Names that you absolutely love (from book characters)?

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I really like the name Ender from Ender's Game
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I really love Augustus from The Fault In Our Stars or even Jem from The Infernal Devices.
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I came across the name Alba once from the Time Traveler's Wife which I thought was really nice.
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I actually really love the name Anita Blake from the Anita Blake series written by Laurell K. Hamilton. I lost interest in the series after a while but that name stuck with me for some reason.
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Jack Reacher
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I rather like Alanna, from Tamora Pierce's The Song of the Lioness series
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I thought Katniss was such a unique name until I went to work and that happened to be a co-workers name...still pretty though!
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August from Water for Elephants, especially because the name suited the character. Aragorn. Lestat Lioncourt. Corwin and Random from the Amber Chronicles. Koontz's character Odd. Catherynne Valente, although that's an author and not a character. Luna Lovegood, Rewena Ravenclaw. And there's something eternal about a girl named Rose.
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Cassiopeia (from The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey) I love this name so much because its so different and pretty. Its a constellation which I find makes it even more meaningful and beautiful.
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I'm loving the name "Colton". He's a character from a book I read earlier this year. I liked the book but for the life of me I can't remember the title or author. I hate when that happens!
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I absolutely love these names!
Jace (From The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. The funny thing is, a couple of days before I read the books, I thought that Jace would be an awesome nick name for a person with the name Jason or something, though I guess it’d be spelled like Jase.
I also like the name Jem which is short for James (The Infernal devices by Cassandra Clare)
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I like Calli from The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf.
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I personally like the names Magnus Bane from The Mortal Instruments series, as well as Scott Finn and Linda Flaherty from the Scott Finn series.
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I have two absolute favorite characters.
My first is Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter Series. There is just something about his mysterious, bad boy vibe that intrigues me and always makes me want to know more about him.
My other favorite is the famous Peeta Mellark from the Hunger Games. He is this calm, sweet guy that is striving for love and is desperate for his love to love him back. He follows his dream no matter how much he gets hurt in the process and I admire him for that.
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Post by KDrake »

Love this post! I am kinda obsessed with names as well. I am actually pregnant (shhh don't tell anyone) and I find myself considering names from books as my next child's name! Of course I wouldn't do anything strange but instill love all the uniqueness. Here are a few of my favs:
Rhok (I think it's rock)
Ever
Katniss
Kash
Scarlett
Gray ;)
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