Favourite Character Names

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! :smiley:

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 :sweat_smile:

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[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!)

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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

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Mine are all girl names from classic children’s books!

Alice
Eloise
Madeline
Matilda
Dorothy

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[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.

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[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] and [name_m]Cassian[/name_m] are great!

Some of my faves:

[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] (from [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] Brontë’s Villette)
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] (from [name_f]Emily[/name_f] Brontë’s Wuthering Heights)
[name_u]Henry[/name_u] (from [name_f]Mary[/name_f] Shelley’s Frankenstein)
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m] (from Hamlet)
[name_m]Benvolio[/name_m] (from [name_m]Romeo[/name_m] and Juliet)
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] (from Grantchester)
[name_u]Julian[/name_u], [name_u]Robin[/name_u] and [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] (from BBC Ghosts)
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] and [name_u]Florence[/name_u] (from Tripping the [name_f]Velvet[/name_f] by [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] Waters)
[name_u]Lux[/name_u] (from [name_u]Winter[/name_u] by [name_u]Ali[/name_u] Smith)
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u] (from [name_u]Wilkie[/name_u] Collins’ The Moonstone)
[name_u]Jude[/name_u] (from The Vanishing Half by [name_u]Brit[/name_u] Bennett)
Lucy/Snow (from [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] Brontë’s Villette)

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[name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]

[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)

[name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]

[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_m]Regulus[/name_m]
[name_m]Draco[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Sirius[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Scorpius[/name_m]
Delphini
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_m]Horace[/name_m]
[name_m]Fenrir[/name_m]
Alastor
Ted/Teddy

Disney

[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] (Sleeping Beauty)
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f] (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u] (The [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid)
[name_f]Arista[/name_f] (The [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid)
[name_f]Andrina[/name_f] (The [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid)
[name_f]Merida[/name_f] (Brave)
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f] (Frozen)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] (Frozen)
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] (Sleeping Beauty)
[name_f]Fauna[/name_f] (Sleeping Beauty)
[name_m]Eric[/name_m] (The [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid)
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] (The [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid)
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] (Tangled)
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f] (Hercules)
[name_f]Clio[/name_f] (Hercules)
[name_f]Hera[/name_f] (Hercules)
[name_f]Megara[/name_f] (Hercules)
[name_f]Perdita[/name_f] (One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
[name_f]Estella[/name_f] (Cruella)
[name_m]Horace[/name_m] (Cruella)
[name_u]Willow[/name_u] (Pocahontas)
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] (Robin Hood, [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] Robin)
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] (Cinderella)

Other

[name_f]Irene[/name_f] (Sherlock Holmes)
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] (Matilda)
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u] (Artemis Fowl)
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] (Marvel)
[name_u]Loki[/name_u] (Marvel)
[name_m]Thor[/name_m] (Marvel)

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ACOTAR :heart::heart:

I also love [name_m]Cassian[/name_m] & [name_u]Rhys[/name_u]!

Some other names from books I love…

[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] - ravenhood series
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] - A Series of Unfortunate Events
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u] - same as above
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] - [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] - [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] - [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f]- [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]
[name_u]Lux[/name_u] - Reckless Girls

[name_u]Fox[/name_u] - Hook, [name_f]Line[/name_f] & Sinker
[name_m]Hunt[/name_m] - [name_f]Crescent[/name_f] City HOEAB/HOSAB

For some reason this is all I can think of right now but I know there’s more…I may be back! Lol

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boys:
remy (ratatouille)
koda (brother bear)
elio (call me by your name)
beck (victorious)
finn (adventure time)
jack (pirates of the caribbean)
jonas (dark)

girls:
naomi (skins)
lexie (grey’s anatomy)
lexa (the 100)
matilda (matilda)

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Girls

  • [name_u]Rue[/name_u] (Hunger Games)
  • [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] ([name_m]Hamilton[/name_m])
  • [name_f]Faye[/name_f] (The [name_f]Nix[/name_f])
  • [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] (Pictures of [name_u]Hollis[/name_u] [name_m]Woods[/name_m])
  • [name_f]Lila[/name_f], [name_u]Marvel[/name_u], Natasha/Natalia, [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] ([name_u]Marvel[/name_u])
  • Alyeska (The Great Alone)
  • [name_u]Parker[/name_u] (Leverage)
  • [name_f]Eve[/name_f] (Killing [name_f]Eve[/name_f])
  • [name_u]Gray[/name_u] (Clockwork [name_u]Angel[/name_u])
  • [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_u]Aria[/name_u] ([name_f]Pretty[/name_f] [name_m]Little[/name_m] Liars)
  • [name_u]Tempest[/name_u] (The [name_u]Tempest[/name_u])
  • [name_u]Winter[/name_u], [name_f]Lyra[/name_f], [name_f]Leia[/name_f] ([name_f]Star[/name_f] Wars)
  • [name_f]Anna[/name_f] (Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u])
  • [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] ([name_f]Anastasia[/name_f])
  • [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_u]Jackson[/name_u])
  • [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] nn [name_f]Caddie[/name_f] ([name_f]Caddie[/name_f] Woodlawn)
  • [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] nn [name_u]Kit[/name_u] (Malibu Rising)
  • [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] nn Cath, [name_u]Wren[/name_u] (Fangirl)
  • [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] ([name_f]Princess[/name_f] and the Frog)
  • [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] nn [name_u]Jack[/name_u] (NCIS)
  • [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] (Chestnut [name_m]Hill[/name_m])
  • [name_f]Margo[/name_f] (Despicable Me)
  • [name_u]Meredith[/name_u], [name_u]Lexie[/name_u] (Grey’s Anatomy)

Boys

  • Candor, [name_m]Uriah[/name_m], [name_m]Prosper[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] (Divergent)
  • [name_m]Ollivander[/name_m] ([name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
  • [name_m]Finnick[/name_m] (Hunger Games)
  • [name_u]Rune[/name_u] (A [name_u]Man[/name_u] Called Ove)
  • [name_u]Noah[/name_u] (And [name_f]Every[/name_f] [name_f]Morning[/name_f] the [name_m]Way[/name_m] Home Gets Longer and Longer)
  • [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] (The Invention of [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] Cabret)
  • [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] nn [name_u]Jay[/name_u], [name_u]Hudson[/name_u] (Malibu Rising)
  • [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] (To Kill a Mockingbird)
  • [name_u]Jace[/name_u], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] (City of Bones)
  • [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] (Criminal Minds)