# (Usable) Names from fairy tales?

**URL:** <https://forum.nameberry.com/t/usable-names-from-fairy-tales/166547>\
**Category:** Writers' Corner\
**Created:** [February 7, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/usable-names-from-fairy-tales/166547 "2012-02-07T19:38:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![erose](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/erose/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@erose](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/erose)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/usable-names-from-fairy-tales/166547/1 "2012-02-07T19:38:53Z")

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[name]Hi[/name] everyone!

I’m looking for names that are from fairy tales, but are still usable for a baby/child/woman. Or names from literature, that aren’t well known.

My list;

[name]Romola[/name]  
[name]Melusine[/name]  
[name]Lorelei[/name]  
[name]Lyra[/name] (Pullman series)  
[name]Portia[/name]

I’m stumped!

(No need to iterate the Disney princesses, though)

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**Author:** ![shellezbellez](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/shellezbellez/32/767_2.png) [@shellezbellez](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/shellezbellez)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/usable-names-from-fairy-tales/166547/2 "2012-02-07T19:59:17Z")

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I always loved Jorinda from Grimm’s “Jorinda and Joringel” about a sister and brother.

From literature…

[name]Perdita[/name] (A [name]Winter[/name]'s Tale) by [name]Shakespeare[/name]; I’ve always pn it “per-[name]DEE[/name]-tah,” but heard it pn as “[name]PER[/name]-dih-tah” on the audio version of the fourth Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book, but I don’t like that pn at all!)

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**Author:** ![erose](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/erose/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@erose](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/erose)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/usable-names-from-fairy-tales/166547/3 "2012-02-07T20:21:29Z")

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If we’re going with a name that most people think means “pig”, then “lost” isn’t that bad! I do love A [name]Winter[/name]'s Tale!

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**Author:** ![miloowen](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/miloowen/32/72642_2.png) [@miloowen](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/miloowen)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/usable-names-from-fairy-tales/166547/4 "2012-02-07T20:25:24Z")

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[name]Fairy[/name] tale names? Or mythology names? I’ve always loved [name]Olwen[/name], from Welsh tales. I also love [name]Gerda[/name], from the [name]Snow[/name] [name]Queen[/name] (and it was also my grandmother’s name) and [name]Solveig[/name], from Norse tales. My favourite European/Grimm tale was [name]Snow[/name] White and [name]Rose[/name] [name]Red[/name], but I guess you could go with [name]Neve[/name] for [name]Snow[/name].