Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish.
Each week they will post a new Top Ten list that one of their bloggers over at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join.
The topic for this week is: Top Ten Character Names I Love OR Unusual Character Names
When I was thinking about this topic and jotting down names Β I realized it could also be called “Things I could call my cats if I was a crazy cat lady with 37 kittens“.
So I’m super cheating – there are more than ten names on this week’s list. Too many names and not enough space in a list of ten to list all of them. So here are my names π Enjoy!
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Character Name(s) |
Play Title |
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Iago |
Othello |
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Ophelia |
Hamlet |
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Banquo |
Macbeth |
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Benvolio |
Romeo and Juliet |
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Lucentio |
The Taming of the Shrew |
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Character Name(s) |
Book Title |
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Sherlock Homes, Mycroft, Moriarty |
The Sherlock Homes books by Arthur Conan Doyle |
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Jean Valjean |
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
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Fitzwilliam Darcy |
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
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Captain Wentworth |
Persuasion by Jane Austen |
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Mr Rochester |
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
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Heathcliff |
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
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Don Diego de la Vega |
Zorro by Isabel Allende |
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Athos, Aramis, Porthos and dβArtagnan |
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas |
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Character Name(s) |
Book Title |
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Bellatrix Lestrange, Arabella Figg, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy, Voldemort |
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling |
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Karou |
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor |
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Butterfly |
The Elites by Natasha Ngan |
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Zaphod Beeblebrox (I think this is my all time favourite character name) |
The Hitchhikerβs Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams |
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Gandalf the Gray and Aragorn |
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien |
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Four |
Divergent by Veronica Roth |
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Adrian Ivashkov and Dimitri Bellikov |
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead |
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Finnick |
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins |
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Chaol |
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas |
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Character Name(s) |
Book Title |
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Cricket Bell |
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins |
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Westley (Dread Pirate Roberts) |
The Princess Bride by William Goldman |
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Veruca Salt |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl |
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Hazel |
Watership Down by Richard Adams |
So those are my favourite names. I didn’t include Sancho Panza from Don Quixote which is another favourite of mine because that actually is what my cat is named π
I’d love to know what literary people or characters you’d name your imaginary (or real!) cats! So please feel free to leave me a comment π
Love the way you divided this up and your banners, they’re so pretty. I love that your cat is named Sancho Panza, I love Sancho. π You have such great name picks, I especially liked Hazel (Watership Down’s my favorite fiction book!), Finnick, Don Diego de la Vega, Sherlock, Benvolio, and Jean Valjean (although you could bet I’d always be singing “Whooo ammm IIII” whenever I called my cat). π
Alice @ Alice in Readerland
Thanks π I had fun making them. My posts are usually so lacking in colour.
Another Sancho fan! π Most people don’t recognize where his name comes from…
I cheated with Don Diego de la Vega – I’ve never read that book but it’s one of my favourite names since I watched The Mask of Zorro π
And now I really want to name a pet Jean Valjean so I have an excuse to sing Les Mis at them all the time! Sancho doesn’t appriciate my singing nearly as much as he should!
I’ve always wanted to name my kitty Four π Really great list! I’m organizing mine right now, but it’s a bit generic cause they are popular YA books! π
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. And there’s no such thing as generic YA books! π I’m always amazed at how many books there out there~!
Brilliant names! I love the way you’ve set out your post this week too. I think there’s so many awesome character names in Harry Potter!
I could have put the whole character list! π I love Ginerva but forgot to put it on the list!
I love your list and I totally love the catlady comment haha
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It’s because whenever I come across a name I adore I think “I’m totally going to name my cat this when I buy another one!!!” yep… if I had as many cats as I did names… I’d be on Hoarders: Animal Edition!
OH GOOOOD I missed Sherlock and Moriarty, even Mycroft. I am such a tool. π
Awesome list!
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They’re cool names right? I hadn’t read any of the books till I watched the BBC show, Sherlock. I’m a little in love with it.
I love BBC Sherlock, best thing in the world!!!
I looooove how you did this blog post. And I love the names. . . Personally, I’ve always liked how Jean Valjean rolls off my tongue. My favorite name overall might be Aoife (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel series), though. I mean, it has every vowel but U in it. For whatever reason, that makes me love it.
I love that name! All those lovely vowels… but I have no idea how to pronounce it!
It’s pronounced EE-fuh. It’s Irish and I think it stemmed from their mythology.
That’s an epic list, I’d forgotten so many awesome names, like Voldemort and Moriarty. love it π
I love the name Moriarty – but I always for get how to spell it!
Wow! Love how you broke those all down! (That must have taken some time!) Veruca Salt definitely is an odd one. And I can’t believe I forgot to mention Westley on my list! (Going back now to edit it…) Also, I *love* Ophelia. Thanks for sharing! π
I used to think the name Veruca was beautiful. But my dad told me it meant foot wart π Like when I liked the name Melina from Wicked… dad informed me it was a disgusting bodily fluid!
So I’ll keep these names away from him so he can’t ruin them! π
Wow, love how you set yours out. Some really amazing names on here. I also picked Four, I know it’s technically a nickname but to me he will always be Four. My STS.
Tobias totally rocks too!
Nickname or not – it’s a great name! π
The Vampire Academy character names kick ass! π ‘Fitzwilliam Darcy’ – I laughed when I read that, because in my mind he’s Mr Darcy or just Darcy, but of course in a modern age he’d just be Fitz wouldn’t he? π I’m looking forward to tackling JT’s modern retelling of Sense and Sensibility this winter, I can’t wait to see what she’s done with it. Cool list honey!
He’ll always be Darcy – my sister in law’s cat is named Darcy :D. Her dog is named Lizzie after Elizabeth Bennet too π
Oohh… who is JT? That sounds like a retelling I’d enjoy too.
Awesome list. Although I would have to say Four is my fav. Who knew a number could be so attractive =)
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Doris @ Owl Always Be Reading
I know what you mean! It’s such a simple name – a word we use every day – and yet as soon as it was mentioned as a name I adored it!
This is a great list! I love all of your choices!
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Karla @ Silver Readings
Thank you so much! This week’s list was so much fun to think about.
Cricket Bell, love that name. And Adrian Ivashkov, it just somehow fits his character so well. Great list!