Names Inspired By Authors

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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

Comments

[arbus.livejournal.com]

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)