Favorite Literary names?

Boy Names
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What are your favorite boys names from literature? Where do they come from & why do you love them?

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[name_u]Harry[/name_u]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sirius[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Draco[/name_m]

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There are way too many to list, but here are a few off the top of my head:

[name_u]Corin[/name_u] - A Horse and His Boy
[name_m]Paton[/name_m] - [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] Bone Series
[name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m] - Wuthering Heights (would never ever use it because the character is dreadful)
[name_u]Holden[/name_u] Caulfield - A [name_m]Catcher[/name_m] in the [name_u]Rye[/name_u]
[name_u]Nick[/name_u] [name_u]Caraway[/name_u] - The Great [name_m]Gatsby[/name_m]
[name_m]Coriolanus[/name_m] [name_u]Snow[/name_u] - Hunger Games Series
[name_u]Doon[/name_u] - The City of [name_u]Ember[/name_u]
[name_u]Larkin[/name_u] Ravenwood & [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] Wate - [name_f]Beautiful[/name_f] Creatures
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] - Starclimber

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Off the top of my head:

[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [[name_m]Little[/name_m] [name_f]Dorrit[/name_f]]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f]]
Étienne [All the [name_u]Light[/name_u] We Cannot See]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] [[name_u]Anne[/name_u] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m] [[name_u]Les[/name_u] Misérables]
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] [[name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [Brideshead Revisited]

I like other literary names as well (Peter, [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], etc.), but the specific book connection warmed me to the names above.

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One of the main reasons i like these names are because i love these characters

Hareton (from Wuthering Heights -love the unusual sound and vibe)

[name_u]Henry[/name_u] (Henry Clerval from Frankenstein- it’s gentle and strong at the same time )

[name_u]Pip[/name_u] (from Great Expectations -i like the quick, sweet sound and probably unpopular opinion but i like [name_u]Pip[/name_u] too)

[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] (Ozias Midwinter from Armadale. I love the sharp sounds and nickname Ozzie)

[name_u]Ezra[/name_u] (Ezra [name_m]Jennings[/name_m] -from The Moonstone. [name_u]Love[/name_u] the soft, gentle, but sparky sound)

[name_m]Fergus[/name_m] (from [name_f]Waverley[/name_f] - i enjoy the rugged sounds!)

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] (The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f] - love the ocean connection, the book connection, the gentle but adventuorus vibe)

[name_m]Sholto[/name_m] (It kind of counts-there’s a very, very minor character in [name_u]North[/name_u] and [name_u]South[/name_u] called [name_m]Sholto[/name_m] and it’s where i found the name -it’s so interesting and distinct)

[name_m]Alec[/name_m] (Alec Scudder from [name_u]Maurice[/name_u]- I like how it feels familiar yet different)

[name_m]Benvolio[/name_m] (from [name_m]Romeo[/name_m] and [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] - i love the flair -used it on my guinea pig :grin:)

[name_m]Horatio[/name_m] (from [name_m]Hamlet[/name_m] -cool, gentle and charming)

[name_u]George[/name_u] (George [name_m]Milton[/name_m] from Of Mice and Men. [name_u]George[/name_u] is a warm, strong and charming name -used it on my guinea pig)

[name_m]Linus[/name_m] (Linus [name_m]Barker[/name_m] from The House in the cerulean sea - distinct and sharp)

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I don’t read much classic literature, but here are names I love from books I’ve read!

[name_m]Uriah[/name_m] - Divergent: this sounds so soft but feels so strong
Candor - Divergent: (not actually the name of a character but of one of the factions) I thought it made a nice virtue name
[name_u]Rune[/name_u] - A [name_u]Man[/name_u] Called Ove: solid and mystical, it’s the stone but also the mist

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Off the top of my head:

[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]: The Neverending [name_u]Story[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]: [name_u]Jude[/name_u] the Obscure, A [name_m]Little[/name_m] Life
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]: To Kill A Mockingbird
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]: Pride and Prejudice
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]: To Kill A Mockinbird
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]: The [name_f]Narnia[/name_f] series
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]: [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_m]Elio[/name_m]: Call Me By Your Name

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a mix of classic & modern lit:

Haroun - Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Gatsby - The Great Gatsby
Elio - Call Me By Your Name
Beowulf, Ēomǣr - Beowulf
Henry, Juniper, Percy - Red, White & Royal Blue
Aristotle - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Gawain - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Erik - The Phantom of the Opera
Dorian, Kaltain - Throne of Glass

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my favorite boys’ name, milo, is because of the phantom tollbooth – it’s one of the main books from my childhood that i absolutely adore.

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Don’t necessarily love or even like all of these characters, but these books are a part of the reason why I either discovered and/or came to love these names. Some of these are also just GP’s.

But here goes:

  • The Picture of [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u]— [name_u]Basil[/name_u], [name_u]Dorian[/name_u]

  • The [name_f]Secret[/name_f] Garden— [name_m]Colin[/name_m], [name_m]Archie[/name_m]

  • The [name_f]Odyssey[/name_f]— [name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]

  • Wuthering Heights— [name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m]

  • [name_m]Black[/name_m] Chalk— [name_m]Jolyon[/name_m] (funnily I actually hate this book, but I quite like this name and discovered it here)

  • Eragon— [name_m]Brom[/name_m], Roran

  • [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings— [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] “Pippin,” [name_m]Aragorn[/name_m]

  • [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]— [name_m]Neville[/name_m], [name_u]Dean[/name_u], [name_u]Percy[/name_u], [name_m]Remus[/name_m]

  • A Series Of Unfortunate Events— [name_m]Klaus[/name_m], [name_m]Monty[/name_m], [name_m]Duncan[/name_m]

  • The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f]— [name_m]Westley[/name_m], [name_m]Inigo[/name_m]

I’m sure there are more I’m forgetting, and I haven’t even touched on [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m], but I’ll stop there.