http://aimeewins.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] aimeewins.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2008-07-05 12:43 pm

Names Inspired By Authors

Anne
Barbara
Carolyn
Charlotte
Doris
Elizabeth
Emily
Harper*
Harriet
Jane
Joanne Kathleen
Judy
Katherine
Louisa*
Lucy Maud
Madeleine
Margaret
Marge
Mary
Maya
Paula
Rebecca
Sylvia
Virginia
Willa*




Ambrose
Bram
Cormac
Dan
Ernest
George
Henry David
Homer
J.D.
Jules
Leo
Lewis
Mario
Nicholas*
Oscar
Ray
Samuel
Scott
Stephen
Tennessee
Tom
Truman
Virgil
Walt
William

[identity profile] jamykins.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Emily
Harper
Katherine
Louisa
Lucy
Madeleine
Margaret
Maya


Henry David
Nicholas
Tennessee *i wouldn't use it, but it's kinda cool*
William

[identity profile] moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Trying not to let my opinion on the authors taint my perception of the names...

Anne
Charlotte
Emily
Harper
Harriet
Jane
Lucy Maud
Madeleine
Margaret
Mary
Maya
Virginia

Cormac
Dan
George
Jules
Leo
Nicholas
Tom
Truman
Walt
William

[identity profile] shyspy.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I *love* Virgil. This was my second-favorite name when I was earlier in my pregnancy. I am still completely stuck on "V" names, Vorian, Virgil, Vega, Valen...

[identity profile] lovetokate.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I love a bunch of these. I'm a Katherine, my daughter is an Emilie (the French spelling of the name.)

I like Henry David and Samuel as well.

[identity profile] florallove.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Anne
Charlotte
Harriet
Jane
Madeleine
Margaret
Maya






George
J.D.
Leo
Oscar
Samuel
Stephen
Tennessee
Walt
William

[identity profile] yourcrowbar.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Carolyn
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Harper
Katherine
Lucy
Madeleine
Maya (my former #1 name for a girl)
Rebecca


Nicholas
Scott
Tennessee (i actually like this name for a girl...)

[identity profile] stummyflies.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
i like:

Jane
Katherine
Louisa
Madeleine

Henry David
Ray
Stephen

[identity profile] arbus.livejournal.com 2008-07-06 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
i really like a lot of these...

charlotte (well i used to love it but i am pretty much over it at this point)
elizabeth (i prefer elisabeth)
emily (starting to kind of love it)
harper (guilty pleasure, i would never use it)
katherine (i prefer catherine)
louisa (kind of, louise too)
lucy (love it but wouldnt use it due to the red hair factor)
madeline (too common though, and will just get mushed in with all the other trillion maddies, thanks to the popularity of madison, so i wouldnt use it)
margaret (love meg and maggie, even though its my cats name)
virginia (the dogs name!)
willa (used to love it, now i just sort of like it)

henry (just love it, plain and simple)
leo (just cool)
samuel (love it but cant use it due to the connection to an ex)
tennessee (LOVE it, such a guilty pleasure)
william (simple and classic)

[identity profile] tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com 2008-07-06 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Anne
Barbara
Elizabeth
Emily
Harper
Harriet
Jane
Katherine
Louisa
Lucy
Madeleine
Margaret
Mary
Willa

George
Henry David
J.D. - Salinger's name is Jerome David. I like David, and the nickname JD.
Leo
Lewis
Nicholas
Oscar
Samuel
William

[identity profile] 0o-faerie.livejournal.com 2008-07-06 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Joanne Kathleen made me laugh.

I must say that because of her, I started to like the name Joanne even more than I already did =)

[identity profile] my-little-voice.livejournal.com 2008-07-07 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
i like:
Carolyn, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Emily, Harper, Jane, Katherine, Lucy,
Margaret, Ambrose, Henry, David, Leo, Lewis, Nicholas, and Samuel

[identity profile] skittles22088.livejournal.com 2008-08-19 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I like:
Anne
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Emily
Harper
Madeleine
Mary

Bram
Leo
Nicholas
William