Sometimes when we search for our baby’s name, we look for inspiration from people we admire or who we consider special in some way in addition to our family or friends. Some people choose to choose names of characters that they have met through reading.
So if you are a book lover and expect a girl, we share 27 girl names inspired by literature and books , from female writers we admire to unforgettable female characters.
Agate, by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, a writer known for her detective novel, is considered the mother of the modern detective novel. She has been named by the Guinness Book of Record as the best-selling writer of all time (two billion copies).
Alice, for ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
Alicia is a girl with a great imagination, who while sleeping, dreams that she is chasing a rabbit through a burrow, venturing into a world full of fantasy and many inconsistencies.
Anne, by Anne Shirley from ‘Anne of Green Gables’
Anne Shirley, is an orphan girl, who thanks to her great imagination and insightful personality is adopted by two brothers, with whom she arrives to help on their farm, but ends up brightening their lives, like all the inhabitants of Avonlea, the Small fictional fishing village on Prince Edward Island where the story takes place in the early 20th century.
Carlota, by writer Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë, author of ‘Jane Eyre’, is one of three Brontë sisters who devoted themselves to literature at a time when writing was “a man’s thing” and published their works under male pseudonyms. She was the only one of the sisters who managed to see the success of her literary work in life.
Catherine, by Catherine Earnshaw from ‘Wuthering Heights’
Catherine Earnshaw is the female protagonist of this classic novel by Emily Brontë, who describes her as a woman full of energy, but capricious, making her a character that does not leave us indifferent.
Dulce, by Dulcinea from ‘Don Quixote de la Mancha’
Dulcinea del Toboso is a fictional character with whom the protagonist of this novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is in love, and whom he describes as the embodiment of beauty and virtue.
Elena, by Helen of Troy from ‘The Iliad’
Helen of Troy is the wife of Menelaus and daughter of the god Zeus and Leda, and represents the feminine ideal of the Greek nobility. She is kidnapped by Paris, which causes the Trojan War.
Elizabeth, by Elizabeth Bennet from ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Elizabeth or Lizzy Bennet is undoubtedly one of our favorite literary heroines, thanks to her passionate and challenging personality, always being true to herself, despite external pressures.
Emilia, by writer Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë, like her sister Charlotte, published her poems and novels under a male pseudonym. Unfortunately he passed away before seeing the success of his novel ‘Wuthering Heights’, which became one of the classics of English literature.
Emma, by Gustave Flaubert’s ‘Madame Bovary’ and Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’
Emma was a frequent name during the nineteenth century and gained worldwide popularity thanks to the two novels whose protagonists, despite sharing it (Emma Woodhouse and Emma Bovary), could not be more different.
Inés, for ‘Inés del alma mía’
Inés Suárez was the first Spanish woman to arrive in Chile and the protagonist of this book by the writer Isabel Allende. She is described as a woman with a lot of courage, who pursues her purposes.
Isabel, by writer Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, Chilean writer who is currently the most widely read living writer in the world. His works have been translated into more than 35 languages.
Jana, by novelist Jane Austen
Jane Austen, British novelist, considered one of the classics of English literature. His works, such as ‘Emma’, ‘Orgullo y Prejuicio’, and ‘Sentido y sensible’ (‘Sensatez y Sentimientos’ in Latin America) have been made into film and television on several occasions.
Joanne, by writer Joanne K. Rowling
Joanne K. Rowling, British writer. Worldwide known for being the author of the Harry Potter book series, she has been recognized for the powerful message of respect, togetherness, courage and inclusion that she conveys through her books.
Josephine, by Josephine March from ‘Mujercitas’
Josephine or Jo March, is one of four sisters who are protagonists of this classic novel in which we see them go from girls to women. Passionate, eccentric and full of dreams, she refuses to adapt to the female stereotypes of the time.
Julia, for ‘1984’
Julia is the female lead in George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel. In the story he meets Winston, with whom he begins a relationship whose closeness puts them in danger, but she decides to take a risk and not stop seeing him.
Juliet, for ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Julieta is a young woman who, by coincidence, meets and falls in love with Romeo, who belongs to a family that is the enemy of hers. Despite her tragic end, Juliet is a young woman who goes against the rules, defying her parents and following their love principles.
Karen, for ‘Anna Karenina’
Anna Karenina, is the name of the protagonist of the novel of the same name. Although she had a tragic end, she was a woman who fought for her freedom and followed her feelings, despite the prejudices that surrounded her.
Lara, by Larisa Antípova from ‘Doctor Zhivago’
Larisa Antípova, better known as Lara, was the lover and companion of the novel’s protagonist, Dr. Yuri Zhivago, with whom she met on different occasions during the First World War and the Russian Civil War.
Laura, by Laura Avellaneda from ‘La Tregua’
Laura Avellaneda is a young woman who comes into the life of Martín, the protagonist of this novel by Mario Benedetti, and although they only share a brief period together, she gives him a “truce” full of happiness.
Lucia, for La Maga de ‘Rayuela’
La Maga, whose name is Lucía and is the protagonist of the famous novel by Julio Cortázar. This character has inspired millions, with his distracted, naive and spontaneous personality, wanting freedom.
Luisa, by writer Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott, American writer, is recognized worldwide for her novel ‘Little Women’. Committed to the abolitionist movement and suffragism, she wrote under the pseudonym AM Barnard a collection of novels and stories that dealt with taboo subjects for the time such as adultery and incest.
Margarita, by writer Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of the novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, which highlights social criticism and the treatment of women, and was the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Prize and the Governor General’s Prize in 1985.
Rosa, for the rose of ‘The Little Prince’
The Little Prince is the most widely read non-religious book in the world, in which we are invited to reflect on topics such as love and friendship. In it, we meet the rose, which although on the one hand represents vanity, it also shows us the pure and disinterested love of The Little Prince for it.
Scarlett, by Scarlett O’Hara from ‘Gone with the Wind’
Scarlett O’Hara may not be the best example of a heroine due to her selfish and capricious nature, but she is one of the most memorable in literature, thanks to her strength and optimism despite the adversities and tragedies that occur in her life. .
Silvia, by writer Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath, an American writer and poet, is recognized as one of the leading cultivators of the confessional poetry genre.
Simone, por la escritora Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was a French feminist and human rights defender, writer, teacher and philosopher. He wrote novels, essays, biographies, and monographs on political, social, and philosophical topics.
Tea, by Dorothy (Dorotea) Gale from ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’
Dorothy is a young woman who, after being sent very far from home, lives adventures in the land of Oz, where she will meet various and charismatic characters who will accompany her on her way.
Virginia, por Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was a British novelist, essayist, letter writer, editor, feminist and short story writer, considered one of the most prominent figures of 20th century literary modernism.
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