If you love to read, your favorite characters might inspire the perfect name for your baby. Baby names from books can come from canonical literary classics, such as Daisy and Ulysses, or contemporary works of fiction, such as Lyra and Lisbeth.
 
Along with Daisy and Lyra, other baby names from books in the US Top 1000 include Alice, Atticus, Emma, Harriet, Holden, Matilda, Milo, and Santiago. You may wish to consider surnames of famous literary characters, such as Gatsby, Pevensie, Marlowe, and Cullen.
 
Also included on this list are literary inventions, including Renesmee (Twilight), Tinuviel (Lord of the Rings), Lilliet (Queen of the Night), and Katniss (The Hunger Games). Some are more usable than others — at the very least, make sure you read the book first.
 
No matter the genre, there are names of book characters that can suit anyone’s style. There are more baby names inspired by books than one could ever dream of, but here we’ve gathered 100+ of the most recognizable that might work in a modern nursery.

Baby Names from Books

Ebeneezer

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.

Trillian

The mixed-race heroine of one of Gertrude Stein's Three Lives searches for knowledge and power.

Melanctha

Aibileen

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.

The book also features characters named Tag, Greer, and Merritt (the murder victim).

Featherleigh

Baby names from beloved books, characters, and authors, including girl names from books and boy names from books, with meanings, origins, and popularity. (Page 9)

Baby Names from Books

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