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Obscure literary names

39 replies

BexusSugarush · 17/09/2018 19:33

Our dd is called Ayla after the main character from 'The Clan of the Cave Bear', which is extremely rare, but similar enough to names like Isla and Ava that it's not too hard for people to accept. Pronounced Ay-la.

We have dc2 coming any day now and our first mistake was not finding out the sex, so now we have to find both a male and female literary name.

I have a few I am attached to but my partner would prefer some more options. We are trying to avoid the more known names like those from Harry Potter books or classic literature, and instead go for names people likely won't have heard of.

Feel free to throw any suggestions this way!!

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MotherOfDragons27 · 17/09/2018 21:46

There's an Ayla in my son's class. It's not that unusual here.

Lyra is nice.

DonnaSheridan · 17/09/2018 21:34

Momo from a children's book of the same name. The character is a girl but I think that name is kind of unisex

Leland · 17/09/2018 21:28

And Julian in the Famous Five is a power-crazed wanker.

Blaming you enidblyton1 Grin

Enidblyton1 · 17/09/2018 21:23

I’m with Leland. Surely you should think of the books/characters you like.
A bit meaningless to chose a name from a book you’ve never read?!

FayKnights · 17/09/2018 21:20

Rosette - The Lollipop Shoes, I adore that name.
Congrats by the way 😁

HerondaleDucks · 17/09/2018 21:17

A vote for Ranec! I used to want a boy called Ranec after the character from the Mammoth Hunters.
Sabriel, Emma, Lorcan, Richard, Darcy, Sebastian...

doodledott · 17/09/2018 21:12

Famous Five, I mean!

doodledott · 17/09/2018 21:06

Julian? Fantastic five

Leland · 17/09/2018 20:45

Well, what do you read, though? Surely you’re not going to call your baby after a character in a book you haven’t read? Apart from it being a quite odd idea, you risk discovering they’re a necrophiliac or a Tory in the last chapter.

PinguDance · 17/09/2018 20:41

Gilgamesh

MikeUniformMike · 17/09/2018 20:35

Leopoldina

FluffyMcCloud · 17/09/2018 20:30

I’m suggesting Jory for a boy and Audrina for a girl.

D2018 · 17/09/2018 20:26

Rhett
Holden
Gatsby
Huckleberry
Linton
Hareton
Heathcliff
Tristam
Dorian
Ichabod
Atticus
Hester
Ramona
Cosette
Bathsheba
Jane
Bryony
Bronte
Calliope
Lux
Neena

MollyHuaCha · 17/09/2018 19:52

Silus