The Broke and the Bookish this week asks us to list our Top Ten Literary figure/character names we'd give our children.
1. Dylan. As in Bob Dylan. I DID name my son this. I DID name him after Bob. The title of my blog comes courtesy of Mr. Dylan, too.
2. Samwise (Gamgee) from Lord of the Rings. Not Sam. Samwise.
3. Spenser like the poet with an 's'. From Spenser the poet with an 'S' or more truthfully the Robert B. Parker detective.
4. Mucho (first) Maas (middle) from The Crying of Lot 49. Ok, Mucho Maas isn't much of a character, but his name cracks me up. The fact that I have a Latino surname just makes this too good to pass up. The poor kid.
5. Toni, as in Toni Morrison. Ok, I'm struggling with girl names. I like Morrison, and I have thought about naming a daughter Toni - Antonia (Willa Cather, anyone) actually but Toni for short.
6. Ok...I'm stopping here. And leaving it on this note. I always wish I had named my dog Strider (Strider/Aragorn from Lord of the Rings)
I really like the name Dylan and kudos for following through and actually naming your son after him :)
ReplyDeleteMucho Maass cracks me up! Someone who contributed to this TTT listed Major Major Major from Catch-22. WIN
ReplyDeleteAlso, YAY for naming your sprog (and your blog) after mr. Dylan