I ADORE classic books! [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Maud[/name_f] [name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]…
I also love “A Series of Unfortunate Events” though it is technically not a classic book, just written in that style.
Any names like those used in classic books? Vintage, elegant, charming, unique…
Thanks in advance!
Amy, Annabelle, Anne, Clara, Diana, Esther, Florence, Hannah, Jane, Josephine, Margaret, Rose, Ruby
Alec, Archibald, Felix, Frederick, George, Gilbert, James, Laurence, Matthew, Stephen, William
I’m also I big literary fan! I really love some of the names and places used in old books such as:
[name_f]Avonlea[/name_f]
[name_u]Austen[/name_u]
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_u]Prairie[/name_u]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
I think [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] and [name_f]Maud[/name_f] are already good ones.
All the names of the [name_u]Bennett[/name_u] Sisters, especially [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f](also the secret garden) which are less common than [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] and [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_u]Maria[/name_u] from Pride and Prejudice, love [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] and [name_u]Maria[/name_u].
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]/Anne ( [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables)
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] ( [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables)
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f] ([name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables) this is quite unique imo
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] ( little women) I’m not a fan of [name_f]Amy[/name_f] though
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] ( [name_f]Matilda[/name_f])
[name_f]Estella[/name_f] ( Great expectations) [name_u]Love[/name_u] this one
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f] ( Cadenus and [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f])
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] ( used in [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]‘s operas)
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] ( like [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_m]Woolf[/name_m])
[name_f]Eveline[/name_f] ( [name_u]Joyce[/name_u] )
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] ( [name_m]Dante[/name_m]- [name_f]Divine[/name_f] Commedy)
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Agnese[/name_f] (The betrothed- [name_m]Alessandro[/name_m] Manzoni)
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] and [name_f]Teresa[/name_f] ( the names of the women loved by the great Italian poets [name_m]Francesco[/name_m] Petrarca and [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] Leopardi)
Fermina ( like Fermina Daza from [name_u]Love[/name_u] in the time of Cholera -[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_u]Garcia[/name_u] [name_m]Marquez[/name_m])
Most classic literary names I can think of are just names that would have been common at the time of writing (e.g. [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_u]Anne[/name_u], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]). But I assume you’re looking for less common names?
Perhaps:
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]/Elinor (the [name_f]Elinor[/name_f] spelling was used by [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u] in Sense and Sensibility)
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Christiana[/name_f]
Désirée
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
Dorian
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Aramis[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmond[/name_m]
D’Artagnan (if you’re looking for something really unique)
Here are some extensive lists you might enjoy perusing – names from some of my favorite classic writers who were all brilliant namers. 
I have gotten loads of inspiration from literature myself, and these lists are very well-compiled!
From ASOUE (another big fan!) some names that I think fit that literary style are:
[name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] “[name_m]Ike[/name_m]”
[name_u]Kit[/name_u] (either gender)
[name_m]Jacques[/name_m]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Mattathias[/name_m]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] “[name_m]Hal[/name_m]”
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
Hope this helps! I tried to pick out the most “normal” names since they can get pretty out there.
I love [name_u]Alcott[/name_u] and [name_u]March[/name_u] for a boy. I look at 1890s-1910s popularity lists for inspiration!