Which books have given you the best male names?

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?

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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?

What? No readers who love names out there? :slight_smile:

The Dark [name_m]Tower[/name_m] Series:
[name_m]Roland[/name_m], [name_m]Edward[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Eddie[/name_m]), [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], Dandelo, Deschain, [name_f]Finli[/name_f], Aslan, [name_m]Calvin[/name_m], Hax, [name_m]Hart[/name_m], [name_m]Abel[/name_m], [name_m]Moses[/name_m], [name_m]Ringo[/name_m], Raf, [name_u]Ara[/name_u], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], etc. I wouldn’t use all of them, but they are pretty cool names.

Oh man, I love these. [name_m]Will[/name_m] have to look up the series.

[name_m]Roland[/name_m], [name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], Aslan, [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] are my favorites on your list.

It was a great series, though some of the language was a little rough at times (to say the least), but it certainly fit in with the situations, which were wonderfully kooky: being chased by giant lobsters, doors on beaches, parallel worlds, talking trains, the [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] [name_m]Palace[/name_m] etc.

Another book with a great name was The [name_m]Art[/name_m] of Racing in the [name_u]Rain[/name_u], with the main character being a dog named [name_m]Enzo[/name_m]. Oh, how I loved that book.