Names from what You're Reading

[name_m]Just[/name_m] like the thread in Everything But Names, except that you post any notable names from the book.

I’m reading “The Taker”, which just has some stereotypical teenager-in-early-2000’s names, like [name_f]Carly[/name_f] and [name_m]Rick[/name_m]…

Hominy
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f]

Fullerton
[name_u]Sky[/name_u], Rodah

I’m reading “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood” from the Outlander series. My favorite names from the series are [name_u]Jem[/name_u] (nn for [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m]), [name_u]James[/name_u]/[name_u]Jamie[/name_u], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_m]Henri[/name_m]-[name_m]Christian[/name_m], [name_m]Ian[/name_m], [name_f]Dottie[/name_f], Felicite, and [name_f]Rachel[/name_f].

Other notables include Marsali, [name_m]Fergus[/name_m], [name_m]Denzell[/name_m], and [name_m]Germain[/name_m]. There are somewhat dated names, too: [name_f]Brianna[/name_f], [name_f]Mandy[/name_f], [name_m]Roger[/name_m], [name_f]Janet[/name_f], etc.

I’m currently reading two books, The Paying Guests by [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] Waters, and [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] [name_u]Green[/name_u] by [name_f]Kerstin[/name_f] Gier.

[name_f]Emerald[/name_f] [name_u]Green[/name_u] is actually a [name_m]German[/name_m] book translated into English, but it’s set in [name_f]England[/name_f]. There’s a lot of really fascinating names, including:
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]/[name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f] - the main character. In [name_m]German[/name_m] her name is [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f], but they changed it to [name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f] in the English translation because [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] is unpopular in [name_f]England[/name_f] currently, apparently.
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_f]Arista[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]Lesley[/name_u]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_u]Nick[/name_u]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_m]Falk[/name_m]
[name_f]Glenda[/name_f]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]

The Paying Guests:

[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilian[/name_f] (nicknamed variously: [name_f]Lil[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f])
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] (nicknamed [name_m]Len[/name_m])
[name_f]Christina[/name_f] (edited to add - she’s called [name_f]Chrissy[/name_f] most of the time)
[name_u]Stevie[/name_u]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] (his full name)

There are probably a lot more, but that’s all I can recall for now!

I just finished Gone Girl (LOVED!)

[name_u]Nick[/name_u] - strong name [name_f]IMO[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
Go - nn for [name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_m]Rand[/name_m]
[name_u]Desi[/name_u]
[name_f]Marybeth[/name_f]
[name_m]Tanner[/name_m]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]

That’s all I can think of…

I’m reading Americanah
A lot of Nigerian names.

Ifemelu
Obinze
Uju
Dike
Ginika

I just finished The Book of Life by [name_f]Deborah[/name_f] Harkness

[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_m]Philippe[/name_m]
Ysabeau
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanca[/name_f]
Verin
[name_u]Baldwin[/name_u]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
Gallowglass
Gerbet
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]

Fun! But I am not currently reading anything haven’t in a little while lol. But I’m sitting next to like a 100 childrens books, so I grabbed a few random ones and skimmed through, found some names…

[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_f]Lillie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Dot[/name_f]
Atta
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_u]Marlin[/name_u]
Crush
Darling
[name_m]Chip[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
Muffy
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]

I’ve been reading Game of Thrones so a few of the names I really love from that series are
[name_f]Sansa[/name_f]
[name_u]Arya[/name_u]
Rickon
[name_f]Daenerys[/name_f]
[name_m]Jon[/name_m] [name_f]Snow[/name_f] (my husbands name is [name_m]John[/name_m], so he said he would actually let this one slide xD )
Lyanna
[name_m]Tyrion[/name_m]
[name_u]Shae[/name_u]
[name_u]Jaime[/name_u]

I also read If I Stay and I love the name [name_f]Mia[/name_f] although it is pretty common. I’m a huge book nerd and own about 1,500 books so I usually get a few names from each book I read. SO many options!

I’m currently reading “[name_m]How[/name_m] The [name_u]Garcia[/name_u] Girls Lost Their Accents,” and characters are:

  1. [name_m]Carlos[/name_m]
  2. [name_f]Laura[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Carla[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Yolanda[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]
  7. Mundin
  8. [name_m]Manuel[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Victor[/name_m]
  10. [name_m]Otto[/name_m]
  11. [name_f]Gladys[/name_f]
  12. [name_m]John[/name_m]
  13. [name_u]Rudy[/name_u]
  14. [name_m]Jose[/name_m]

My favorites are [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] & Mundin!

I’ve just finished Fight Club by [name_m]Chuck[/name_m] Palahniuk. I love Fight Club the film, so after re-watching it for the millionth time I decided I need to read the book, lol. It’s not as popular as the film, but I found it just as fascinating and also the ending is different. Anyway, there are not much names in the novel, we never learn the Narrator’s name, other main characters are [name_f]Marla[/name_f] and [name_u]Tyler[/name_u].

currently reading Pride and Prejudice (aka my favourite novel of all time);

[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] ([name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Lizzy[/name_f])
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] ([name_f]Kitty[/name_f])
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]

[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]

I just read “The Forgotten Garden” (K. [name_m]Morton[/name_m]) where some of the names are:

[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_u]Ivory[/name_u]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]

[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Sammy[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]

My favorites are [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] & [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]

I just finished reading the Throne of Glass series by [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] J [name_m]Maas[/name_m], well, finished the books that’s are out, and there are some really nice names in it…

Celaena
Nehemia
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
Aelin
Yrena
Maddy

[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
Hollin
Chaol
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Malakai[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
Aedion
Sam
Ilias
Arobynn

And from the Infernal devices by [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u]…

[name_f]Theresa[/name_f] “[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]”
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]

[name_u]James[/name_u] “[name_u]Jem[/name_u]”
[name_m]William[/name_m] “[name_m]Will[/name_m]”
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexei[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ragnor[/name_m]

I’m currently reading the [name_f]East[/name_f] of the [name_f]Sun[/name_f] series by [name_f]Linda[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] Chaikin. Some of the characters are:
Males
[name_m]Rogan[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Parnell[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Julien[/name_m]
Derwent
Heyden
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]

Females
[name_f]Evy[/name_f]
[name_f]Katie[/name_f] - short for [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
Arcilla
[name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]

[name_m]Just[/name_m] finished Gone Girl and it absolutely made me fall in love with the name Magot!

Edited for Privacy

Recently re-read a YA novel that I absolutely loved when I was a teenager, it was my favourite book (still really love it actually :D).

The main character’s name is [name_m]Tycho[/name_m], which I think is rather unique. The other main character is [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] - and I’m too lazy to look through the book for other names right now. :stuck_out_tongue:

Currently reading “The Tenth Circle” by [name_u]Jodi[/name_u] Picoult

[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_f]Trixie[/name_f]
Shakina
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]
[name_f]Marita[/name_f]

[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_m]Mike[/name_m]
[name_m]Moss[/name_m]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]

I am reading a Room with a View
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] Honeychurch(adorable name)
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]

[name_u]Freddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]