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Literary baby names?

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Bluesunday · 01/05/2010 21:09

I was just wondering (because I'm bored and there's nowt on telly) if anyone here had given their LOs literary-inspired names? My LO-on-the-way is going to have the name of my favourite book-character as a middle name if it's a boy... I was watching Jonathon Ross last night and found out Russell Crowe's DS2 is called Tennyson... can anyone beat that?

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dizzydixies · 02/05/2010 15:54

2010 - our DC3 is a Dylan bus she's a girl

said - I take it your DP didn't get his way then?!!?

said · 02/05/2010 15:49

My partner wanted Bo, Jesse or Luke - 'Dukes of Hazzard' inpsired!

meadowlarks · 02/05/2010 15:47

Hypothetical DS will be called Atticus. I wanted Larkin but that was vetoed, though I'm toying with Beckett...and I actually quite like Nickleby now it's been mentioned I find literary girl's names all a bit fussy for my taste.

2010dylansmum · 02/05/2010 15:44

Our LO is called Dylan, not really for any reason but happy-stance that it is shared by two of 20C greatest poets - Thomas and Bob

comixminx · 02/05/2010 15:22

Adair - if we have a girl we're (likely to be) calling her Aphra too, for the same reason!

bebejones · 02/05/2010 15:02

Love Scout, would never be 'allowed' by my DH!! I always loved Cassandra (From 'I capture the castle', my favourite book when younger & possibly still my favourite book) wasn't allowed that. Also suggested Heloise, but was denied that for DD too (after the dog in 'I capture the castle', although the dog & cat are Heloise & Abelard).

I am named after a character in the book my mum was reading when I was born! My Year 8 History teacher told me that being named after her was not something to boast about as she was a slut!!

HobbitMama · 02/05/2010 14:47

Thwy're not very original but we have a Lucy (Narnia), a William ( the bard/Blake/Wordsworth/Spike!) and now a cross literary/musical Oscar Dylan Angel - obviously Wilde/Thomas/Bob but the last is my DH's great-great-great-grandfather's name! No Buffy reference there!

Bumperliouzzzzzz · 02/05/2010 14:46

My DD's name comes from Sweet Valley High

I also want Andrina from Drina Ballerina if DC2 is a girl but DH says no more children named after my favourite children's books

Imarriedafrog · 02/05/2010 13:56

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PuppyMonkey · 02/05/2010 13:55

Scout is a bloody brilliant name.

Lee36 · 02/05/2010 13:55

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trice · 02/05/2010 12:56

I read in the paper this week that Sigourney Weaver changed her name from Susan.

I call dd Little My, after my favourite character from the Moomins

cherrylips · 02/05/2010 12:41

I've got a Laura :- Laura Ingalls.
And a Louisa :- Louisa May Alcott.

Adair · 02/05/2010 12:31

Dd is a famous author Ms Behn see here.

Ds is sort of named after the main character in Guys and Dolls. But is also cos I am a big hippy.

Love Linus!

TALLULAHBELLE · 02/05/2010 12:11

I've got a Scout too (nn).I wanted it for first name but didn't quite have the bottle. Her twin sis nn is Buster (from 'The Shiralee').

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Bluesunday · 02/05/2010 12:04

imarriedafrog - I love it!

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mumofeightplusfour · 02/05/2010 11:59

blake after william blake for ds1 did consider continuing the theme for ds2 with dante but dh vetoed it thankfully

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Bluesunday · 02/05/2010 11:55

Imarriedafrog - her real name or her nickname (if you don't mind me asking?)

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neolara · 02/05/2010 11:37

I have a Jem, named after the boy in To Kill A Mockingbird.

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Bluesunday · 02/05/2010 11:26

I love Atticus and Bronte! DP would never let me, though. If this LO is a boy I am having Holden for a middle name - I've had it saved up since 1994 and I LOVE it so criticise it at your peril - from The Catcher in the Rye. I wanted it for a first name but naturally DP said no... I know a mum who has a DD called Esme after To Esme, With Love and Squalor, also by JD Salinger.

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LittleWhiteWolf · 02/05/2010 11:15

Ha!

Just tested the waters with DH with regards to naming any future son we have as Atticus...he's still laughing. Philestine.

belgo · 02/05/2010 11:06

That reminds me, Wolf is a name that features in many stories