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Literary Baby Names
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Explore 436 baby names with a literary feel. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation. Names are listed most-popular first.
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Mireia#14592 in the U.S.A Catalan name from Frederic Mistral's poem Mireio (1859); its heroine's name is linked to the Miriel#14593 in the U.S.A literary invention: Tolkien gave the name Miriel to more than one character, including MirielPoe#14736 in the U.S.A surname best known from writer Edgar Allan Poe; the name may trace to 'peacock' (a nickname sNerissa#14738 in the U.S.From Greek Nereis, 'sea-nymph' (a Nereid). Shakespeare gave the name to Portia's clever, warm-hOndine#14789 in the U.S.The French form of Undine, from the Latin unda, 'wave' — so 'little wave; water-spirit'. UndineRosalyne#14886 in the U.S.A spelling of Rosaline/Rosalyn, from the Rosalind family. Rosalind's oldest root is Germanic, bRonia#14949 in the U.S.Best known as Ronia, the spirited heroine of Astrid Lindgren's Ronia the Robber's Daughter (SweSheccid#14968 in the U.S.A Mexican given name whose currency comes from the novels of Carlos Cuauhtemoc Sanchez, where SShireen#14972 in the U.S.From Persian shirin, 'sweet; pleasant; charming'. Shirin is the heroine of the classic Persian Sihaya#14976 in the U.S.From Frank Herbert's novel Dune, where sihaya is a Fremen word glossed 'desert spring' and usedSylphrena#15012 in the U.S.A literary invention: Sylphrena ('Syl') is a sylph-like spirit in Brandon Sanderson's StormlighTelma#15033 in the U.S.A form of Thelma, a name popularised (and likely coined) by novelist Marie Corelli in her 1887 Narya#15123 in the U.S.In Tolkien's legendarium, Narya is one of the Three Rings of the Elves — the Ring of Fire, wornAviendha#15250 in the U.S.A coined name from Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, borne by a fierce Aiel warAibileen#15304 in the U.S.A modern literary coinage, best known as Aibileen Clark, a central character in Kathryn StocketAzita#15529 in the U.S.A Persian name carried by a figure in the tradition around the Shahnameh, Ferdowsi's great elevAmarantha#15584 in the U.S.From the Greek amarantos, 'unfading,' by way of the amaranth flower that was said never to wiltCoralyne#15697 in the U.S.Coralyne reads as a spelling of Coraline or Coralie, names tied to 'coral' (the sea gem) and toDorian#15868 in the U.S.From Greek Dorieus, 'of the Dorians' - one of the major ancient Greek peoples, who gave their nElaena#15901 in the U.S.A modern spelling of Elena, itself the Italian, Spanish and Russian form of Helen, from Greek HGwyndolin#16015 in the U.S.A modern spelling of Gwendolen, from Welsh gwen ('white, fair, blessed') with dolen ('ring, linHester#16067 in the U.S.A form of Esther, from the Persian for 'star' (linked to the goddess Ishtar); famous as Hester Jessika#16288 in the U.S.A respelling of Jessica, which first appears in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice as the namLucetta#16661 in the U.S.An Italian diminutive of Lucia (from Latin lux, 'light'), meaning 'little light.' Lucetta is alMarianela#16753 in the U.S.A Spanish compound joining Maria - the Latin form of Hebrew Miriam - with Nela, a short form ofMedora#16775 in the U.S.The name of the heroine of Lord Byron's narrative poem The Corsair, apparently coined or adapteMalynda#16798 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Melinda, a name coined in eighteenth-century English literature, usuallyPorsha#17015 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Portia, a Latin name (from the Roman clan Porcius) borne by the clever hRhegan#17111 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Regan, from the Irish surname O Riagain, generally linked to ri, 'king' Primm#17403 in the U.S.A short name echoing the English 'prim' ('neat; proper') and Primrose ('Prim'), the beloved youVianne#17476 in the U.S.Vianne reads as a French-styled blend — the Vi- of Vivianne or Viviane joined to Anne — and is Zaphira#17546 in the U.S.A form of Zafira, the Arabic feminine of Zafir, 'victorious; successful'; the spelling also recYvaine#17580 in the U.S.Yvaine is best known as the name of the fallen star in Neil Gaiman's novel Stardust and the filIdgieA short, spirited nickname-name best known from Idgie Threadgoode, the free-spirited heroine ofMoiraineMoiraine is a fictional name coined by Robert Jordan for Moiraine Damodred, an Aes Sedai in TheValinorFrom J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth: Valinor is the land of the Valar, the 'Undying Lands' acros
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What are popular Literary baby names?
Popular Literary baby names include Mireia, Miriel, Poe, Nerissa, Ondine, Rosalyne. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 436 Literary baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.