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This is a list of given names invented by novelists or other writers of fiction.
This list (which may have dates, numbers, etc.) may be better in a sortable table format. (February 2024) |
- Anakin, original name of Darth Vader in Star Wars[1]
- Cataleya, popularised by Cataleya Restrepo, violent heroine in the 2011 French-American action film Colombiana played by Zoe Saldana[2]
- Cedric, popularised by Frances Hodgson's protagonist Cedric Errol in the 1886 children's book Little Lord Fauntleroy
- Coraline, variant of Caroline in Neil Gaiman's dark fantasy novella Coraline[3]
- Daenerys, after George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen[4]
- Deja, after Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian princess in Dejah Thoris in Barsoom novels[5]
- Janice, first used by Paul Leicester Ford for the heroine of the 1899 novel and 1924 film Janice Meredith[6]
- Jessica, name of Shakespearean character Jessica in The Merchant of Venice
- Khaleesi meaning 'queen' referring to George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen
- Kylo after the Star Wars character Kylo Ren[7]
- Lorna, from R. D. Blackmore's 1869 novel Lorna Doone[8]
- Luana, name of the Polynesian heroine in 1932 film Bird of Paradise, based on a 1912 play[9]
- Lucinda, first used for a character in Miguel Cervantes's 1605 work Don Quixote
- Malvina, popularized by the 18th century Scottish poet James Macpherson[10]
- Medora, heroine of Byron's poem The Corsair, Verdi's opera Il corsaro, and Adam's ballet Le Corsaire
- Miranda, invented by William Shakespeare for the character in his play The Tempest
- Myra, created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville 1st Barone Brooke (1554–1628)
- Norma, which entered general usage after Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 opera Norma, following the tragedy Norma by Alexandre Soumet
- Pamela, invented by Sir Philip Sidney in his 16th-century work The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Renesmee, created by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer for Renesmee Carlie Cullen in 2008 novel Breaking Dawn
- Stella, first used by Philip Sidney in his 1580s sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella
- Thelma, popularized by Marie Corelli in her 1887 novel Thelma[11]
- Una, used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene[12]
- Vanessa, invented by Jonathan Swift in his 1713 poem "Cadenus and Vanessa", published in 1726, about his relationship with Esther Vanhomrigh[13]
- Velvet, popularised after Elizabeth Taylor played Velvet Brown in the 1944 film National Velvet, based on the 1935 book by Enid Bagnold
- Wednesday, popularized after Charles Addams chose the name for Wednesday Addams in the 1964 television sitcom The Addams Family
- Wendy, popularized as a feminine name after Wendy Darling in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy[14][15]
References
edit- ^ Watkins, Gwynne (7 August 2015). "Should You Name Your Baby Anakin? The Rising Popularity of a 'Star Wars' Baby Name". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Ó Fátharta, Conall (11 May 2013). "Star power influences most popular baby names". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ Brooks, Nicholas (24 September 2021). "Why Coraline Has Such an Odd Name". cbr.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ McGovern, Kyle (13 May 2019), "So You Named Your Kid Daenerys. How's That Feel Now?", New York Magazine, retrieved 7 May 2022
- ^ "John Carter of Mars and Dejah Thoris Battle in New Comic Series". Screen Rant. 26 April 2021.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
- ^ "Baby names: Dua Lipa and Kylo Ren inspire parents' choices". BBC News. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A dictionary of first names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 173, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Luana".
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A dictionary of first names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 180, 406, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Mils, A. D.; Room, Adrian, eds. (2002). The Oxford names companion. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 873. ISBN 0198605617.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
- ^ DeGategno, Paul J.; R. Jay Stubblefield (2006). Critical Companion to Jonathan Swift. p. 42.
- ^ Was the name Wendy invented for the book Peter Pan? at The Straight Dope
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, Dictionary of First Names, 1990
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