Berries,
I am the mom to a little boy named [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] “[name_u]Dash[/name_u]” [name_m]Arvid[/name_m] and I’m expecting a little girl this spring. My husband and I are not agreeing on little girl names at all, so I’m hoping you have some great ideas. Because we went down the unique name road with [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] (DH and I both have unique names as well) we’re looking for a girl’s name that feels of a similar style. I think we’d both love for the name to be literary. The middle name will be [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (pronounced CARE-uh), so that is a consideration as well.
Here are the names that we’ve come up with so far:
Husband’s list: [name_f]Willa[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_u]Wallis[/name_u]
My list: [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] “[name_f]Bea[/name_f]”, [name_f]Florence[/name_f] “[name_f]Flora[/name_f]”
My husband tends to favor more Swedish names and I am finding myself wanting to dust off a more classic name. Is there a best of both worlds? An author or popular literary character that could wow us both and pair beautifully with [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]?
Thanks for your help!
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f]? I am not a big surnames for females namer, but I love their writing and think it is a cool name, evocative of the moors of Haworth.
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] ([name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]) is a great name too as is [name_f]Maud[/name_f] ([name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Maud[/name_f] [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]). [name_u]Flannery[/name_u] for O’[name_m]Connor[/name_m] or [name_f]Eudora[/name_f] for Welty. [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] for [name_u]Parker[/name_u]. [name_f]Barbara[/name_f] for Pym. [name_f]Jane[/name_f] for [name_u]Austen[/name_u]. [name_f]MaryAnn[/name_f] or [name_f]Maryanna[/name_f] for [name_u]Eliot[/name_u]?
Have fun!
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlette[/name_f]
[name_f]Briony[/name_f], [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Mathilda[/name_f], [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
Well, [name_f]Alice[/name_f] is on his list and it’s classic. I love the idea of [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] and [name_f]Alice[/name_f] together. [name_f]Florence[/name_f] is a close second. I’m always glad when someone is about to use such an underused gem like [name_f]Florence[/name_f].
As much as I love [name_f]Alice[/name_f] it’s not very unique. It’s the most popular name in [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] at the moment as well. What about [name_f]Astrid[/name_f]? It’s lovely, Scandinavian and has the greatest tie to (Swedish) children’s literature - [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] Lindgren. [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] sounds lovely.
Some writers:
[name_f]Ayn[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Ayn[/name_f] [name_m]Rand[/name_m])
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Delphine[/name_f] de Vigan)
[name_f]Djuna[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Djuna[/name_f] [name_m]Barnes[/name_m])
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Emily[/name_f] Dckinson, [name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Bronte[/name_f])
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Iris[/name_f] Murdoch)
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Margaret[/name_f] Atwood or [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m])
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_m]Radclyffe[/name_m] [name_m]Hall[/name_m])
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] Plath)
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_m]Woolf[/name_m])
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m])
Some characters:
[name_f]Arrietty[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The Borrowers)
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_u]Leigh[/name_u])
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (Wuthering Heights)
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (Lady Chatterley’s Lover)
[name_f]Eowyn[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings)
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The Beautiful and Damned)
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The Importance of Being [name_m]Earnest[/name_m])
[name_f]Hester[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] Letter)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_m]Little[/name_m] Women)
[name_f]Lisbeth[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The Girl with the Dragon tattoo)
[name_u]Marian[/name_u]/[name_f]Marianne[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hood, The Unicorn, Sense & Sensibility)
[name_f]Pollyanna[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_f]Pollyanna[/name_f])
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (As You Like It, This Side of Paradise)
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The Return of the Native)
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (Casino [name_m]Royale[/name_m])
Villanelle [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (The Passion)
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (Women in [name_f]Love[/name_f])
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f] [name_f]Kara[/name_f] ([name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m])
Zazie [name_f]Kara[/name_f] (Zazie dans le [name_m]Metro[/name_m])
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], she was a character from [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]'s Much [name_f]Ado[/name_f] About Nothing.
Other names you might like are:
- [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u] (after [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u], an English writter),
- [name_f]Pheobe[/name_f] (the sister of [name_m]Holden[/name_m] in Catcher in the [name_m]Rye[/name_m]),
- [name_u]Hero[/name_u] (from the poem “[name_u]Hero[/name_u] and Lyander,” she was also the cousin of [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] in Much [name_f]Ado[/name_f] About Nothing),
4.[name_f]Isolde[/name_f] (from the poem “[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] and [name_f]Isolde[/name_f]”) - Eloisa (Eloisa to Abelard)
- Imogen (Shakespeare character)