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Boys names that appear in literature/arts

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NatMac · 06/04/2011 17:39

Still trying to think of a good name for DS due in June. Was thinking it would be nice to have suggestions of names of great characters from books/plays or from the art world - sometimes it's nice to have a name with a link to something like that - any suggestions please anyone?

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Lanie77 · 06/04/2011 18:05

I quite like the names Dorian and Darcy. Gabriel is another one I was tinkering with for my son to be.

It depends whether you wanted an unusual name or not. ;0)

darleneconnor · 06/04/2011 18:07

Pablo
Vincent
Atticus
Lysander
Becket
Oliver
Nicholas

DesertOrchid · 06/04/2011 18:11

Jude
Orlando
Philip/Pip
Horatio
Holden
Benedict
Ernest

grafenstolz · 06/04/2011 18:13

Angel
Smile

qwerty123 · 06/04/2011 19:47

Austen / Elliot / Jasper / Raphael

thomasbodley · 06/04/2011 19:50

I met a little boy called Auden this weekend - gorgeous name (think there is a family connection of some kind which makes it even more lovely).

MelinaM · 06/04/2011 21:01

What a fab thread! June ...maybe 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' character perhaps?!

Literary world names:

Athos
Auric
Beauregard
Byron
Caliban
Caspar
Fitzwilliam (Darcy of courseGrin)
Gatsby
Heathcliff
Laertes
Mercutio
Oberon
Orsino
Phineas
Porthos
Romeo
Sawyer
Septimus
Tarletot
Tristan
Tybalt
Yorick

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 06/04/2011 21:04

Ruskin

yousankmybattleship · 06/04/2011 21:08

Thomas, Gordon, James, Percy, Edward, Harold?

oneofsuesylvesterscheerios · 06/04/2011 21:09

I love Gabriel (as in Gabriel Oak from Far From the Madding Crowd)

MelinaM · 06/04/2011 21:35

Percy is an awesome name! ...love Auden and Ruskin too! x

NatMac · 06/04/2011 22:01

Gosh, some fabulous and interesting names there - thank you! X

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smashingtime · 07/04/2011 13:48

My ds is Laurie - after Laurie Lee of course!

I also love:
Leo (Tolstoy)
Oberon
Henry
Edward
Charles
William

Auden is a great name!

JoanofArgos · 07/04/2011 13:52

Stephen
Tom
Jude
Philip
John
David
Alec
Heathcliffe Wink
Edward
St John
Oliver
Frederic
Buck
Holden
Felix
Jonah
Ishmael

lilaloves · 08/04/2011 20:48

Blake

Tuschinski · 08/04/2011 21:17

Sebastian (Brideshead)

burntsienna · 11/04/2011 00:46

Jesus

discobeaver · 11/04/2011 16:32

Templeton

discobeaver · 11/04/2011 16:33

Oh, and Thelonius.

zozzle · 12/04/2011 14:14

If you named your child one of the above you'll def. look well read - but also a bit of a pretentious rude word. Sorry!

Some of the more popular ones are ok though.

Pesha · 12/04/2011 16:25

Yousankmybattleship - my ds2 would love your suggestions!!

Sorry no ideas just searching for inspiration for myself, also due in June and completely stumped!

notanumber · 12/04/2011 16:44

'k.... I have to say that it's probably more usual to start with the love of a text/character from a text and then name accordingly...

I mean, Hepzibah is a horrid name, but it is 'literary' (Silas Marner). Clearly this a poor reason to go for the name.

Edmund has good literary credentials but is often given to a nasty character (King Lear, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe etc). I was quite keen on the name Miranda for DD, but I just couldn't get past the fact that The Tempest is my least favourite Shakespeare play and the character is wet as water. The literary link meant that I couldn't have the name, IYSWIM?

It's pointless having a 'literary' name just for the sake it, so you look erudite or whatever. You have to actively like both the name and the text.

For example:
a) If you love The Beatles and think that Michelle is a pretty name, bingo!

b) If you love The Beatles but hate the name Michelle, then you'd be daft to use the name just 'cause of The Beatles link.

c) If you hate The Beatles but love the name Michelle, you may have to consider how prepared you are to have thaat bloody song sung everytime you introduce her.

Sooooo....What are you into, text-wise?

ConstanceFelicity · 12/04/2011 16:54

notanumber speaks wisely.

I love the names listed, especially Auden! How cool is that. I might go for Heathcliff, with Heath as nn. I think that is beyond cool.

SilkStalkings · 12/04/2011 19:54

Hareton (Wuthering Heights)
Will (Philip Pullman)
Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
Titus (Gormenghast)
Adam (Adam Bede / Bible)
Wilde
Blake
Kurt (Vonnegut)
Aldous (Huxley)
Jules (verne)
Dunno much about art, erm... Banksy?

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