Anyone here has named/is planning to name their children (or pets) after literary characters? I’d like my firstborn son’s name to be Aslan. :)
Anyone here has named/is planning to name their children (or pets) after literary characters?
I’d like my firstborn son’s name to be Aslan. 🙂
I’d want to name a future dog or son Jon for Jon Snow ❤
I named my daughter Khaleesi haha
@Krystal omg I love that ❤️
Isn’t she a beauty! Hi Cara! ?
Thanks 😀
I have Elsa and Thor from fictional characters.
My female snowflake eel’s name is Eellaria Sand (Game of Thrones).
I named my gecko Vida Blue.
Vida from the Darkest Minds
Blue from The Raven Cycle.
She’s a cutie and I love her.
I have a cat names Boba after Boba Fett from Star Wars (there are Star Wars books) I plan on naming my next cats “Meggie” from Inkheart and Matilda from Roald Dahl’s book.
My oldest son is named Landon after Nicolas sparks- a walk to remember.
We didn’t name him after a literary character, but a comic book character…Oliver Queen
I have Autumn Belle (From the original story of beauty and the beast) and then I am named for a character in gone with the wind.
I have two cats named Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennett, another named Ysabeau after a character in Deborah Harkness’ Witch Trilogy, and a feral cat that invited himself in named Oscar Wild (sic)
I want one of my daughters to be named Rosalie from the twilight saga always loved her and her name!
My dog’s name is Remy. After the X-men Gambit ?
My zebra finches are Benedict and Beatrice from “Much Ado About Nothing”—-often shortened to B&B.
I named a cat Fleur for Fleur Delacore in Harry Potter
I named my violin after Fleur as well ? (all my instruments have names)
My cats growing up were Westley and Buttercup (from A Princess Bride). I have 1 dog named Drogo and my other dog’s middle name is Tyrion (from Game of Thrones). ?
Wow. Drogo is a good name for a dog. The beast of a dog, he’d be! Sun and stars!
@Trupti and her cats
I’d like to name a daughter Minerva.
Daughters names Savannah, Raine and Sienna ?
One of my first borns middle names is Dorothy, after my Great Grandmother who was named after Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. One of my second borns middle names is Hermione.
Aww. She looks similar to a cat that I used to have. ❤
Named my youngest daugther Eowyn, the princess from lotr.
I entertained using that name for my daughter lol
This was one I planned to use as a middle name if I had a daughter.
Most likely Not sure which names yet tho
I want to name one of my future daughters Marlena from Water for Elephants
I named 3 cats Ashley Ohara and butler after gwtw characters. They lived long lives. Ohara passed in June at age 20. I named my dog faith after the character in keeping faith by Jodi picoult. My dog is named scout after the character into kill a mockingbird
My older son is “Holden”. 😀
If I ever get a girl her middle name would be “Hermine” the Norwegian version of “Hermione”
When I have kids, I’ll call them after literary or any fandom characters but in an unconspicious manner so they can act as normal names and only I and maybe my friends will know the true origin
that’s awesome
Kinda want to call any future daughter I have ‘Sansa’.
Named my newborn Khaleesi ??
Sansa is a beautiful name. And contrary to general opinion, I like the character too. 😛
She’s my absolute favourite character throughout the series. My boyfriend is skeptical because of what the TV series has done to her, but I’m hoping the books won’t be quite as bad to her.
I want 2 kitties, one black and one white, so i can call them Poppet and Widget ?
Lol, um…no.
I named my daughter Serenity (from Sailor Moon). Not sure if I’m going to have more kids but if I do I would love to name them after favorite characters.
Yes.hahhaha . I will name my children if boys,
Sherlock and
Mycroft (Both From Sherlock Holmes)
My daughter is named after Rowan Mayfair.
Mine too! My Rowan is 23 – she loves her name.
My daughter is named after Rowan Mayfair from Anne Rice’s the witching hour and my other daughter is named after Hunter S. Thompson, my son is named after the actor Griffin Dunne
This isn’t bookish but TV related I want to also name one of my daughters Olivia after Olivia Pope and Olivia Benson
My daughter is named Khaleesi (the title of Danaerys Targaryan in A Song of Ice and Fire aka Game of Thrones)
Named my daughter Khaleesi ??
My son’s name is Jarvis from ironman. ? and if we have a boy the next time I want to name him Rhysand from ACOTAR
I want to name a daughter Beatrice, from Much Ado about Nothing.
My cat is Samwise Gamgee
2 beautiful sister cats named Bellatrix (Bella) and Narcissa (Cissa) LaStrange.
I have a boy kitten called Bailey but also know as bailetrix lestrange
I’ve always wanted to name one of my babies Isabella (from Twilight) or Anastasia (Fifty Shades) but never really acted on it. Also wanted the name Auburn (Colleen Hoover’s Confess) for a middle name. Maybe next time ?
Named my one cat Apollo from Percy Jackson, my son’s name is Kyo from Fruits Basket (anime), my dog is Moxxi from Borderlands, and we have two cats named after Pokemon. ?
We have a cat named Khaleesi after Game of Thrones, and Killian after Witches of East End.
It was very hard to find a baby boy name and I finally found it from A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness – I want to name him Connor.
I had the same problem when my son was born, the girls already had one of their names preplanned – the eldest has my late mother’s name as a middle name, and the other daughter is named after my best friend and mum’s best friend for her middle names
My youngest son is called Connor
me when m reading and someone distrupts.
All of my animals were named after Disney animals
I named my kitty Figaro from the kitty in Pinocchio :3
Aww. I had three cats; tigger, rahja (like jasmine’s tiger) and nala.
My daughter is named elena (spelt elenah) from vampire diaries
Named my dog Theodore after Theodore Finch from All The Bright Places
I had a laptop named Dobby! ?
Hmm my Shih Tzu is called Fluffy
One of my cats has the middle named of Grey ?
My son is named Oliver. Everyone thinks it’s because if Oliver Twist but it’s actually not lol. It would make sense though. My friend got me a copy of the door for him for my baby shower.
My son’s dad name him Oliver, but we arent together anymore. So I lie and tell people I named Oliver after Oliver Twist Lmfao ?
My dog name’s Hedwig from Harry Potter
Would really like to name my daughter Rahael-from God of small things ! ?
I have a dog named Lovecraft
I have Simon, named after the character in Lord of the Flies; and Finnegan James, named after Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
My son’s name is Jericho after a character in a book called The Dream Merchant by Isobel Hoving. Cat’s name is Jaeger, after Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan!
I haven’t found a name yet that speaks to me. But I do want a name with literary meaning.
My daughter was going to be Catherine Elizabeth (Jane Austen references there), but she just wasn’t a Catherine. We went with Rebecca (family name). My son’s name is a family name, no literary references there!
But we named our dog Arwen!
My favorite author is Flannery O’Connor.
I have a daughter named Flannery and a son named Connor!
I want my first daughter named Isabella Marie (nickname Izzy from TMi even though I’ve loved and wanted a daughter named that wayyyy before I read the series), and son’s Jonathan Christopher and Alexander (Jace & Alec..also TMI). And I named a cat Calore from Red Queen. As well as a dog named Macbeth from Shakespeare
My daughter due in February will be called Anne after Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables
Milo. From The Phantom Tollbooth was going to be my first son’s name. But unfortunately, he didn’t make it.
Rhys, percy, and piper
I have a cat named Lestat and another named Louie
Dorian
I’ll probably name my next cat after a literary character like Grimalkin. But in the past I’ve named my cats Yoshi (Mario, obviously), Mushu (Mulan), and Rictus (The Thief of Always)
Discworld! *-* Cute dog. ?
I wanted to call my dog Arel, she’s a goddess from a hungarian(i’m from Hungary) fantasy book series. Pretty good series, after all…:D
I want my first daughter to be named Arsinoe (Three Dark Crowns) and my first son to be Julian or Rowan!