Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is: Favorite Character Names
The names on my list are ones that I like and that I think are perfectly paired with the characters to which they belong. My picks include first and last names, so I also considered how the entire character name flowed together. I think these authors nailed the naming game!
Verity Kindle, To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Valency Stirling, The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
Bathsheba Everdene and Gabriel Oak, Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Olivia Curtis, Invitation to the Waltz and The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann
Étienne St. Clair, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Cassandra Mortmain, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Francie Nolan, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Penelope Wallace, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
What are some of your favorite character names?
Dwell in Possibility 
Great list! 🙂 I love the name Isabella Woodhouse in Emma by Jane Austen. Isabella is a pretty name. I also like Diana Barry from Anne of Green Gables. Diana is also pretty. 🙂
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Thanks, Kathy! Isabella Woodhouse and Diana Barry are two great picks as well!
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Some amazing names! I love the creativity of writers!!
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I do too! It can’t be easy to come up with interesting names that fit a character’s personality.
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So many great names! I love Atticus Finch – I wish I’d remembered him when doing my list! 💛
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Thanks! He’s a wonderful character with an amazing name for sure.
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Steerpike from the Gormenghast books has always been one of my favourites. In fact, *all* of Peake’s characters, and Dickens’ too! 🙂
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Agreed! Dickens definitely had a knack for character names!
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Étienne St. Clair is also one of my favorites 🙂
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Atticus is a brilliant name. So strong and memorable.
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It perfectly matches his strong and kind nature too!
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Great choices. I love Verity and Valancy as names generally. And Cassandra Mortmain is just an amazing name period!
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Thanks, Fran!
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Oh, I adore Mr. Tilney. And Atticus Finch is such an icon name. Great list!
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Thanks, Alicia! Henry Tilney is very easy to adore!
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For a long time after reading the book, I wanted to be called Bathsheba Everdene… 😉
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I don’t blame you! She’s such a strong, memorable, and complex heroine.
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Oh my goodness, so many beautiful names, I think Thomas Hardy had a real gift. But Cassandra Mortmain, I love everything about her!
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I agree with you completely about both Thomas Hardy and Cassandra, Jane!
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Verity Kindle is just lovely, I can see why you picked it! Étienne St. Clair and Mr. Tilney are excellent choices as well.
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Thanks, Amanda!
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Great list of classic and new fiction. 🙂
Really like Henry Tilney (sounds so good together), Cassandra and of course, Étienne St. Clair! Why I didn’t remember him, I’ll never now.
Thanks for visiting Finding Wonderland.
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Thanks, Rissi!
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