If you were going to call your kids after your favourite novel characters....

I did also campaign for Calypso (Camomile Lawn) and Cordelia (King Lear), but both were vetoed by DH.

DC1 is named after a Salinger character
DC2 is named after a Jane Austen character - I got the idea from the book although I don't particularly like the character.

Gobbolino the Witches Cat....

Marnie. Not from a classic, it's a (I think) little known book by Sheryl Jordan called The Raging Quiet. The character was fab.

That would end up being Gruffalo (poor kid), Carrot (from all the Discworld novels), Sam (from the Discworld novels again), Luna (Harry Potter) and Cut-me-own-Throat (again, Discworld). I might have Alice (in Wonderland) in there too.

That's sad- my kids would be called-
Gruffalo
Carrot
Sam (I like the name Sam)
Luna (pretty name)
Cut-me-own-Throat (nn could be Throat?)
Alice.

I think Alice and Sam would count their blessings every day for being called ordinary names.

I like Leander after Leander Bear from the book The Bears Famous Invasion of Italy for a boy. I guess he would get called Lee which isn't as nice.

Leanderbear was my NN on here a while ago.

Out of interest has any worked out how many Atticus'es were born last year from the Baby Name Statistics? I couldn't see it and I can't seem to work the search function on my ipad?

imagines twins called Atticus and Leander hmm

Or even Morgan (bad typing)

Would you sat Motgan was a boys name or a girls?

My mum set a bit of a precedent for this with an Emma and an Elizabeth so my daughter ended up with Elinor as a middle.

Thank you turtledoves!

Nancy after Nancy Drew!

Ursula after Ursula Bear!

I also wanted to call DS Lafayette.

It's an awesome name.

...but now I wish I had called DS2 SamWISE insteand of SamUEL as he IS a little hobbit!

I names DD1 Keziah (Kizzy) after the main character in The Diddakoi which was read to us at school when I was 10. I decided then if I had a girl I wanted to call her Kizzy. 27 years later, wish granted!

As choceyes says, it took a bit of gumption as I am now constantly having to spell it out, but hopefully she will thank me for it when she is older

And in an old testament kind of way (Keziah is also one of Job's daughters) it goes with DS1 Jacob and DS2 Samuel!

Great thread!

And I have a Jem.

Me too Choceyes!

The only down side is I have to bite my tongue when I hear friends or relatives making fun of some poor child's rediculous name. I'm sure there are people who have done that behind my back but actually, I don't really mind. I feel like if they have read the book and have a soul they would understand!

I already have. My DS is called Atticus. Always wanted to use the name since I read TKAMB and I'm glad I was brave enough to use it as a first name (was thinking of it as a second name as I felt it was too out there at first - but i went with my instinct in the end) Always have had great reactions to his name from everybody and never have regretted it for a second!

I have a dd named from the borrowers - a favourite childhood story. Also Lyra is a popular brand of excellent colouring pencils in Germany and i can never get past that

If I were to name them after my favourite characters, rather than using names that I prefer or like better but from characters I don't like as much then I would have:

Lenore - after Lenore Doolan from Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton.

Leah and Dinah - from the Bible yes, but I got them from The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.

Jerusha - after Jerusha Abbott (also known as Judy) in Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webb.

Hope - after Hope Clearwater from Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd.

Stu - after Stu Redman from The Stand by Stephen King.

Roland and Eddie - from The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

Matthew - after Matthew Emerson from The Clock Winder by Anne Tyler.

kahlan, Terry Goodkind. It's Pronounced Kay Lin.

Dd was always going to be Katy Scarlet. DP put the mockers on that by insisting she be Victoria or Elizabeth.
I had to compromise and she was Catherine Victoria. I've always regretted that. She is so Katy Scarlet!
Gone With The Wind is a big favourite. I live most of the names. India is one of my top, and Ashleigh and Beau for a boy.

Ignatius from A Confederacy of Dunces. sausage I think Jennet is a great name too but aside from the howling ghost issue I think it would get terminally misheard as Janet.

I love the name Pip!

DS name, Caleb, did come from a book. It's in the Rriftwar Saga by Raymond E Fiest. He's not named after the character as such, we just saw it in there and liked it.

I know an Atticus and think it's a very cool name.

Not a baby name, but I'd love a cat called Richard Parker.
I did have a cat called Peggotty, named after the character in David Copperfield (or is it Nicholas Nickleby?)

I used to love the name Regan after reading The Exorcist. Couldn't bring myself to use it, however. Also Carlotta, Gwendoline, Darrell, Mary-Lou, Zerelda - all from Enid Blyton books. I thought they were very exotic or pretty. All seem naff now.

What I like now:

Pip (Great Expectations) but my surname starts with P.
Luna (Luna Lovegood - HP)
Aibeleen (The Help). What a beautiful name.

Esmerelda (Esme) for Granny Weatherwax Doyenne of Witches and Samuel (Sam) for His Grace, His Excellency, The Duke of Ankh; Commander Sir Samuel Vimes.

Both names had already been taken by pets in our extended family sadly, luckily they were only one entry each on a fairly long list.