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Literary Baby Names Inspired by Authors

Baldwin

Meaning: brave friend

Origin:German
8787
Thoreau

Meaning: strength of a bull

Origin:French
5745
Munro

Meaning: mouth of the river Ro

Origin:Scottish
5429
Kesey Kesey is traditionally a boy's name of Irish...
Origin:Irish literary name, variation of Casey
8909
Galway The meaning of Galway is 'stony river.' Irel...
Origin:Place-name
11759
Roald

Meaning: famous ruler

Origin:Norwegian
2577
Cain

Meaning: spear; possessed

Origin:Hebrew
346
Homer

Meaning: security, pledge

Origin:Greek
1479
Dashiell Dashiell is a modification of the French sur...
Origin:Anglicization of French surname de Chiel, meaning unknown
326
Ishmael

Meaning: God will hear

Origin:Hebrew
1067
Vidal

Meaning: life, vital

Origin:Spanish and Catalan from Latin
3264
Chandler

Meaning: candle maker

Origin:English from French occupational name
1401
Truman

Meaning: loyal one

Origin:English
916
Hart

Meaning: stag

Origin:English
651
Lowell

Meaning: young wolf

Origin:French
1809
Crane

Meaning: crane

Origin:English surname
2233
Austen The name Austen is a beautiful gender-neutra...
Origin:Literary surname and shortened form of Augustus
2690
Frost

Meaning: freezing

Origin:English
3740
Tennyson

Meaning: son of Dennis

Origin:English
1366
Ellison

Meaning: son of Ellis

Origin:English
3645