Expecting a baby boy and need ideas for names? Choose from these classic boy names from literature, perfect for book lovers!
Have you ever read a book that felt so real, with the characters coming to life? Where the novel stayed with you long after you put it down?
Books can do that, the best ones especially.
I admit, I didn’t take to reading until after I graduated college. Not that I didn’t like it, but I just never considered reading a leisure activity. But after school—maybe once I didn’t “have to” read—books became, and continue to be, a regular staple of my day. (Thank goodness for the library!)
Many book lovers can relate. You get lost in the world described in the pages, given the chance to experience a different time and place.
Another perk of books? They also happen to be a great place to find literary baby names.
I wanted my kids to have baby boy names that stood the test of time. And if you love books, even better if you can find classic boy names from literature.
I went through several literary books and selected children’s names you might like. Many are famous while others you may not have heard about. If you’re expecting a baby boy, take a look at these names to give you a few ideas and inspiration:
Classic boy names from literature
Name |
Book |
| Alex | A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess |
| Atticus | To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee |
| August | Wonder, R.J. Palacio |
| Billy | Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls |
| Charlie | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl |
| Darcy | Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen |
| David | David Copperfield, Charles Dickens |
| Dorian | The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde |
| Edmond | The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas |
| Frederic | A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway |
| Guy | Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury |
| Harry | Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling |
| Heathcliff | Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë |
| Holden | Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger |
| Jake | The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway |
| Jay | The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Marlow | Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad |
| Noah | The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks |
| Oliver | Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens |
| Peter | The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis |
| Philip | Great Expectations, Charles Dickens |
| Ralph | Lord of the Flies, William Golding |
| Robert | For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway |
| Robinson | Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe |
| Rodion | Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Romeo | Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare |
| Rudy | The Book Thief, Markus Zusak |
| Tim | The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien |
| Tom | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain |
| Walter | A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry |
| Watson | Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Werner | All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr |
| Wilbur | Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White |
| Winston | 1984, George Orwell |
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