_________________________________________ Carly + Phil proud parents of our four princesses: Alaina Rhoslyn (Lainey) 2.15.07, twins Georgia Carol and Natalia Lorraine (Gigi and Talia) 7.31.08, Penelope Julia (Penny) 8.25.10 and our newest littl
I just have to say to the OP, please please don't use Tess -- especially if you're meaning to use it for 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.' One of the saddest, most depressing, least inspiring female characters in literary history. :)
Jane Austen: Darcy, Bennet, any of the heroines names Elizabeth, Jane, Emma, Eleanor, Marian, Willoby ect. Shakespeare: google this there are millions. my favorites Miranda, Beatrice, Ariel, Portia Louisa May Alcott: Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Laurence or I think Alcott is a cute/unusual name for a boy Chaucer: Alisoun (variant spelling of popular name) appears in several of the Canterberry Tales F. Scott Fitzgerald: Amory, Jay, Daisy, Gloria, Berniece, or Zelda (Fitzgerald's wife) Hemingway: Jake, Brett, Maria, Homer: Penelope, Helen, Seymour J.D. Salinger: Holden, Franny, Zooey Oscar Wilde: Cecily, Ernest, Algernon, Dorian, Salome Anyn Rand: Roarke, Dominique
Fun.
here are some i like from Shakespearean plays:
Bianca
Cordelia
Diana
Imogen
Miranda
Nerissa
Rosalind
here's a link with a list of names from british literature: http://www.parenting.com/Pregnancy/BabyNames/babynameList.jsp?displayMode=11&catID=186&gender=FEMALE&genID=2&typeID=810¬eHeading=
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Carly + Phil
proud parents of our four princesses: Alaina Rhoslyn (Lainey) 2.15.07, twins Georgia Carol and Natalia Lorraine (Gigi and Talia) 7.31.08, Penelope Julia (Penny) 8.25.10 and our newest littl
>>Tess (of the Durbervilles)<<
I just have to say to the OP, please please don't use Tess -- especially if you're meaning to use it for 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.' One of the saddest, most depressing, least inspiring female characters in literary history. :)
I'll add:
Nora - from
AJ, enjoying life with C.
Shakespeare: google this there are millions. my favorites Miranda, Beatrice, Ariel, Portia
Louisa May Alcott: Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Laurence or I think Alcott is a cute/unusual name for a boy
Chaucer: Alisoun (variant spelling of popular name) appears in several of the Canterberry Tales
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Amory, Jay, Daisy, Gloria, Berniece, or Zelda (Fitzgerald's wife)
Hemingway: Jake, Brett, Maria,
Homer: Penelope, Helen, Seymour
J.D. Salinger: Holden, Franny, Zooey
Oscar Wilde: Cecily, Ernest, Algernon, Dorian, Salome
Anyn Rand: Roarke, Dominique
Ronja!
She is a main character in the children's book Ronja the Robbers daughter written by Astrid Lindgren.
She is a
<< Jane Austen: Darcy, Bennet, any of the heroines names Elizabeth, Jane, Emma, Eleanor, Marian, Willoby ect. >>
In Sense & Sensibility, they're Elinor, Marianne, and Willoughby. ;-)
Though I would never name my child after Willoughby. Brandon or Edward, sure, but never Willoughby.