Author Names for Girls

If you're looking for a baby name that evokes intelligence, talent, and insight, consider borrowing a name from one of the world's best writers. If a particular book has made a significant impact on your life, what better way to honor it than by using the author's name as inspiration for your daughter. To increase the chances of your child reading the author's works and possibly studying her life in school, choose an author's name from classic literature, such as Virginia.

1. Agatha + Agatha Christie is an English writer of crime novels; many sources cite her as the highest-selling author of all time. Her well-known works include And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express.
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2. Beatrix + Beatrix Potter was an English author of popular children's books. Her well-known works include The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Two Bad Mice.
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3. Charlotte + Charlotte Bronte was an English author remembered for Jane Eyre.
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4. Emily + Emily Bronte was an English author remembered for the classic Wuthering Heights.
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5. Harper + Nelle Harper Lee is an American author awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her well-known works include To Kill a Mockingbird.
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6. Joanne + Joanne Murray, better known as J. K. Rowling, is the author of the famed Harry Potter series.
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7. Jane + Jane Austen was a British author recognized for her social criticism, characters, and use of irony. Her well-known works include Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.
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8. Jodi + Jodi Picoult is an American author of well-known novels such as My Sister's Keeper and Nineteen Minutes.
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9. Judy + Judy Blume is an American author of young adult fiction. Her well-known works include Forever and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
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10. Louisa + Louisa May Alcott was an American author known for her work Little Women, and her subsequent tales of the characters.
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11. Maud + L. M. Montgomery was a Canadian author called by her middle name, Maud, and known for her series that began with Anne of Green Gables.
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12. Margaret + Margaret Mitchell was an American author who won the Pulitzer for her well-known book, Gone with the Wind.
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13. Mary + Mary Shelley was a British writer from a famous family. Her father was William Godwin, her mother was Mary Wollstonecraft, and her husband was Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her well-known works include Frankenstein.
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14. Philippa + Philippa Gregory is an English historical novelist. Her well-known works include The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool.
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15. Stephenie + Stephenie Meyer is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight.
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16. Toni + Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize-winning American author recognized for her richly developed African-American characters. Her well-known works include The Bluest Eye and Beloved.
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17. Ursula + Ursula Le Guin is an American author most noted in the areas of fantasy and science fiction. Her well-known works include The Farthest Shore and The Left Hand of Darkness.
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18. Virginia + Virginia Woolf was an English writer and modernist literary figure known for her bouts of fatal depression. Her well-known works include A Room of One's Own and Mrs Dalloway.
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19. Willa + Willa Cather was an American novelist who wrote about frontier life on the Great Plains. Her well-known works include O Pioneers! and My Antonia.
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Comments (3)

ilyamour wrote:

I like Auden for a girl's name . :)

4/16/2012 09:10:39 AM Report Abuse

NicoleKarty wrote:

I've liked Beatrix for years but my husband has always thought it was too "out there". We're having a girl now and I doubt I'll be able to convince him!

12/9/2010 04:46:17 PM Report Abuse

foreplayprinces wrote:

really ugly names dont name your kids this its almost as bad as apple orange or banana

11/4/2010 11:53:03 AM Report Abuse