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Literary boy names - more unusual ?

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AlexandraCamden · 23/10/2024 12:15

Looking for unusual boys names with literary connection.

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BootballJoy · 25/10/2024 16:50

Branwell (brother of the Brontë sisters)

Calliopespa · 24/10/2024 21:39

Askingforadvice78 · 24/10/2024 21:20

Ebenezer Scrooge. He did repent and turned generous.

Ebenezer it must be said is a fantastic name. I didn’t suggest it as he is so unloved as a character, but I do like the name and Eben is a great diminutive.

TheBirdintheCave · 24/10/2024 21:24

My son is Gilbert. We always get:

'Oh like Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables!'

I don't mind as the character is a lovely person 😅

Askingforadvice78 · 24/10/2024 21:20

Ebenezer Scrooge. He did repent and turned generous.

Zimunya · 24/10/2024 21:04

Agreed. Always content to be corrected if I’m wrong. That’s why I checked. I’d also be happy to look at any info you have on the grammar / grammatical debate.

LikeTalkingToLassie · 24/10/2024 20:47

Doesn't mean they are right.

Zimunya · 24/10/2024 20:41

There are others that say much the same thing.

LikeTalkingToLassie · 24/10/2024 19:42

@Zimunya , is that a reliable source?

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 24/10/2024 17:42

QuantumPanic · 24/10/2024 12:43

Linton is absolute scum. One of the most abhorrent and pathetic literary characters. No one should be named after him!!

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There are quite a few utter shits on this thread. Although I am an admirer of his poetry it is astonishing to me that anyone could know almost anything of Ted Hughes’s life and consider him an appropriate namesake for their son!

Zimunya · 24/10/2024 13:44

Cattery · 24/10/2024 11:29

Grammatical

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It appears both are correct: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/474113/is-it-a-grammar-mistake-or-a-grammatical-mistake#:~:text=In%20your%20examples%2C%20grammatical%20is,one%20way%20to%20say%20something.

Is it "a grammar mistake" or "a grammatical mistake"

It seems to me that when we say "a grammatical mistake" it means a mistake that is grammatical in nature (something that is grammatical can't be a mistake, right?!), so i'd say "a grammar mistake" is

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/474113/is-it-a-grammar-mistake-or-a-grammatical-mistake#:~:text=In%20your%20examples%2C%20grammatical%20is,one%20way%20to%20say%20something.

QuantumPanic · 24/10/2024 12:43

Bbq1 · 23/10/2024 16:14

Branwell (Bronte)

Jolyon (from Hound of The Baskervilles)

Linton (Wuthering Heights)

Roald (Dahl)

Hamnet (Shakespeare)

Linton is absolute scum. One of the most abhorrent and pathetic literary characters. No one should be named after him!!

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 24/10/2024 11:45

Red.

Newsenmum · 24/10/2024 11:43

The girl from Dracula is called Mina

Newsenmum · 24/10/2024 11:43

girls:
Bronte
Austen
Hermione

boys;
finch
draco
emmett
jasper

Whichone2024 · 24/10/2024 11:39

Herman
Orwell
Conan
Woolf
Poe
Mellville
Seuss
Tolstoy
Edgar

Cattery · 24/10/2024 11:29

Zimunya · 23/10/2024 17:05

Yes, you're right. I was being flippant - the OP did a one sentence post (with grammar errors, even though she wanted "literary" names, but that's not what annoyed me) and then never came back to say thanks or comment on the responses. Not that she has to, of course, but people have made the effort to engage. Anyway, here's a better offering:

Atticus - From To Kill a Mockingbird.
Austen - With a different spelling than usual—for Jane Austen.
Bastian - Before The Neverending Story was a retro film fave it was a novel that featured this character.
Bram - Dracula author Bram Stoker.
Conan - The middle name of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Grammatical

Calliopespa · 24/10/2024 11:14

Gulliver is actually quite cool 😎

Calliopespa · 24/10/2024 11:14

Ethan ( Frome)
Barnaby ( Rudge)

Calliopespa · 24/10/2024 11:09

Jay ( Gatsby)
Jude ( the obscure)
Orlando ( Woolf)
Holden ( Catcher)

Beansandneedles · 24/10/2024 10:29

Laurie (Little Women)
Rudy (the book thief)
Remus (Harry potter)
Danny (champion of the world)
Charlie (chocolate factory)
Atticus (to kill a mockingbird)
Quentin (Blake, illustrator)
Bran (game of thrones)
Spiller (the borrowers)
Gatsby (as in great)
Sawyer (tom!)
Artemis (Fowl)
Finnick (Hunger games)
Wilbur (Charlotte's web)

AutumnCrow · 24/10/2024 10:18

Edgar (Allan Poe)
Edwin (Drood)
Edmund (Pevensey)

JadeChapman · 24/10/2024 02:42

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Newuser75 · 23/10/2024 21:05

Hemingway!

RedHelenB · 23/10/2024 21:03

AlexandraCamden · 23/10/2024 12:15

Looking for unusual boys names with literary connection.

Hareton

Calliopespa · 23/10/2024 20:30

Cassius
Caspian
Othello
Lysander
Benvolio
Lear

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