Fictional Baby Names

Some of the best names come from the stories we love. Fictional names are borrowed from literature, film and television, chosen by parents who want their child's name to carry the spirit of a beloved character. Names like Atticus, Hermione, Holden and Matilda have all made the leap from page to birth certificate.

The appeal is obvious: these names come pre-loaded with associations. An Atticus carries a sense of integrity. A Hermione suggests intelligence and courage. The character gives the name an extra layer of meaning that a traditional name might not have.

Browse our collection of fiction-inspired names below. Each entry tells you where the name comes from, what it means, and how popular it is in the real world.

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Name	Meaning	Origin	Gender	Popularity
Aelin	moonlight	fictional	Girl	Uncommon
Aislara	dreamlight	fantasy	Girl	Rare
Anais	graceful	french, persian	Girl	Uncommon
Anakin	warrior	american, fictional	Boy	Moderate
Aramis	fictional character name	french	Boy	Uncommon
Arathorn	noble eagle	english	Boy	Rare
Archimedes	master of thought	greek	Boy	Rare
Arden	valley of the eagle	english	Unisex	Moderate
Arrietty	graceful	english	Girl	Rare
Arwen	noble maiden	english	Girl	Uncommon
Aslan	lion	turkish	Boy	Uncommon
Astoria	like a hawk	english	Girl	Uncommon
Astrielle	star maiden	fantasy	Girl	Rare
Astro	star	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Astrophel	star lover	greek	Boy	Rare
Atari	success	japanese	Boy	Uncommon
Atreyu	son of all	fictional	Boy	Uncommon
Avonlea	field by the river	english	Girl	Rare
Azlan	lion	arabic	Boy	Uncommon
Bambi	little girl	italian	Girl	Rare
Bandit	outlaw; robber	english	Boy	Rare
Barnaby	son of consolation	english	Boy	Uncommon
Bartleby	son of Talmai	english	Boy	Rare
Beatrix	bringer of joy	english	Girl	Moderate
Beckett	bee cottage	english	Boy	Popular
Bellamy	fine friend	french, irish	Unisex	Moderate
Bellatrix	female warrior	latin	Girl	Uncommon
Benji	son of the right hand	hebrew, english	Boy	Moderate
Beowulf	bee wolf	english	Boy	Rare
Bertie	bright, famous	english	Boy	Uncommon
Branwen	blessed raven	welsh	Boy	Rare
Cai	rejoice	welsh	Boy	Uncommon
Calypso	hidden	greek	Girl	Rare
Casper	treasurer	english, german	Boy	Moderate
Caspian	from the Caspian Sea	english	Boy	Uncommon
Castiel	my cover is God	hebrew	Boy	Uncommon
Cato	wise	latin	Boy	Moderate
Cedric	bounty	english	Boy	Uncommon
Cerian	loved one	welsh	Boy	Rare
Chaol	unique	fictional	Boy	Rare
Christabel	beautiful Christian	english	Girl	Rare
Circe	bird	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Cirilla	lady	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Clove	spice name	english	Girl	Uncommon
Conan	little wolf	irish, english	Boy	Moderate
Coraline	beautiful maiden	english	Girl	Moderate
Corwin	friend of the heart	english	Boy	Uncommon
Cressida	gold	greek	Girl	Rare
Danger	risk, peril	english	Boy	Rare
Daria	wealthy, kingly	persian, greek	Girl	Moderate
Deirdre	sorrowful	irish	Girl	Moderate
Desdemona	ill-fated	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Dexter	right-handed, skilled	english, latin	Boy	Moderate
Dorian	of the Dorian tribe	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Dorothy	gift of God	english	Girl	Moderate
Draco	dragon	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Draven	hunter	english	Boy	Uncommon
Drusilla	strong	latin	Girl	Rare
Drystan	riot	welsh	Boy	Rare
Duncan	dark warrior	celtic	Boy	Moderate
Dune	sand hill	english	Boy	Rare
Eilonwy	brightness	welsh	Girl	Rare
Elanor	sun star	english	Girl	Rare
Electra	shining, bright	greek	Girl	Rare
Elettra	shining, bright	italian, greek	Girl	Rare
Eleven	one more than ten	english	Girl	Rare
Ellery	island with elder trees	english	Unisex	Uncommon
Elphaba	green-skinned witch	fictional	Girl	Rare
Elsinore	a town in Denmark	english	Girl	Rare
Elysia	blissful	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Elysium	paradise	greek	Boy	Rare
Ember	spark or flame	nordic	Unisex	Moderate
Endymion	to dive into	greek	Boy	Rare
Enola	solitary	english	Girl	Uncommon
Eowyn	horse joy	english	Girl	Uncommon
Erza	helper	english	Girl	Uncommon
Estel	star	french	Boy	Rare
Eyre	gravel bank	english	Girl	Rare
Ezio	eagle	italian	Boy	Uncommon
Fable	story with a moral	english	Unisex	Rare
Faraday	woodman	english	Boy	Rare
Farris	knight	arabic	Boy	Uncommon
Faust	fortunate	german	Boy	Uncommon
Ferris	rock	irish	Boy	Uncommon
Finnick	marshland	english	Boy	Uncommon
Fiyero	no specific meaning	fictional	Boy	Rare
Gaston	guest	french	Boy	Rare
Gaten	companion	english	Boy	Uncommon
Georgiana	farmer	english	Girl	Uncommon
Gidget	girl midget	english	Girl	Rare
Ginger	red-haired	english	Girl	Moderate
Ginny	virginal	english	Girl	Moderate
Goku	aware of emptiness	japanese	Boy	Uncommon
Granger	farm steward	english	Boy	Uncommon
Hades	unseen	greek	Boy	Rare
Heathcliff	cliff near a heath	english	Boy	Rare
Hermione	earthy	greek	Girl	Uncommon
Hester	star	english	Girl	Uncommon
Hiro	abundant	japanese	Boy	Moderate
Huck	short form of Huckleberry	english	Boy	Uncommon
Huxley	inhospitable place	english	Unisex	Moderate
Ichabod	no glory	hebrew	Boy	Rare
Imogene	maiden	english, celtic	Girl	Rare
Indiana	land of Indians	english	Unisex	Moderate
Inigo	fiery	spanish	Boy	Uncommon
Ismerie	unknown	french	Girl	Rare
Isolde	fair lady	celtic	Girl	Rare
Jem	supplanter	english	Boy	Uncommon
Jezebel	not exalted	hebrew	Girl	Rare
Jimothy	supplanter	english	Boy	Rare
Kairi	sea or ocean village	japanese	Girl	Moderate
Kaladin	unknown	fictional	Boy	Rare
Karan	helper, intelligent	indian	Boy	Popular
Katniss	sagittaria plant	fictional	Girl	Uncommon
Kenai	flat land	native american	Boy	Uncommon
Kermit	free man	irish	Boy	Uncommon
Khaleesi	queen	fictional	Girl	Moderate
Kylo	sky	fictional	Boy	Popular
Laertes	gatherer of people	greek	Boy	Rare
Lando	famous land	italian, spanish	Boy	Uncommon
Lavender	lavender flower	english	Girl	Rare
Leia	child of heaven	greek, english	Girl	Popular
Lelouch	unknown	french	Boy	Rare
Lenore	light	greek	Girl	Rare
Lestat	estate	french	Boy	Rare
Liesel	pledged to God	german	Girl	Uncommon
Liesl	pledged to God	german	Girl	Uncommon
Lilivere	imaginary lily	fictional	Girl	Rare
Link	connecting element	english	Boy	Uncommon
Lirael	musical	fictional	Girl	Rare
Loki	trickster god	nordic	Boy	Uncommon
Lolita	sorrows	spanish	Girl	Uncommon
Lorelai	alluring enchantress	german	Girl	Moderate
Lorelei	alluring enchantress	german	Girl	Moderate
Lucifer	light-bringer	latin	Boy	Rare
Ludo	famous warrior	german, latin	Boy	Rare
Lysander	liberator	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Makaveli	bad nail	italian	Boy	Uncommon
Mallory	unfortunate, ill-fated	french	Unisex	Moderate
Marian	of the sea	english, latin, french	Unisex	Moderate
Marinette	little sea	french	Girl	Uncommon
Mariska	bitter	hungarian	Girl	Uncommon
Marnie	rejoice	english	Girl	Uncommon
Matilda	mighty in battle	german, english	Unisex	Popular
Memphis	enduring and beautiful	english, greek	Boy	Uncommon
Merida	one who has achieved a high place of honor	spanish	Girl	Uncommon
Merrin	joyful	celtic, english	Girl	Uncommon
Mickey	who is like God	english	Boy	Moderate
Milou	beloved	french	Girl	Uncommon
Mingus	strong, steadfast	german	Boy	Rare
Minnie	rebellious; of the sea	english	Girl	Popular
Moxie	boldness	english	Girl	Rare
Neo	new	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Neville	new town	english	Boy	Uncommon
Newt	small salamander	english	Boy	Rare
Nikita	unconquered, victorious	russian, indian	Unisex	Moderate
Nimue	lady of the lake	celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Noctis	of the night	latin	Boy	Rare
Odysseus	wrathful	greek	Boy	Rare
Ondine	little wave	french, german	Girl	Rare
Ophelia	help	english	Girl	Moderate
Oriana	golden dawn	italian, celtic	Girl	Uncommon
Orlando	famous land	italian	Boy	Moderate
Orpheus	beautiful voice	greek	Boy	Rare
Ozymandias	ruler of air	greek	Boy	Rare
Pacey	of the valley	english	Boy	Moderate
Paris	pouch	greek	Boy	Moderate
Peppa	pepper	english	Girl	Uncommon
Percy	pierced valley	french, english	Unisex	Moderate
Phineas	oracle	hebrew	Boy	Uncommon
Potter	maker of pots	english	Boy	Uncommon
Puck	mischievous sprite	english	Boy	Rare
Queenie	queen	english	Girl	Uncommon
Quill	feather	english	Boy	Uncommon
Quillon	crossing swords	latin	Boy	Rare
Rapunzel	rampion, a plant name	german	Girl	Rare
Rei	bell	japanese	Girl	Moderate
Remington	raven town	english	Boy	Moderate
Remus	founder of Rome	latin	Boy	Uncommon
Renesmee	invented	fictional	Girl	Uncommon
Rigby	ridge farm	english	Boy	Uncommon
Ripley	strip of land	english	Boy	Uncommon
Rook	crow	english	Boy	Rare
Rosalind	pretty rose	english	Girl	Moderate
Roswell	horse spring	english	Boy	Uncommon
Roxie	dawn	persian, english	Girl	Moderate
Rue	herb, regret	english	Unisex	Uncommon
Ruelle	little street	french	Girl	Rare
Runa	secret lore	nordic	Girl	Uncommon
Ryu	dragon	japanese	Boy	Moderate
Sabrina	from the River Severn	celtic, latin	Girl	Popular
Saga	story	nordic	Girl	Uncommon
Salem	peaceful	hebrew, english	Unisex	Moderate
Sansa	praise or charm	hindi	Girl	Uncommon
Satine	smooth, shiny fabric	french	Girl	Rare
Scout	to listen; to observe	english	Unisex	Uncommon
Septimus	seventh	latin	Boy	Rare
Severus	stern	latin	Boy	Rare
Sherlock	fair-haired	english	Boy	Rare
Sigourney	daring king	english, french	Girl	Rare
Sigrun	victory rune	nordic	Girl	Uncommon
Sirius	glowing	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Solo	alone, solitary	english, latin	Boy	Rare
Spartacus	from Sparta	greek	Boy	Rare
Spike	long, heavy nail	english	Boy	Uncommon
Strider	one who walks with long steps	english	Boy	Rare
Tarian	shield	welsh	Boy	Rare
Tarka	wandering soul	english	Boy	Rare
Teller	storyteller	english	Boy	Rare
Thelonious	lord	greek	Boy	Rare
Theon	godly	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Thessaly	a region in Greece	greek	Girl	Rare
Thisbe	unknown	greek	Girl	Rare
Tiggy	little one	english	Girl	Rare
Topanga	where the mountain meets the sea	native american	Girl	Uncommon
Toulouse	a city in France	french	Boy	Rare
Tristan	sorrowful	french	Boy	Popular
Tuppence	two pence coin	english	Girl	Rare
Twyla	woven with a double thread	english	Girl	Uncommon
Tybalt	brave people	english	Boy	Rare
Ulysses	wrathful	greek	Boy	Uncommon
Ursula	little bear	latin	Girl	Rare
Vada	famous ruler	english	Girl	Uncommon
Valon	strong	english, french	Boy	Rare
Vanessa	butterfly	english	Girl	Popular
Vega	swooping eagle	spanish, arabic	Unisex	Uncommon
Verona	truth	italian	Girl	Uncommon
Vikram	valorous, brave	indian	Boy	Popular
Villanelle	little villa	french	Girl	Uncommon
Waldo	ruler	german	Boy	Rare
Warwick	dweller by the weir	english	Boy	Rare
Watson	son of Walter	english	Boy	Uncommon
Waverly	meadow of quivering aspens	english	Girl	Uncommon
Wednesday	Odin's day	english	Girl	Rare
Wendy	friend	english	Girl	Moderate
Wilbur	wild boar	english	Boy	Uncommon
Wiley	crafty one	english	Boy	Moderate
Winry	joyful friend	fictional	Girl	Rare
Xaden	unknown	english	Boy	Uncommon
Xerxes	ruler over heroes	greek, persian	Boy	Rare
Yseult	fair, beautiful	celtic, french	Girl	Rare
Ysolde	ice ruler	celtic, english	Girl	Uncommon
Yvaine	evening star	english	Girl	Rare
Zazie	God is my oath	french	Girl	Rare
Zelda	gray fighting maid	german	Girl	Moderate
Zephyrion	gentle breeze	greek	Boy	Rare
Zephyrus	west wind	greek	Boy	Rare
Zeppelin	airship	german	Boy	Uncommon
Ziggy	victorious protector	german, english	Unisex	Moderate
Ziva	radiance	hebrew	Girl	Uncommon
Zorion	happiness	basque	Boy	Rare
Zuko	failure	japanese	Boy	Rare

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Frequently Asked Questions

Will people assume my child is named after a character?

For very famous characters (Hermione, Atticus, Arya), yes, probably. For less iconic ones, not necessarily. Whether that bothers you is a personal call. Many parents see it as a feature, not a bug.

What if the character becomes controversial?

It is a risk with any pop culture reference. Names tied to classic literature (Darcy, Scout, Holden) tend to be safer bets than names from ongoing franchises where a character's arc is not yet finished.

What are some subtle fictional names?

Names like Darcy (Pride and Prejudice), Elinor (Sense and Sensibility), Holden (Catcher in the Rye) and Lydia (various) work as standalone names while carrying a literary connection for those who recognise it.