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Good names from Literature

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MortifiedAdams · 07/08/2013 00:05

DD has a first name that is a character from Little Women (and Family Guy which we didnt realise til well after she was born). Her MN is "in Wonderland".

I read a lot as a child and still do and as well as loving the names, I like the literary connection.

I have no clue of what to name this baby - dont know yet if boy or girl - but part of me is so tempted to carry on the literaey theme.

Can you suggest me a few nice names that are from literature (almost obviously so)?

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BarbieDahl · 07/08/2013 16:19

I love love love Silas ,unfortunately I only had DD s.

pinkthechaffinch · 07/08/2013 16:18

Grr. Meant plowman not snowman!

pinkthechaffinch · 07/08/2013 16:17

Dorothea

Polly ( cazalet, Narnia)

Nancy

Isolde

Diggory

Piers. (Snowman)

Samuel

Thurlow · 07/08/2013 16:12

PS - I also thought at first that your DD's middle name actually was 'In Wonderland' Grin I do know someone who's middle name is Danger, so it didn't seem that weird...

Thurlow · 07/08/2013 16:11

I always wanted a Hareton.

muppetthecow · 07/08/2013 16:03

Antonia (Shimerdas)
Cosette
Lavinia (Titus)
Tamora (Titus again...)

Rhett (Butler)
Dorian (Grey)
Ichabod (Crane) if only I had the confidence!
Victor (Frankenstein)

Most of the good names tend to come to a sticky end, especially the girls! I was going to suggest Moll (Flanders) but then realised you'd have Meg and Moll Hmm

diddl · 07/08/2013 15:36

Silas (Marner)

muppetthecow · 07/08/2013 15:26

I love Caspian and want to use it for impending DS2. DH is proving irritatingly resilient! DS1 is an Edward (after Mr Rochester) and I can't tell you the number of times someone has said "Oh, you must be a Twilight fan!" Sad I've never actually read the books or seen the films

BlueChampagne · 07/08/2013 15:15

Laurence/Laurie is great as you get an author too (Laurie Lee).
Wasn't Gulliver's first name Lemuel?
Heath(cliffe)
Adam (Bede)
Felix (Holt)
Conrad
Byron

Fifi2406 · 07/08/2013 15:05

Dobby from Harry potter??

toobreathless · 07/08/2013 14:54

DD (2 yrs) suggests Peppa

Yika · 07/08/2013 13:26

My DD also has a LW name (different one) plus Alice.

Mary, Laura, carrie, grace (Little House on the Prairie)
Jane, elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, Lydia (Bennet sisters, pride and prej)
Elinor, marianne (sense and sensibility)
Yuri, Lara, Tonya (dr zhivago)
Jay (gatsby), Daisy
Lucy, freddy, Cecil (a room with a view)
Eustacia, Bathsheba (more Hardy characters)
Angel (Angel Clare in Tess - NB he's a man)
Nigel (molesworth) Grin
Gregor (Samsa)

Lots of beautiful names in Shakespeare

Nivet · 07/08/2013 13:17

Digory from The Magician's Nephew. This is what DD would have been if she had been a DS!

burberryqueen · 07/08/2013 13:07

(call me) Ishmael
Tom (Sawyer)
David (Copperfield)
Phillip Pirrip (lol)

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MortifiedAdams · 07/08/2013 13:03

Huckleberry
Gulliver
Moby

Grin

Boys names are very hard!

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stickortwist · 07/08/2013 13:01

Marking my place in case anyone comes up with my ideal boys name for dc4( sex as yet unknown)

If its a girl we're going for hermione. More after norris than grainger tbh. On the short list were also lyra and matilda.

No idea for a boy so inspiration needed

burberryqueen · 07/08/2013 12:59

Maggie (Tulliver)
Effi (Briest)
Anna (Karenina)...
hang on....just had a thought....why do all the heroines in novels die?

LazyMonkeyButler · 07/08/2013 12:57

Rebecca
Jane (Eyre)
Elizabeth (Bennett)
Emma

I also agree Tess goes well with Meg & that Juliet immediately brings Romeo & Juliet to mind.

Boys names definitely are harder! I wonder if that's because men were often referred to by their surname in classic literature - Darcy, Rochester etc. etc. There's always Pat - as in Postman Grin.

Mollie272 · 07/08/2013 12:49

Arrietty - from The Borrowers
Lyra - from His Dark Materials
Eloise
Pippi
Pollyanna
Scout - from To Kill a Mockingbird

These are all names I associate with books straight away - I'm still thinking about boys' names!

Jewelledkaleidoscope · 07/08/2013 09:26

Ha, thank god for that! Grin

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MortifiedAdams · 07/08/2013 08:23

Jewelled Grin It isnt In Wonderland. I just didnt want to type out her whole.name.

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 07/08/2013 08:22

Demelza but I'm not sure it goes with your dd's name... Love it though but wasn't brave enough.

EskSmith · 07/08/2013 08:04

Lorna (doone)
Rebecca

Really like previous suggestions of Heidi and Juliet.

I'm rubbish at boys names but how about Christopher (Robin)

WheresTheHoneyMummy · 07/08/2013 07:56

Bronte - altho that's an author rather than a character

Jewelledkaleidoscope · 07/08/2013 07:32

Is her MN 'in wonderland' or 'Alice'?

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