Happy Children’s Book Week! I’m a huge fan of children’s books — just ask my friends. I’d take a picture of my bookshelf to prove it, but I haven’t figured out how to upload pictures to my blog yet.

 

One of the things I love about children’s books is the fun character names. I just finished reading Jinx by Meg Cabot. It’s a story about a girl named Jinx. Well, her real name is Jean, but everyone calls her Jinx. You’ll have to read the book to find out why.

 

Anyhow, in honor of Children’s Book Week, I decided to put together a list of children’s book characters with excellent names that might also give you some naming inspiration…here goes:

 

 

 

FEMALE CHARACTER NAMES

 

ALICE — Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

 

AMELIA — Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish

 

BLAIR — Gossip Girlseries by Cecily Von Ziegesar

 

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

 

CORALINE — Coralineby Neil Gaiman

 

GEORGIA — Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison

 

HERMIONE — Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling

 

MADELINE — Madelineby Ludwig Bemelmans

 

RAMONA — Ramona Quimbyseries by Beverly Cleary

 

SERENA — Gossip Girlseries by Cecily Von Ziegesar

 

TRIXIE — Trixie Beldenseries by Julie Campbell Tatham (this one has a special place in my heart because Trixie is my cat’s name)

 

VIOLET — Series of Unfortunate Eventsseries by Lemony Snicket

 

WENDY — Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

 

 

 

 

MALE CHARACTER NAMES

 

ARTEMIS — Artemis Fowlseries by Eoin Colfer

 

BO — The Thief Lordby Cornelia Funke

 

CHARLIE — Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryby Roald Dahl

 

CLIFFORD — Clifford the Big Red Dogseries by Norman Bridwell

 

FERDINAND — The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

 

HARRY — Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling

 

HUGO — The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

 

JASPER — Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

 

MAX — Where the Wild Things Areby Maurice Sendak

 

MILO — The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

 

PERCY — Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan (Harry Potter, too)

 

 

Some of these authors have pretty fantastic names, too — CORNELIA, ROALD, LUDWIG, CECILY, MUNRO, NORTON!

 

What are your favorite character names? Post a comment and let me know!

 

♥  Amanda

 

If you have baby name questions for me, email me at amanda@amandabarden.com.

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