You might have fallen in love with a protagonist in high school or admired the moxy of an antagonist you met in book club. And, whether you're a lover of all things Shakespeare, romance novels or best sellers, looking to the names of literary characters and their alter egos - the authors - opens the door to an interesting world of baby name options.

Here's a list of page turning names that has something for every type of bookworm. Which ones will make your best-seller list?





For girls:
Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)
Annesley (Mrs. Annesley, Pride and Prejudice)
Ariel (Shakespearean)
Becky (Tom Sawyer)
Bessie (Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour)
Betsy (Elizabeth)
Charlotte (Charlotte's Web)
Darcy (Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice)
Emma (novel by Jane Austen)
Francie (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
Heidi, (Heidi)
Ginny (Harry Potter series)
Hermione (Harry Potter series)
Jane (Jane Austen, author)
Lucy (Chronicles of Narnia)
Luna (Harry Potter series)
Lyra (Golden Compass series)
Manette, (Lucie Manette, A Tale of Two Cities)
Mary Lennox (A Secret Garden)
Merit, (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons)
Ophelia (Shakespearean)
Perdita (Shakespearean)
Phoebe (The Catcher in the Rye)
Pippi (Pippi Longstocking)
Sara Crewe (A Little Princess)
Scarlett (Gone with the Wind)
Scout Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Tacy (Anastasia)
Tafline (Scent of the Sea)
Tib (Thelma)

For boys:
Albus (Harry Potter series)
Aldous (Aldous Huxley, author)
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, (Ender's Game)
Atticus (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Barkley (A Farewell to Arms)
Billy Colman (Where the Red Fern Grows)
Charlie (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory)
Dante (author)
Fitz (F. Scott Fitzgerald, author)
Hamlet (Shakespearean)
Harry (Harry Potter series)
Holden (The Catcher in the Rye)
James Henry Trotter, (James & the Giant Peach)
Mario (Mario Puzo, author)
Neville (Harry Potter series)
Nolan (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
Penn, (Robert Penn Warren, author)
Peyton (Peyton Place)
Ponyboy (Outsiders)
Preston (North and South)
Puck (Shakespearean)
Rhett (Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind)
Seymour (Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour)
Thatcher (Tom Sawyer)
Wilbur (Charlotte's Web)
Wilder (Laura Ingalls Wilder, author)


Unisex names:
Morgan (To Have and Have Not)
Sawyer (Tom Sawyer)
Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Poe (Edgar Allen, author)