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Baby Names Inspired by Literature

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Literature can be a great source of inspiration when searching for your baby's name. There are so many characters to choose from. Here are some of our favorites.

Girl Baby Names

Full Name

Title
  • Ada
  • Adah
  • Adèle
  • Annemarie
  • Arabella
  • Bessie
  • Celia
  • Charlotte
  • Clarisse
  • Corrine
  • Daisy
  • Dinah
  • Edith
  • Elinor
  • Estelle
  • Evelyn
  • Grace
  • Henrietta
  • Hester
  • Janice
     
  • Jeanette
     
  • Jewel
  • Josephine
  • Justine
  • Lena
  • Leona
     
  • Leslie
  • Lola
  • Lucille
  • Lydia
  • Maretha
  • Marianne
  • Marilla
  • Matilda
  • Mayella
  • Mercedes
  • Mina
  • Moira
  • Norma
  • Orleanna
  • Pearl
  • Pecola
  • Phoebe
     
  • Rose
  • Sibyl
     
  • Susanna
  • Sylvie
  • Tabitha
     
  • Vera
  • Yvette
  • Ada Monroe
  • Adah Price
  • Adèle Ratignolle
  • Annemarie Johansen
  • Arabella Donn
  • Bessie Lee
  • Celia Welch
  • Charlotte Bartlett
  • Clarisse McClellan
  • Corrine
  • Daisy Buchanan
  • Dinah
  • Edith Leete
  • Elinor Dashwood
  • Estelle
  • Evelyn Nesbit
  • Grace
  • Henrietta Musgrove
  • Hester Prynne
  • Janice Evans
     
  • Jeanette
     
  • Jewel
  • Josephine March
  • Justine Moritz
  • Lena Grove
  • Leona Cassiani
     
  • Leslie Burke
  • Lola
  • Lucille
  • Lydia Bennet
  • Maretha
  • Marianne Dashwood
  • Marilla Cuthbert
  • Matilda Kroyl
  • Mayella Ewell
  • Mercedes
  • Mina Murray
  • Moira Davidson
  • Norma Gordon
  • Orleanna
  • Pearl
  • Pecola Breedlove
  • Phoebe Caulfield
     
  • Rose Maylie
  • Sibyl Vane
     
  • Susanna Kaysen
  • Sylvie
  • Tabitha Wheelwright
     
  • Vera Thomas
  • Yvette Potter
    • Cold Mountain
    • The Poisonwood Bible
    • The Awakening
    • Number the Stars
    • Jude the Obscure
    • Jane Eyre
    • Lucky Jim
    • A Room With a View
    • Fahrenheit 451
    • The Color Purple
    • The Great Gatsby
    • The Red Tent
    • Looking Backward
    • Sense and Sensibility
    • No Exit
    • Ragtime
    • The Piano Lesson
    • Persuasion
    • The Scarlet Letter
    • The Member of the Wedding
    • Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
    • Lord Jim
    • Little Women
    • Frankenstein
    • Light in August
    • Love in the Time of Cholera
    • Bridge to Terabithia
    • Sister Carrie
    • On the Road
    • Pride and Prejudice
    • The Piano Lesson
    • Sense and Sensibility
    • Anne of Green Gables
    • A Medieval Life
    • To Kill a Mockingbird
    • The Call of the Wild
    • Dracula
    • On the Beach
    • Flowers for Algernon
    • The Poisonwood Bible
    • The Scarlet Letter
    • The Bluest Eye
    • The Catcher in the Rye
    • Oliver Twist
    • The Picture of Dorian Brown
    • Girl, Interrupted
    • Lucy: A Novel
    • A Prayer for Owen Meany
    • Native Son
    • Mother Courage
 

Boy Baby Names

Full Name

Title
  • Albus
  • Atticus
  • Augustus
     
  • Avery
  • Benito
  • Bryce
  • Caius
  • Calvin
  • Cash
  • Cecil
  • Charles
     
  • Christian
     
  • Conrad
     
  • Dale
     
  • Darrell
  • Dellon
  • Diggory
     
  • Doaker
  • Dorian
     
  • Edmond
     
  • Ethan
  • Franklin
  • Gabriel
     
  • Grant
     
  • Holden
     
  • Hugh
  • Ian
  • Irwin
  • Isaac
  • Jonas
  • Josiah
  • Jude
  • Julian
  • Kenyon
  • Lennox
  • Marlow
  • Mazer
  • Miles
  • Milo
  • Nathan
  • Noah
  • Orlando
  • Oswald
  • Owen
  • Quentin
     
  • Rhett
  • Romeo
  • Simon
  • Wilfred
  • Winston
  • Albus Dumbledore
  • Atticus Finch
  • Augustus Gloop
     
  • Avery Brown
  • Benito Cereno
  • Bryce
  • Caius Martius
  • Calvin Jarrett
  • Cash Bundren
  • Cecil Vyse
  • Charles Wallace Murray
  • Christian Cantle
     
  • Conrad
     
  • Dale Harding
     
  • Darrell Curtis
  • Dellon
  • Diggory Venn
     
  • Doaker Charles
  • Dorian Gray
     
  • Edmond Dantès
     
  • Ethan Frome
  • Franklin Blake
  • Mr. Gabriel
    John Utterson
  • Grant
    Wiggins
  • Holden
    Caulfield
  • Hugh Whitbread
  • Dr. Ian Malcolm
  • Irwin
  • Isaac Okonkwo
  • Jonas Faukman
  • Josiah Bounderby
  • Jude Fawley
  • Julian West
  • Kenyon Clutter
  • Lennox
  • Marlow
  • Mazer Rackham
  • Miles Bjornstam
  • Milo Minderbinder
  • Nathan Price
  • Noah Joad
  • Orlando
  • Oswald Alving
  • Owen Meany
  • Quentin Compson
     
  • Rhett Butler
  • Romeo Montague
  • Simon
  • Wilfred Owen
  • Winston Smith
    • Harry Potter
    • To Kill a Mockingbird
    • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    • The Piano Lesson
    • Melville Stories
    • Regeneration
    • Coriolanus
    • Ordinary People
    • As I Lay Dying
    • A Room With a View
    • A Wrinkle in Time
       
    • The Return of
      the Native
    • Much Ado
      About Nothing
    • One Flew Over
      the Cuckoo's Nest
    • The Outsiders
    • Pigs in Heaven
    • The Return of
      the Native
    • The Piano Lesson
    • The Picture of Dorian Brown
    • The Count of Monte Cristo
    • Ethan Frome
    • The Moonstone
    • Dr. Jekyll and
      Mr. Hyde
    • A Lesson
      Before Dying
    • The Catcher
      in the Rye
    • Mrs. Dalloway
    • Jurassic Park
    • The Bell Jar
    • No Longer At Ease
    • The Da Vinci Code
    • Hard Times
    • Jude the Obscure
    • Looking Backward
    • In Cold Blood
    • Macbeth
    • Heart of Darkness
    • Basketball
    • Ender's Game
    • Main Street
    • Catch-22
    • The Poisonwood Bible
    • The Grapes of Wrath
    • Orlando
    • Ghosts
    • A Prayer for Owen Meany
    • Absalom, Absalom!
    • Gone with the Wind
    • Romeo and Juliet
    • Lord of the Flies
    • Regeneration

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