Fiction Revisited

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

 A recent post asked about names you would NOT consider using because of pop culture references (tv, movies, books, etc...). What about names that, for you, benefit from these references? Are there any names that you love because of their use in a book, movie, etc...? What about any names that aren't "real" names that you would use because of a fictional reference?

For me, I love the name Kisten because of the Rachel Morgan books, Dresden for the Harry Dresden series, Leander from Greek Mythology, Gage from Pet Cemetary, Curran from Magic Bites, and probably a lot more if I thought about it.  I also love Ender, but I don't know that I would ever really use it. For girls, I love Phedre from the Kushiel series, Antigone from Antigone, Nimue from Arthurian literature, Hero from Greek mythology.

WDYT?

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[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Atticus - To Kill a Mockingbird
Elliot - Law & Order: SVU
Miranda - Sex & the City/Grey's Anatomy
Harry - Harry Potter
Huck - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer
Alice - The L Word
Dana - The L Word/The X-Files
Claudia - The West Wing
Tobias - The West Wing
Josiah - The West Wing

[farawaysong.livejournal.com]

Here are a few:

Harry, Padma, Sirius - Harry Potter
Meredith - Grey's Anatomy
Imogen - Imogen Heap
Melanie - Gone with the Wind
Lorelai, Rory - Gilmore Girls
Olive - Little Miss Sunshine
Phineas - A Separate Peace
Luke - Star Wars
Claire - The Time Traveler's Wife
Penny - Hairspray

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Ariel - I got to love this name through the character in Medium.
Astrid - Because of one of my favourite books, White Oleander. She's such a strong, amazing character.
Blue - A guilty pleasure name of mine, because my favourite book is Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Again, amazing character.
Sadie & Tamsin - Because of the book 'My Summer of Love'.
Madelief - Used to be a very popular series here. The main character (Madelief) was beyond awesome.
Peyton - Mainly because of Claire Forlani in CSI:NY.

Francis - Because of the character in the Secret History.
David - Because David Lynch is my hero.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Ada - Cold Mountain
Emilia - Othello
Esme - To Esme with love and squalor
Gaia - Greek mythology
Harper - Harper Lee
Iris - Mythology, and the song.
Meredith - Greys anatomy*

George - Greys anatomy*
Finn - Mythology
Harrison, Jude, Lennon - Beatles
Seamus - Harry Potter (I'm not into the series. So just mean in the sense people will be more likely to say/spell it right.)

I'm slightly embarassed to admit, but that's the majority of my list.

My favourite TV show as a kid had characters with colour names; so have ended up thinking Magenta, Indigo and Scarlet are cool names. Would never use them though, because most people who knows me IRL would get the reference and the kid would probably need theraphy.

*I liked it anyway, but hearing it on the show reminded me how good it was.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Girls:
Audrey - Audrey Hepburn
Grace - Grace Kelly
Claudia - The Babysitter's Club
Lily - Harry Potter
Scarlett - Gone With The Wind
India - Gone With The Wind
Athena - Greek mythology

Boys:
Chandler - Friends
James - Harry Potter
Rhett - Gone With The Wind
Ashley - Gone With The Wind
Josiah - The West Wing

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

Actually, almost all the names I love derive from books, movies etc. ^^

Claire - Outlander
Keziah - Outlander
Josiah - Outlander
Brianna - Outlander
McKenzie - Outlander
Senga - Outlander
Luke - Star Wars
Kela - Reflections on the Nile
Illeana - Reflections on the Nile
Chloe - Reflections on the Nile
Jin - Tekken :x

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

I would SO give one of my kids, boy or girl, the middle name Chandler. It seems to work for both. But I'd never use it as a first name, and certainly not Muriel ;)

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't use Chandler on a girl. I think it works well as a middle name too.