Literary Baby Names Inspired by Authors

Thurber

The name Thurber is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "Thor the warrior".

Thoreau

The name Thoreau is both a boy's name and a girl's name of French origin, meaning "strength of a bull".

Morrison

The name Morrison is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "son of Morris".

London

The name London is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin.

Tennessee

The name Tennessee is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Native American origin.

Zola

The name Zola is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Munro

The name Munro is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Scottish origin, meaning "mouth of the river Ro".

Lardner

The name Lardner is a boy's name meaning "servant in charge of a larder".

Gore

The name Gore is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "wedge-shaped object".

Crane

The name Crane is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "crane".

Millay

The name Millay is a girl's name of English origin.

Author

The name Author is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin.

Hemingway

The name Hemingway is a boy's name.

Ayn

The name Ayn is a girl's name of Finnish origin, meaning "grace".

Aphra

The name Aphra is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "dust".

Thisbe

The name Thisbe is a girl's name of Greek origin.

Chimamanda

The name Chimamanda is a girl's name of Nigerian origin, meaning "my God will never fail".

Plum

The name Plum is a girl's name.

Brontë

The name Brontë is a girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "thunder".

Tennyson

The name Tennyson is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "son of Dennis".

Lafcadio

The name Lafcadio is a boy's name of Greek origin.

Glasgow

The name Glasgow is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Scottish origin.

Lowell

The name Lowell is both a boy's name and a girl's name of French origin, meaning "young wolf".

Saroyan

The name Saroyan is a boy's name of Armenian origin.

Jessamyn

The name Jessamyn is a girl's name meaning "jasmine flower".

Angelou

The name Angelou is a girl's name.

Ishmael

The name Ishmael is a boy's name of Hebrew, Spanish origin, meaning "God will hear".

Chandler

The name Chandler is both a boy's name and a girl's name of French origin, meaning "candle maker".

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