Since being on nameberry, I have noticed what a huge influence my favorite books and writers have had on my name loves.
Here are my three biggest influences (and their names I love). What about you?
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The [name_f]Anne[/name_f] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables series by L.M. [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
Male Names: [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m], [name_m]Fred[/name_m], [name_m]Wright[/name_m], [name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m], [name_u]Barry[/name_u], [name_m]Moody[/name_m], [name_m]Spurgeon[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_u]Jem[/name_u], [name_u]Owen[/name_u], [name_m]Ford[/name_m], [name_m]Royal[/name_m], [name_u]Gardener[/name_u], [name_m]Lennox[/name_m], [name_m]Ludovic[/name_m], [name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Russell[/name_m], [name_m]Ned[/name_m], and more I am forgetting. -
The incomparable children’s books by [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Enright
Male Names: [name_u]Jay[/name_u], [name_m]Timothy[/name_m], [name_m]Gulliver[/name_m], [name_m]Julius[/name_m], [name_m]Foster[/name_m], Tarrigo, [name_m]Tarquin[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Rush[/name_m], [name_m]Mark[/name_m], [name_m]Martin[/name_m], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Titus[/name_m], [name_u]Clancy[/name_u], [name_m]Gideon[/name_m], and again, others. -
This category is not books but authors/author-related names
Male Names: [name_m]Hardy[/name_m], [name_m]Alfred[/name_m], [name_m]Tennyson[/name_m], [name_m]Thackeray[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], Dicken, [name_m]Dickinson[/name_m], [name_m]Whitman[/name_m], [name_m]Thoreau[/name_m], [name_m]Walden[/name_m], [name_m]Henri[/name_m], [name_m]Washington[/name_m], [name_m]Irving[/name_m], [name_u]Alcott[/name_u], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], Fenimore, [name_m]Cooper[/name_m], [name_u]Keats[/name_u], [name_u]Yeats[/name_u], and too many others.
Readers?