Weve rounded up 116 of our favorite iconic literary characters for you to choose from.

Classic literary boy names. Unique literary names from childrens books or of young characters gaining attention include Huck. Along with Tristan and Romeo other literary boy names in the US Top 1000 include Atticus Axel Holden Magnus Orlando Rhett Samson and Santiago. Other appealing mystery author names.

The most fashionable boy names in this list are Oliver 5 Ezra 59 Ezekiel 87 Beau 151 and Jasper 154 while Derian TOP 42 and Clarck 62 are popular last names. Or theres Dashiell for Dashiell Hammett. What about turning to mystery authors for literary baby names.

Agatha is one of those old-fashioned names that seems to be making a comeback. Then you have the classic book-loving more unique names like Holden for The Catcher in the Rye fans Scarlett from Gone With the Wind Scout from To Kill a. Chandler as in Raymond Chandler is a fun choice too.

Dorothy Janet Louise Tana Stephen Minette Jacqueline. A certifiably old-school name for a boy this one comes straight from the heart of American lit. Novels TV movies and comic books are a great source for baby names.

Boys Names Abel - From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Amory - After Amory Blaine from This Side of Paradise by F. Were also almost positive weve never met a Winfield which means its likely your baby wont have to deal with name competition or alternate spelling confusion. Rhett is the name of the male lead in Margaret Mitchells classic Gone with the Wind 3.

Some names for boys remain inextricably tied to their literary namesakes such as Heathcliff Gogol Ishmael and Zooey. Along with Alice and Charlotte literary baby names from childrens and young adult books ranking in the US Top 500 include Sawyer Matilda Finn Holden Lyra and Eloise. To Kill a Mockingbird.