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Literature Baby Names, Have you thought about or really did name your child after a character
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post Feb 18 2008, 01:44 AM
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Have you ever thought about naming your child (or have named your child) after a character in a book? I had a few ideas over the past few years, and I'll share them with you. Please post your own, and TELL US WHY.

-Melanie Rose or Melanie Scarlett
From Gone with the Wind
My all-time favorite book. I found these two characters to be an unstoppable force, and I think it's a beautiful name.

-Juliet Michelle
From Romeo and Juliet
I think this name is very elegant and I absolutely love the story it comes from.

-Atticus Paul
From To Kill a Mockingbird
It may seem like a dorky name to some, but this is one of my all-time favorite novels. I think this name would be perfect to bestow on any boy.

That's all for me. Anyone else?



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post Feb 18 2008, 12:41 PM
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I love the name Edmund, it crops up in literature quite a bit, but the first place I saw it would be in the Chronicals of Narnia. He is an extremely dislikable character through most of the first book but he gets his act together. I love that he his such a redemable character, everyone messes up and it is nice to know we can be forgiven.


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post Feb 18 2008, 05:20 PM
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QUOTE(SnitchWings @ Feb 18 2008, 01:44 AM) *
Have you ever thought about naming your child (or have named your child) after a character in a book? I had a few ideas over the past few years, and I'll share them with you. Please post your own, and TELL US WHY.


-Atticus Paul
From To Kill a Mockingbird
It may seem like a dorky name to some, but this is one of my all-time favorite novels. I think this name would be perfect to bestow on any boy.

That's all for me. Anyone else?
Oh! SnitchWings! I once had a student whose mom named him Atticus after Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird! He was a an extraordinary young man, a good student, active in all sorts of things, aware of world events... an all around amazing kid. What made me smile especially? He was African-American! *smiles from the delightful memory*

btw... no one abbreviated his name nor ever mocked him! Yay!

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post Feb 18 2008, 05:25 PM
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I named my daugher Deirdre after a character in an indiana jones book "Dance of Giants"


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post Feb 19 2008, 05:20 AM
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ive always loved the name Franz.
if i had a son i would like to think i would call him that.
Partly names after Franz Kafka. Partly named after Franz Klein.


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post Feb 19 2008, 07:12 PM
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My husband and I both love the name Scarlett - which is from Gone With the Wind... although she's not the best role model. We don't like it b/c we have any sentimental attachment to the character - we just think it's a really pretty name. My name is Katie - so that would be really from the book if I named her Scarlett Katie or vice versa. We're leaning towards Scarlett Rose, Scarlett Eve, or Scarlett Kate.

I also really like the name Hero - which is from Shakespear. I'd use that for a middle name before a first name though.

I actually really like the name Draco... but would never have the guts to name any future sons that name.

One of my favorite characters of all time - from a trilogy called Mark of the Lion - is named Hadassah - which is pretty.


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If I ever have a son I would name him Legolas, after the elf in The Lord of the Rings. I love that name! Also Aragorn and Elrond. Also Icarus and Ozymandias from As The Wind Blows by James Patterson.

If I ever have a daughter I would name her Hermione from HP or Max from As The Wind Blows or the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson.


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post Feb 19 2008, 10:50 PM
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I've got some friends who are such LotR fans that their three sons are named Aragorn, Eomer, and Celeborn.


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I am probably going to name my daughter (if ever...) Mary Francis Katherine, after Francie from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Favorite book ever.


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I really like the girl name of Jo, from Little Women. It was a favorite growning up. I was the Jo March of my family; very tom-boyish, and stubborn. But I also like it because its the name of my favorite living author, JKR. Now thats a deal. The name Jo just seems like a very stronge name to me, and thats why I love it.

Another name I like from a book is Cecilia. I feel in love with that name a long time ago. I'm sure its been in lots of books, but after reading Atonement I loved it even more.

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