Sherlock Holmes Names!

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] berries!

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I’m in a Sherlocky mood—what names would you add to a list of usable names to honor the great detective… and is [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] ever potentially usable?

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[name_f]So[/name_f] far I’ve got:

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  • [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m]
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  • [name_m]Watson[/name_m]
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  • [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
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  • [name_m]Adler[/name_m]
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  • [name_m]Baker[/name_m]
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  • Mycroft
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  • [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
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If Moriarty wasn’t so bad, he might make a fun middle. [name_f][/name_f] [name_f]Any[/name_f] others?

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Thanks, berries!

I read the four novels recently.

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Some of the characters:

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[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jefferson[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Beryl[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ettie[/name_f]

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A character called [name_m]Sholto[/name_m] appears in one of the books :wink:[name_f][/name_f] [name_f][/name_f] (as a surname, but you know)

Sherrinford[name_f][/name_f] was originally considered by [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Conan[/name_m] [name_m]Doyle[/name_m] for his main character (nowadays, it is sometimes used by fans for an hypothetical brother of [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] and Mycroft). [name_f]Enola[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] from [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] Springer’s [name_m]The[/name_m] [name_f]Enola[/name_f] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m] Mysteries[name_f][/name_f] also comes to mind, though this may be straying too far from canon!

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[name_m]Doyle[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] for something slightly less direct? And maybe [name_m]Hudson[/name_m][name_f][/name_f], as in Mrs [name_m]Hudson[/name_m], [name_m]Holmes[/name_m] and Watson’s landlady. :magnifying_glass_tilted_left:

Wildcard but since [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] means ‘fair haired’ you could use another blonde hair name as a nod? [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m], [name_m]Finley[/name_m], [name_m]Finnian[/name_m], [name_m]Finn[/name_m], [name_m]Linus[/name_m] all mean light haired too.

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There’s a full list of characters here[name_f][/name_f]!