Wendy and [name_f]Arrietty[/name_f] are both names that were made up for a story ([name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m], The Borrowers). Are there any others you like/know of?
Aelita – Aelita ([name_f]Aleksey[/name_f] Tolstoy)
Albena – Albena (Yordan Yovkov)
[name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f] – Eclogues ([name_m]Virgil[/name_m])
[name_f]Belphoebe[/name_f], Claribel, Clarinda – The Faerie [name_f]Queen[/name_f] ([name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_u]Spenser[/name_u])
Bradamante – [name_m]Orlando[/name_m] Innamorato ([name_m]Matteo[/name_m] [name_u]Maria[/name_u] Boiardo)
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f], [name_f]Eponine[/name_f], [name_f]Fantine[/name_f] – [name_u]Les[/name_u] Misérables ([name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m])
[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f], [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] – [name_m]Don[/name_m] [name_m]Quixote[/name_m] ([name_m]Miguel[/name_m] de Cervantes)
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f], [name_f]Elanor[/name_f], Éowyn, [name_f]Galadriel[/name_f] – The [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Enikő – Mihály Vörösmarty
Idril, [name_f]Tinuviel[/name_f] – Silmarillion (J.R.R.Tolkien)
Grażyna – Grażyna (Adam Mickiewicz)
[name_f]Haidee[/name_f] – [name_m]Don[/name_m] [name_m]Juan[/name_m] ([name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_m]Byron[/name_m])
Iracema – Iracema (José de Alencar)
Jólánka – Jólánka, Etelkának Leánya (András Dugonics)
Lorna – Lorna Doone (R.D. Blackmore)
[name_f]Lucasta[/name_f] – [name_f]Lucasta[/name_f] ([name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_u]Lovelace[/name_u])
Mahulena – Radúz and Mahulena (Julius Zeyer)
Malvina – James MacPherson
[name_f]Medora[/name_f] – The Corsair ([name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_m]Byron[/name_m])
Melantha – Marriage a la Mode (John Dryden)
Minea – The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
Miranda – The Tempest (Shakespeare)
Myra – Fulke Greville
Jessica, [name_f]Nerissa[/name_f] – The Merchant of [name_f]Venice[/name_f] ([name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m])
[name_f]Nydia[/name_f] – The Last Days of Pompeii ([name_m]Edward[/name_m] Bulwer-[name_m]Lytton[/name_m])
[name_f]Olivette[/name_f] – [name_u]Les[/name_u] noces d’[name_f]Olivette[/name_f] ([name_m]Edmond[/name_m] Audran)
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] – [name_f]Arcadia[/name_f] ([name_m]Jacopo[/name_m] Sannazaro)
Ornella – La Figlia di Jorio (Gabriele d’Annunzio)
Pamela – The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (Sir Philip Sidney)
[name_f]Perdita[/name_f] – The [name_u]Winter[/name_u]'s Tale ([name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m])
[name_f]Pippi[/name_f] – [name_f]Pippi[/name_f] Longstocking ([name_f]Astrid[/name_f] Lindgren)
[name_f]Pollyanna[/name_f] – [name_f]Pollyanna[/name_f] ([name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] H. [name_u]Porter[/name_u])
Ronja – Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (Astrid Lindgren)
Tímea – The Golden Man (Mór Jókai)
Tinatin – The [name_m]Knight[/name_m] in the Panther’s Skin ([name_m]Shota[/name_m] Rustaveli)
[name_f]Titania[/name_f] – A Midsummer [name_u]Night[/name_u]'s [name_u]Dream[/name_u] ([name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m])
[name_f]Undine[/name_f] – Paracelsus
Vanessa – Cadenus and Vanessa (Jonathan Swift)
Zaïre – Zaïre ([name_u]Voltaire[/name_u])
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Lyra!
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Pamela
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Eilonwy, which I find gorgeous!
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I have soft spot for Bradamante, but won’t be using it
other favorites includes: [name_f]Nerissa[/name_f], [name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f], [name_f]Eponine[/name_f] and [name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
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Coraline and [name_f]Yvaine[/name_f] were created by [name_u]Neil[/name_u] Gaiman for his books. [name_f]Stellaluna[/name_f] was created by [name_f]Janell[/name_f] [name_m]Cannon[/name_m] for her children’s book. L. [name_m]Frank[/name_m] Baum invented the lovely [name_f]Evrose[/name_f] and [name_f]Ozma[/name_f] for his [name_m]Oz[/name_m] books. [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] [name_m]Swift[/name_m] created [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]. [name_u]George[/name_u] R.R. [name_m]Martin[/name_m] invented a lot of names for his fantasy series A Song of [name_u]Ice[/name_u] and [name_u]Fire[/name_u], though the most notable one is probably [name_f]Daenerys[/name_f]. [name_m]Douglass[/name_m] [name_m]Adams[/name_m] invented [name_f]Trillian[/name_f] in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the [name_u]Galaxy[/name_u]. Last (and probably least, lol) [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f] [name_m]Meyer[/name_m] coined [name_f]Renesmee[/name_f] in the twilight series.
Bonus: [name_m]Castiel[/name_m] and [name_f]Miley[/name_f] were popularized by television shows Supernatural and [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] [name_u]Montana[/name_u], respectively.
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The name [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] was made up by Cervantes for [name_m]Don[/name_m] [name_m]Quixote[/name_m].
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