What are your favorite lit. names? We are looking for some related to American literature specifically. Our daughter is [name_f]Allegra[/name_f], taken from “The Children’s Hour” by [name_m]Longfellow[/name_m]…it would be really special to have a name that has a subtle connection to her name. [name_f]TIA[/name_f]!
[name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Arrietty[/name_f]
[name_f]Atalanta[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Briony[/name_f]
[name_f]Catriona[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]/[name_f]Honoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamond[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Verena[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenobia[/name_f]
That’s a great list! Thank you!
No problem! Good luck! 
If you need more ideas, I’m sure I can find some more!
[name_f]Perdita[/name_f] - The [name_u]Winter[/name_u]'s Tale
[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f] - [name_m]Don[/name_m] [name_m]Quixote[/name_m] (I think this would be really pretty with [name_f]Allegra[/name_f])
[name_f]Lucasta[/name_f] - Lovelace’s collection of poems
[name_f]Nydia[/name_f] - The Last Days of Pompeii
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f] - The Importance of Being [name_m]Earnest[/name_m]
[name_f]Briony[/name_f] - Atonement
[name_f]Esme[/name_f] - For [name_f]Esme[/name_f] - With [name_u]Love[/name_u] and Squalor
[name_f]Una[/name_f] - The Faerie Queene
[name_f]Estella[/name_f] - Great Expectations
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f], [name_f]Eponine[/name_f], [name_f]Fantine[/name_f] - [name_u]Les[/name_u] Miserables
I’m not particularly strong in American literature, so I’ll just suggest various literate names.
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f] (LOTR)
Belphoebe (The Faerie Queene)
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f] (Troilus and [name_f]Cressida[/name_f])
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] ([name_m]Othello[/name_m])
[name_f]Eglantine[/name_f] (The Prioress’s Tale)
[name_f]Elanor[/name_f] (LOTR)
[name_u]Hero[/name_u] (Much [name_f]Ado[/name_f] About Nothing)
[name_f]Hester[/name_f] (The [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] Letter)
[name_f]Mafalda[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] ([name_m]Hamlet[/name_m])
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f] ([name_f]Thomasina[/name_f] Tittlemouse)
Alatáriel (LOTR)
[name_u]Alva[/name_u] (Madicken)
[name_f]Annika[/name_f] ([name_f]Pippi[/name_f] Longstocking)
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f] (LOTR)
Belphoebe (The Faerie Queene)
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (Wuthering Heights)
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f] (Troilus and [name_f]Cressida[/name_f])
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] ([name_m]Othello[/name_m])
[name_f]Eglantine[/name_f] (The Prioress’s Tale)
[name_f]Elanor[/name_f] (LOTR)
Éowyn (LOTR)
Galadriel (LOTR)
[name_u]Hero[/name_u] (Much [name_f]Ado[/name_f] About Nothing)
[name_f]Hester[/name_f] (The [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] Letter)
Illyria (it’s a location though; Twelfth [name_m]Night[/name_m])
[name_f]Juno[/name_f] (The [name_f]Tempest[/name_f])
Katla (The Brothers Lionheart)
Madicken (Madicken)
[name_f]Mafalda[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] ([name_m]Hamlet[/name_m])
Rhaenys (ASOIAF)
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f] ([name_f]Thomasina[/name_f] Tittlemouse)
Undómiel (LOTR)
Visenya (ASOIAF)