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Aesop
Famous Usage: Greek author and ex-slave Aesop (620-560BC?). Author of
Aesop's fables.
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Aladdin
Related Name: Alidoro
Meaning: Servant of Allah.
Famous Usage: From the literary classic "Arabian Nights" a collection of
stories, including Aladdin and Sinbad.
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Alidoro
Related Name: Aladdin
Meaning: The Italian name for Aladdin.
Famous Usage: The mastiff in Carlo Collodi's story "Pinocchio" (1883).
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Aragorn
Related Name: Strider
Famous Usage: Dark Ranger from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings", who used the
name Strider.
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Aslan
Famous Usage: The Lion from C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, the witch and the
wardrobe"
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Atticus
Famous Usage: Noble defense attorney in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a
Mockingbird" (1960).
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Babar
Famous Usage: Books about an elephant who lives in Paris by Jean de Brunhoff
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Balzac
Famous Usage: French writer Honore de Balzac (1799-1850).
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Banjo
Famous Usage: Australian writer Banjo Paterson
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Baskerville
Related Name: Sherlock
Famous Usage: The black hound that haunted the moors in Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles", featuring detective Sherlock
Holmes.
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Beowulf
Famous Usage: Hero from Old English poem, who fought the ogre Grendel, and
was himself killed by a dragon.
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Biggles
Famous Usage: Fictitious pilot character created by Capt. W.E.Johns
Screen Details: "Biggles, Adventures in Time" (1986)
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Bilbo
Related Name: Frodo
Famous Usage: Bilbo Baggins a hobbit in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
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Bodger
Famous Usage: Bull terrier in Sheila Burnford's novel "The Incredible
Journey" (1961).
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Bosch
Famous Usage: Dutch painter Hieronymous Bosch who's work mixed grotesque
creatures with human figures (1450-1516).
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Boswell
Meaning: Forest town.
Famous Usage: Scottish writer and poet James Boswell (1740-1795).
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Botticelli
Famous Usage: Italian painter Sandro Botticelli, famous for "The Birth of
Venus" (1444-1510).
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Cézanne
Famous Usage: French artist and leading post-impressionist, Paul Cézanne
(1839-1906).
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Cicero
Famous Usage: Roman orator, writer and statesman Marcus Cicero (106-43 BC).
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Crusoe
Famous Usage: Shipwrecked hero in Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe"
(1719).
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Cujo
Famous Usage: Stephen King's novel Cujo.
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Dali
Famous Usage: Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904-1989).
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Dante
Famous Usage: Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
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Dartagnan
Famous Usage: One of the 'Three Musketeers" from the novel by Alexandre
Dumas written in 1844.
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Dickens
Famous Usage: English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870), one of the most
popular novelists of all time.
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Dracula
Famous Usage: Vampire Count Dracula created by Bram Stoker (1847-1912).
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Dumas
Famous Usage: French novelist and playwright Aleaxndre Dumas (1802-1870).
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Elrond
Famous Usage: Halfelven lore master from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
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Fiver
Famous Usage: Character in Richard Adam's 1972 novel "Watership Down" about
a family of rabbits.
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Fresco
Meaning: The art of painting on plaster, made famous by the Italian
Renaissance painters.
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Frodo
Related Name: Bilbo
Famous Usage: Bilbo's younger cousin from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
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Gandalf
Famous Usage: Gandalf the Grey the great wizard from Tolkien's "Lord of the
Rings".
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Gatsby
Famous Usage: Main character in the book "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott
Fitzgerald (1925).
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Gollum
Famous Usage: Loathsome creature with large flat feet and pale eyes from
Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
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Grendel
Famous Usage: Male ogre from Old English poem, who was slain by Beowulf.
Screen Details: Puppy in the 80's TV series "Thirtysomething".
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Hamlet
Famous Usage: Title character from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" (1601) who
was a troubled Danish king.
Personality Plus: Especially good for Great Danes.
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Homer
Famous Usage: Blind Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
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Hunter
Meaning: A hunter. One who searches for something
Famous Usage: US journalist and author Hunter S.Thompson (1939 ).
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James
Related Name: Jamie, Jim, Jimmy
Meaning: From Jacob - To fill the place of another.
Famous Usage: One of the 12 Apostles. One of TS Eliot's "Old Possum's Book
of Practical Cats" that possessed a sensible everyday name.
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Lestat
Famous Usage: Vampire from the Anne Rice vampire chronicle series.
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Macbeth
Famous Usage: Shakespeare's tragedy about Macbeth a king of Scotland (1606).
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Macduff
Famous Usage: Macduff was a nobleman in Shakespeare's tragedy about Macbeth
a king of Scotland (1606).
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Magritte
Famous Usage: Surrealistic Belgian painter Rene Magritte (1898-1967).
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Matisse
Famous Usage: French fauvist artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954).
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Moliere
Famous Usage: French playwright Jean Baptiste Moliere (1622-1673).
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Montag
Related Name:Montague
Famous Usage: Montag is the hero in Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451"
(1953).
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Old Yeller
Famous Usage: Name of yellow coloured hunting dog in 'Old Yeller' by Fred
Gipson.
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Orwell
Famous Usage: British writer George Orwell (1903-1950) famous for his
political satires such as Animal Farm.
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Othello
Famous Usage: Title character from Shakespeare's play "Othello" (1604) who
was a Moor general bound with jealousy.
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Plato
Famous Usage: Greek philosopher (428-348 BC)
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Prelude
Meaning: An introductory performance, event or action. An independent piece
written for piano.
Famous Usage: A car made by Honda. English poet William Wordsworth's first
version of his autobiography.
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Quixote
Famous Usage: Don Quixote an impractical idealist who sees himself as a
courageous knight from writings of Miguel de Cervantes (1615).
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Rembrandt
Famous Usage: Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).
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Reynard
Meaning: A fox.
Famous Usage: Reynard the Fox from medieval fables.
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Salinger
Famous Usage: American author J.D. Salinger (1919- ) who's most famous work
was 'Catcher in the Rye'.
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Seuss
Famous Usage: Children's author Dr. Suess of "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green
Eggs and Ham" fame (1904-1991).
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Shakespeare
Famous Usage: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) considered the English
language's greatest playwright.
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Sherlock
Related Name: Baskerville
Meaning: White haired man.
Famous Usage: Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle (1859-1930).
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Shogun
Meaning: Hereditary ruler and commander of Japanese army
Famous Usage: Title of book by James Clavell.
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Starbuck
Meaning: Chain of US coffee houses.
Famous Usage: First mate of the Peqoud in the whaling novel Moby Dick.
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Strider
Related Name:Aragorn
Famous Usage: Dark Ranger from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings", who's real
name was Aragorn.
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Tao
Meaning: Philosophy and religion of China.
Famous Usage: Male Siamese cat in the novel "The Incredible Journey" by
Sheila Burnford.
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Toad
Meaning: Amphibian related to frogs, with a broader body and rougher skin.
Famous Usage: Toad of Toad Hall from Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the
Willows" (1908).
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Tolkien
Famous Usage: J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) British university professor and
author of the 'Lord of the Rings' fantasy.
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Twain
Famous Usage: American writer Mark Twain (1835-1910).
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Watson
Meaning: From Watkins - Son of Walter
Famous Usage: Assistant to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes created
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930).
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Zola
Famous Usage: French writer and critic Emile Zola (1840-1902). |