You have seven children

General Name Discussion
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You have seven children. Their middle names and first names are all classic writers.

Here are some writers! This will be fun!!

I’d also like to know which names you think are ready for a comeback. :slight_smile:

[name_f]Amy[/name_f] [name_m]Tan[/name_m]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs [name_m]Nin[/name_m]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f] [name_u]Tyler[/name_u]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f] Proulx
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_u]Walker[/name_u], [name_u]Munro[/name_u]
Arundhati [name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_f]Ayelet[/name_f] Waldman
[name_f]Ayn[/name_f] [name_m]Rand[/name_m]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m]
Bharati Mukherjee
[name_f]Camille[/name_f] Paglia
[name_f]Carol[/name_f] Shields
[name_u]Carson[/name_u] McCullers
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] Brontë, [name_m]Perkins[/name_m] [name_m]Gilman[/name_m]
[name_f]Christina[/name_f] Rossetti
[name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_m]Boothe[/name_m] [name_u]Luce[/name_u]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f] [name_f]Sidonie[/name_f]-[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_u]Curtis[/name_u] Sittenfeld
[name_f]Danielle[/name_f] [name_u]Steele[/name_u]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] [name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_f]Doris[/name_f] Lessing
[name_f]Djuna[/name_f] [name_m]Barnes[/name_m]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_m]Wharton[/name_m]
[name_f]Edna[/name_f] St. [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_f]Millay[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwidge[/name_f] Danticat
[name_u]Eliot[/name_u] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u], a.k.a [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] [name_m]Evans[/name_m]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f] S.E. Hinton
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_u]Barrett[/name_u] Browning
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] Brontë, [name_m]Dickinson[/name_m]
[name_f]Erica[/name_f] Jong
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f] Welty
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u] O’[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_f]Geraldine[/name_f] [name_m]Brooks[/name_m]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] [name_m]Stein[/name_m]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f] [name_m]Naylor[/name_m]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_m]Paley[/name_m]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] [name_m]Brooks[/name_m]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] Murdoch
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] Allende
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] Smiley
[name_u]Jean[/name_u] [name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_f]Jeanette[/name_f] Winterson
Jhumpa Lahiri
[name_u]Joan[/name_u] [name_u]Didion[/name_u]
[name_f]Joanne[/name_f] J.K. Rowling
[name_f]Joy[/name_f] Harjo
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u] [name_f]Carol[/name_f] Oates
[name_f]Judy[/name_f] [name_f]Blume[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] [name_u]Porter[/name_u]
[name_m]Keane[/name_m] [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_m]Keane[/name_m]
[name_m]Kiran[/name_m] Desai
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] Ingalls [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u] Marmon Silko
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] Erdrich
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] Atwood, [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f] [name_m]Moore[/name_m]
[name_f]Marilynne[/name_f] [name_m]Robinson[/name_m]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_u]Shelley[/name_u]
[name_f]Maryse[/name_f] Condé
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f] Hong [name_m]Kingston[/name_m]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_f]Angelou[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f] Gordimer
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_m]Wolf[/name_m]
[name_f]Nellie[/name_f] -[name_m]Bly[/name_m]
[name_u]Nikki[/name_u] [name_m]Giovanni[/name_m]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m], Lively, Schott
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f] Cisneros
[name_f]Susan[/name_f] Faludi, Sontag
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] Plath
[name_u]Taylor[/name_u] Caldwell
[name_f]Toni[/name_f] [name_m]Morrison[/name_m]
[name_f]Vendela[/name_f] [name_u]Vida[/name_u]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_m]Woolf[/name_m]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] Cather
[name_f]Zadie[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f] [name_u]Neale[/name_u] Hurstone

[name_m]Ben[/name_m] Okri
[name_u]Bret[/name_u] [name_u]Easton[/name_u] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m] Chatwin
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] Trillin
[name_m]Carl[/name_m] Hiaasen
[name_m]Carlos[/name_m] [name_m]Fuentes[/name_m]
Chinua Achebe
[name_m]Cooper[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] Fenimore
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] [name_u]McCarthy[/name_u]
[name_m]Dante[/name_m] Alighieri
[name_m]Dave[/name_m] Eggers
[name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Foster[/name_m] [name_u]Wallace[/name_u], Mamet
[name_m]Don[/name_m] DeLillo
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u] [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] [name_u]Abbey[/name_u], [name_m]Albee[/name_m], Gorey
[name_u]Eliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m] [name_m]Hemingway[/name_m]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m] [name_m]Madox[/name_m] [name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Foster[/name_m] [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u] Bacon
[name_m]Franz[/name_m] [name_m]Kafka[/name_m]
[name_m]Fyodor[/name_m] Dostoevsky
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] García Márquez
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m] [name_m]Chaucer[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m] Orwell, [name_u]Meredith[/name_u], [name_m]Bernard[/name_m] [name_u]Shaw[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Greene[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m] Pinter
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], Wadsworth [name_m]Longfellow[/name_m]
[name_m]Herman[/name_m] [name_m]Melville[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m] [name_m]McEwan[/name_m]
[name_m]Italo[/name_m] [name_m]Calvino[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Kerouac[/name_m], [name_u]London[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Baldwin[/name_u], [name_u]Joyce[/name_u], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], Michener
[name_u]Jean[/name_u] Cocteau
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]Keats[/name_u], [name_m]Cheever[/name_m], [name_m]Milton[/name_m], Updike
[name_m]Jorge[/name_m] [name_m]Luis[/name_m] Borges
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Barnes[/name_m]
[name_m]Kazuo[/name_m] Ishiguro
[name_m]Khalil[/name_m] Gibran
[name_m]Kingsley[/name_m] [name_m]Amis[/name_m]
[name_m]Kipling[/name_m] [name_m]Rudyard[/name_m]
[name_m]Kurt[/name_m] Vonnegut
[name_u]Logan[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m] [name_m]Amis[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] Chabon, Ondaatje
[name_m]Miguel[/name_m] Cervantes
[name_u]Milan[/name_u] Kundera
[name_m]Nathanael[/name_m] [name_u]West[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m] [name_m]Mailer[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] Goldsmith
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] Hijuelos
[name_m]Paul[/name_m] [name_m]Auster[/name_m]
[name_m]Pelham[/name_m] P.G. Wodehouse
[name_m]Philip[/name_m] [name_m]Roth[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m] [name_u]Ellison[/name_u]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m] [name_u]Chandler[/name_u]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_m]Wright[/name_m], Lovelace, [name_m]Ford[/name_m], Russo
[name_m]Roald[/name_m] Dahl
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Bly[/name_m], Browning, [name_m]Burns[/name_m], [name_m]Lowell[/name_m]
[name_m]Salman[/name_m] Rushdie
[name_m]Salinger[/name_m] J.D.
[name_m]Saul[/name_m] [name_m]Bellow[/name_m]
[name_m]Scott[/name_m] F. [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m] Capote
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m] Nabokov
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] Stegner, [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Foster[/name_m] [name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Walt[/name_m] [name_m]Whitman[/name_m]
[name_m]Washington[/name_m] [name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_u]Wendell[/name_u] [name_u]Berry[/name_u]
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Burroughs[/name_m], [name_m]Faulkner[/name_m], [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m], [name_u]Blake[/name_u], [name_m]Golding[/name_m]
[name_m]Yann[/name_m] [name_f]Martel[/name_f]

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I would probably only use the names of authors that I really, really liked, so:

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] “[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]” [[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Bronte[/name_f]; [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u]]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [[name_m]Ralph[/name_m] [name_m]Waldo[/name_m] [name_u]Emerson[/name_u]; [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_u]Garcia[/name_u] [name_m]Marquez[/name_m]]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [[name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]; [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u] “[name_f]Lola[/name_f]/[name_u]Lou[/name_u]” [[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]; [name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] “[name_u]Sam[/name_u]” [[name_m]Mark[/name_m] [name_m]Twain[/name_m], for his real name, [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Clemens[/name_m]; [name_m]Charles[/name_m] Dickens]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]” [Baroness [name_f]Emma[/name_f] Orczy; [name_f]Kate[/name_f] Chopin]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [[name_m]Seamus[/name_m] Heaney, [name_m]Henry[/name_m] Wadsworth [name_m]Longfellow[/name_m]]

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], and [name_m]Seamus[/name_m]/[name_f]Lottie[/name_f], [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_u]Lou[/name_u]/[name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_u]Sam[/name_u], [name_f]Emmy[/name_f], and [name_m]Seamus[/name_m].

I don’t actually like [name_u]Emerson[/name_u]–I just love the connection to literature in general, and I adore [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] as a name. Obviously, I came against dilemmas, because I wouldn’t actually use [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] and [name_f]Emma[/name_f] in the same sibset. :confused: I was torn between [name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_m]Dickinson[/name_m] and Baroness Orczy, but I definitely prefer The [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] Pimpernel (which I adore!) to [name_m]Dickinson[/name_m]'s poetry, so [name_f]Emma[/name_f] wore out in the end. I actually like pretty much all of the combos with the exception of [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f], which feels a bit generic and blah to me. I would have done two middles, but while I love classic lit, I’m very particular about which authors I like, and I’m generally limited to a couple of authors, with several books of each that I really love. :confused: If I re-did it just using literary names that I like:

[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] “[name_f]Bella[/name_f]” [[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] Allende, [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m], [name_f]Kate[/name_f] Chopin]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] Lively [name_f]Jane[/name_f] “[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]” [[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Bronte[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] Lively, [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u]]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [[name_m]Ralph[/name_m] [name_m]Waldo[/name_m] [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] Wadsworth [name_m]Longfellow[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_u]London[/name_u]]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [[name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]Conrad[/name_m], [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] [name_m]Leo[/name_m] “[name_u]Sam[/name_u]” [[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Clements[/name_m], F. [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m]/[name_m]Lev[/name_m] Tolstoy]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u] “[name_u]Lou[/name_u]/[name_f]Lola[/name_f]” [[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u], Baroness [name_f]Emma[/name_f] Orczy, and [name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] [[name_m]Seamus[/name_m] Heaney, [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_u]Garcia[/name_u] [name_m]Marquez[/name_m], and [name_m]Charles[/name_m] Dickens]

[name_f]Isabel[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], and [name_m]Seamus[/name_m]/[name_f]Bella[/name_f], [name_f]Lottie[/name_f], [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_u]Sam[/name_u], [name_u]Lou[/name_u]/[name_f]Lola[/name_f], and [name_m]Seamus[/name_m].

My goodness, I want to steal some of these for my own list! Especially [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] [name_m]Leo[/name_m]…

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Wow! Thanks for the details!!
[name_m]Feel[/name_m] free! [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] [name_m]Leo[/name_m] is AMAZING. It really struck me.

I’d have to say
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_u]Carson[/name_u] [name_u]Steele[/name_u].
[name_u]Shaw[/name_u] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_u]Barrett[/name_u] [name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_m]Naylor[/name_m] [name_m]Wright[/name_m]
[name_m]Dante[/name_m] Shields
[name_m]Saul[/name_m] [name_f]Martel[/name_f]

As a few

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[name_f]Camille[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_m]Cooper[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] [name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] Charlote

" [name_u]Cam[/name_u], [name_m]Coop[/name_m], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_m]Ed[/name_m], [name_f]Issie[/name_f] & [name_f]Maya[/name_f]"

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[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Salinger[/name_m] ([name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], JD [name_m]Salinger[/name_m])
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] ([name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] Plath, [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] Niffeneger)
[name_m]Jerome[/name_m] [name_m]Keller[/name_m] (jd [name_m]Salinger[/name_m], [name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_m]Keller[/name_m])
[name_m]Conan[/name_m] [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] ([name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Conan[/name_m] [name_m]Doyle[/name_m], [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] Wilde)
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Muriel[/name_f] ([name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u], [name_f]Muriel[/name_f] Spark)
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_u]Austen[/name_u] ([name_m]Leo[/name_m] Tolstoy, [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_u]Austen[/name_u])
[name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Clemens[/name_m] (f [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m], [name_m]Mark[/name_m] [name_m]Twain[/name_m])

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Thanks! It really struck me, too, lol. I think I considered [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m] back when I was looking at [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] combos. I’m pretty set on [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Gaspard[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] for now, but if I ever change my mind, I might come back to [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] [name_m]Leo[/name_m]/[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m] [name_m]Leo[/name_m]. :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Marianne[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] “[name_f]Lola[/name_f]”
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_u]Jean[/name_u] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m] [name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_m]Cooper[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Foster[/name_m]

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[name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] ([name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] , [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_m]Paley[/name_m])
[name_m]Smith[/name_m] [name_u]Ellison[/name_u] ([name_f]Zadie[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m] , [name_m]Ralph[/name_m] [name_u]Ellison[/name_u])
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] ([name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] [name_m]Hammett[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Joyce[/name_u])
[name_u]Logan[/name_u] [name_m]Cormac[/name_m] ( [name_u]Logan[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m] , [name_m]Cormac[/name_m] [name_u]McCarthy[/name_u])
[name_f]Kate[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] ([name_f]Eloise[/name_f] S.E. Hinton, [name_f]Kate[/name_f] Chopin)
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] ( [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_m]Keane[/name_m] , [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] [name_u]Porter[/name_u])
[name_u]Easton[/name_u] [name_m]Brooks[/name_m] ([name_u]Bret[/name_u] [name_u]Easton[/name_u] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u], [name_f]Geraldine[/name_f] [name_m]Brooks[/name_m])

[name_u]Harper[/name_u], [name_m]Smith[/name_m], [name_u]Dash[/name_u], [name_u]Logan[/name_u], [name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Molly[/name_f] and [name_u]Easton[/name_u].

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Great Game!

[name_f]Eudora[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] “[name_f]Dodie[/name_f]” ([name_f]Eudora[/name_f] Welty, [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_m]Nin[/name_m])
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] ([name_f]Iris[/name_f] Murdoch, [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] [name_m]Brooks[/name_m])
[name_f]Zadie[/name_f] [name_f]Djuna[/name_f] ([name_f]Zadie[/name_f] [name_m]Smith[/name_m], [name_f]Djuna[/name_f] [name_m]Barnes[/name_m])
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] “[name_m]Walt[/name_m]” ([name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Foster[/name_m] [name_u]Wallace[/name_u], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u])
[name_m]Rudyard[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] “[name_u]Rudy[/name_u]” ([name_m]Rudyard[/name_m] [name_m]Kipling[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_u]Joyce[/name_u])
[name_m]Kingsley[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] “[name_m]King[/name_m]” ([name_m]Kingsley[/name_m] [name_m]Amis[/name_m], F. [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m])
[name_u]Francis[/name_u] [name_m]Roald[/name_m] “[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]” ([name_u]Francis[/name_u] Bacon, [name_m]Roald[/name_m] Dahl)

[name_f]Dodie[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Zadie[/name_f], [name_m]Walt[/name_m], [name_u]Rudy[/name_u], [name_m]King[/name_m] & [name_u]Frankie[/name_u]

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[name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Kingsley[/name_m] ‘[name_m]King[/name_m]’ {[name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Barnes[/name_m] / [name_m]Kingsley[/name_m] [name_m]Amis[/name_m]}
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Nate[/name_m]’ {[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] / [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_m]Wolf[/name_m]}
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Ayelet[/name_f] ‘[name_u]Isa[/name_u]’ {[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] Allende / [name_f]Ayelet[/name_f] Waldman}
[name_f]Camille[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u] ‘[name_f]Mila[/name_f]’ {[name_f]Camille[/name_f] Paglia / [name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]}
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] ‘[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]’ {[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] Goldsmith / F. [name_m]Scott[/name_m] [name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m]}
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] ‘[name_u]Gray[/name_u]’ {[name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Greene[/name_m] / [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]}
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f] [name_m]Irving[/name_m] ‘[name_f]Elle[/name_f]’ {[name_f]Eloise[/name_f] S.E Hinton / [name_m]Washington[/name_m] [name_m]Irving[/name_m]}

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These are all great names guys!

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I have just done 7 boys, because none of the girl names really did much for me:

[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Walt[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] [name_m]Jorge[/name_m]
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m] [name_m]Greene[/name_m]
[name_m]Rudyard[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Hemingway[/name_m] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Melville[/name_m] [name_m]Golding[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m] [name_m]Ford[/name_m]

[name_m]Nate[/name_m], [name_m]Fitz[/name_m], [name_m]Vlad[/name_m], [name_m]Rudi[/name_m], Hemi, [name_u]Mel[/name_u] and [name_m]Irv[/name_m]

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[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_u]Frost[/name_u] ([name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_u]Garcia[/name_u] [name_m]Marquez[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_u]Frost[/name_u])
[name_m]Sergei[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] ([name_m]Sergei[/name_m] Lukianenko, [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] Pushkin)
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Nadine[/name_f] ([name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_u]Walker[/name_u], [name_f]Nadine[/name_f] Gordimer)
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] ([name_f]Laura[/name_f] Esquivel, [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] Allende)
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f] [name_f]Emily[/name_f] ([name_f]Tatiana[/name_f] Tolstaia, [name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Bronte[/name_f])
[name_m]Dante[/name_m] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u] ([name_m]Dante[/name_m] Aligheri, T.S. [name_u]Eliot[/name_u])
[name_m]Byron[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] ([name_m]Lord[/name_m] [name_m]Byron[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m] Dickens)

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[name_m]Dante[/name_m] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u] is really cool!

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[name_u]Joan[/name_u] [name_f]Louise[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] “Joaney”
[name_f]Djuna[/name_f] [name_f]Ayelet[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u] “Juney”
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u] [name_u]Munro[/name_u] “[name_f]Maggey[/name_f]”
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_u]Francis[/name_u] [name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Ford[/name_m] “Ozz”
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Roth[/name_m] “[name_m]Jimmy[/name_m]”

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Thanks, only just seen this!

I would’ve using [name_m]Dante[/name_m] if I couldn’t use [name_m]Alaric[/name_m] as my hubby cut four of my top five boys’ names when we did our shortlist, but he let me keep [name_m]Alaric[/name_m]. [name_m]Dante[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] was the name I liked best from his shortlist because I love Rosetti’s paintings and the link to [name_m]Dante[/name_m] Aligheri too. I’m completely obsessed with [name_m]Alaric[/name_m] though!

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[name_m]Foster[/name_m] [name_m]Rudyard[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m] [name_u]Eliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m] [name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m] [name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m]