_m] from The Politician
- [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] - [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] [name_u]Wiley[/name_u] from Sex Education
- [name_f]Amy[/name_f] - characters called [name_f]Amy[/name_f] in [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u] 99, Veep, and [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women gave me new appreciation for this name
- [name_m]Jacob[/name_m]/Jake - [name_m]Jake[/name_m] Peralta from [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u] 99
- [name_u]Laurie[/name_u] - [name_u]Laurie[/name_u] from [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women
- [name_m]Louis[/name_m] - [name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_m]Tomlinson[/name_m] (does this count, lol?)
- [name_u]Penny[/name_u] - the little girl from The Rescuers movie
I’m sure there are more, but this is what I can come up with off the top of my head! I think a lot of my names I first heard on TV shows or in books, but I don’t associate them strongly with certain characters, or they aren’t tied to the books because they’re common names on their own.
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Basically all of them, lol
Wednesday (Addams family)
[name_u]Storm[/name_u] (X-men)
[name_f]Mystique[/name_f] (X-men)
[name_f]Selene[/name_f] (underworld)
[name_u]Ren[/name_u] ([name_m]Kylo[/name_m]- [name_f]Star[/name_f] Wars)
[name_f]Regina[/name_f] (OUAT)
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] (OUAT)
[name_u]Killian[/name_u] (OUAT)
[name_u]August[/name_u] (OUAT)
[name_m]Kirk[/name_m] (star trek)
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] (divergent)
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] (teen Titans/ stranger things)
[name_u]Raven[/name_u] (the 100/teen Titans)
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] (the 100)
[name_u]Echo[/name_u] (the 100)
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] (the 100)
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u] (the 100)
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] (sex education)
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f] (caos)
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] (caos)
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m] (caos)
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (tfios)
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] (tfios)
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] (the good place)
[name_f]Claire[/name_f] (Lost)
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] (lost)
[name_m]Boone[/name_m] (lost)
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u] (lost)
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] ([name_f]Buffy[/name_f])
[name_m]Oz[/name_m] ([name_f]Buffy[/name_f])
[name_u]Quill[/name_u] (marvel)
[name_u]Parker[/name_u] (marvel)
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] (marvel)
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] (the walking dead)
[name_u]Glenn[/name_u] (Twd)
[name_m]Finnick[/name_m] (hunger games)
[name_m]Adonis[/name_m] (creed)
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m] (creed)
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u] (the outsiders)
[name_u]Dean[/name_u] (supernatural)
[name_m]Draco[/name_m] ([name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_m]Scorpius[/name_m] (HP)
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] (narnia)
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] (narnia)
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Castiel(supernatural)
[name_u]Dean[/name_u](supernatural)
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u](supernatural)
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f](HP)
[name_f]Luna[/name_f](HP)
[name_f]Ginny[/name_f](HP)
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]([name_u]Twilight[/name_u])
[name_f]Molly[/name_f](The Office)
[name_m]Dwight[/name_m](The Office)
[name_u]Rey[/name_u](SW)
[name_f]Leia[/name_f](SW)
[name_u]Percy[/name_u](PJ)
[name_u]Harley[/name_u](Batman)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f](Batman)
[name_f]Pamela[/name_f](Batman)
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]([name_f]Narnia[/name_f])
[name_f]Arrietty[/name_f](The Borrowers)
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f](PLL)
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u](PLL)
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f](GF)
[name_f]Alaska[/name_f](Finding [name_f]Alaska[/name_f])
[name_f]Callie[/name_f](The Fosters)
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u](Good [name_m]Luck[/name_m] [name_u]Charlie[/name_u])
Celaena and [name_f]Aelin[/name_f] (Throne of Glass) are GPs for me. I might go for [name_f]Selena[/name_f] and [name_f]Aylin[/name_f]. I also love Wuthering Heights, but I wouldn’t name my kid after any of those characters.
McAfee is a cybersecurity software and I think people would think of it before The Politian.
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Well, no worries on that account.