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Literary names
108 names with a literary theme.
Aisling
Girl
Irish (Gaelic)
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"dream;vision"
Alice
Girl
German
·
"Noble, from Germanic Adelheidis"
Amanda
Girl
Latin
·
"Worthy of love, lovable"
Anais
Girl
French
·
"grace;favor"
Antigone
Girl
Greek
·
"Worthy of one's parents"
Antoine
Boy
French
·
"priceless;flower"
Arabella
Girl
Latin;Germanic
·
"yielding to prayer;beautiful eagle"
Atticus
Boy
Latin
·
"From Attica; man of Athens"
Beckett
Neutral
Old English
·
"Bee cottage; little stream"
Belinda
Girl
Spanish
·
"Beautiful or bright snake, possibly from Italian bella"
Bram
Boy
Dutch
·
"father of many;diminutive of Abraham"
Byron
Boy
Old English
·
"At the cowsheds or barn"
Carmen
Girl
Latin
·
"Garden; song"
Cary
Boy
Welsh
·
"Pleasant stream or beloved"
Celia
Girl
Latin
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"Heavenly, feminine of Caelius"
Charlotte
Girl
French
·
"Free woman"
Clarissa
Girl
Latin
·
"Bright or clear, elaboration of Clara"
Colette
Girl
Latin
·
"Victorious people (Nicolette)"
Cordelia
Girl
Celtic
·
"Heart; jewel of the sea"
Dante
Boy
Italian
·
"enduring;lasting"
Deirdre
Girl
Irish (Gaelic)
·
"sorrowful;raging"
Dorian
Boy
Greek
·
"From Doris or descendant of Dorus"
Eachann
Boy
Scottish Gaelic
·
"brown horse;steadfast"
Edgar
Boy
Old English
·
"Wealthy spear"
Elaine
Girl
French
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"Bright shining light, French variant of Helen"
Elinor
Girl
Greek;French
·
"light;shining"
Eliot
Boy
Hebrew;English
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"The Lord is my God;variant of Elliot"
Elliott
Boy
Hebrew
·
"The Lord is my God"
Emilia
Girl
Italian
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"Rival, feminine of Aemilius"
Emily
Girl
Latin
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"Rival or industrious, from Roman family name Aemilius"
Esmeralda
Girl
Spanish
·
"Emerald"
Estella
Girl
Spanish
·
"Star, variant of Estelle or Estrella"
Evangeline
Girl
Greek
·
"Bearer of good news"
Fiona
Girl
Scottish Gaelic
·
"fair;white"
Geoffrey
Boy
Germanic
·
"Peaceful pledge or traveler"
Guinevere
Girl
Welsh
·
"Fair one; white phantom"
Harlan
Boy
Old English
·
"Rocky land or rabbit land"
Hejar
Boy
Kurdish
·
"poor; humble"
Heloise
Girl
French
·
"healthy;sound"
Hester
Girl
Persian;English
·
"star"
Holden
Boy
Old English
·
"Hollow valley or deep valley"
Homer
Boy
Greek
·
"Pledge or hostage"
Horace
Boy
Latin
·
"Hour or time keeper"
Imogen
Girl
Celtic
·
"Maiden"
Inês
Girl
Portuguese
·
"pure;chaste"
Irving
Boy
Scottish Gaelic
·
"Green water or fresh river"
Ishmael
Boy
Hebrew
·
"God will hear"
Jane
Girl
English
·
"God is gracious, feminine of John"
Jaroslav
Boy
Czech
·
"glory of spring"
Jennifer
Girl
Welsh
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"Fair one; white wave — modern form of Guinevere"
Jenny
Girl
Welsh
·
"Diminutive of Jennifer — fair one"
Jessica
Girl
Hebrew
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"He beholds, derived from biblical Iscah"
Jules
Boy
Latin
·
"Youthful;form of Julius"
Juliet
Girl
French
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"Youthful, English form of Juliette"
Kavya
Girl
Sanskrit
·
"Poetry; poem"
Keaton
Boy
Old English
·
"Place of hawks or shed town"
Lancelot
Boy
French
·
"Land; servant (Arthurian)"
Langston
Boy
English
·
"Tall man's town"
Lenore
Girl
Greek;English
·
"light"
Lesya
Girl
Ukrainian
·
"defender of mankind"
Lewis
Boy
Germanic
·
"Famous warrior"
Lorna
Girl
Scottish;English
·
"laurel;coined name"
Louisa
Girl
Germanic
·
"famous warrior"
Lucian
Boy
Latin
·
"Light"
Lucinda
Girl
Spanish
·
"Light, elaboration of Lucia"
Lucius
Boy
Latin
·
"Light"
Lysander
Boy
Greek
·
"Liberator"
Madeline
Girl
Hebrew
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"From Magdala; tower"
Manon
Girl
French
·
"bitter;diminutive of Marie"
Maud
Girl
Germanic
·
"mighty in battle"
Milton
Boy
Old English
·
"Mill town"
Miranda
Girl
Latin
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"Worthy of admiration, from Latin mirandus"
Mykola
Boy
Ukrainian
·
"victory of the people"
Myra
Girl
English
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"Sweet-smelling oil or myrrh, possibly literary coinage"
Nathanael
Boy
Hebrew
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"Gift of God"
Nathaniel
Boy
Hebrew
·
"Gift of God"
Ophelia
Girl
Greek
·
"Help; aid"
Oscar
Boy
Old English
·
"God spear or deer lover"
Ozan
Boy
Turkish
·
"bard; minstrel; poet"
Pamela
Girl
English
·
"All sweetness, coined by Sir Philip Sidney from Greek pan and meli"
Pejman
Boy
Persian
·
"sad; melancholy; sorrowful"
Penelope
Girl
Greek
·
"Weaver"
Percival
Boy
Old French
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"Pierce the valley"
Percy
Boy
Norman French
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"From Perci-en-Auge"
Regan
Girl
Irish
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"little ruler;king"
Rosalind
Girl
Old German
·
"Gentle horse"
Roxanne
Girl
Persian
·
"Dawn or bright; from Persian Roshanak"
Rufus
Boy
Latin
·
"Red-haired"
Saga
Girl
Old Norse
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"Story; seeing one; Norse goddess"
Sandor
Boy
Hungarian
·
"defender of men"
Sawyer
Neutral
Old English
·
"Wood cutter"
Scarlett
Girl
Old English
·
"Red; scarlet cloth"
Seamus
Boy
Irish (Gaelic)
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"supplanter;Irish form of James"
Shelley
Girl
English
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"Meadow on a ledge, from Old English scelf and leah"
Sohrab
Boy
Persian
·
"red water; bright shining"
Solveig
Girl
Norwegian
·
"strong house;sun strength"
Spencer
Boy
Old French
·
"Steward or dispenser of provisions"
Stephan
Boy
German
·
"crown"
Sybil
Girl
Greek
·
"prophetess;seer"
Taras
Boy
Ukrainian
·
"from Tarentum;troublemaker"
Tess
Girl
Greek
·
"Harvester (Theresa short)"
Thelma
Girl
Greek
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"Will or volition; coined by author Marie Corelli"
Therese
Girl
French
·
"harvester"
Tristan
Boy
Celtic
·
"Sorrowful; tumult"
Vanessa
Girl
English
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"Butterfly; literary coinage by Jonathan Swift"
Viola
Girl
Latin
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"Violet flower"
Virgil
Boy
Latin
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"Staff bearer or flourishing"
Wendy
Girl
English
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"Friend; coined for the play Peter Pan from older Welsh Gwendolyn"