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Literary Character Names for Girls

If you're looking for a meaningful baby name, consider borrowing one from the pages of your favorite book. Pick a character you'd love your child to emulate -- someone who personifies the qualities you hope your daughter will possess. To increase the chances that others will recognize the significance of her name, choose a character with a distinctive name, such as Clarissa.


  • 1. Andy + Andy Sachs is the naive aspiring journalist who makes it to a high-end fashion magazine in the 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger.
    Read more about Andy
  • 2. Bella + Bella Swan is the heroine and eventual vampire wife of Edward Cullen in Stephenie Meyer's series Twilight.
    Read more about Bella
  • 3. Clarissa + Clarissa Dalloway is the vivacious, self-reflective, and life-questioning heroine of Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel, Mrs. Dalloway.
    Read more about Clarissa
  • 4. Cosette + Cosette is a servant who grows into a beautiful and smart young woman, full of bravery and a positive attitude, in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, Les Miserables.
    Read more about Cosette
  • 5. Daisy + Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful although troubled socialite and Jay's love interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby.
    Read more about Daisy
  • 6. Elizabeth + Elizabeth Bennett is the intelligent, sensible, and witty protagonist who must overcome her prejudices in Jane Austen's 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice.
    Read more about Elizabeth
  • 7. Hester + Hester Prynne is Nathaniel Hawthorne's passionate and strong protagonist who endures shame and scorn and is still a caring mother in his 1850 novel, The Scarlet Letter.
    Read more about Hester


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cjstacy wrote:

Last time I checked, The Twilight series wasn't literature. Neither is The Devil Wears Prada, or the Janet Evanovich Series. While entertaining, this list missed out on some huge female literary characters: What about Tess of D'Uberviles? Eleanor and Marianne of Sense and Sensibility? Daisy from The Great Gatsby? Scarlett O'Hara?

10/20/2011 11:46:53 AM Report Abuse
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