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?

How do you pronounce bathsheba?

I wanted a Clover (from What Katy Did)but it was verboten!
Have met boys called Dash (short for Dashiel) and Rider, both of which I love - but I am a bit poncey .
Tristan is a fabulous boys name, as is Wolf (think there's a Wolf in Noel Streatfield's Apple Bough).

I love Dash too but not Tristan but thats due to an association of sorts

nancydrew - is it not just as its written? thats how I've always done it

I've always said / heard it as 'Bath' with a short 'a', 'sheba' as in Queen of.

Those of you with daughters called Aphra, do you say it 'Ay-phra' or 'Aff-ra'? (And do you call her 'Been' or 'Beyn'?) I have a memory that 'Affra' is what she called herself, but I prefer 'Ay-phra'.

I would LOVE to have an Atticus, but no way would DH allow it and a little girl called Ophelia

'Benn', I thought.

We say Aff-ra. And call her Aph/Aff. Her friend calls her Aphie/Affie.

Amaryllis (conventional name for a shepherdess in Classical pastoral poetry) after a peom by Callimachus.

Miranda after The Tempest and also because it means 'worthy of admiration' in Latin.

Am I pretentious or wot?

Whoops, that should be 'poem'

once came across an ozymandius

We have a Laurie and is a girl. And yes, was after the writer.........

I've only heard Aphra B referred to as "Aff-ra" and her surname as "Benn". Wouldn't call our daughter Ay-phra personally (if we have one, as I say - but this is def the front-runner name if so).

I like the name Linton too - and the poet / musician too! Great stuff.

I have an Atticus but he is a dog. I got him as a baby substitute if that makes a difference (but then got pregnant anyway )

My DCs have Jazz/Rock names rather than literary ones.

I am named after a famous first wife.

I adore the name Bathsheba and would love to use it but sadly it will be another dog or perhaps a cat as I am not having any more DCs.

DD1 would have been Laurie, had she been ds. And we both wanted Miranda for her (Tempest) but it sounded silly with dp's surname, which begins with a vowel.

I also love:

Atticus
Marianne and Elinor (Sense And Sensibility)

Chegirl - what jazz/rock names if you don't mind me asking? FIL is pestering us to call LO Eric after Eric Clapton, his God... erm, no!

No offence to any Erics...

god I LOVE Eric Clapton however still wouldn't go down the Eric route. I would have used Gypsy/Rhiannon/Sara/Diane if I'd gone with my fav group!

LOVE Atticus but just mentioned it to DH and he shuddered, and said he doesn't know me. . I pointed out that it was from one of the greatest books ever written (which he also loves) but we're in Yorkshire... it wouldn't work!

My mother's named Wendy from Peter Pan, and we named our DS1 Peter for the same reason. I would have Alice for a girl from Alice In Wonderland but we've got another boy on the way and I'd like to carry on the theme, but not keen on Michael or John (nice names but not quite right) and Captain Hook would be a bit odd . Can't really think of any boy's names in Alice...?

tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

I'm just so glad FIL didn't name DP Eric, but why he thinks we should consider it for our LO I have no idea! He also suggested Roger, for Roger Daltry, I laughed so much J20 shot out of my nose. Having said that I was named after a Thin Lizzy song, and my DD's middle name is Jude after the Beatles song (I was very young when I had her is my only explanation)

I like Jude!

Thanks dizzy most helpful . I had a pony called dixie when I was a child (sticks out tongue)

DH would let me name ANY of the girls Dixie and we had 3 ffs, you think he would've given in just once but nooooooooooooo selfish sod!!

I so, so wanted an Atticus but we had a girl and named her Harper.