Literary Names

[Nightstar]

I'm a writer and wanted to pick a name that shows my connection to literature, but cant think of anything I like!

I suggested some names from LOTR and from Shakespeare to my husband, but he thought the LOTR ones were too wierd and the Shakers ones were too mainstream to be obvious where they were from.

I need a boys name that says "From a famous book" like Sherlock, but not quite so odd. Does that make sense?

Bear grylls also has a huckleberry. And a marmaduke his other child is Jesse

Guy

(as in Guy Crouchback)

Nightstar i am shocked that your dp thought the shakespearean ones too mainstream...there are sooo many

ds has a shakespearean name i think it appears in about 6 works ( including poetry) and the Iliad but no one has ever heard of it.

'self indulgent' the poster that said that must have got her next door neighbour to name the baby i assume!

lovely idea a literary name!

There are lots of different ways of naming a child and gathering inspiration. We see it on the baby names thread all the time. Don't listen to those who regard you as using an "incorrect" and "self indulgent" way of naming your child, Nighstar. I think this is a great thread, and my favourite boy's name (the one I think I'm definitely going to use) has already been suggested. :)

broccolitrees (and Lockets) - you are forgetting Artemis Fowl, that teen evil genius from the pen of Eoin Colfer. HE is a boy called Artemis - I expect that's where the confusion arose so not just baby brain!

(Of course, Artemis Fowl isn't really evil at all, he's just a master criminal, which were the words I should have used)

Love the phrase, 'Reading like a demon.' Wonder how exactly a demon reads, as I suspect the pages must get rather singed! :)

Thank you thumb although I will confess, I was thinking musketeers and meant Aramis

Doesn't the phrase come from the fact demons are anything but slow? I'd imagine a demon reads very quickly. Like Johnny No 5. I never picture them as being on fire though.

OP how about ancient greek mythology and poetry? Many names to tap there, some in common use today...

Amory
Aramis
Archer
Atticus
Auric
Axel
Barley
Barnaby
Beale
Benvolio
Brick
Brom
Caliban
Caspar
Cato
Chance
Cleon
Cody
Corin
Crow
Cullen
Darcy
Darl
Dorian
Dunstan
Edward
Falmouth
Fenno
Fitzwilliam
Gogol
Guitar
Gulliver
Heathcliff
Hieronymous
Holden
Huckleberry
Ishmael
Japhy
Jarvis
Jasper
Jolyon
Jude
Jupiter
Kaddish
Kafka
Laird
Lemuel
Loch
Macon
Macon
Magnus
Marius
Melchior
Milo
Mingus
Misha
Orlando
Orno
Oskar
Phineas
Praxis
Quebec
Quillen
Quintus
Rhett
Riley
Rodion
Romeo
Rufus
Samson
Santiago
Sawyer
Sebastian
Seneca
Septimus
Silas
Taft
Tristan
Tristram
Utah
Valentino
Vivaldo
Wolf
Yancey
Zooey

just got this list of nameberry if it helps

like Lemuel.

Really fab list fanjodisfunction!

And thank you guys for the nicer comments! I already had lots of ideas but just thought it would be fun to pick other peoples brains for stuff I hadnt thought of. And apart from a few really catty people it was fun to see what literary names you guys came up with, and some of them were really excellent names!

Of course I will use a name that comes from a book or writer that means something to me, it was simply a thread for extra inspiration x

If mine was a boy he would have been Soren (Kierkegaard). any good?

Actually I do agree with the bitchy posters tbh.

If you're picking a name that's unique and beautiful to your tastes, then you shouldn't need inspiration from others.

My kids both have ridiculously poncey arty-farty names, but I chose them myself and I couldn't care less if anybody else likes them or not

It would be kind of pleasing to persuade the OP to name her son after the cock in Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale. Chaunticleer is a good strong name. You could call him Chauni for short.

For crying out loud. One of the main purposes of a baby names thread is to discuss names, get ideas, and garner inspiration. If you don't need or want it, then fine. But I fail to see why some people have to have a go at Nightstar for using the baby names thread to knock around a few ideas with others. Good grief!

For me it would have to be Ted
pmsl at Yorick though

Dh wants to name our first daughter "Saraphine" from golden compass.

Benedict. Lovely name, great play (As You Like It) and can be shortened to Ben so you can still send him to the local comp should you so wish

I don't really know what to make of the posters on here decrying the discussion of Baby Names on the Baby Names board. Have you forgotten where you are?

I'm really sorry but there is something quite farcical about this whole idea.

"What's your baby called?"

"He's called HEMINGWAY. As in BOOKS."

Gosh, if you haven't anything nice to say...

Oh come on, it's just a bit silly. Really not a big deal.

I'm sure you don't mean to be but it just sounds a bit nasty. There's a pregnant woman asking for literary type names. She likes LOTR and Shakespeare. It's really no different to someone who likes floral names asking for help or someone who likes French names asking for help.

Most of us on here are pregnant, that's why we're looking for baby names!

I'm sorry if it came across as nasty. It just strikes me as a little bit funny, that's all. I'll shut up now.

Sorry i didn't mean to be all board monitor-ish. I wouldn't have said anything but the OP already mentioned she was feeling a bit sad about the other comments.

Obviously if she goes for Hemingway she should expect some ribbing