Sometimes, when we look for our baby's name, we look for inspiration in people we admire or somehow consider special in addition to our family or friends. Some people choose to choose names of characters they have known through reading.
So if you are a book lover and expect a girl, we share you 27 girl names inspired by literature and books, from writers we admire, to unforgettable female characters.
Agate, by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, a writer recognized for her detective novel, is considered the mother of the modern police novel. It has been named by the Guinness Record Book as the writer who has sold the most works of all time (two billion copies).
Alice, for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'
Alicia is a girl with a great imagination, who while sleeping, dreams of chasing a rabbit through a burrow, venturing into a world full of fantasy and many inconsistencies.
Ana, by Anne Shirley of 'Ana of the Green Texas'
Anne Shirley, is an orphan girl, who thanks to her great imagination and insightful personality that is adopted by two brothers, with whom she arrives to help on her farm, but ends up making their lives happy, as well as all the inhabitants of Avonlea, the Small fictional fishing village on Prince Edward Island where history develops in the early twentieth century.
Carlota, by the writer Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë, author of 'Jane Eyre', is one of the three Brontë sisters who devoted themselves to literature at a time when being a writer was a "men's thing" and published their works under male pseudonyms. She was the only one of the sisters who managed to see in life the success of her literary work.
Catalina, by Catherine Earnshaw of 'Wuthering Heights'
Catherine Earnshaw is the female protagonist of this classic novel by Emily Brontë, who describes her as a woman full of energy, but capricious, making her a character that does not leave us indifferent.
Dulce, by Dulcinea from 'Don Quijote de la Mancha'
Dulcinea del Toboso is a fictional character who is in love with the protagonist of this novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, and whom he describes as the embodiment of beauty and virtue.
Elena, by Helena de Troya from 'La Iliada'
Helen of Troy is wife of Menelaus and daughter of the god Zeus and Leda, and represents the feminine ideal of the Greek nobility. It is kidnapped by Paris, which causes the Trojan War.
Elizabeth, by Elizabeth Bennet of 'Pride and Prejudice'
Elizabeth or Lizzy Bennet is undoubtedly one of our favorite literature heroines, thanks to her passionate and challenging personality, always being true to herself, despite external pressures.
Emilia, by writer Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë, like her sister Charlotte, published her poems and novels under a male pseudonym. Unfortunately he died before seeing the success of his novel 'Wuthering Heights', which became one of the classics of English literature.
Emma, by 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert and 'Emma' by Jane Austen
Emma was a frequent name during the nineteenth century and that acquired worldwide popularity thanks to the two novels whose protagonists despite sharing it (Emma Woodhouse and Emma Bovary), could not be more different.
Ines, for 'Ines of my soul'
Inés Suárez was the first Spanish woman to arrive in Chile and the protagonist of this book by the writer Isabel Allende. She is described as a woman with a lot of courage, who pursues her purposes.
Isabel, by the writer Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, Chilean writer who is currently the most widely read living writer in the world. His works have been translated into more than 35 languages.
Jana, by the novelist Jane Austen
Jane Austen, British novelist, considered one of the classics of English literature. His works, such as 'Emma', 'Pride and Prejudice', and 'Sense and Sensibility' ('Sense and Feelings' in Latin America) have been taken to film and television several times.
Joanne, by writer Joanne K. Rowling
Joanne K. Rowling, British writer. Worldwide known for being the author of the Harry Potter series of books and has been recognized for the powerful message of respect, union, courage and inclusion that conveys through her books.
Josephine, by Josephine March of 'Little Women'
Josephine or Jo March, is one of four sisters protagonists of this classic novel in which we see them go from girls to women. With a passionate personality, eccentric and full of dreams, he refuses to adapt to the feminine stereotypes of the time.
Julia, for '1984'
Julia is the female protagonist of the famous dystopian novel by George Orwell. In history he meets Winston, with whom he begins a relationship whose closeness puts them in danger, but she decides to take a risk and not stop seeing him.
Juliet, for 'Romeo and Juliet'
Juliet is a young woman who, by coincidence, meets and falls in love with Romeo, who belongs to a family that is his enemy. Despite her tragic end, Juliet is a young woman who goes against the rules, challenging her parents and following her loving principles.
Karen, for 'Anna Karenina'
Anna Karenina, is the name of the protagonist of the novel of the same name. Although she had a tragic end, she was a woman who fought for her freedom and followed her feelings, despite the prejudices that surrounded her.
Lara, by Larisa Antípova from 'Doctor Zhivago'
Larisa Antípova, better known as Lara, was the lover and companion of the protagonist of the novel, Dr. Yuri Zhivago, with whom she coincides on different occasions during World War I and the Russian civil war.
Laura, by Laura Avellaneda from 'La Tregua'
Laura Avellaneda is a young woman who comes to the life of Martín, protagonist of this novel by Mario Benedetti, and although they only share a brief period together, she gives him a "truce" full of happiness.
Lucia, by La Maga de 'Rayuela'
La Maga, whose name is Lucia and is the protagonist of Julio Cortázar's famous novel. This character has inspired millions, with his distracted, naive and spontaneous personality, wanting freedom.
Luisa, by writer Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott, American writer, is recognized worldwide for her novel 'Little Women'. Committed to the abolitionist movement and suffragism, she wrote under the pseudonym of A.M. Barnard a collection of novels and stories in which taboo subjects for the time such as adultery and incest are treated.
Margarita, by writer Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of the novel 'The Tale of the Maid', which highlights social criticism and treatment of women, and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Governor General's Award in 1985.
Rosa, for the rose of 'The Little Prince'
The Little Prince is the most read non-religious book in the world, in which we are invited to reflect on issues such as love and friendship. In it, we know the rose, which although on the one hand represents vanity, it also shows us the pure and selfless love of The Little Prince towards her.
Scarlett, by Scarlett O'Hara from 'What the wind took away'
Scarlett O'Hara may not be the best example of a heroine because of her selfish and capricious character, but she is one of the most memorable in literature, thanks to her strength and optimism despite the adversities and tragedies that occur in her life. .
Silvia, by writer Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath, American writer and poet, is recognized as one of the leading cultivators of the genre of confessional poetry.
Simone, by writer Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, teacher and human rights and feminist philosopher. He wrote novels, essays, biographies and monographs on political, social and philosophical topics.
Tea, by Dorothy (Dorotea) Gale from 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'
Dorothy is a young woman who after being sent far from home, lives adventures in the land of Oz, where she will meet diverse and charismatic characters that will accompany her on her way.
Virginia, by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was a novelist, essayist, letter writer, editor, feminist and British storyteller, considered one of the most prominent figures of literary modernism of the twentieth century.
