Lucy Maud Montgomery names

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 Some of my favorite names are found in the books of Lucy Maud Montgomery, so I thought I'd go through each and list the names. I've bolded the ones I like best!

Anne of Green Gables series:

Anne Shirley
Bertha and Walter (her parents)
Matthew and Marilla (her adoptive family)
Davy and Dora, her sort-of adoptive siblings
Rachel
Gilbert Blythe (her love interest and later, husband)

Her children:
Joyce
James Matthew "Jem"
Walter Cuthbert
Diana "Di"
Anne "Nan"
Shirley (M)
Bertha Marilla "Rilla"

Other characters:
Diana
Fred
Anne Cordelia "Small Anne Cordelia"
Ruby
Jane
Philippa
Priscilla
Jamesina "Jimsie"
Rebecca
Charlotte "Chatty"
Catherine "Kate"
Elizabeth "Little Elizabeth"
Leslie
Josie (not really a friend, but I didn't know where else to put it)
Cornelia
Susan
Jen
Katherine
Ellen
Sophy
Owen
Kenneth
Persis
Royal
Dorothy
Marshall
Mary Martha Ball Moore Vance
Miller
John
Cecilia
Rosemary
Faith
Gerald "Jerry"
Una
Thomas Carlyle "Carl"
Bruce

Emily of New Moon

Emily Byrd Starr
Juliet
Douglas
Elizabeth
Laura
James "Jimmy"
Ruth
Ilse
Allan
Beatrice
Perry
Frederick "Teddy"
Evelyn
Rhoda
Dean
Nancy
Caroline
Archibald
Wallace
Oliver
Aileen
Sullivan


Pat of Silver Bush

Patricia Margaret "Pat"
Sidney "Sid"
Winifred "Winnie"
Joseph "Joe"
Rachel Doris "Cuddles"
Mary
Alexander "Alec"
Fred
Suzanne
David
Hilary (M) "Jingle"
Doreen
Brook (M)
Hester
Barbara
Honor
Dorothy
May
Trix
Judy Plum

The Story Girl

Sara Stanley "The Story Girl"
Sara Rae
Felicity
Cecily
Beverley (M)
Felix
Stephen
Alec
Janet
Blair
Julia
Peter
Roger
Olivia
Edward
Alan
Cyrus


Magic for Marigold

Marigold Lesley
Leander
Lorraine
Edith
Marion
Sidney "Budge"
Romney Austin "Tad"
Ann
Horace "Klondike"
Nina
Mary-Martha
Flora
Leah
Clementine
Stasia
Marcia
Matilda
Josephine
Sybilla
Emmalinza
Theodosia
Myra
Salome
Varvara
Hilda



Jane of Lantern Hill

Jane Victoria Stuart
Andrew
Robin
Irene
Jodie
Justina
Violet
Millicent Mary
Timothy Salt
Elmer "Ding-Dong"
Polly
Marilyn Florence Isabel "Shingle"
Penny
Miranda
Caraway (F)
Elmira
George
Ella


The Blue Castle

Valancy Jane "Doss"
Bernard "Barney"
John Foster
Olive
Benjamin
Herbert
Cecil
Isabel

A Tangled Web

Rebecca "Becky"
Roger
Gabrielle Alexandrina "Gay"
Hannah "Nan"
Joscelyn
Hugh
Noel (M)
Frank
Margaret
Pippin (M)
Dandy
Sally
William
Crosby
Harry
Theodore
Camilla
Ambrosine
John
Stanton
Donna
Virginia
Barry
Thora
Murray
Thekla
Denzil
Toynbee
Edmond
Samuel
Titus
Kennedy
Pennycuik "Penny" (M)
Artemas (M)
Alpheus
Annabel
Oswald
Naomi
Harriet
Clifford
Palmer
Pauline

Kilmeny of the Orchard

Kilmeny
Eric
David
Larry
Neil

I know I've probably left some out, but that's a good list to start on!

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Anne
Walter
Matthew
James Matthew
Diana
Ruby
Jane
Catherine
Elizabeth
Leslie
Josie
Katherine
Ellen
Sophy - love the name, but not the spelling
John
Cecilia
Rosemary
Emily
Juliet
Laura
Ruth
Beatrice
Frederick
Evelyn
Dean
Nancy
Caroline
Oliver
Aileen
Margaret
Joseph "Joe"
Mary
Alexander
David
Barbara
May
Sara
Felix
Janet
Julia
Peter
Edward
Cyrus
Edith
Nina
Leah
Matilda
Josephine
Jane Victoria
Andrew
Robin
Violet
Isabel
Miranda
George
Ella
John Foster
Benjamin
Cecil
Hannah
Hugh
Noel
Margaret
Sally
William
Harry
Theodore
Camilla
Barry
Samuel
Annabel
Harriet

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

L.M. Montgomery is one of my favorites, and her characters have influenced my favorite names quite a bit. I love a good portion of them, but my top L.M.M.-inspired names are currently:

Alexander
Andrew
Beatrice
Cecilia
Damaris (from the short story "The Son of His Mother")
Diana
Emily
Flora
Ford (after Kenneth Ford)
Gilbert
Hazel (Pat's aunt from the Silver Bush series)
Hilda
Ilse
Jack (from the short story "The Price"--he's always called Jacky, which would be cute around the house, but I'd prefer Jack)
Jacob (of the Jacob/St. Clair Donnell/Donnell controversy in Anne of Avonlea)
Jade (I never used to like this name, but I love how Mr. Carpenter calls Emily that in the New Moon books, and I warmed to the name itself)
James (I'd use the nickname Jimmy over Jem, though)
Jane
Juliet
Kenneth
Lewis (Anne's from Anne of Windy Poplars)
May
Noel
Olivia
Owen
Penelope (from the short story "Penelope Struts Her Theories")
Persis
Philippa
Ruby
Sylvia (Marigold's imaginary friend from Magic for Marigold)
Una
Valancy (I wouldn't actually use it, but I love the character so much, I love the name now)
Victoria
Winifred
Zoe ( from the short story "A Commonplace Woman")

I finally read A Tangled Web online a few weeks ago (I've never yet found a copy in a bookstore) and was on the verge of collecting the names and posting them here, they're so interesting. I mean, Pennycuik? Never got around to it, though.

I also love the naming discussion at the beginning of Magic for Marigold, and all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and ancestors that weave in and out of any of the books featuring clannish families.

(Sorry for the repost, I forgot to preview for HTML mistakes first.)

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

James with the nickname Jem is interesting! I like that. But if I were to name a daughter Gemma...I wouldn't be able to use it anymore ;)

I also like:
Diana
Ruby
Philippa (Pippa!)
Cecilia
Faith
Emily
Juliet
Joseph ("Joe" --> I love that nickname, it's one of the reasons I love Joseph)
Doris
May
Alan
Leander
Edith
Flora
Leah
Clementine
Ella
Hugh
Noel

Yeah, a lot of good names! I used to despise the name Beatrice, but after reading 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon I've come to like Beatriz, and now I don't mind it anymore.

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

HeeHee, I'm from Prince Edward Island. Stuff like this makes me giggle.

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

My name is Josie. xDD