Willoughby from "Sense and Sensibility" is my top association with the name as well. The whole thing with how he seduced the Colonel's ward, Miss
Beth Williams, then abandoned her when he got her pregnant was so slimy. He's on the hunt for a rich wife, so he would have done the same thing to
Marianne if given the chance.
Edited to add: I have read the
Willoughby's, which is a fun book, but the parents are silly and pretentious as well as neglectful. Ashby or Jacoby could work as first names. I've met women named
Darby and
Shelby.
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