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Female character names literature. Distinctive literary names with strong ties to their characters include Cosette Snow Flower Hermione and Lolita. Clara Mirbeau Miss Climpson. Compassion Doctor Who Carmela Corleone.

Literary girl names from classic books such as Scarlett and Scout are fashionable. These might be first names such as Willa Cather Edith Wharton Dashiell Hammett and Hart Crane. Emma a Top 10 name in the US France Germany Italy and Ireland among other countries also has a strong literary influence as the title character from the Jane Austen novel.

Names of historically-important authors are also notable. Chani character Nick and Nora Charles. So why not bestow one of these bad babe monikers on your rough-and-tumble girl.

The Fool To some extent The Artist. This name was used by the author Eric Knight for a collie dog in his novel Lassie Come-Home 1940 later adapted into a popular film and television series. 7 The Mystic The Free Spirit The Quirky Misfit.

From a diminutive of the northern English word lass meaning young girl a word probably of Norse origin. From Elizabeth Bennett to Hermione Granger to Lisbeth Salander some of literatures strongest bravest and most outgoing literary figures have been girls and women. Along with Eloise and Scarlett other literary girl names in the US Top 300 include Daisy Harper Juliet Maisie Harriet Bella Arya and Evangeline.

The Greatest Female Characters in Literature Ranked. Voyage to the Underworld.