I’m thinking it might be nice to look down this route for potential girl names. I have always been a writer, and it could be a fun tie-in for my child if they had a writing-inspired name. My only problem is, one of the natural places to look for such names would be classic literature (character names, for example). Yet, I am more into modern fiction - my favorite authors include [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_u]Golden[/name_u] (Memoirs of a Geisha), [name_m]Michael[/name_m] [name_m]Crichton[/name_m] (Timeline, Jurassic [name_m]Park[/name_m]…), and absurdist comedy author [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Moore[/name_m].
Can anyone think of some girl names that aren’t necessarily dependent on coming from literature greats like [name_u]Austen[/name_u], [name_f]Bronte[/name_f], or [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]?
I’m actually thinking of [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] for my child if it is a boy. As in [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m].
Other than the obvious [name_u]Austen[/name_u], [name_f]Bronte[/name_f], type names, have you considered character names instead of just author names. I always tell people that my [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] was from [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]'s [name_m]Web[/name_m]. I met an adorable little girl the other day names [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] ([name_f]Ann[/name_f]-Toe-Knee-ah) as in the book “My [name_f]Antonia[/name_f]”.
What about something like Wilde (as in [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] Wilde) or [name_f]Willa[/name_f] ([name_f]Willa[/name_f] Cather).
I’m thinking about character names, although some books lend themselves to this better than others. For Memoirs of a Geisha I couldn’t say, name my child “Chairman” (I suppose I could, but that’d be odd), or in some of [name_m]Moore[/name_m]'s novels a MC of his is named [name_f]Molly[/name_f]. I see [name_f]Molly[/name_f] as more of a pet name as I have met many dogs by that name. So it’s kind of been a tough search!
You could use Sayuri from Memoirs of a Geisha. I think it’s very pretty. On the Japanese theme you could use [name_f]Sakura[/name_f], remember the blossom viewing parties they went to in the book?
Or on the general theme of books, why not [name_f]Paige[/name_f]?
Other Memoirs names that are maybe not so useable in [name_u]America[/name_u]/UK:
[name_f]Chiyo[/name_f]
Satsu
Mameha
Hatsumomo
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] I helped
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] xx
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] (Clan of the Cave [name_m]Bear[/name_m], [name_u]Jean[/name_u] Auel)
[name_f]Olga[/name_f] (The Grasshopper, Chekhov)
[name_f]Margarita[/name_f] (The Master and [name_f]Margarita[/name_f], Bulgakov)
[name_f]Alba[/name_f] (house of the Spirits, [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] Allende)
[name_u]Scout[/name_u] (To Kill a Mockingbird)
cassandrah: Sayuri and [name_f]Sakura[/name_f] are lovely. I’d consider them for middle names. Possibly [name_f]Chiyo[/name_f] in MN slot, too. [name_f]Paige[/name_f] is nice, but I don’t know if it’s quite something I can picture.
mimiottawa: [name_f]Ayla[/name_f], [name_f]Alba[/name_f], and [name_u]Scout[/name_u] are pretty.
jemama: Those are both good ideas. I’ll have to go through and see if any are usable sounding!
As in [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m].