Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Top Ten Characters I'd Name My Children After


1. My favorite.
Bet a lot of us would choose this one.
Atticus. 
from To Kill a Mockingbird

2. Should I go with Aramis, Athos, or Porthos?
Or D'Artagnan?
from The Three Musketeers

3. Named after the book character,
not the movie character.
Shrek.
from William Steig's Shrek

4. What about naming a child
after a favorite elephant book character?
Babar.
from Laurent de Brunhoff's Babar

5. Not her real name, surely,
but certainly a lovely one.
Stargirl.
from Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl

6. My husband, with his penchant for the western,
would love either or these.
Gus or Call.
from Lonesome Dove

7. Bilbo?
Or Frodo?
Gandalf?
from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

8. Chrysanthemum.
from Kevin Henkes' Chrysanthemum

9. So many wonderful names
from Shakespeare...
Romeo?
Macbeth?
Hamlet?
from Shakespeare

10. Or, what about naming my child after an author?
There are some fantastic author names...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for example.
Or Halldor Laxness.
Haruki Murakami.
Khaled Hosseini...
I could go on and on....


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18 comments:

  1. Ms. YinglingFebruary 8, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    I named my dog Sylvie after Princess Sylvie in The Great Good Thing, and my daughter's middle name is Louisa after, well, take a guess!

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  2. Kate @Midnight Book GirlFebruary 8, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    I've always loved the names Dane (from Thornbirds) and Jory (from Petals on the Wind). I've also always wanted a daughter named Turtle(from the Westing Game) but I settled for naming one of my dogs that. :)

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  3. MollyFebruary 8, 2011 at 6:20 AM

    Great ideas! Atticus would be at the top of my list as well, but I really like the suggestion of Babar :)

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  4. UnknownFebruary 8, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    I can't believe I forgot Atticus!!

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  5. Two BibliomaniacsFebruary 8, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    I picked Scout, but I also love Atticus. Also, Pippen is my favorite name from the LOTR series.

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  6. Jenni ElyseFebruary 8, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    I know several people who've named their kids after Atticus and I even have a friend who named her daughter Scout.

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  7. ChristinaFebruary 8, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Chrysanthemum! I love that book! It was my favorite name for a while, because of the adorable little mouse whose name wouldn't fit on her nametag. :)

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    Great list - I love Atticus although I'd be more likely to use it as a middle name I think

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  9. Vicki S February 8, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    Gotta agree with TB, Peregrin or Pippin is my favorite Tolkien name, though Gandalf wouldn't be too bad either ;)

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  10. UnknownFebruary 8, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    Stargirl is on my list too-though my LOTR pick is Samwise Gamgee :) Also, I might hav to go Scout over Atticus-as much as I love that book, every time I hear that name a little part of my mind thinks "Prison?"

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  11. LBCFebruary 8, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    Fun post. I picked Atticus as well. I think my favorite Shakespeare name is Portia, but Ophelia is pretty good as well.

    http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-ten-tuesday-namesakes.html

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  12. UnknownFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Fun picks. I can just imagine having been called Stargirl though and I bet I would've become sick of the superhero references. Hehe! And I would definitely pick D'Artagnan! Sounds very valiant.

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  13. Lauren StoolfireJune 23, 2015 at 1:09 PM

    Those particular names from Shakespeare may have a little too much baggage connected to them. :D

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  14. CG @ Paper FuryOctober 18, 2016 at 6:24 AM

    I named my dog Atticus! Literary names FOR THE WIN, I SAY! :D Although I seriously love the idea of naming someone Samwise. So nerdy and yet not too weird, compared to the other Tolkien names.😂 Also speaking of Tolkien...that would be a good name for a kid right?!

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  15. Dual ReadsOctober 18, 2016 at 7:59 AM

    The names from The Three Musketeers are really nice! I didn't know there was a literary Shrek!

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  16. SongOctober 18, 2016 at 8:34 AM

    Sounds tongue-in-cheek! Atticus is a lovely name... and I love the name Gus as a nickname. It sounds so homely and cuddly!

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  17. AnonymousOctober 18, 2016 at 12:53 PM

    Choosing names is just such fun! :-) You've got some interesting ones on here!

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  18. Captivated ReaderOctober 18, 2016 at 1:26 PM

    I almost chose Stargirl for my post this week as I love the novel Stargirl, but went with another name from another novel by Jerry Spinelli.

    Here's a link to my TTT post for the week:
    http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2016/10/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-character-names.html

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