To all the bookworms and movie buffs out there! What are some of your favourite names you have got from books and movies? I have a couple, some are different but some are pretty common but I like them because of a specific character!
Girls:
-Feyre (ACOTAR)
-Elain (ACOTAR)
-Sophie (Howl’s Moving Castle)
-Arisa (Fruits Basket)
-Ophelia (Hamlet- the character demise is sad but the name is just so dreamy)
Boys:
-Rhys (ACOTAR)
-Lucien (ACOTAR)
-Cassian (ACOTAR)
-Eros (The Eternals)
-Howl (Howl’s Moving Castle; I’d never use this as a first name but as a different middle name??)
They’re all I can think of from the top of my head but I’d love to hear yours below!
hermione - harry potter
lyra - his dark materials
winifred - winnie-the-pooh
juliet - romeo and juliet (i’d first heard the title of the story and didn’t actually read it)
philip - hamilton
robin - winnie-the-pooh
that’s all i can think of right now but i might edit more in later
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_u]Skye[/name_u], Batty, and [name_f]Jane[/name_f] Penderwick (The Penderwicks!)
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] S. Englehart (Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset sisters!)
Adopta (Dial-A-Ghost!)
Hermione — harry potter
Josephine “Jo” — little women
Anne — anne of green gables
Lily — harry potter
Bellatrix “Bella” — harry potter (the character’s evil but the name is beautiful)
Amelia “Mia” — princess diaries
Margot — to all the boys i’ve loved before
Piper — percy jackson
Hazel — the fault in our stars
Ariel — the little mermaid
Wendy — peter pan
Elizabeth “Lizzy” — pride and prejudice
Darcy — pride and prejudice (yes, even if it was the male protagonist’s name)
Coraline — coraline
Freya — magnus chase (the name of the norse goddess)
Saoirse — song of the sea
Annika — barbie and the magic of pegasus (lol)
Anya — anastasia
Estella — cruella
Nala — lion king
Juno — heroes of olympus (the name of the roman goddess)
James — harry potter
Cedric — harry potter
Perseus “Percy” — percy jackson
Jack — the rise of the guardians
Edmund — the chronicles of narnia
Bennet — pride and prejudice (yes, even if it was the female protagonist’s name)
Laurence “Laurie” — the little women
Gilbert — anne of green gables
Ronan — harry potter
Camilo — encanto
[name_f]Bess[/name_f] — (Little Women; there’s literally a single line where [name_u]Jo[/name_u] calls [name_f]Beth[/name_f] ‘Queen Bess’ but it’s the full reason I live this as an [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] nickname!)
[name_f]Phebe[/name_f] / [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] — (novel Eight Cousins as well as an [name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_m]Dickinson[/name_m] poem “I was a Phebe…”)
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] — (Eight Cousins)
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] — (Once Upon A Time; she helped me develop my love for double first names!)
[name_u]Edward[/name_u] — (The Hidden Child)
That’s all I can think of, but a lot of my favorite names do at least happen to have literary connotations! I love it.
[name_u]Cassio[/name_u] (Othello)
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m] (Hamlet)
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u] (Macbeth)
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
[name_m]Theseus[/name_m] (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] (Henry IV, [name_f]Alice[/name_f] in Wonderland)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (Much [name_f]Ado[/name_f] About Nothing)
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] (Troilus and Cressida)
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f] (Troilus and Cressida)
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] (A Winter’s Tale, [name_u]Harry[/name_u] Potter)
[name_u]Hero[/name_u] (Much [name_f]Ado[/name_f] About Nothing)
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] (Romeo and Juliet)
[name_f]Juno[/name_f] (The Tempest)
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] (Hamlet)
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] (As You Like It)
boys:
remy (ratatouille)
koda (brother bear)
elio (call me by your name)
beck (victorious)
finn (adventure time)
jack (pirates of the caribbean)
jonas (dark)