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HelpFemale names from litterature
Was browsing my book 1001 books you must read before you die looking for interesting character names (female, only). Here's a modest list (I don't care to write down what works they are from. Some are obvious, too):
Kallirhoe
Charikleia
Sheherazade
Christiana
Melliora
Alovisa
Moll
Roxana
Pamela
Clarissa
Amelia
Emilia
Arabella
Nakayah
Lotte
Evelina
Cecilia
Mignon
Camilla
Ottilie
Cora
Mathilde
Esmeralda
Zenobia
Eppie
Fantine
Cosette
Eponine
Therese
Nastasia
Dorothea
Carmilla
Bathsheba
Gwendolen
Nana
Clotilde
Lucetta
Ayesha
Felice
Fortunata
Jacinta
Ligia
Maisie
Alyssa
Mariagrazia
Agathe
Josella
Cecile
Kallirhoe
Charikleia
Sheherazade
Christiana
Melliora
Alovisa
Moll
Roxana
Pamela
Clarissa
Amelia
Emilia
Arabella
Nakayah
Lotte
Evelina
Cecilia
Mignon
Camilla
Ottilie
Cora
Mathilde
Esmeralda
Zenobia
Eppie
Fantine
Cosette
Eponine
Therese
Nastasia
Dorothea
Carmilla
Bathsheba
Gwendolen
Nana
Clotilde
Lucetta
Ayesha
Felice
Fortunata
Jacinta
Ligia
Maisie
Alyssa
Mariagrazia
Agathe
Josella
Cecile
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What book is Charikleia from? I've heard it before - I've found two elderly Greek women in my area with the name (actually, I think they were Hariklia, the modern Greek form of the name).
I think Ayesha is from She by H. Rider Haggard.
I think Ayesha is from She by H. Rider Haggard.
This message was edited 10/1/2012, 2:02 PM
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Charikleia: Heliodorus' "Aethiopica"
Yes, Ayesha is from "She".
Yes, Ayesha is from "She".
This message was edited 10/3/2012, 1:08 PM
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I like:
Kallirhoe
Alovisa
Lotte (because of Phantom of the Opera)
Cora
Mathilde
Esmeralda
Fantine
Cosette
Eponine (Les Mis!!!)
Nastasia
Carmilla
Jacinta
Mariagrazia
Kallirhoe
Alovisa
Lotte (because of Phantom of the Opera)
Cora
Mathilde
Esmeralda
Fantine
Cosette
Eponine (Les Mis!!!)
Nastasia
Carmilla
Jacinta
Mariagrazia
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