Literary baby names?

[Bluesunday]

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?

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

Scout is a bloody brilliant name.

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

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!

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!!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Had a girl - and she's not called Daisy

am delighted there was no Boss Hog in their either!!

Though I forgot to say, I have a soft spot for Cassandra as well due to ICTC. Amazing book.

Can I add that my mum is called Isabella who went on to marry a Linton so her name now is the same of the sad Isabella who reached her downfall in Wuthering Heights. Unfortunately my own daughter has the same first and surname!

I wanted Scout for DD but bottled it.

I've alwasy like the name Tristan. So romantic sounding yet masculine at the same time!
From the story of Tristan and Isolde - and that's a gorgeous girls name too, though people may stumble on how to pronounce it.

My DD was named after the Roald Dahl caracter. I loved the book as a child and always wanted to call my first born Daughter Matilda. Twas not to know that it would become so popular.

Second choice for DD1 and first choice for DD2 (if we are blessed) is Harriet (Hattie). DH loved Tom's Midnight garden as a child.

DH's best mate is called Gibran (Gib for short) after the poet Kahlil Gibran - yes I had to Google him to find out who he was!

I wanted Hero too for DD1! (also vetoed, as was Jude, am big TH fan!)

I wanted Laurie for a boyLittle Women is one of my all time favourite booksbut was vetoed. My cats called Meg though...

I also have two other tom cats who are brothers and both ginger so I named them Fred and George.

Ah, I love Matilda too!

And Linton. Linton Kwesi-Johnson... fantastic poet.

Comixminx, it is a great name. I still love it. And we get lots of positive comments - and people 'get' it as a name too (not so much with ds's name ). She does know another though, same age, same name - we met in the local park!

We have a Laurie (boy) and he doesn't get teased. Mind you he's only three, so teasing hasn't quite begun yet. All his friends are called weird and wonderful things too, though, so I can't see it being a problem at school. That's one of the good things about being in a metropolis - it's such a melting pot of cultures that no-one stands out for ridicule!