When looking for the name for their baby, many parents go out of the ordinary and decide to take names of fictional characters, some straight from the books and many others, from the big screen.
Thinking about the latter and those movie buffs who are about to have a baby, we share 55 girl and boy names inspired by famous movie characters .
Names for girl
- Allie , for the protagonist of ‘The Notebook’ (‘Noah’s diary’ in Spain and ‘Diary of a Passion’ in Latin America). Allie is a diminutive of Allison, a name of Scottish origin that means “noble”.
- Amélie , by Amélie Poulain. Amélie is the French version of Amelia, which means “work”.
- Ariel , for ‘The Little Mermaid’. Although it is a unisex name, Ariel was a name that began to be given to girls in the 90s, coinciding with the premiere of this mythical Disney movie. Ariel is of Hebrew origin and its meaning is “lion of God” or “altar of God”.
- Arwen , by Arwen Undomiel from ‘The Lord of the Rings’. It is a fictitious name, created by the writer JRR Tolkien, and that translates from Sindarin (also fictitious language) as “noble maiden”.
- Astrid , by Astrid from ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. Astrid is a modern Swedish name, derived from Old Norse áss “God” and fríðr “beautiful”.
- Aurora , for ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Aurora is a name of Latin origin that means “dawn”.
- Clarice , by Clarice Starling from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (‘The silence of the lambs’ in Spain, and ‘The silence of the innocents’ in Latin America). Clarice is the French variant of Clarisa, which in turn in a variant of Clara, which is of Latin origin, means “brightness, clarity”.
- Coraline , for ‘Coraline’ (‘The worlds of Coraline’ in Spain and ‘Coraline and the secret door’ in Latin America). Coraline is a name of French origin that means “coral”.
- Daisy , by Daisy Buchanan from ‘The Great Gatsby’. Daisy is the English name for the flower “daisy”.
- Diana , by Diana Prince from ‘Wonder Woman’. In Roman mythology, Diana was the virgin goddess of the hunt, protector of nature and the Moon.
- Elizabeth , by Elizabeth Bennet from ‘Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth is a name of Hebrew origin that means “promise of God”.
- Elsa , by Elsa from ‘Frozen’. Elsa is a diminutive and variant of Elizabeth.
- Emily , by Emily Charlton from ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (‘The devil wears Prada’ in Spain and ‘The devil wears fashion’ in Latin America).
- Eva , by Eva from ‘Wall-e’. Eva is of Hebrew origin and means? The one who gives life ?.
- Giselle , by Princess Giselle from ‘Enchanted’
- Hermione or Herminia , by Hermione Granger from ‘Harry Potter’. Herminia is a feminine name of German origin, whose meaning is “soldier”.
- Holly , by Holly Golightly from ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ (‘ Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ in Spain, ‘Diamonds for breakfast’ in Latin America ‘). Holly is the name of a bush in English.
- Jasmine , by Princess Jasmine from ‘Aladdin’. Jasmine is of Arabic origin and its meaning is “beautiful like the flower that bears her name”.
- Josephine , by Josephine March from ‘Little Women’. Josephine, or Josefina in Spanish, is of Hebrew origin and is the feminine variant of José, which means “What God multiplies.”
- Lara , by Lara Croft from ‘Tomb Raider’ and Lara Jean from ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.’ Lata has two possible etymologies. One indicates that it is a Russian diminutive of the name Larisa. The other indicates that it comes from Roman mythology and it was the name of one of the water nymphs.
- Leia , by Princess Leia Organa, the most popular and iconic female lead in the entire Star Wars saga. The name Leia can be a variant of Leah, which is of Hebrew origin and means “tired”, or a variant of Leya, which is of Hindu origin and means “lion”.
- Lily , by Lily Potter from ‘Harry Potter’. Lily is the English variant of Lilia, which means “lily”, a flower that is a symbol of purity.
- Luna , by Luna Lovegood from ‘Harry Potter’. Luna derives from the Latin “moon”, contraction of “lucina” and means “to shine”, “to illuminate”. It is also another name for Selene, the goddess of the moon.
- María , by María von Trapp from ‘The Sound of Music’ (‘Smiles and tears’ in Spain, ‘La novicia rebelde’ in Latin America). Mary is of Hebrew origin and means “beloved of God, lofty, eminent.” It is the most used name in the western world.
- Matilda , for ‘Matilda’. Matilda is a variant of Matilde, a name of Germanic origin that means “warrior, strong and courageous”.
- Mía , by Mia Thermopolis from ‘The Princess Diaries’ (‘ The Princess’ diary ‘in Latin America and’ Princess by surprise ‘in Spain) and Mia Dolan from’ La La Land ‘. Mia is a diminutive of names like Amelia and Maria.
- Minerva , by Minerva McGonagall from ‘Harry Potter’. The name Minerva comes from the Roman goddess of wisdom and the arts.
- Miranda , by Miranda Priestly from ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (‘The devil wears Prada’ in Spain and ‘The devil wears fashion’ in Latin America). Miranda is of Latin origin and means “amazing, surprising”.
- Natacha , by Natasha Romanoff from ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Black Widow’. Natacha is of Latin origin and is the Russian diminutive of Natalia, which means “relative to birth”.
- Rose , by Rose DeWitt Bukater from ‘Titanic’. Rose is the French and English form of Rosa, which means “she who is beautiful like a rose.”
- Sandy , by Sandy Olson from ‘Grease’. Sandy is a diminutive of Sandra, which derives from Alessandro and means “defender of men”.
- Scarlett or Scarlet , by Scarlett O’Hara from ‘Gone with the Wind’. Scarlett is a name of French origin, it means? Red ?.
Names for boy
- Alan , by Jurassic Park paleontologist Alan Grant. The name Alan has several origins, one of them being Celtic, which means “handsome man”.
- Anakin , by Anakin Skywalker from ‘Star Wars’. The name Anakin is of Native American origin and means “warrior”.
- Bastian , by Bastian from ‘The Neverending Story’ (‘The endless story’ in Spain, ‘The endless story’ in Latin America). Bastián is of Greek origin and means “the one who is revered”.
- Bruno , by Bruno Díaz from ‘Batman’. Bruno is of Germanic origin, comes from brun or brunne and means “dark” or “breastplate”.
- Daniel , by Danny Zuko from ‘Grease’. Daniel is a name of Hebrew origin that means “God is my judge”.
- Eduardo , for ‘Edward Scissorhands’ (‘Eduardo Scissorhands’ in Spain, ‘The young scissorhands’ in Latin America). Eduardo comes from the English Edward, which in turn comes from the Old English ead , “wealth” or “fortune” and weard , “guardian”, which means “guardian of wealth”.
- Elliot , by Elliot from ‘ET the Alien’. The name Elliot means “God on high.”
- Ethan , by Ethan Hunt from ‘Mission Impossible’. Ethan is of Hebrew origin and means “strong, firm”.
- Forrest , for ‘Forrest Gump’. The name Forrest is of English origin and means “inhabitant near the forest”.
- Indiana , for ‘Indiana Jones’. The name Indiana means “land of the Indians.”
- Íñigo , by Íñigo Montoya from ‘The Promised Princess’. The name Ïñigo is of Basque origin and means “place located on a mountainous slope”.
- Jack , by Jack Dawson from ‘Titanic’. Jack is a name of Hebrew origin with various meanings according to its etymology. On the one hand, there are those who consider that it comes from Jacobo, while others assure that it is a variant of John, which in turn comes from Juan. There is a third possibility, and that is that it has a Celtic origin, whose meaning would be “health”.
- James , for ‘James Bond’. The name James is of Hebrew origin, and derives from Jacob, which means “the one who substitutes”.
- Kylo , by Kylo Ren from ‘Star Wars’. The name Kylo is of American origin and means “heaven”.
- Logan , by James Logan or ‘Wolwerine’. Logan is of Scottish origin and means “little hole”.
- Luke , by Luke Skywalker from ‘Star Wars’. The name Luke is a variant of Lucas, which comes from Latin and means “white light”.
- Maximum , by Maximum Tenth Meridio of ‘Gladiator’. Máximo is of Latin origin and means? The one who is superior to all ?.
- Neo , by Neo from ‘The Matrix’. Neo means “new”.
- Noah , for the protagonist of ‘The Notebook’ (‘Noah’s diary’ in Spain and ‘Diary of a Passion’ in Latin America). Noah is a name of Hebrew origin that means “long lived”. It can also be translated as “gentle, meek and peaceful.”
- Oscar , by Oskar Schindler from ‘Schindler’s List’. Oscar is of Germanic origin and means “spear of the gods”.
- Sam , by Samsagaz “Sam” Gamyi from ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Sam is a diminutive of the name Samuel, which is of Hebrew origin and translates as “God’s chosen one”.
- Sebastián , by Sebastian Wilder from ‘La La Land’. Sebastián is a name of Greek origin that means “venerable”.
- Theodore (Teddy) , by Theorore Lawrence from ‘Little Women’. Theodore is of Greek origin and means “gift of God”.
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