Favorite Literary Names

General Name Discussion
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Hello, everyone! I’m currently working on an article for my blog about favorite literary names, and I was hoping I could enlist your help. The article is about “[name_m]Favorite[/name_m] Literary Names”, so if you all could tell me your favorite names from literature, I would greatly appreciate it. It can be classic literature, children’s literature, modern literature, anything goes!

Thanks in advance!

Here’s my list:
[name_f]Meg[/name_f] ([name_m]Little[/name_m] Women)
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] ('s [name_m]Web[/name_m])
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f] ([name_m]Dinsmore[/name_m])
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] (Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f])
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] ([name_m]Little[/name_m] House on the [name_u]Prairie[/name_u])

Almanzo ([name_m]Little[/name_m] House on the [name_u]Prairie[/name_u])
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] ([name_m]Pan[/name_m])
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] (Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f])
[name_u]Corin[/name_u] (Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f])

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I enjoy [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] and [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] from the Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f] as well!

Also:
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m])
[name_f]Annabeth[/name_f] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m])
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] ([name_m]Romeo[/name_m] and [name_f]Juliet[/name_f])
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (The Fault in our Stars)

[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_u]Nico[/name_u] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m])
[name_m]Septimus[/name_m] ([name_m]Septimus[/name_m] Heap)

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Almost all my favorites are literary names. Here’s a few I haven’t seen mentioned yet.

[name_f]Annika[/name_f] ([name_f]Pippi[/name_f] Longstocking series by [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] Lindgren)
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] (Swallows and Amazons series by [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Ransome[/name_m])
Eilonwy (The Chronicles of Prydain by [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m])
[name_f]Eowyn[/name_f] (The [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)
Kilmeny (Kilmeny of the Orchard by LM [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m])
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f] ([name_m]Ivanhoe[/name_m] by Sir [name_m]Walter[/name_m] [name_m]Scott[/name_m])
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f] (His Dark Materials by [name_m]Philip[/name_m] Pullman)
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f] (The Five [name_m]Little[/name_m] Peppers and [name_m]How[/name_m] They Grew by [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_u]Sidney[/name_u])

[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] (The Picture of [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u] by [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] Wilde)
[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m] (A [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] [name_f]Carol[/name_f] by [name_m]Charles[/name_m] Dickens)
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] (Adventures of [name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] [name_u]Finn[/name_u] by [name_m]Mark[/name_m] [name_m]Twain[/name_m])
[name_m]Ichabod[/name_m] (The [name_u]Legend[/name_u] of Sleepy Hollow by [name_m]Washington[/name_m] [name_m]Irving[/name_m])
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m] (The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f] by [name_m]William[/name_m] Goldman)
[name_m]Milo[/name_m] (The Phantom Tollbooth by [name_m]Norton[/name_m] Juster)
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] ([name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m] by Sir [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Conan[/name_m] [name_m]Doyle[/name_m])

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[name_u]Royal[/name_u] (little house on the prairie)
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] (pride and prejudice)
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] ([name_f]Anne[/name_f] of green gables)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (little women)

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The little women series contains the following (wonderful) names:
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Beth[/name_f]
[name_f]Meg[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Franz[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Friedrich[/name_m]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_u]Laurie[/name_u]
[name_u]Nat[/name_u]
[name_m]Tommy[/name_m]
[name_m]Ned[/name_m]
[name_m]Adolphus[/name_m]

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I’m going to end up repeating quite a few, sorry.

[name_f]Luna[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] “[name_f]Ginny[/name_f]” ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] ([name_f]Alice[/name_f] in Wonderland)
“[name_f]Kitty[/name_f]” (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f] ([name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m])

[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] (The Complete [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m])
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m] (The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f])
[name_u]Percy[/name_u] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m])
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] ([name_m]Oliver[/name_m] Twist)
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m] “[name_m]Pip[/name_m]” (Great Expectations)

There are many more, but those are just off the top of my head.

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And how could I forget [name_f]Estella[/name_f], from Great Expectations?

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Female:
[name_f]Veruca[/name_f] Salt - [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] and the Chocolate Factory
Sabriel - Sabriel
[name_f]Lisbeth[/name_f] Salander - Girl with Dragon Tattoo
[name_f]Elinor[/name_f] Dashwood, [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] [name_u]Darcy[/name_u] - [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u] books
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f] [name_f]Starling[/name_f] - [name_f]Silence[/name_f] of the Lambs
Shug [name_u]Avery[/name_u] - The Color Purple
Liadan, Ysanne, [name_f]Leila[/name_f], Avaia, [name_u]Leith[/name_u], Cordeliane, Fordaetha - The Fionavar Tapestry
[name_f]Clary[/name_f], [name_f]Camille[/name_f], [name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f], [name_f]Maia[/name_f], [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Maryse[/name_f], Amatis - Mortal Instruments
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f], [name_f]Bianca[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] - [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m] Plays
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] Briscoe, [name_f]Minta[/name_f] [name_m]Doyle[/name_m], [name_f]Prue[/name_f] & [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_u]Cam/name_u [name_m]Ramsay[/name_m] - To The Lighthouse, [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_m]Woolf[/name_m]
Galadriel, [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] - LOTR
[name_f]Diantha[/name_f], Gladiola, [name_f]Quiana[/name_f], [name_f]Holly[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Claudine[/name_f], [name_f]Claudette[/name_f], [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Selah[/name_f], [name_f]Jade[/name_f] [name_f]Flower[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f]-[name_f]Star[/name_f] - [name_f]Sookie[/name_f] Stackhouse novels

Boys:
[name_m]Inigo[/name_m] Montoya - [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f]
[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u], [name_m]Bertram[/name_m], [name_m]George[/name_m], [name_m]Bennet[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] - [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u] books
Mycroft - [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m]
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m] - [name_m]Moby[/name_m] [name_m]Dick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ichabod[/name_m] [name_m]Crane[/name_m] - [name_u]Legend[/name_u] of Sleepy Hollow
[name_m]Hannibal[/name_m] Lecter - [name_f]Silence[/name_f] of the Lambs
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] Twist
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m], Aragorn, Samwise, Meriadoc - LOTR
Pwyll Twiceborn, Davor, Galadan, [name_u]Darien[/name_u], [name_u]Loren[/name_u], [name_m]Soren[/name_m], Metran, Denbarra, Teyrnon, [name_m]Barak[/name_m], [name_m]Ivor[/name_m], [name_m]Levon[/name_m] - The Fionavar Tapestry
[name_u]Jace[/name_u], [name_m]Magnus[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] - Mortal Instruments
[name_m]Tybalt[/name_m], Mercutio, Laertes, Petruchio, Falstaff, [name_m]Iago[/name_m], [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m] - [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m] plays
[name_m]Ramsay[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m] Tansley, [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Roger[/name_m] - To The Lighthouse, [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_m]Woolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Alcide[/name_m], [name_m]Desmond[/name_m], [name_m]Lochlan[/name_m], [name_m]Calvin[/name_m], Godric - [name_f]Sookie[/name_f] Stackhouse novels.

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[name_f]Jane[/name_f] - [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f], [name_m]Tarzan[/name_m], [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f] - [name_f]Coraline[/name_f]

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[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] ([name_m]Hamlet[/name_m])
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_u]Jay[/name_u] (The Great [name_m]Gatsby[/name_m])
[name_u]Marlow[/name_u] (The Heart of Darkness)

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[name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]Coralina[/name_f], Brazilian poet
Capitolina, full name of the heroin Capitu from [name_m]Dom[/name_m] Casmurro by Brazilian author Machado de Assis
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f], Brazilian author and journalist [name_f]Clarice[/name_f] Lispector
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Luna[/name_f], title and main character of [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] Allende’s book
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_m]Dante[/name_m] Alighieri’s [name_f]Divine[/name_f] Comedy

[name_m]Edgar[/name_m], after [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Allen[/name_m] [name_u]Poe[/name_u]
[name_m]Florentino[/name_m], [name_m]Florentino[/name_m] [name_f]Ariza[/name_f] from [name_u]Love[/name_u] in The Time of Cholera by García Márquez
[name_u]James[/name_u], inspired by [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Bond[/name_m]
[name_m]Homero[/name_m], inspired by the name of the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey
[name_m]Cicero[/name_m]
[name_m]Jos[/name_m]é, after [name_m]Jos[/name_m]é Saramago

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I’ll try not to repeat anything, but I probably will :slight_smile:

[name_f]Elanor[/name_f] - [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f] - [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] - [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] ([name_m]Ronald[/name_m] Dahl)
[name_f]Adele[/name_f] - [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] - Gone With the Wind
[name_u]Scout[/name_u] - To Kill a Mockingbird

[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m] - A [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] [name_f]Carol[/name_f]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m], Aragorn, Faramir - [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings
[name_m]Remus[/name_m] - [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] - Frankenstein
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m] - [name_m]Tom[/name_m] [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m] - To Kill A Mockingbird
[name_m]Holden[/name_m] - the Catcher in the [name_m]Rye[/name_m]
[name_m]Hercule[/name_m] - Poirot Stories

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Literary Names:
Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia)
Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes)
Dorian (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Fabian (13 Treasures Series and Harry Potter)
Phoenix (Beautiful Dead Series)
Ptolemy (Prolemy’s Gate, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
Cyril (The 5 Children and It)
Edmund (Chronicles of Narnia)
August (Wonder)
Indigo (Casson Family Series)
Julian (Famous Five and Wonder, except I didn’t like the one in Wonder)
Lysander (Charlie Bone Series and A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Charlie (Charlie Bone Series)
Timothy (Famous Five)
Artemas/Artemus (Variation of Artemis, Artemis Fowl Series)
Darcy (Prode and Prejudice)
Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Dedalus (Harry Potter Series)
Remus (Harry Potter Series)
Ronald (Harry Potter Series)
Arthur (Harry Potter Series)
Gideon (Harry Potter Series)
Ephraim (The. Graveyard Book)
Silas (The Graveyard Book and Septimus Heap Series)
Prosper (The Thief Lord)
Finn (Goose Girl, Enna Burning)
Enna (Goose Girl, Enna Burning)
Tusken (Enna Burning)
Rowan nn Red (13 Treasures Series, actually a girl, but I prefer on a boy I think)

Pandora (Adrian Mole Series)
Lyra (His Dark Materials Series)
Jessamine (The Poison Diaries)
Arabella (Harry Potter Series)
Luna (Harry Potter Series)
Matilda (Matilda)
Bellatrix (Harry Potter Series)
Anidora (Goose Girl)
Kiladra (Goose Girl)
Isilee (Goose Girl)
Saren (Book of a Thousand Days)
Fleur (Harry Potter Series)
Hermione (Harry Potter Series)
Andromeda (Harry Potter Series)
Heidi (Heidi)
Saffron (Casson Family Series)
Cadmium (Casson Family Series)
Hazel (The Fault in Our Stars)
Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)
Hero (Much Ado Aout Nothing)

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[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] ([name_m]Wizard[/name_m] Of [name_m]Oz[/name_m])
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_f]Kitty[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] ([name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m])
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] (The Great [name_m]Gatsby[/name_m])
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] ([name_m]Romeo[/name_m] and [name_f]Juliet[/name_f])
[name_f]Lolita[/name_f] ([name_f]Lolita[/name_f])
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] (Picnic At Hanging [name_m]Rock[/name_m])
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] (Picnic At Hanging [name_m]Rock[/name_m])
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f] (LOTR)
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] (The Clan Of The Cave [name_m]Bear[/name_m])

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Some lovely girl names from [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]:
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermia[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Charmian[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
Iras
[name_f]Thaisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonine[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Venus[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Katharina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_u]Regan[/name_u]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Perdita[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulina[/name_f]
[name_f]Francisca[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariane[/name_f]
[name_f]Aemilia[/name_f]
[name_u]Luce[/name_u]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
Goneril
Timandra
Jaquenetta
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Phebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f]
[name_f]Elinor[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Valeria[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamora[/name_f]

And of course L.M [name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]:
Girls:
[name_f]Rilla[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
Kilmeny
[name_f]Ilse[/name_f] Burnley
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_u]Gray[/name_u]
Jamesine
[name_f]Joscelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_u]Byrd[/name_u] [name_f]Starr[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_u]Barry[/name_u]
[name_f]Una[/name_f] and [name_f]Faith[/name_f] [name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]

Boys:
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Shirley[/name_u]
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]
[name_u]Walter[/name_u]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Alonzo[/name_m]
[name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_u]Blair[/name_u]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]

[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] [name_m]Hardy[/name_m] (Had to include…they are rather unusual)
[name_f]Bathsheba[/name_f] [name_f]Everdene[/name_f]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u] [name_u]Oak[/name_u]
[name_u]William[/name_u] Boldwood
[name_f]Fanny[/name_f] [name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Troy[/name_u]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] Durbeyfield
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] Durbeyfield
[name_m]Alec[/name_m] d’Urbeville
[name_u]Angel[/name_u] [name_u]Clare[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u] Fawley
[name_f]Sue[/name_f] Bridehead
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_m]Donn[/name_m]
Elizabeth-Jane Henchard
[name_f]Lucetta[/name_f] Templeman
[name_m]Clement[/name_m] (Clym) Yeobright
[name_f]Eustacia[/name_f] Vye
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f] Yeobright
[name_m]Damon[/name_m] Wildeve
[name_m]Giles[/name_m] Winteborne
Edred Fitzpiers
Elfride Swancourt
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] Pierston