While many expecting parents choose a baby name from a baby name book, book lovers have been known to choose the name of a beloved literary character.
Take a look at our top baby names inspired by classic literature:
Girl names inspired by classic literature
Charlotte: The wise, beloved spider of E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web.
Estella: The icy object of affection of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
Jane: The brave heroine of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.
Josephine: The independent, spirited sister with big dreams of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.
Catherine: The wildly selfish love interest of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.
Annika: Friend and neighbor of the wildly adventurous Pippi Longstocking in Astrid Lindgren’s novel of the same name.
Mayella: Wrongful accuser of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
Elinor: The sensible sister of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
Scarlett: The self-centered Southern belle of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind.
Boy names inspired by classic literature
Heathcliff: Heartsore main character of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.
Amory: The mildly egocentric protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise.
Holden: The resentful, depressed teenage protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye.
Pip: The passive, obsessive main character of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
Rhett: The rogue antagonist of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind.
Atticus: The moral widowed attorney of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
Bennet: The last name of the struggling family in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Earnest: Name assumed by title character Jack Worthing in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.
Oliver: Orphaned protagonist of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.
Gender-neutral names inspired by classic literature
Sawyer: Last name of the free-spirited main character of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Scout: The strong-willed tomboy of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
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