Baby Names from Books
- Ifemelu
Description:
The name of the protagonist in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 2013 novel Americanah.
- Melanctha
Origin:
Literary nameDescription:
The mixed-race heroine of one of Gertrude Stein's Three Lives searches for knowledge and power.
- Aibileen
Origin:
Invented NameDescription:
Variation of Abilene.
- Trillian
Origin:
Literary nameDescription:
Douglas Adams invented this name for a character (aka Tricia) in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It has a nice, trilly sound, and is accessible via its kinship with Gillian/Jillian.
- Featherleigh
Origin:
American literary nameDescription:
Featherleigh Dale is the femme fatale of a certain age in American writer Elin Hilderbrand's novel The Perfect Couple, adapted as a television series by Netflix.
- Nephthys
Origin:
Egyptian, GreekMeaning:
"lady of the house, lady of the temple"Description:
Nephthys is the Greek form of Nebet-Het, an epithet used to refer to an Ancient Egyptian goddess of mourning, the night, and death, but also of healing, childbirth, protection and magic. Nephthys was a sister of Isis and mirrored how her sister symbolised the experience of birth, by symbolising the experience of death. Her name is a surprisingly usable choice, with a mystical, distinct sound.