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Your favourite names from children's literature

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MammieBear · 14/09/2017 12:51

As the title says really, looking for both Boy's and Girl's names.
Thankyou 😊

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user1471547428 · 14/09/2017 17:22

I read a lot of fantasy growing up. So...

Yvaine from Stardust
Arren and Lark from the Earthsea books (and Ursula too actually)
Lyra
Caspian
Milo from The Phantom Tolbooth
Arwen, Eowyn and Pippin from LOTR
Celia and Bailey from The Night Circus
Roland from Elidor

GinnyBaker · 14/09/2017 17:08

Cassandra from I Capture the Castle...I so so wanted to be her!

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MammieBear · 14/09/2017 17:06

@LadyOfTheCanyon It seems his dark materials is a very popular series of books with some lovely names.

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LadyOfTheCanyon · 14/09/2017 17:03

Lyra, Hester, Serafina and Tialys all from His Dark Materials.

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MammieBear · 14/09/2017 16:38

@lemondrop99 I should imagine there are some renesmee's out there in the real world, it is quite a nice smoosh of names.

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Lemondrop99 · 14/09/2017 15:48

Renesmee - Twilight

Pah ha ha ha. Just kidding Grin

ladybirdsaredotty · 14/09/2017 15:01

I know someone whose daughter had Arrietty as a middle name!

Caspian is in our list for DS. Not sure if we're brave enough, though.

I love Scout, maybe as a middle name.

Love Lyra too, DP vetoed.

SerfTerf · 14/09/2017 14:50

Green I just went looking for stats on the use of Arrietty and noticed that one of the babyname sites is suggesting it as a NN for Harriet. So potentially one could have both.

MiddlingMum · 14/09/2017 14:46

Carlotta - from one of the Enid Blyton books.
Arietty - yet another vote Smile

BertrandRussell · 14/09/2017 14:44

We have Banner and Cascade in our field........

MaroonPencil · 14/09/2017 14:44

Oh, and Caspian, the eponymous Prince.

AGnu · 14/09/2017 14:44

Aranea (Charlotte's Web)

MaroonPencil · 14/09/2017 14:43

Linnet (Children of Green Knowe)

Sebastian (the Sadlers Wells books)
Tolly (Green Knowe - but I wouldn't use it alone and I have never been able to think of a longer version that isn't Ptolemy or Toseland, which is what his version was short for).

Holliewantstobehot · 14/09/2017 14:41

Sorrell from curtain up. Evadne, Emerence and Margot from chalet school. Santa from the circus is coming.

NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 14/09/2017 14:41

Matilda
Oliver
Coraline- not sure I'd use it though.
Scout- again, not sure if I'd use it.

ABCFamily · 14/09/2017 14:40

Alice (In Wonderland)
Edmund (The Narnia series)
Matthew (Anne of Green Gables)
Peter (Rabbit, Pan)
Ramona (Quimby)
Sara (A Little Princess)
Sophie (The BFG)
Thomas (The Tank Engine)

Chaffinch4 · 14/09/2017 14:38

Edmund, Peter (lion, witch & wardrobe)
Alice (in wonderland)
Ramona (Quimby)

Greenifer · 14/09/2017 14:38

Arrietty is such a brilliant name. I half wish I'd used it! But I don't think I would have been brave enough.

Harriet the Spy was one of my favourite childhood books.

DiegoMadonna · 14/09/2017 14:37

Aslan

CocoLoco87 · 14/09/2017 14:37

Gilbert (Blythe)

moonlight1705 · 14/09/2017 14:33

Clover - from What Kay Did
Dory (short for Theodore) - WKD
Clara - Heidi
Dickon - The Secret Garden

oneboy3girls · 14/09/2017 14:30

Laura Mary Caroline.

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MammieBear · 14/09/2017 14:25

Some lovely names Arietty is very pretty, Max is Lovely too, I think it's harder for boy's names so I will be interested what comes up...

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bridgetreilly · 14/09/2017 14:10

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
Harriet (the Spy)

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