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[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

This has come up in a couple of posts over the past couple of days and now I'm interested. Are there any names that you'd consider naming your child after a literary character? I don't mean wanting to name your daughter "Jessica" and by coincidence, you happen to love a book with a character named Jessica. I mean that you never would have considered it, but you love that character so much that you'd use the name.


Boys
Atticus - To Kill a Mockingbird
Phineas (Finny/Finn) - A Separate Peace
Holden - Catcher in the Rye
Salinger - OK, not a literary character, but after JD Salinger (and I'd only use it as a middle name, DON'T WORRY)
Simon - Lord of the Flies [haha, I know, he dies and he turns into kind of a wuss, but in the beginning of the book he's my favorite character]
Huck - The Adventures of Huck Finn
Nick - The Nick Adams stories (Hemingway)

Girls
Scout - To Kill a Mockingbird (I know this one caused controversy because it's not her REAL name, but while I love Scout, I hate the name Jean for a girl and therefore could NEVER name my daughter Jean Louise. Louise is a middle name possibility though.)
Siddalee (Sidda) - Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
Harper - OK, not a literary character, but after Harper Lee
Judith - once again, not a literary character, but after Judy Blume (I hate the name Judy, so I'd use the long version, and only as a mn since Judith is too long of a name for a 4-year-old without a nickname)
Caroline - Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
Genevieve - " "

Comments

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely forgot the second d, haha. I knew that.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

My Name is Asher Lev is such a great book! I just read it this summer. Have you read The Chosen? It's on my list for when I have pocket money for books again.
Asher is also on my names list (though it was even before I heard of the book) and I adore Devorah and would have that on the girls list if my boyfriend's sister wasn't already named Debra.