Maybe your favorite would help me choose a name for my third as I’m very tent to the names from literature?
You’re pregnant again? Whoohooo! So we’ll be fellow Irish twin mamas!
I can’t just say one… impossible. These are the ones that popped into my head right now.
Lads:
[name_m]Remus[/name_m] from [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]. And [name_m]Harry[/name_m], [name_m]Ronald[/name_m], [name_m]Sirius[/name_m], [name_m]Severus[/name_m] and [name_m]Albus[/name_m] too. But [name_m]Remus[/name_m]… my favourite.
[name_m]Westley[/name_m] from The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f]. I mean, come on!
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] from various [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hood things, [name_m]Piers[/name_m] Plowman
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m] from Riders
[name_m]Roland[/name_m] and [name_m]Randolph[/name_m] from Possession
[name_m]George[/name_m] from [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m] from Wuthering Heights
[name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] from [name_m]Sherlock[/name_m] [name_m]Holmes[/name_m]
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m] and [name_m]Eugene[/name_m] from Our Mutual [name_m]Friend[/name_m]
Faramir from The [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings, and Eomer too
[name_m]Innes[/name_m] from The Hand That First Held Mine. Makes me cry just thinking about it…
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m] from The Once and [name_u]Future[/name_u] [name_m]King[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] from Lady Chatterley’s Lover
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] from [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Elina[/name_f] and [name_u]Lexie[/name_u] ([name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]) from The Hand That First Held Mine
[name_f]Veronika[/name_f] from [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] & [name_f]Veronika[/name_f] (I love [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] too, but you’ve already got her!)
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] from [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]. And [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] and [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], and [name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] from His Dark Materials
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] from The Importance of Being [name_m]Earnest[/name_m]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] from Written on the Body
Villanelle from The Passion
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] from [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] from Atonement
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] from Lady Chatterley’s Lover
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f] from Life after Life and Women in [name_f]Love[/name_f] and The [name_u]Ocean[/name_u] at the End of the [name_u]Lane[/name_u]
[name_f]Eowyn[/name_f] from The [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] from [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_u]Marian[/name_u] from various [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hood stuff, The Unicorn, and if you tweak it to [name_f]Marianne[/name_f] there’s The Gargoyle and Sense and Sensibility
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] du Maurier and [name_f]Iris[/name_f] Murdoch are two fantastic writers with beautiful names.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]! When my doctor confirmed pregnancy, I thought - well, [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] can do this, so why can’t I try:p? I know it’s wery small lap of time, but I feel really blessed. Third kid is just what we were dreaming about. And maybe [name_m]Fate[/name_m] knows best, it’s better to do it before I turn 40? Thank you for your ideas. I will begin making lists! All the best!
Yeah, not hard to beat a bipolar scatter brain!
I forgot Gwydion, [name_f]Taran[/name_f] and Eilonwy from The Chronicles of Prydain, and [name_f]Rapunzel[/name_f] from the fairytale by Grimm.
[name_f]Anne[/name_f] from [name_f]Anne[/name_f] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables!
Éowyn from LOTR, I think she was a wonderful character.
Oh, I have so many! Almost all of the ones already listed. Here’s a couple more:
[name_f]Althea[/name_f] and [name_f]Malta[/name_f] Vestrit- Liveship Traders trilogy by [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hobb
[name_u]Arya[/name_u]- A Song of Ice and [name_m]Fire[/name_m] by [name_m]George[/name_m] RR [name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]- I Capture the Castle by [name_f]Dodie[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m]
Dakin- The Farthest Away Mountain by [name_f]Lynne[/name_f] [name_u]Reid[/name_u] [name_m]Banks[/name_m]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u]- Kindred by [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] E. [name_m]Butler[/name_m]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]- The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] and the Goblins by [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]MacDonald[/name_m]
[name_f]Jilly[/name_f] ([name_f]Jillian[/name_f]) Coppercorn- lots of [name_m]Charles[/name_m] de Lint books
Karou and [name_f]Madrigal[/name_f]- [name_f]Laini[/name_f] [name_u]Taylor[/name_u]
Merricat ([name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f])- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by [name_f]Shirley[/name_f] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m] (She’s an odd one, but I adore her)
[name_u]Peri[/name_u] (Periwinkle)- The Changeling Sea by [name_f]Patricia[/name_f] A. McKillip
[name_f]Rilla[/name_f] ([name_f]Marilla[/name_f]) and Kilmeny- LM [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]- [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_u]Robin[/name_u]- AA Milne
Dickon- The [name_f]Secret[/name_f] Garden by [name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_m]Hodgson[/name_m] [name_m]Burnett[/name_m]
[name_u]Gus[/name_u] ([name_m]Augustus[/name_m]) and [name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]- Lonesome [name_u]Dove[/name_u] by [name_m]Larry[/name_m] McMurty
[name_m]Huck[/name_m] ([name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m]) [name_u]Finn[/name_u]- [name_m]Mark[/name_m] [name_m]Twain[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]- [name_m]Robert[/name_m] A Heinlein
[name_m]Pippin[/name_m] ([name_m]Peregrin[/name_m])- Tolkien
[name_m]Stuart[/name_m]- [name_m]Stuart[/name_m] [name_m]Little[/name_m] by [name_m]EB[/name_m] White
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]- LM [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
Wintrow Vestrit- Liveship Traders trilogy by [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hobb
[name_m]Holden[/name_m] (Catcher in the [name_m]Rye[/name_m])
[name_u]Cal[/name_u] ([name_f]East[/name_f] of [name_u]Eden[/name_u])
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m] (The Sound and the Fury)
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m] (film, The Searchers)
[name_u]Shane[/name_u] ([name_u]Shane[/name_u])
Troilus (Troilus and Crisseide)
[name_m]Mike[/name_m] (Hammer, from the [name_u]Mickey[/name_u] Spillane pulp novels)
[name_f]Becky[/name_f] (Vanity Fair)
[name_f]Antoinette[/name_f] (Wide Sargasso Sea)
[name_f]Morag[/name_f] (The Diviners)
[name_f]Sula[/name_f] ([name_f]Sula[/name_f])
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] (The Blind Assassin)
[name_f]Minny[/name_f] (The Help)
[name_u]Nick[/name_u] and [name_f]Nora[/name_f] from The Thin [name_m]Man[/name_m]
Pug (The Magician)
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u] (The Children of the [name_u]Red[/name_u] [name_m]King[/name_m])
[name_m]David[/name_m] (The Chrysalids)
[name_m]John[/name_m] ([name_u]North[/name_u] & South)
[name_f]Mara[/name_f] (Daughter of the Empire)
Dortchen (The [name_m]Wild[/name_m] Girl)
[name_f]Sara[/name_f] (The [name_m]Little[/name_m] [name_f]Princess[/name_f])
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] (Obernewtyn)
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] ([name_f]Matilda[/name_f])
Lirael (Lirael)
all my favorites except Samwise Gamgee and [name_u]Percy[/name_u] [name_m]Jackson[/name_m] have been said.
@[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] I love the chronicles of prydain too.