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Literary Baby Names Inspired by Authors

Octavia

Meaning: eighth

Origin:Latin
306
Aphra

Meaning: dust

Origin:Hebrew, variation of Aphrah
1301
Blake

Meaning: fair-haired, dark

Origin:English
289
August

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:German form of Latin Augustus
16
Willa

Meaning: resolute protection

Origin:Feminine variation of William
57
Anais

Meaning: grace

Origin:Catalan and Provencal pet form of Hebrew Anna
408
Maya

Meaning: water

Origin:Greek; Central American Indian empire name; Latinate variation of May; Spanish, diminutive of Amalia; variation of Maia; Hebrew
82
Harper

Meaning: harp player

Origin:English
214
Zora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Serbo-Croatian
365
Zane

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:Possible variation of John
110
Rhys

Meaning: ardor

Origin:Welsh
80
Beckett

Meaning: bee hive, little brook or bee cottage

Origin:English and Irish
115
Moss

Meaning: descendant of Moses

Origin:English
533
Conrad

Meaning: brave counsel

Origin:German
197
Dante

Meaning: enduring

Origin:Latin diminutive of Durant
103
Emerson

Meaning: son of Emery

Origin:English
241
Dylan

Meaning: son of the sea

Origin:Welsh
182
Carson

Meaning: son of the marsh dwellers

Origin:English and Scottish surname
447
Cooper

Meaning: barrel maker

Origin:English occupational name
225
Walker

Meaning: cloth-walker

Origin:English occupational name
414