Literary Baby Names
52 Literary names with researched meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 52 Literary baby names below. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it said correctly. Names are listed most-popular first.
Literary Girl Names
Renesmee#1325 in the U.S.Invented compound of Renee (reborn) and Esme (esteemed, beloved)▶Arwen#1344 in the U.S.Noble maiden, royal lady in Sindarin Elvish▶Khalessi#3299 in the U.S.Queen; a respelling of Khaleesi, the Dothraki royal title invented by George R. R. Martin and p▶Rowena#3430 in the U.S.Possibly from Germanic elements hrod, 'fame', and wunn, 'joy, bliss'; the name of a legendary S▶Avonlea#3446 in the U.S.Invented by L. M. Montgomery for Anne of Green Gables' village; readable as avon, the Celtic 'r▶Arwyn#3639 in the U.S.From Welsh elements including arwyl/ar and gwyn, 'fair, white, blessed'; also echoing Tolkien's▶Minola#5054 in the U.S.Minola has two honest strands. It is best known as a surname in Shakespeare's The Taming of the▶Arrietty#6642 in the U.S.A literary character name — Arrietty, the heroine of Mary Norton's The Borrowers and the Studio▶Galadriel#7697 in the U.S.An invented Elvish name from Tolkien's legendarium, glossed 'a maiden crowned with a radiant ga▶Renly#8819 in the U.S.A coined literary name — Renly Baratheon of Game of Thrones (an invented, English-styled name);▶Aravis#9736 in the U.S.A literary name: Aravis is the spirited Calormene heroine of C.S. Lewis's The Horse and His Boy▶Luthien#9944 in the U.S.A literary name coined by J.R.R. Tolkien for an Elf-maiden, variously glossed 'a daughter of fl▶Beren#10372 in the U.S.From the Turkish Beren, 'strong; wise; the gifted one'; also the name of a hero in Tolkien's Si▶Celaena#10411 in the U.S.From the Greek Celaeno, 'the dark one; the black one' (one of the Pleiades and a Harpy); also t▶Cortana#10430 in the U.S.From Cortana, the name of a legendary sword (from the Latin curtus/Anglo-French cortain, 'short▶Deronda#10823 in the U.S.Deronda is an unusual name whose most credible source is literary: the surname of the hero of G▶Tamora#10977 in the U.S.Best known as Tamora, Queen of the Goths, in Shakespeare's tragedy Titus Andronicus — a literar▶Aviendha#11203 in the U.S.A coined name from Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, borne by a fierce Aiel war▶Wynema#11308 in the U.S.Wynema is best known from the 1891 novel 'Wynema: A Child of the Forest' by S. Alice Callahan, ▶Auryn#12374 in the U.S.Best known as AURYN, the magical amulet in Michael Ende's The NeverEnding Story; as a given nam▶Clorinda#13729 in the U.S.Clorinda is a literary name, famous as the warrior heroine of Torquato Tasso's epic Jerusalem D▶Miriel#14593 in the U.S.A literary invention: Tolkien gave the name Miriel to more than one character, including Miriel▶Malvina#14660 in the U.S.Malvina is a genuine literary invention, coined by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in the ei▶Anitra#14767 in the U.S.A literary coinage: Anitra is the dancing girl in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play 'Peer Gynt,' set to ▶Narya#15123 in the U.S.In Tolkien's legendarium, Narya is one of the Three Rings of the Elves — the Ring of Fire, worn▶Ashara#15516 in the U.S.Known from Game of Thrones as Ashara Dayne; it also echoes the Arabic 'ashara ('ten') and Ashir▶Venesa#16722 in the U.S.Venesa is a spelling variant of Vanessa, a name invented by the writer Jonathan Swift in the ea▶Trilby#16835 in the U.S.Trilby is a literary coinage, the name of the artists'-model heroine of George du Maurier's hug▶Vinessa#17584 in the U.S.Vinessa is a variant spelling of Vanessa, a name invented in the early eighteenth century by Jo▶Vennessa#20401 in the U.S.Vennessa is a respelling of Vanessa, one of the few names known to be a literary invention. Jon▶
Literary Boy Names
Thorin#1361 in the U.S.Daring, bold, thunder-associated▶Finnick#1378 in the U.S.Fair, white, pure; literary name▶Kaladin#1411 in the U.S.Invented literary name with heroic associations▶Arlow#3267 in the U.S.Variant of Arlo, a name of debated origin — likely from Edmund Spenser's poetic place name Arlo▶Ollivander#3946 in the U.S.From Harry Potter's wandmaker Ollivander — Rowling coinage, 'he who owns the olive wand' by her▶Renly#3950 in the U.S.From Game of Thrones' Renly Baratheon — Martin coinage with Ren-/ley texture; informal▶Beren#4072 in the U.S.From Tolkien's hero Beren (a coined Sindarin name); also a Turkish name, 'strong, smart'; route▶Aragorn#6241 in the U.S.Aragorn is a name invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings, borne by the ranger Str▶Jacaerys#6590 in the U.S.A coined character name from George R. R. Martin's world (Jacaerys Velaryon of House of the Dra▶Adolin#7741 in the U.S.A modern name, variously a literary name (Adolin Kholin from The Stormlight Archive) and an Ado▶Dracarys#8466 in the U.S.A coined word from Game of Thrones — the High Valyrian dracarys, 'dragonfire' (the command to a▶Lestat#8677 in the U.S.A coined literary name — the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt of Anne Rice's novels; of invented/Fre▶Rudeus#8801 in the U.S.A coined literary name — Rudeus Greyrat, the protagonist of the anime/light novel Mushoku Tense▶Saiyan#8815 in the U.S.A coined anime word — the Saiyan, a warrior race in Dragon Ball; from the Japanese pun on yasai▶Akela#9899 in the U.S.Variously a Hawaiian form of Adela ('noble', Germanic) and the name of the wolf-pack leader in ▶Itachi#10262 in the U.S.From the Japanese itachi, 'weasel'; popularized as a name by the character Itachi Uchiha in the▶Kahlan#10342 in the U.S.A modern given name popularized by the heroine Kahlan Amnell in the Sword of Truth novels; of n▶Kakashi#10353 in the U.S.From the Japanese kakashi, 'scarecrow'; popularized as a name by the character Kakashi Hatake i▶Lancelot#10452 in the U.S.From the French Lancelot, the greatest knight of King Arthur's Round Table; variously linked to▶Elessar#12881 in the U.S.A literary invention by J.R.R. Tolkien: Elessar, 'Elfstone,' is the royal name taken by Aragorn▶Jaehaerys#13010 in the U.S.Jaehaerys is an invented name from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and the HBO ser▶Lorien#13409 in the U.S.Lorien comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's invented Elvish: Lorien is the shortened name of Lothlorien,▶
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Popular Literary baby names include Renesmee, Arwen, Thorin, Finnick, Kaladin, Arlow. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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