What would you name your kids if you were to name them after your favorite literary name?
Mine:
([name_m]Son[/name_m]) [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] (the fault in our stars)
(Daughter) [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (see above)
(Daughter) [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] “belly” (the summer I turned pretty)
([name_m]Son[/name_m]) [name_m]Harry[/name_m] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
I actually have [name_m]Potter[/name_m] on my boys’ list because of [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] blush
Any book that makes me want to name my children after them is a winner in my opinion!
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] - Time [name_u]Traveler[/name_u]'s Wife
[name_u]Waverly[/name_u] - Glow
[name_u]Adair[/name_u] - a SVT book
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f] (well more TV show than book)
[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite boys combo is all literary names.
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] (The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f]) [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] ([name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m]) [name_m]Walter[/name_m] (Crippen, my favourite book).
But for siblings, I’d have:
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] (His Dark Materials Trilogy)
[name_m]Indigo[/name_m] (The Casson Family Series)
[name_m]August[/name_m] (Wonder)
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] (The Invention of [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] Cabret, although I’ve only watched the film, and [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] technically)
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_m]Darcy[/name_m]- b (Pride and Prejudice, okay a surname but I love it)
[name_u]Dagny[/name_u]- [name_u]Dagny[/name_u] [name_m]Taggart[/name_m], [name_m]Atlas[/name_m] Shrugged. I probably will name a daughter this, I love the name and the character so much.
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]- [name_m]Roland[/name_m] Deschain, The Dark [name_m]Tower[/name_m] Series. [name_f]My[/name_f] number 1 boys name, and my favourite book series.
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]- [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] [name_u]Dean[/name_u], The Dark [name_m]Tower[/name_m] Series. Badass character, and a family name, which is a bonus.
[name_m]Eddie[/name_m] / [name_m]Edward[/name_m]- [name_m]Edward[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Eddie[/name_m]’ [name_u]Dean[/name_u], The Dark [name_m]Tower[/name_m] Series.
[name_f]Nuria[/name_f]- [name_f]Nuria[/name_f] Bonfort, The [name_f]Shadow[/name_f] of the Wind.
[name_m]George[/name_m]- [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Milton[/name_m], Of Mice and Men.
[name_u]Lennie[/name_u]- [name_u]Lennie[/name_u] Small, Of Mice and Men.
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] / Aslan / [name_m]Peter[/name_m]-The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f]
[name_u]Rudy[/name_u] / [name_f]Liesl[/name_f]- The Book Thief
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]- [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] Josse, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
[name_u]Sam[/name_u]- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]- see above ^ idk if I could use it on a boy though
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] ‘[name_u]Min[/name_u]’- Why We Broke Up
[name_f]Bella[/name_f]- Twilight (I really liked that saga, idk)
[name_m]Park[/name_m]- [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] & [name_m]Park[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]- The Fault In Our Stars
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]- Paper Towns
There’s so many good, literary names! A lot of the names on my list are derived from literary works that I love.
Here is just a small selection of my favourites…
[name_u]August[/name_u] (Wonder by R. J. Palacio)
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] by J. K. Rowling)
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] (The Complete [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m] by Sir [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Conan[/name_m] [name_m]Doyle[/name_m])
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] (The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments by [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u])
[name_m]Draco[/name_m] (The [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] series by J. K. Rowling)
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] (The [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] series by J. K. Rowling)
[name_m]Harry[/name_m] (The [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] series by J. K. Rowling)
[name_m]Dante[/name_m] ([name_m]Aristotle[/name_m] and [name_m]Dante[/name_m] Discover the Secrets of the Universe by [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] Alire Sáenz
[name_m]Gatsby[/name_m] (The Great Gastby by F. [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m])
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m] (The Infernal Devices by [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u])
[name_m]Remus[/name_m] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] by J. K. Rowling)
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] (The Mortal Instruments by J. K. Rowling
[name_u]James[/name_u] (The Infernal Devices by [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u])
Meriadoc ([name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)
[name_u]Percy[/name_u] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m] by [name_m]Rick[/name_m] [name_m]Riordan[/name_m])
[name_m]Otis[/name_m] (Things We Didn’t See Coming by [name_m]Steven[/name_m] [name_m]Amsterdam[/name_m])
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] (The Infernal Devices by [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u])
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u] ([name_u]Dexter[/name_u] by [name_m]Jeff[/name_m] [name_u]Lindsay[/name_u])
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] (Divergent by [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] [name_m]Roth[/name_m])
[name_m]Uriah[/name_m] (Divergent by [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] [name_m]Roth[/name_m])
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f] ([name_f]Antigone[/name_f] by Sophocles)
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] ([name_f]Buffy[/name_f] the Vampire Slayer books by multiple authors)
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f] ([name_f]Buffy[/name_f] the Vampire Slayer books by multiple authors)
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] (Arthurian legend)
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice by [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u])
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] by J. K. Rowling)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (Divergent by [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] [name_m]Roth[/name_m])
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] ([name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f] by [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Bronte[/name_f])
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] by J. K. Rowling)
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] by J. K. Rowling)
[name_f]Buffy[/name_f] ([name_f]Buffy[/name_f] the Vampire Slayer books by multiple authors)
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] ([name_m]Hamlet[/name_m] by [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m])
I know a lot more in my combinations are in books too, but those books are not my first connection with the name.
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] - [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]'s [name_m]Web[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] & [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] - the [name_f]Narnia[/name_f] books
[name_u]Jace[/name_u] - Mortal Instrument series
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] - norse myth
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u], [name_f]Pallas[/name_f] [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m], [name_m]Zeus[/name_m], [name_m]Aries[/name_m], Hephaestus - all greek myths
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] - various, [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f]
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m] - the [name_f]Secret[/name_f] of NIMH
…I’ve read a lot of books since childhood but the names rarely enter my heart the way they did when I was a child.
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]- [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women
[name_u]Austen[/name_u]- the [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u] men (I love them all, so this is how I can honour them all!). Namely, Mr [name_u]Darcy[/name_u], Mr Knightly and [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Bertram[/name_m].
[name_m]Hezekiah[/name_m]/[name_u]Elisha[/name_u]- characters from the Bible
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]- The [name_m]Lion[/name_m], The Witch and The Wardrobe
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]- To Kill a Mockingbird
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]- [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], book and movie by [name_m]Roald[/name_m] Dahl
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]- Pride and Prejudice
[name_f]Liesel[/name_f]- The Book Thief. Sound of [name_f]Music[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]- Sense and Sensibilities
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] - [name_f]Narnia[/name_f].
[name_m]Peregrin/name_m - LOTR.
[name_f]Eowyn[/name_f] - see above. Perhaps only in the middle though, I simply adore the character.
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f] - [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m].
[name_m]Perseus[/name_m] nn [name_u]Percy[/name_u] - see above. Mostly as a GP.
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] - HP. I’ve used this for myself though.
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] - HP.
[name_f]Liesl[/name_f] - Sound of [name_f]Music[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] - As You Like It ([name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]).
[name_m]Marius[/name_m] - [name_u]Les[/name_u] Mis.
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] (The Fault in Our Stars)
[name_m]Rochester[/name_m] or [name_m]Edward[/name_m] ([name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f])
[name_f]Adele[/name_f] ([name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f])
[name_m]Potter[/name_m] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] (Glow)
[name_f]Liesel[/name_f] (The Book Thief)
[name_f]Elinor[/name_f] (Sense and Sensibility)
[name_f]Eyre[/name_f] ([name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f])
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] & The [name_u]Winter[/name_u]'s Tale)
[name_f]Lisel[/name_f] (The Book Thief & The Sound of [name_f]Music[/name_f])
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] ([name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m])
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] (The [name_f]Tempest[/name_f])
Boys:
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] (The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f])
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] ([name_m]Mansfield[/name_m] [name_m]Park[/name_m] & The Chronicles of [name_f]Narnia[/name_f])
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] (Sense and Sensibility)
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] (Northanger [name_u]Abbey[/name_u])
[name_m]Philip[/name_m] “[name_m]Pip[/name_m]” (Great Expectations)
Tobias (Divergent)
[name_f]My[/name_f] daughter [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] is named after [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] O’[name_f]Hara[/name_f] (Gone with the wind)
Also [name_u]Red[/name_u] is my favorite color