My two biggest passions are names and reading. I especially enjoy classic book and besides wonderful telling, they got some pretty names. I collected my favorite literature names for both genders and ask you to post yours here - let’s exchange ideas! I will post only the author if the names are from writer’s different works and both author and title if name/s are from one book.
[name]Baby[/name] girl names from books:
[name]Sybilla[/name] ([name]Oscar[/name] Wilde, “The Picture of [name]Dorian[/name] [name]Gray[/name]”)
[name]Dora[/name] and [name]Estelle[/name] ([name]Charles[/name] Dickens)
[name]Polly[/name] and [name]Emmeline[/name]([name]Mark[/name] Twen, “The Adventures of [name]Huckleberry[/name] [name]Finn[/name]”)
[name]Charmian[/name], [name]Bianca[/name], [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Miranda[/name] and [name]Cordelia[/name]([name]William[/name] [name]Shakespeare[/name]; [name]Charmian[/name] even has double connection - it’s also the name of [name]Jack[/name] [name]London[/name]'s wife)
[name]Winifred[/name] ([name]Natalie[/name] Babbet, “[name]Tuck[/name] Everlasting”)
[name]Daisy[/name], [name]Myrtle[/name], [name]Sigourney[/name], [name]Vienna[/name], [name]Birdie[/name], [name]Ermine[/name] and [name]Hildegarde[/name] ([name]Francis[/name] [name]Scott[/name] [name]Fitzgerald[/name])
[name]Alice[/name] ([name]Lewis[/name] [name]Carroll[/name], “[name]Alice[/name]'s Adventures In Wonderland”)
[name]Larisa[/name]/[name]Lara[/name], [name]Antonina[/name], Marfa ([name]Boris[/name] Pasternak, “[name]Doctor[/name] [name]Zhivago[/name]”)
[name]Amy[/name], [name]Beth[/name] ([name]Louisa[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Alcott[/name], “[name]Little[/name] Women”)
[name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Melanie[/name], [name]India[/name] and [name]Maybelle[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name] [name]Mitchell[/name], “Gone With The Wind”)
[name]Feel[/name] free to add your favorite literature names, too. Obviously, this is not a full list
I’m the exact same way! [name]Reading[/name] & names are my two favorite things.
I can’t think of any specific girls’ names I like right now…I do like [name]Darcy[/name] for a boy, but it’s predominantly a girls’ name where I live. Poo!
[name]Marjorie[/name] ([name]Robert[/name] [name]Hugh[/name] [name]Benson[/name] - Come Rack! Come Rope!)
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name] (Emuska Orczy - The [name]Scarlet[/name] Pimpernel)
I suppose [name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables ([name]Lucy[/name] [name]Maud[/name] [name]Montgomery[/name]) doesn’t quite count, but here are a few:
[name]Eowyn[/name] (The [name]Lord[/name] of the Rings) my favorite female name from my favorite book, but alas, I will never be brave enough to use it
[name]Pearl[/name] (the [name]Scarlet[/name] Letter)
[name]Jean[/name] [name]Louise[/name] “[name]Scout[/name]” (To Kill a Mockingbird)
[name]Fern[/name] ([name]Charlotte[/name]'s [name]Web[/name]) a children’s book, but I love the name, and [name]Charlotte[/name] as well, actually
[name]Penelope[/name] (the Odyssey)
[name]Josephine[/name] “[name]Jo[/name]” ([name]Little[/name] Women)
Eilonwy (Chronicles of Prydain) another fav I’ll never use…sigh
[name]Jane[/name] ([name]Jane[/name] [name]Eyre[/name])
[name]Eppie[/name] ([name]Silas[/name] Marner)
[name]Rosalind[/name] ([name]Shakespeare[/name]-As You Like It)
[name]Juliet[/name] ([name]Romeo[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name])
[name]Anne[/name] ([name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables) with an “e” please!
[name]Elaine[/name] (The Once and [name]Future[/name] [name]King[/name])
[name]Guenever[/name] (The Once and [name]Future[/name] [name]King[/name])
Three of my absolute favorites are [name]Eliza[/name] (from so many it’s hard to count, but mainly [name]Elizabeth[/name] “[name]Eliza[/name]” [name]Bennet[/name], Pride and Prejudice, [name]Jane[/name] [name]Austen[/name]), [name]Gwendolen[/name] ([name]Gwendolen[/name] [name]Fairfax[/name], The Importance of Being [name]Earnest[/name], [name]Oscar[/name] Wilde), and [name]Phoebe[/name] ([name]Phoebe[/name] Caulfield, The Catcher in the [name]Rye[/name], J D [name]Salinger[/name]).
I also love [name]May[/name] and [name]Archer[/name] ([name]May[/name] Welland and [name]Newland[/name] [name]Archer[/name], Age of Innocence, [name]Edith[/name] [name]Wharton[/name]), [name]Crewe[/name] ([name]Sara[/name] [name]Crewe[/name], A [name]Little[/name] [name]Princess[/name], [name]Frances[/name] [name]Hodgson[/name] [name]Burnett[/name]), and [name]Lennox[/name] ([name]Mary[/name] [name]Lennox[/name], The [name]Secret[/name] Garden, [name]Frances[/name] [name]Hodgson[/name] [name]Burnett[/name]). Classic literature for children, like A [name]Little[/name] [name]Princess[/name], The [name]Secret[/name] Garden, [name]Alice[/name] in Wonderland, etc., really hold a wealth of amazing names!
Thank you, lemon! [name]How[/name] can I forgot [name]Gwendolen[/name]? Such a stunning name and [name]Oscar[/name] Wilde is one if my favorite authors as well. And all other names you listed are more than breathtaking, I love them. Agree, classic book are wonderful name resource.
[name]Elinor[/name] – Sense & Sensibility
[name]Clarice[/name] – The Three Musketeers
[name]Hester[/name] – The [name]Scarlet[/name] Letter
[name]Ophelia[/name] – [name]Hamlet[/name]
[name]Natalya[/name], [name]Vera[/name] & [name]Helene[/name] - War & [name]Peace[/name]
[name]Ginger[/name] – [name]Black[/name] Beauty
[name]Scout[/name] - To Kill A Mockingbird
[name]Coraline[/name] - [name]Coraline[/name]
[name]Portia[/name] - The Merchant of [name]Venice[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] (& [name]Bennet[/name]!) - Pride and Prejudice
[name]Morgaine[/name] & [name]Vivienne[/name] - The Mists of [name]Avalon[/name]
[name]Eowyn[/name] - The [name]Lord[/name] of the Rings trilogy
[name]Scarlett[/name] - Gone With the Wind
[name]Phoebe[/name] - The Catcher in the [name]Rye[/name]
[name]Desdemona[/name] - [name]Othello[/name]
[name]Antigone[/name] & [name]Ismene[/name] - [name]Antigone[/name]
[name]Jane[/name] - [name]Jane[/name] [name]Eyre[/name]
[name]Marilla[/name] ([name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables by L.M. [name]Montgomery[/name])
[name]Marguerite[/name] (The [name]Scarlet[/name] Pimpernel by the Baroness Orczy)
[name]Della[/name] (The Gift of the [name]Magi[/name] by O. [name]Henry[/name])
[name]Daisy[/name] (The Great [name]Gatsby[/name] by F. [name]Scott[/name] [name]Fitzgerald[/name])
[name]India[/name] (Gone With the Wind by [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Mitchell[/name])
[name]Jane[/name] (That Hideous Strength by C.S. [name]Lewis[/name])
[name]Lydia[/name] (Pride and Prejudice by [name]Jane[/name] [name]Austen[/name])
[name]Georgiana[/name] (")
[name]Alene[/name] (A Sword of the Old Frontier by [name]Randall[/name] [name]Parrish[/name])
[name]Antheia[/name] (The Iliad)
[name]Julia[/name] (Brideshead Revisted by [name]Evelyn[/name] Waugh)
[name]Celia[/name] (")
[name]Penelope[/name] (The Odyssey)
[name]Elaine[/name] (The Once and Future King by T.H. White)
[name]Calliope[/name] (Greek mythology)
[name]Susan[/name] (Chronicles of [name]Narnia[/name] by C.S. [name]Lewis[/name])
[name]Emma[/name] ([name]Emma[/name] by [name]Jane[/name] [name]Austen[/name])
Aethra (Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch)
[name]Cecily[/name] (The [name]Story[/name] Girl by L.M. [name]Montgomery[/name])
[name]Felicity[/name] (")
Aglaia (")
Gentlemen-
[name]Hector[/name] (The Aeneid)
[name]Gilbert[/name] ([name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables by L.M. [name]Montgomery[/name])
[name]Ellison[/name] (Mutiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff and [name]Hall[/name])
[name]Fletcher[/name] (")
[name]Byam[/name]
[name]Percy[/name] (The [name]Scarlet[/name] Pimpernel by the Baroness Orczy)
[name]Corin[/name] (The Horse and his Boy by C.S. [name]Lewis[/name])
[name]Reuven[/name] (The Chosen by [name]Chaim[/name] Potok)
[name]Wallace[/name] (A Wrinkle in Time by [name]Madeleine[/name] L’Engle)
[name]Ernest[/name] (The Importance of Being [name]Ernest[/name] by [name]Oscar[/name] Wilde)
[name]Ransom[/name] (The Space Trilogy by C.S. [name]Lewis[/name])
[name]Arthur[/name] (Le Morte d’Arthur by Mallory)
[name]Edmund[/name] (Chronicles of [name]Narnia[/name] by C.S. [name]Lewis[/name])
[name]Watson[/name] ([name]Sherlock[/name] [name]Holmes[/name] mysteries)
[name]Mortimer[/name] (Inkheart by [name]Cornelia[/name] Funke)
[name]Marius[/name] ([name]Les[/name] Miserables by [name]Victor[/name] [name]Hugo[/name])
[name]Atticus[/name] (To Kill a Mockingbird by [name]Harper[/name] [name]Lee[/name])
[name]Lysander[/name] (Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch)
[name]Caius[/name] (")
[name]Cassius[/name] (")
[name]Felix[/name] (The [name]Story[/name] Girl by L.M. [name]Montgomery[/name])
[name]Oliver[/name] (The Song of [name]Roland[/name])
[name]Roland[/name] (")
[name]Favorite[/name] names from well-known authors:
some that have already been mentioned that I love:
[name]Jane[/name] ([name]Jane[/name] [name]Eyre[/name])
[name]Marilla[/name] ([name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables by L.M. [name]Montgomery[/name])
[name]Elizabeth[/name] (P & P)
[name]Bianca[/name] ([name]Shakespeare[/name])
[name]Alice[/name] (Wonderland - and also from Flowers for [name]Algernon[/name])
[name]Fern[/name] ([name]Charlotte[/name]'s [name]Web[/name])
[name]Gwendolen[/name] ([name]Oscar[/name] Wilde)
some others:
[name]Sue[/name] ([name]Jude[/name] the Obscure)
[name]Ruth[/name] (A Tree Grows in [name]Brooklyn[/name])
[name]Lucy[/name] ([name]Narnia[/name] and also [name]Villette[/name])
[name]Tess[/name] (d’Urbervilles)
[name]Elinor[/name] (S & S)
[name]Petra[/name] (Ender’s Game - maybe not a classic, but I think it’s amazing)
[name]Molly[/name] ([name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name] - same as above)
[name]Lilith[/name] ([name]Lilith[/name])
I’m really loving [name_f]Emma[/name_f] right now, since I’m reading [name_f]Emma[/name_f] by [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u]. I also really like:
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]- [name_u]Les[/name_u] Miserables
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]- Pygmalion (or [name_f]My[/name_f] Fair Lady)
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]- [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f]
[name_f]Liesel[/name_f]- The Book Thief
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]- [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f] (she was a minor character I believe, though I may be mixing my books up)
Lots of great names! Here are some favourites of mine:
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] and [name_f]Celia[/name_f] (Middlemarch)
[name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f], and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] and [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] (Persuasion)
[name_f]Francie[/name_f] (A Tree Grows in [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u])
A lot of the great [name_f]Anne[/name_f] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables names have been mentioned. A few that I like are [name_f]Marilla[/name_f], [name_f]Persis[/name_f], [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f], [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Minnie[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f], and [name_f]Diana[/name_f].
One of mine is from the play Our Town. The name is [name_f]Emily[/name_f].
I also like [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] from Divergent.
[name_f]Leora[/name_f] from the children’s book The Balloon Tree.
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] nn [name_f]Thea[/name_f] from Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.
