Anyone got some names you just fell in love with or seem to stick with you after reading a book?
My list: [name]Gatsby[/name], [name]Jasper[/name], [name]Indigo[/name], [name]Dash[/name], [name]Phoenix[/name]…name a few
Great idea for a topic!
My favs:
[name]Cosette[/name] - may be naming my daughter this soon!
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Wallace[/name] - have been wanting to name a son this, but DH says no 
[name]Anastasia[/name] - a’la little Miss Krumpnik
[name]Aravis[/name] - a little to out there
[name]Priya[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Abilene[/name]
[name]Opal[/name]
[name]Primrose[/name]
[name]Les[/name] Miserables-
[name]Fantine[/name]
Eponine
[name]Amaryllis[/name], I love the name [name]Cosette[/name] as well!
Pride and Prejudice-
[name]Fitzwilliam[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Jane[/name] Eyre-
[name]Rochester[/name]
[name]Estella[/name] - Great Expectations
[name]Holden[/name] - Catcher in the [name]Rye[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name] - Atonement
[name]Cecily[/name] - The Importance of Being [name]Earnest[/name]
All I can think of right now…
[name]Atticus[/name] and [name]Scout[/name] from TKAM 
- [name]Charlie[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name] - Pride and Prejudice
[name]Beatrice[/name] - Much [name]Ado[/name] About Nothing
[name]Ezekiel[/name] - Devil in a [name]Blue[/name] Dress
[name]Shirley[/name] - [name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables
[name]Atticus[/name] - To Kill a Mockingbird
[name]Agatha[/name] - From my love of reading [name]Agatha[/name] [name]Christie[/name] mysteries.
[name]Annabelle[/name] - [name]Annabelle[/name] [name]Lee[/name] by [name]Poe[/name]. Since we read it in [name]Jr[/name]. High, I couldn’t forget it.
Kautilya
Bles
[name]Sula[/name]
[name]Ajax[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Esperanza[/name]
[name]Salvador[/name]
Lizard
Mayli
Mostly all from [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name], minus the villains. I especially love the trio’s names ([name]Harry[/name], [name]Ron[/name], & [name]Hermione[/name]), the Weasleys, Albus, [name]Sirius[/name], [name]Remus[/name],(Nymphadora) Tonks, Alastor, [name]Kingsley[/name], [name]Luna[/name]…etc!
[name]Edward[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Rosalie[/name], [name]Emmett[/name], [name]Alice[/name] & [name]Jasper[/name] from Twilight
[name]Lucy[/name] from [name]Narnia[/name]
[name]Atticus[/name] & [name]Scout[/name] from TKAM
[name]Juliet[/name] & [name]Ophelia[/name], to name my tops, from [name]Shakespeare[/name]
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- that’s all I can think of off the top of my head!
I love the name [name]Holden[/name]
Hmm.
[name]Lucie[/name] - A Tale of Two Cities
[name]Therese[/name] - A Tale of Two Cities (This is the villain’s name, actually.)
[name]Arwen[/name] - The [name]Lord[/name] of the Rings
[name]Mercy[/name] - The Witch of Blackbird Pond
[name]Nathaniel[/name] - The Witch of Blackbird Pond
[name]Arwen[/name] from [name]Lord[/name] of the Rings (though I wouldn’t use it on my child)
[name]Harry[/name], [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Ron[/name], Ginerva, [name]Lavender[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Angelina[/name], [name]Alicia[/name]…the list from [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name] is long…
[name]Darcy[/name], [name]Jane[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name] from Pride and Prejudice
[name]Lucy[/name] and [name]Peter[/name] from [name]Narnia[/name].
[name]Edward[/name], [name]Bella[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Rosalie[/name], [name]Emmett[/name], [name]Jasper[/name] from Twilight
i love jack becoz of the artful dodger. iv decided i mite use ‘dodger’ as a name i love the dodger so much!
also i read a book called ‘yankee girl’ and the charater ‘[name]Jeb[/name]’ i just fell in love with! so [name]JEB[/name] is now my fave boy name
[name]Persephone[/name] (per seph o nee). i was readin a book called naughts and crosses and tahst where i saw the name. i didnt like it coz i thought it was ‘perse-fone’ i thought horrible. wen i learned the proper pronousiation i loved it!
Oh lordy lord… The only thing that kept me interested in most of the English books I’ve had to read were the names.
Some of my list:
[name]Holden[/name] - I love Catcher in the [name]Rye[/name], and the name is wonderful
[name]Phoebe[/name] - see above
[name]Daisy[/name] - I hated the Great [name]Gatsby[/name], but I loved the name [name]Daisy[/name] after it
[name]Phaedra[/name] - we’ve been reading a lot of Greek mythology lately…
[name]Andromeda[/name]
[name]Perseus[/name]
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Castor[/name]
[name]Paris[/name] - I actually like this for a boy
[name]Simon[/name] - hated [name]Lord[/name] of the Flies, loved the name after reading it
[name]Jack[/name] - love, love, love this name. [name]Love[/name] it. Hated [name]Lord[/name] of the Flies though haha
I can’t remember all of them, we’ve read so many books, but this is a good list.
[name]Briony[/name] from Atonement
GIRLS::
Aaronia - the dain curse ([name]LOVE[/name] but would never use)
Moiraine - wheel of time series
[name]Calliope[/name] - greek mythology… don’t know if it counts.
[name]Daphne[/name] - again with greek mythology
BOYS:
[name]Dorian[/name] - the picture of dorian gray
[name]Heath[/name] - as in [name]Heathcliff[/name] from wuthering heights
[name]Rand[/name] - wheel of time series
[name]Perrin[/name] - wheel of time series
[name]Ginevra[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Remus[/name]-- [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name]
[name]Saffron[/name], [name]Indigo[/name]-- Casson Family books
[name]Marianne[/name]-- Sense and Sensibility
[name]Jasper[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Alice[/name]-- Twilight (hate the books though!!)
[name]Phaedra[/name], [name]Andromeda[/name], [name]Athena[/name], [name]Althea[/name]-- Greek mythology
I have tons more that I can’t remember!
Ooo…shame on me for forgetting [name]Atticus[/name], [name]Scout[/name] and [name]Jem[/name] from TKAM. Those are wonderful!
[name]Gemma[/name] (A Great and Terrible Beauty)
[name]Pippa[/name] (see above)
[name]Quinlan[/name] (some [name]Julie[/name] Garwood book whose title escapes me)
[name]Crispin[/name] (see above)
[name]Remember[/name] ([name]Remember[/name] Me)
[name]Holden[/name] (Catcher in the [name]Rye[/name])
[name]Louisa[/name] ([name]Little[/name] Women)
[name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Melanie[/name], [name]Eugenie[/name] (Gone with the Wind)
[name]Laura[/name], [name]Grace[/name] ([name]Little[/name] House on the [name]Prairie[/name])
[name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Persis[/name], [name]JAmes[/name], [name]Matthew[/name], [name]Diana[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Dora[/name] ([name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables)
[name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Juliet[/name], [name]Ophelia[/name], [name]Desdemona[/name], [name]Portia[/name], [name]Rosalind[/name], [name]Celia[/name], [name]Arden[/name], [name]Malcolm[/name], [name]Romeo[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name] ([name]Shakespeare[/name])
Those are all I can think of off the top of my head!
Female names
[name]Amma[/name] (nn for [name]Amity[/name]) - Doublebind
Kismine- [name]Fitzgerald[/name]'s short story “The [name]Diamond[/name] as Big as the Ritz”
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Valentine[/name]- Ender’s Game
[name]Ilse[/name]- [name]Spring[/name] Awakening
[name]Male[/name] names
[name]Amory[/name]- [name]Fitzgerald[/name] again
([name]Newland[/name]) [name]Archer[/name]- [name]Edith[/name] [name]Wharton[/name] (Age of Innocence)
Ender- [name]Card[/name]'s Ender’s Game
Melchiore- [name]Spring[/name] Awakening