[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Berries!
Had a big crush on literary names!
But literary names are usually vintage (like [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f] Florence),
Is there any names that are literary yet modern?
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I guess it depends on what you consider literature. Are you thinking of books that are considered “classics”, the literary canon? Modern literature (e.g. books published since the 1960s) will have many more modern names than Victorian literature, for example.
great point!
i’d say modern literature
[name_f]Alaska[/name_f]
[name_m]Amir[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
Éowyn
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_m]Pi[/name_m]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Ronja[/name_f]
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What a wonderful prompt!
Here are some names from modern literature:
[name_f]Scout[/name_f]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Rudy[/name_m]
[name_m]Sawyer[/name_m]
[name_m]Augie[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
You could also go less classic, with the likes of [name_f]Arya[/name_f], [name_f]Sansa[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_m]Sirius[/name_m], [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], etc. Not sure if this is the vibe you’re going for though!
Of course, there are also a handful of modern-sounding names from classic texts. These are from pre-1900 literature. Note that most of these I would consider universal classics that have a trendy vibe, rather than “modern” names.
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercedes[/name_f] (Mercédès)
[name_f]Darcy[/name_f]
(Huckleberry) [name_m]Finn[/name_m]
(Jane) [name_f]Eyre[/name_f]
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]
[name_m]Tristan[/name_m]
If you consider these literary names, you could draw from classic authors as well, e.g. [name_m]Austen[/name_m], [name_m]Wilde[/name_m], [name_m]Woolf[/name_m], [name_f]Bronte[/name_f], etc.
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Thank you!
Yes you did capture the vibe I was trying to describe! I love [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] and [name_f]Darcy[/name_f], and perhaps also [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] (if it wasn’t sooooooo popular).
I don’t actually mind the actual publishing date for the literature as long as they sounds modern!
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Hahah [name_m]Pi[/name_m] is so cute, sound like someone who’s good at math and can recite the 159th of π in their sleep.
I do love [name_f]Lyra[/name_f]. I love its meaning and the starting letter L, however was not so interested in the sound.
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Some of these are from more contemporary literature, some from older ones/classics that still feel modern:
Snowe
Darcy
Coraline
Morrigan
Jem
Atticus
Irie
Lux
Astrid
Jude
Circe
Connell
Irina
Stella
Desiree
Cushla
Thaniel
Dana
Sula
Ripley
Denver
Esme
Deenie
Alec
Keedie
Adeline
Bridie
Viviette
Ezra
Franklin
Katri
Clover
Marlowe
Quincey
Waverley
Orlando
Queenie
Silas
Jordan
Where they come from
Snowe → Lucy Snowe from Charlotte Bronte’s Villette
Darcy → Mr Darcy, from Pride and Prejudice
Coraline → title character of the Neil Gaiman book
Morrigan → not actually read it, but there’s a series called Nevermoor with MC Morrigan
Jem → from To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus → from To Kill a Mockingbird
Irie → from Zadie Smith’s novel White Teeth
Lux → from Ali Smith’s book Winter
Astrid → from Ali Smith’s novel The Accidental and writer Astrid Lindgren
Jude → from Brit Bennett’s novel The Vanishing Half (a female chara) and from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (male character)
Circe → from Greek myth, and the novel by Madeline Miller
Connell → from Normal People by Sally Rooney (Rooney could work too)
Irina → from Boy Parts by Eliza Clark and from a Chekov play
Stella → The Vanishing Half
Desiree → The Vanishing Half and Villette
Cushla → Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Thaniel → The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Dana → Kindred by Octavia Butler
Sula → Sula by Toni Morrison
Ripley → The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Denver → female character in Beloved by Toni Morrison
Esme → from The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and also The Dictionary of Lost Words
Deenie → from the Judy Blume book
Alec → from Maurice by EM Forster
Keedie → From A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Adeline → same as above
Bridie → from The Pull of The Stars
Viviette → From Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy
Ezra → various, but I was thinking of from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Franklin → same as above
Katri → from The True Deceiver by Tove Janssen
Clover → from Animal Farm by Orwell and The Museum of You by Carys Bray
Marlowe → as in Christopher Marlowe
Quincey → from Dracula by Bram Stoker
Waverley → from the novel of the same name by Walter Scott
Orlando → from the novel by Virginia Woolf
Queenie → from the book by Candice Carty-Williams
Silas → from Silas Marner by George Eliot
Jordan → from The Great Gatsby
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love the series! it’s awesome.
anyways…
[name_f]Moira[/name_f]
[name_m]Darrell[/name_m]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Morrigan[/name_f] lol
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_m]Keefe[/name_m]
hope this helps!
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WOWWWW THANKS A LOT
That is sooooo detail!
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Thanks! I adore [name_f]Olive[/name_f]!