While he may be a rather morbid inspiration for baby naming [name]Poe[/name] is one of my favorite authors. There’s so many layers in what he writes and there’s so many ways to read it. My freshman lit. professor told us that [name]Poe[/name] is not just The [name]Raven[/name] and The Tell Tale Heart. There’s so much more than that. And he was right.
Opinions on these names? Not all are taken from [name]Poe[/name]'s stories, some are just names that are similar to some “unwearable” ones.
[name]August[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Felix[/name] (too much of a stretch?)
[name]Lee[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]/[name]Julian[/name]
Amontillado “[name]Monty[/name]” (for a pet only)
[name]Lenore[/name]/[name]Hannelore[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Raven[/name] (totally nms though)
Nevermore “[name]Nev[/name]” (pet only)
[name]Roderick[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]/[name]Annabelle[/name] (again nms)
Any other ideas or suggestions? Thanks!
Since I live in the city where [name]Edgar[/name] [name]Allen[/name] [name]Poe[/name] is buried and the home of the Ravens football team, named in honor of his poem, I almost have to answer this one! I’d love to see more little boys named [name]Edgar[/name] too. I think you did a good job of selecting and adopting names (i.e. [name]August[/name] for [name]Auguste[/name], etc.) and I would definitely consider using a lot them.
Some more:
[name]Usher[/name] (Fall of the House of [name]Usher[/name])
[name]Rue[/name] (Murders in the [name]Rue[/name] Morgue)
[name]William[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [name]Leonard[/name] (his brother)
[name]Rosalie[/name] (his sister)
[name]John[/name] [name]Allan[/name] and [name]Frances[/name] [name]Valentine[/name] [name]Allan[/name] (his adoptive parents)
[name]Richmond[/name], [name]Virginia[/name] (where he also lived)
[name]Baltimore[/name], Maryland (where he’s buried)
[name]Bronx[/name]/Fordham, [name]New[/name] [name]York[/name] (where he lived)
[name]Philadelphia[/name], Pennsylvania (another place where he lived)
[name]Amity[/name] (the name of the street in [name]Baltimore[/name] where his house is)
[name]Byron[/name] ([name]Poe[/name]'s literary hero)
([name]Sarah[/name]) [name]Elmira[/name] Royster [name]Shelton[/name] (fiancee)
[name]Tamerlane[/name] (first book)
[name]Maria[/name] Clemm (his aunt)
[name]Virginia[/name] Clemm (his niece and wife)
[name]Eulalie[/name] (poem)
[name]Arabesque[/name] (Tales of the Grotesque and [name]Arabesque[/name])
[name]Lowell[/name] (Mass., where he met [name]Nancy[/name] [name]Richmond[/name])
[name]Annie[/name] (poem-- For [name]Annie[/name])
[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Helen[/name] [name]Whitman[/name] (another fiancee)
[name]Rufus[/name] Griswold (literary competitor)
[name]Reynolds[/name] (the name [name]Poe[/name] supposedly called out repeatedly on the night he died)
Eureka (poem)
Cognac, [name]Rose[/name]/Roses (traditional gifts left on his grave)
[name]Helen[/name] (poem)
[name]Valdemar[/name] (The Facts in the [name]Case[/name] of M. [name]Valdemar[/name])
[name]Madeline[/name] ([name]Roderick[/name]'s sister in the Fall of the House of [name]Usher[/name])
[name]William[/name] Legrand (The [name]Gold[/name]-Bug)
[name]Jupiter[/name] (servant in The [name]Gold[/name]-Bug)
I like [name]Tamerlane[/name] but I think its regulated to the pet world for me.
I know DH loves [name]Rose[/name] but most noun names sound off with our noun last name which is saddening but also loves [name]Annie[/name]. If I could talk OH into using [name]Edgar[/name] Iwould be ecstatic.
Thank so much for the suggestions! I’m going to have to save this list and show him later.
What about [name]Edgar[/name]?
There is also his wife [name]Virginia[/name] [name]Eliza[/name]…
What about [name]Edgar[/name]?
There is also his wife [name]Virginia[/name] [name]Eliza[/name]…
[name]Valdemar[/name] (The Facts in the [name]Case[/name] of M. [name]Valdemar[/name])
[name]Roderick[/name] (The Fall of the House of [name]Usher[/name])
[name]Madeline[/name] (The Fall…)
(Characters in [name]Poe[/name]'s stories: Notes on Characters from Stories of Edgar Allan Poe | BookRags.com)