349+ Baby Names Classic Literature (BEST Timeless Picks!)

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Choosing the perfect baby name can be a daunting task for new parents. One great source of inspiration can be found in the pages of classic literature, where timeless and unique names abound. By looking into the world of books, you can find baby names that have stood the test of time and still resonate with today’s generation.

Classic literature titles surround a crib, as if whispering to the sleeping baby within. A sense of literary history and tradition fills the room

Whether it’s a strong leading character or a humble supporting role, names from classic literature carry an air of sophistication and allure. Delving into these books not only offers a treasure trove of baby name inspiration but also gives you a deeper understanding of the names and the characters they represent.

Here are some baby name ideas from classic literature to help you on your journey of finding the perfect moniker for your little one:

Best Names

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1-25 Best Names

Here are some fantastic baby name ideas inspired by classic literature for you and your little one. We’ve compiled a list of the top 25 names for you to consider:

  1. Jane (from Jane Eyre)
  2. Emma (from Emma)
  3. George (from 1984)
  4. Henry (from The Red Badge of Courage)
  5. Jack (from Lord of the Flies)
  6. Anna (from Anna Karenina)
  7. Mary (from Mary Poppins)
  8. Charlotte (from Charlotte’s Web)
  9. Matilda (from Matilda)
  10. Oliver (from Oliver Twist)
  11. Elizabeth (from Pride and Prejudice)
  12. Scarlett (from Gone with the Wind)
  13. Dorian (from The Picture of Dorian Gray)
  14. Heathcliff (from Wuthering Heights)
  15. Becky (from Vanity Fair)
  16. Pip (from Great Expectations)
  17. Romeo (from Romeo and Juliet)
  18. Ophelia (from Hamlet)
  19. Estella (from Great Expectations)
  20. Daisy (from The Great Gatsby)
  21. Alice (from Alice in Wonderland)
  22. Gulliver (from Gulliver’s Travels)
  23. Catherine (from Wuthering Heights)
  24. Frances (from Little Lord Fauntleroy)
  25. Hazel (from Watership Down)

26-50 Best Names

Still looking for the perfect name? Here are 25 more classic literary baby names:

  1. Elinor (from Sense and Sensibility)
  2. Bennet (from Pride and Prejudice)
  3. Holden (from The Catcher in the Rye)
  4. Gene (from A Separate Peace)
  5. Agnes (from David Copperfield)
  6. Mina (from Dracula)
  7. Noah (from The Notebook)
  8. Emily (from Our Town)
  9. Rebecca (from Rebecca)
  10. Milo (from The Phantom Tollbooth)
  11. Jo (from Little Women)
  12. Jay (from The Great Gatsby)
  13. Nancy (from Oliver Twist)
  14. Peter (from Peter Pan)
  15. Scout (from To Kill a Mockingbird)
  16. Lily (from The House of Mirth)
  17. Scarlet (from The Scarlet Letter)
  18. Sherlock (from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
  19. Algernon (from The Importance of Being Earnest)
  20. Stella (from A Streetcar Named Desire)
  21. Meg (from Little Women)
  22. Jem (from To Kill a Mockingbird)
  23. Seymour (from A Perfect Day for Bananafish)
  24. Blanche (from A Streetcar Named Desire)
  25. Atticus (from To Kill a Mockingbird)

51-75 Best Names

If you’re still searching for that ideal literary baby name, here are another 25 names for you:

  1. Cordelia (from King Lear)
  2. Samuel (from The Grapes of Wrath)
  3. Lucy (from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s books)
  4. Isabella (from Pride and Prejudice)
  5. Eugene (from Look Homeward, Angel)
  6. Amelia (from Vanity Fair)
  7. Isidore (from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
  8. Fern (from Charlotte’s Web)
  9. Jean (from Les Misérables)
  10. John (from Brave New World)
  11. Jane (from Jane Eyre)
  12. Hester (from The Scarlet Letter)
  13. Edmund (from King Lear)
  14. Sybil (from The Picture of Dorian Gray)
  15. Lenina (from Brave New World)
  16. Rhett (from Gone with the Wind)
  17. Esmeralda (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  18. Fitzwilliam (from Pride and Prejudice)
  19. Rosalind (from As You Like It)
  20. Uriah (from David Copperfield)
  21. Edgar (from Wuthering Heights)
  22. Kate (from The Taming of the Shrew)
  23. Mark (from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
  24. Viola (from Twelfth Night)
  25. Arabella (from Jude the Obscure)

76-100 Best Names

Finally, here are the last 25 literary baby names to complete our selection of 100 names:

  1. Montgomery (from Anne of Green Gables)
  2. Gatsby (from The Great Gatsby)
  3. Percy (from The Scarlet Pimpernel)
  4. Evelina (from Evelina)
  5. Chloe (from The Flock)
  6. Linton (from Wuthering Heights)
  7. Iola (from Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  8. Soames (from The Forsyte Saga)
  9. Tess (from Tess of the d’Urbervilles)
  10. Antonia (from My Ántonia)
  11. Amory (from This Side of Paradise)
  12. Edith (from The Age of Innocence)
  13. Quentin (from The Sound and the Fury)
  14. Cyril (from Brideshead Revisited)
  15. Aline (from Look Homeward, Angel)
  16. Humbert (from Lolita)
  17. Ellen (from The Age of Innocence)
  18. Raskolnikov (from Crime and Punishment)
  19. Lydia (from Pride and Prejudice)
  20. Edwin (from The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
  21. Marianne (from Sense and Sensibility)
  22. Giovanni (from Giovanni’s Room)
  23. Adèle (from Jane Eyre)
  24. Antoinette (from Wide Sargasso Sea)
  25. Ezekiel (from Moby-Dick)

With these 100 literary baby names, hopefully, you’ll now find the perfect name for your little bookworm!

Good Names

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1-25 Good Names

Here are 25 baby names from classic literature:

  1. Harry (Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling)
  2. Scarlett (Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell)
  3. Huckleberry (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)
  4. Juliet (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare)
  5. Rose (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)
  6. Lucy (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis)
  7. Ella (Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine)
  8. Emily (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)
  9. Elizabeth (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)
  10. Oliver (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)
  11. Dorian (The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
  12. Alice (from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
  13. Jane (Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë)
  14. Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)
  15. Atticus (To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)
  16. Daisy (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
  17. Emma (Emma by Jane Austen)
  18. Catherine (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)
  19. Tom (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain)
  20. Estella (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)
  21. Marianne (Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen)
  22. Matilda (Matilda by Roald Dahl)
  23. Pip (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)
  24. Arya (A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin)
  25. Elinor (Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen)

26-50 Good Names

Continuing on with more literary baby names:

  1. Charlotte (Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White)
  2. Holden (The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger)
  3. Tess (Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy)
  4. Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)
  5. Jo (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)
  6. Scarlett (Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell)
  7. Lydia (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)
  8. Charles (A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)
  9. Hazel (Watership Down by Richard Adams)
  10. Walt (Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman)
  11. Oscar (The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
  12. Samuel (Moby-Dick by Herman Melville)
  13. Amelia (Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray)
  14. Hester (The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne)
  15. Edmund (Mansfield Park by Jane Austen)
  16. Gwendolyn (The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde)
  17. Theodore (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)
  18. Clifford (The Big Red Dog Series by Norman Bridwell)
  19. Evangeline (Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  20. Basil (The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
  21. Louisa (Hard Times by Charles Dickens)
  22. Peter (Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie)
  23. Genevieve (Madeline Series by Ludwig Bemelmans)
  24. Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes Series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
  25. Rebecca (Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier)

51 – 75 Good Names

Here are the next 25 literary baby names:

  1. Sydney (A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)
  2. Frances (Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger)
  3. Meg (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)
  4. Travis (Old Yeller by Fred Gipson)
  5. Jude (Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy)
  6. Nancy (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)
  7. Owen (A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving)
  8. Ralph (Lord of the Flies by William Golding)
  9. Lily (The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton)
  10. Milo (The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster)
  11. Silas (Silas Marner by George Eliot)
  12. Lenore (The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)
  13. Jay (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
  14. June (The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood)
  15. Anne (Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery)
  16. Fern (Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White)
  17. Rhett (Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell)
  18. Eugene (Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe)
  19. Algernon (The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde)
  20. Title (Work by Author)
  21. Madeline (Madeline Series by Ludwig Bemelmans)
  22. Gideon (Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir)
  23. Rochester (Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë)
  24. Constance (The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck)
  25. Victor (Frankenstein by Mary Shelley)

76 – 100 Good Names

The last set of 25 literary baby names:

  1. Olivia (Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare)
  2. Marlow (Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad)
  3. Felicity (The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce)
  4. Siddhartha (Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse)
  5. Dolores (Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov)
  6. Cosette (Les Misérables by Victor Hugo)
  7. Sebastian (The Tempest by William Shakespeare)
  8. Wendy (Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie)
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More Name Ideas

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In this section, you’ll find a compiled list of 100 name ideas inspired by classic literature. These names are organized into four subsections, each containing 25 name suggestions. Feel free to browse through the list and find the perfect name for your little one.

1-25 Name Ideas

  1. Lee
  2. Will
  3. Old
  4. Greek
  5. Roman
  6. English
  7. Strong
  8. Fair
  9. German
  10. Hope
  11. Elio
  12. Oliver
  13. Marzia
  14. Annella
  15. Chiara
  16. Anchise
  17. Nico
  18. Mafalda
  19. Araminta
  20. Rachel
  21. Kitty
  22. Astrid
  23. Bernard
  24. Langston
  25. Darcy

26-50 Name Ideas

  1. Crockett
  2. Dante
  3. David
  4. Edward
  5. Ernest
  6. Fitzgerald
  7. Gatsby
  8. Harper
  9. Heathcliff
  10. Holden
  11. Ishmael
  12. Jane
  13. Juliet
  14. Kipling
  15. Lila
  16. Lolita
  17. Marianne
  18. Matilda
  19. Moby
  20. Nora
  21. Ophelia
  22. Oscar
  23. Pip
  24. Poe
  25. Portia

51 – 75 Name Ideas

  1. Puck
  2. Quixote
  3. Raskolnikov
  4. Rochester
  5. Salinger
  6. Scarlett
  7. Shakespeare
  8. Sherlock
  9. Sidney
  10. Silas
  11. Stoker
  12. Sylvia
  13. Tennyson
  14. Thoreau
  15. Tolkien
  16. Twain
  17. Upton
  18. Virginia
  19. Watson
  20. Wilde
  21. Wuthering
  22. Yates
  23. Zelda
  24. Zora
  25. Zuleika

76 – 100 Name Ideas

  1. Scout
  2. Atticus
  3. Hester
  4. Dimmesdale
  5. Chillingworth
  6. Gulliver
  7. Swift
  8. Marlow
  9. Conrad
  10. Bennet
  11. Bingley
  12. Lydia
  13. Sawyer
  14. Finn
  15. Huck
  16. Samuel
  17. Gulliver
  18. Lemuel
  19. Yossarian
  20. Kesey
  21. Bronte
  22. Cathy
  23. Heathcliff
  24. Circe
  25. Penelope

Explore these literary name ideas and allow classic literature to be a part of your child’s life right from the start. Happy naming!

More Name Ideas (Continued)

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In this section, we will delve into more literary baby names inspired by classic works of literature such as those from Shakespeare, Austen, and their unforgettable characters. These names are divided into the following subsections for your convenience:

1-25 Name Ideas

  1. Ophelia
  2. Cordelia
  3. Juliet
  4. Romeo
  5. Hamlet
  6. Desdemona
  7. Hermione
  8. Oliver
  9. Viola
  10. Titania
  11. Puck
  12. Lysander
  13. Fitzwilliam
  14. Elizabeth
  15. Darcy
  16. Emma
  17. Knightley
  18. Fanny
  19. Edmund
  20. Marianne
  21. Elinor
  22. Wickham
  23. Morland
  24. Eleanor
  25. Tilney

26-50 Name Ideas

  1. Rosamund
  2. Catherine
  3. Charlotte
  4. Anne
  5. Fitzgerald
  6. Pip
  7. Estella
  8. Gatsby
  9. Daisy
  10. Heathcliff
  11. Cathy
  12. Hester
  13. Scarlet
  14. Rhett
  15. Algernon
  16. Cecily
  17. Orlando
  18. Wilde
  19. Earnest
  20. Bronte
  21. Jane
  22. Eyre
  23. Rochester
  24. Edgar
  25. Helen

51 – 75 Name Ideas

  1. Theodore
  2. Beth
  3. Marmee
  4. Alcott
  5. Amy
  6. Meg
  7. Laurie
  8. Jo
  9. Dorian
  10. Gray
  11. Oscar
  12. Beowulf
  13. Chaucer
  14. Gawain
  15. Gwendoline
  16. Horatio
  17. Atticus
  18. Selden
  19. Lily
  20. Iago
  21. Petruchio
  22. Bianca
  23. Katharina
  24. Swift
  25. Gulliver

76 – 100 Name Ideas

  1. Verne
  2. Fogg
  3. Jules
  4. Ahab
  5. Melville
  6. Moby
  7. Simon
  8. Goldsmith
  9. Oliver
  10. Twist
  11. Raskolnikov
  12. Dostoevsky
  13. Ishmael
  14. Quixote
  15. Cervantes
  16. Bennet
  17. Austen
  18. Shakespeare
  19. William
  20. Jane
  21. Pride and Prejudice
  22. Dashwood
  23. Lucy
  24. Tess
  25. Hardy

Here are 100 name ideas inspired by classic literature. Remember, choosing a name is a personal decision, but we hope that these literary names offer you some inspiration as you consider names for your baby.

Tips For Brainstorming The Perfect Name

A cozy library with shelves of classic literature, a notebook filled with baby names, and a brainstorming session in progress

Are you a book lover looking to choose a baby name inspired by classic literature? Take a seat and let’s dive into some tips to help you brainstorm the perfect name for your little one.

  1. Explore famous authors and characters: Classic literature is filled with captivating characters and renowned authors who have left an indelible mark on the literary world. While brainstorming, consider famous authors such as Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, and Louisa May Alcott. Additionally, you can draw inspiration from memorable characters like Fin, Dorian, and Gatsby.

Girls’ Names:

  • Jane
  • Lyra
  • Lucy
  • Beatrice
  • Alice
  • Anne
  • Louisa
  • Juliet
  • Nancy
  • Ramona
  • Arya
  • Ella

Boys’ Names:

  • Charles
  • Harper
  • Oscar
  • Martin
  • Charlie
  • Atticus
  • Huckleberry
  • William
  • Oliver
  • Arthur
  • Sawyer
  • Huck

  1. Look to notable literary works: Remember the books that have captured your heart and imagination throughout the years. Titles such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Alice in Wonderland, Little Women, The Great Gatsby, and Harry Potter can help spark some name inspiration.

  2. Consider famous poets and their works: Let the magic of poetry inspire you with names from the works of poets like J.D. Salinger, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, and Langston Hughes.

  3. Mix and match first and middle names: Once you have a list of names you love, don’t be afraid to mix and match them to create unique first and middle name combinations to suit your baby’s personality and style.

With these tips, you’re on your way to finding the perfect literary baby name for your little one. Happy brainstorming!

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