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Baby Names From Classic Literature

Characters who endure on the page and now on birth certificates.

15 names

  1. 1
    Atticus

    From "To Kill a Mockingbird"

  2. 2
    Scout

    Atticus’s daughter, of the same novel

  3. 3
    Hermione

    Harry Potter's sharpest friend

  4. 4
    Holden

    "The Catcher in the Rye"

  5. 5
    Daisy

    "The Great Gatsby"

  6. 6
    Pip

    "Great Expectations"

  7. 7
    Arwen

    Tolkien’s elven princess

  8. 8
    Romeo

    Shakespeare’s tragic lover

  9. 9
    Juliet

    Shakespeare’s heroine

  10. 10
    Beatrice

    Dante’s muse

  11. 11
    Eowyn

    Tolkien’s shield-maiden

  12. 12
    Heathcliff

    "Wuthering Heights"

  13. 13
    Cosette

    "Les Misérables"

  14. 14
    Ophelia

    Shakespeare’s tragic heroine

  15. 15
    Lyra

    "His Dark Materials"

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