Literary/Heroine girls names needed!

Ok, so DH and I have a shortlist of first names, we wanted something classic and old-fashioned but not too common. So the shortlist is

Daisy (I would commit crimes in order to call my kid Daisy)
Dorothy (I politely tolerate this name for the sake of my marriage)
Arabella
Delilah (ALL, and I mean ALL of our relatives hate this name)

Now we need middle names. Our DS has a literary middle name which is very uncommon, but has huge meaning to us, so we're looking for a similar kind of name for our in-utero DD. We were looking at Shakespeare heroines, but nothing is standing out. I think the name Hero is pretty cool, but DH doesn't like the actual character (Much Ado).

So, any kick ass heroine names? Any historical time period is cool too, or any kind of hippie name that could mean belief/conviction, without using any actual virtue name, so Hope and Faith etc are out (thanks DH!)

Gosh we make this hard for ourselves.

Any help appreciated.

I'm in the search for names as well but I'm not much help. Just saying I LOVE LOVE Delilah as well! :)

It's brilliant isn't it? I highly doubt I'll get to use it though!

One of our girls is A.rabella, one of her middle names is Grace. If that helps ;)

Spocks first and second name are female literary heros. her first name is a Shakespeare name = Rosalind. (even tho i didnt get it from shakespeare)

what about Othelia? (not sure i spelt it correct.)

Elizabeth (Bennett, or Barrett-Browning)
Scout (Finch)
Arwen (LOTR)
Jo or Josephine (March) - she was pretty strong minded!
Hester (The Scarlet Letter) - woman of conviction
Lucy (Lion Witch & the Wardrobe)

Imogen
Emilia
Viola
Beatrice
Juliet
Ophelia
Katherine
Cordelia
Regan
Nerissa

Eta - all Shakespearian heroines

Just watched the movie The Duchess and she was a pretty strong character for her time. Her name was Georgiana - circa late 1700's.

I always liked Desdemona

Scout and Josephine are my favs!!!

If you like fantasy (i.e. David Eddings), names from Belgariad, Polgara etc are:

- Polgara
- Beldaran
- Ce'Nedra
- Adara

Anne
Scarlett
Scout
Jane


Fan of Jane Austen and Gone with the wind and To Killing Mocking Bird also check out Henry the eighths wives :D

What about Bronte?

DH loved Polgara, will suggest some names.

Scout!! <3

Can't use Ophelia, DH has played Hamlet and would tell her to get thee to a nunnery a lot. Checking out Regan and Nerissa. Cordelia reminds me of Buffy.

Viola is officially on the middle name list now.

Some children's classics-

Honey, as in Miss Honey in Matilda

Alice, as in Alice in Wonderland

I do love the name Hero though.

From Shakespeare -

Helena
Juliet (popular yes but I love the name and it's still one of my favourite of his plays)
Bianca
Hermia
Regan
Maria (also my sister's name :) )
Viola

Hero is an awesome name, pity Beatrice was way cooler!

Bronte, that could work.

Scarlett got bumped from the first name list, is it still acceptable to use as a second name? (last name is a colour)

I think Scarlett is fine to use with a 'colour' last name but might sound funny if your last name is Red.

Scout
Scarlett
Marilyn
Maria
Bianca
Hermoine
Gertrude
Eleanor
Harriet
Portia
Alice
Susan
Lucy (lion witch and wardrobe)
Cinders/Bella
Sarah (labyrinth)
Mary (secret garden)
Martha (secret garden)
Lilias (secert garden)

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Imogen
Emilia
Viola
Beatrice
Juliet
Ophelia
Katherine
Cordelia
Regan
Nerissa

Eta - all Shakespearian heroines

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Emilia and Cordelia are my favourite Shakespearean characters ever.

Delilah Emilia Beatrice? Yes.

I named my daughter Eowyn (from Lord of the Rings)

Elspeth (Obernewtyn)
Kahlan (Terry Goodkind's series that I'm reading ATM)


FWIW - stuff your relatives. They'll get over your name choice. Delilah is a perfectly good name to throw away just because some people might not like it.