Vintage Literary Names

Girl Names
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This is more for a friend of mine who is expecting their first baby late [name_u]November[/name_u].

I was asked for vintage literature name ideas and I drew a blank!!

I need suggestions of names that can be seen in literature, in particular vintage - like The Brontes, [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u], HP [name_u]Love[/name_u] Craft, if you can include book references, that would be great.

Oh and apparently the MN will be [name_f]Holly[/name_f], [name_f]Nova[/name_f] or [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] if that helps.

First time asking for friends XD did I get all the info?

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Oh… It’s to honour the maternal grandmother who is a liberian

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[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] ([name_f]Villette[/name_f])
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] (Wuthering Heights and Northanger [name_u]Abbey[/name_u])
[name_f]Elinor[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] (Middlemarch and Sense and Sensibility)
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein)
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] ([name_f]Villette[/name_f] and Mill on the [name_f]Floss[/name_f])
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] (Wuthering Heights and Northanger [name_u]Abbey[/name_u])
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] ([name_f]Ruth[/name_f])
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] ([name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f])
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] (Sylvias Lovers)
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] ([name_f]Waverley[/name_f] and Turn of the Screw)
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] (Tenant of Wildfell [name_m]Hall[/name_m])
[name_u]Marion[/name_u] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] (the woman in white)
[name_f]Esther[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] (the bell jar and Bleak House)
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] ([name_m]Oliver[/name_m] Twist)
[name_f]Anne[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] (Persuasion)
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice)
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] (Sense and Sensibility)
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] (Pride and Prejudice and [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f])
[name_f]Amy[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] ([name_m]Little[/name_m] Women)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] ‘[name_u]Jo[/name_u]’ ([name_m]Little[/name_m] women)
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] ([name_m]David[/name_m] Copperfield and [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_u]Grey[/name_u])
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] (Mill on the [name_f]Floss[/name_f])
[name_f]Estella[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] (Great Expectations)
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] ([name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_u]Grey[/name_u])

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] that helps!

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Thank you.

She said she likes - [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. She is also liking the sound of [name_f]Nancy[/name_f]

So thinking she likes older names best? Idk how to style her name likes

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I’d love [name_f]Hester[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f], and it might fit her vintage style? ([name_f]Hester[/name_f] Prynne, The [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] Letter)

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Lovecraft:

[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_u]Auburn[/name_u] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]

[name_u]Austen[/name_u]:

[name_f]Lydia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Elinore[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] “[name_f]Kitty[/name_f]” “[name_u]Kit[/name_u]”
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Sally[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f] “[name_u]Kit[/name_u]” “[name_f]Cora[/name_f]”
[name_f]Salina[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f] “[name_f]Sally[/name_f]”
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] “[name_f]Nellie[/name_f]” “[name_u]Penny[/name_u]”
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]

Brontes:

[name_f]Adele[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f] “[name_f]Goldie[/name_f]”
Antoinetta [name_f]Holly[/name_f] “[name_f]Etta[/name_f]” “[name_f]Toni[/name_f]”
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] “[name_f]Lola[/name_f]” “[name_f]Dot[/name_f]” “[name_f]Dolly[/name_f]”
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] “[name_u]Nelly[/name_u]”
[name_f]Esther[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f] “Etsy”
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]*[name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgette[/name_f] Holy
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] “[name_f]Ginny[/name_f]”
[name_f]Hester[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Hortense[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Justine[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Milicent[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] “[name_f]Millie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Minnie[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f] (Jessmine or [name_f]Minerva[/name_f])
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulina[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]"[name_f]Polly[/name_f]"
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamond[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginie[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]

Shakespear:

[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f] “[name_f]Demi[/name_f]”
[name_m]Cymbeline[/name_m] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Phebe[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f] “[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]” “[name_f]Indie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f] [name_f]Gisele[/name_f] “[name_u]Sully[/name_u]”
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]

[name_m]Author[/name_m] names:

Brönte Gisele
Anais Hollu
[name_u]Ellison[/name_u] Nova
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f] Gisele
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] Nova
[name_u]Austen[/name_u] Gisele
[name_f]Jessamyn[/name_f] Holly
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u] Gisele “[name_f]Heddy[/name_f]”
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f] Gisele
[name_u]Zola[/name_u] Holly
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u] Nova
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] Holly

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Araminty Nova (Araminty Brown is the mother in Enid Bagnold’s National Velvet)
Louisa Holly (for Louisa Alcott and Louisa ‘Loo’ in Dickens’ Hard Times)
Beatrix Holly (for Beatrix Potter)
Guinevere Holly (from Tennyson and from the Arthurian legends)
Bronte Giselle
Marianne Holly (Sense and Sensibility)
Elinor Holly ( " )
Catherine Holly (Wuthering Heights)
Dorrit Holly (Dickens’ Little Dorrit)
Angelou Holly (for Maya Angelou)

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[name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]/[name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Edna[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f]
Naomi Giselle
Zora Giselle
Barbara Giselle
Margaret Nova
Virginia Holly
Octavia Holly
Dorothy Nova
Miranda Giselle
Daphne Giselle

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Some HP names:

[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]/[name_f]Ginny[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Katie[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Pansy[/name_f]
[name_f]Petunia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Kendra[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Hedwig[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Marietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]

I’m sure there are tons more, but these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head!

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Thank you. [name_m]Will[/name_m] send her this thread link so she can look at the suggestions.