[identity profile] sillygaunts.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
I got the book Wicked for Christmas, and I really find myself liking the name Nessarose. It think it's quite pretty. (I still probably wouldn't give it to a child, though.) What do you guys think?

Also, what are some of your favorite names that you got from books or movies?

Date: 2005-12-27 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sageharper.livejournal.com
Nice :)

Aberset 'Bird' (??)
Ada Clare (Bleak house)
Amelie
Atticus (to kill a mocking bird)
Charles, Hawkeye*, Margaret, Trapper* [MASH]
Daisy (great gatsby)
Emilia (Othello)
Esme (to Esme with love and squalor) [short story by JD Sallinger]
Eowyn
Holden, Phoebe (the catcher in the rye)
Jack
Japhy (the dharma bums)
Jude
Loki (Dogma)
Milo (Catch 22)
Scarlette
Siddalee

I also adore names from mythology, and have lots of favourites there.

*these I'd only use for pets.

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