{"id":9585,"date":"2018-10-24T11:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=9585"},"modified":"2018-10-23T23:27:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T03:27:25","slug":"literary-baby-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2018\/10\/24\/literary-baby-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Baby Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year a list of the most popular baby names is published. \u00a0Some names are always on the list, or have been for the past twenty years like John and Andrew. \u00a0Throughout history names have been chosen from different sources. Some common inspiration for names are nature, religious, historical, and literary. \u00a0Art has influenced names throughout history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Historical names are taken from all different types of historical sources. \u00a0The most popular example is a family name. Even though family names generally do not descend from a specific historical figure, a lot of names go back generations and they are historical when considering timelines. \u00a0Other historical names are from famous historical figures. Some possible potential historical names for females are: Jane Austen, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart. Some male historical names are: George Washington, Martin Luther King, and Marlon Brando. \u00a0Historical male names could also include all past presidents. While most historical names only use the person\u2019s first name, if a parent wanted there to be a stronger connection then they could use the first and middle name to have a stronger significance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Literary names have also been prevalent throughout history. \u00a0The most common literary names are Biblical names. These names have been prevalent since the Common Era has started. \u00a0Some other old literary names come from Greek Mythology. Some very common names are: Achilles, Caesar, Aphrodite, and Artemis. \u00a0Similar to historical names there are more male names to choose from than female names. Names from Greek Mythology are not as common now as they used to be. \u00a0Greek names are now seen as more formal names and are not common at all in America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other literary names are more modern. \u00a0One of the most modern examples of this is Harry Potter. \u00a0Harry Potter names are slowly becoming more common as people who read the books as a child are having children. \u00a0The names Harry, and Hermione are becoming more popular and will only continue to become more popular for the next 10 years or so because of the popularity of the books and the movies. \u00a0Other modern literary names come from childhood books that children attached to and remembered. Some examples would be Charlotte from Charlotte\u2019s Web, Ramona from Ramona and Beezus, and Matilda from Matilda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Literary names have always been common, and they change throughout the generations as new books come out and capture a generation. \u00a0Some names have always been popular and will continue to be due to the significance the names have.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every year a list of the most popular baby names is published. \u00a0Some names are always on the list, or have been for the past twenty years like John and Andrew. \u00a0Throughout history names have been chosen from different sources. Some common inspiration for names are nature, religious, historical, and literary. \u00a0Art has influenced names […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[776,1177,245,1178,1180,1179,507],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9586,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9585\/revisions\/9586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}