Famous Literary Character Names for Boys

If you're looking for a meaningful baby name, consider borrowing one from the pages of your favorite book. To increase the chances that others will recognize the significance of his name, choose a strong and memorable character with a distinctive name, such as Holden.

1. Ahab He is the flawed hero in Moby Dick, Herman Melville's 1851 novel.
2. Ashley + Ashley Wilkes is the handsome, chivalrous, and honorable love interest of Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, Gone with the Wind. He symbolizes the values of the Old South.
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3. Athos Athos is something of a father figure in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, published in 1844. Although he is intellectual, handsome, brave, and a good swordsman, he is the troubled one of the trio.
4. Atticus + Atticus Finch serves as the moral backbone of Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. He is Scout and Jem's dad who has a strong sense of justice and believes in racial equality.
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5. Buck + Buck is the powerful half St. Bernard and half sheepdog in Jack London's 1903 novel Call of the Wild. He has a long, difficult journey before finding a final master, John Thornton.
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6. Colin + Colin is one of two protagonists in Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1909 novel The Secret Garden. He transforms from deathly and gloomy to a loving, accepted optimist.
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7. D'Artagnan D'Artagnan is central to the plot of the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. He is a young nobleman who fills the bill of a romantic hero driven by love and ruled by chivalry.
8. David + David Copperfield is the protagonist and narrator of Charles Dickens' 1849 novel David Copperfield. He is naive and idealistic, traits that sometimes render him a fool.
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9. Don + Don is the title character in Miguel de Cervantes' 1604 novel Don Quixote. He is a comically tragic character who is lovably too idealistic.
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10. Dorian + Dorian Grey is a handsome, wealthy young gentleman who pursues pleasure above all else in the 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
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