Top Ten: My firstborn child.

(Or, more likely, my next dog or imaginary friend might be named after...)

Pi (no, not 'Piscine Molitor Patel', just Pi).  Such a hip moniker on its own merits, gravitas-ed by his story within a story.

Jem Finch.  While the masses may say 'Atticus', I respond: But what about the next gen?  Wouldn't this make a beautifully cadenced first and middle name combo, with significant heroic substance behind it?

Olivia.  Like "Sting", one word says it all.

Harper (Lee) or Mick (Kelly).  Two smart tomboys with voices to die for.

Lucy (The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe/The Chronicles of Narnia).  A spunky-sweet child evolves into a hero-queen (Lucy the Valiant).  Not a bad handle to carry around for inspiration.

Meg Murry from A Wrinkle In Time, etc. Math-science whiz of the mousy brown hair whose brainy love saves people and occasionally planets.

Vardaman from As I Lay Dying. (Dave said, "Vardaman?  Sounds like Voldemort."  Philistine.  So perhaps I'd end up scrapping this one, but this Faulknarian boy's enigmatic statement, "My mother is a fish," kept me pondering for days.  Not that I'd want my child to emulate Vardaman's tendencies exactly, but it's a pretty nifty-sounding name that would hang well on a dog.)

Kate.  As in Kate Vaiden, stellar protagonist of the eponymous novel by the late, great Reyolds Price, and as in Kate the Cat.  And I'll bet the derivative Katniss will crop up on many a list.  Why not?  Strong, smart, shrewd - if sometimes shrewish - women.

Indiana.  'nuf said.  There must've been a book. Right?

How 'bout you?  Which literary appellations would you add to your family tree?

Thanks again to The Broke and the Bookish for this blog hop! 

MFB,
L