Clara Mirbeau Miss Climpson.

Female character names literature. The Greatest Female Characters in Literature Ranked. Arya Game of Thrones CharlotteCharlie Charlottes Web. Compassion Doctor Who Carmela Corleone.

From a diminutive of the northern English word lass meaning young girl a word probably of Norse origin. Alea was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena prominent in Arcadian mythology under which she was. These might be first names such as Willa Cather Edith Wharton Dashiell Hammett and Hart Crane.

From Elizabeth Bennett to Hermione Granger to Lisbeth Salander some of literatures strongest bravest and most outgoing literary figures have been girls and women. Names of historically-important authors are also notable. Literary girl names from classic books such as Scarlett and Scout are fashionable.

The Fool To some extent The Artist. Luna Lovegood Phoebe from Friends Ally McBeal Pippi Longstocking. Along with Eloise and Scarlett other literary girl names in the US Top 300 include Daisy Harper Juliet Maisie Harriet Bella Arya and Evangeline.

7 The Mystic The Free Spirit The Quirky Misfit. Chani character Nick and Nora Charles. Free spirited calm and gentle creative.

So why not bestow one of these bad babe monikers on your rough-and-tumble girl. 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.