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99Oberon is a fairy king in medieval and Renaissance literature, best known from William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), where he rules over the fairies alongside his queen, Titania. The name is a va...
Olindo is a masculine given name of Italian origin, best known from literature. The name was used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for the lover of Sophronia in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). In the poem, Ol...
Ossian is a literary name popularized by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his 18th-century epic poems, which he claimed to have translated from ancient Scottish Gaelic sources. The name is a variant of Oisín, a lege...
Othello is a name that is perhaps a diminutive of the Roman name Otho, which was borne by a short-lived 1st-century Roman emperor. However, the name is far more famous for its use by William Shakespeare in his tragedy Ot...
Paddington is a literary name, most famously belonging to the beloved talking bear from the children's books by Michael Bond, first published in 1958. The character was named after Paddington station, the London railway...
Petruchio is an anglicised form of the Italian name Petruccio, used by William Shakespeare in his play The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1590–1594) for the male protagonist who woos and weds the fiery Katherina, or Kate. The n...
Pinocchio is the name of a famous fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian author Carlo Collodi, set in Tuscany. The name was created by Collodi and is...
Pippin is a fictional male hobbit from J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955). His full given name is Peregrin, which is a semi-translation into English of his true hobbit name Razanur, m...
Polonius is a character from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The name is derived from Latin Polonia, meaning "Poland" — a reference likely chosen by Shakespeare to impart an exotic or pompous aura. Polonius serves as the...
Quasimodo is the name of the fictional protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The name derives from the liturgical Sunday known as Quasimodo Sunday, which is the first Sunday after Easter. T...
Quixote is a surname created by the Spanish author Quixote for the hero of his landmark novel Don Quixote (1605). Although the name is renowned globally as a given name, its origin lies in literature as the alter ego of...
Rubeus is a Latin word meaning "red", used as a masculine given name primarily in literary contexts. It is most famously borne by Rubeus Hagrid, a central character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (first book publ...
Rumpelstiltskin is a name from German folklore, best known as the title character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale collected in their 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. The name itself is derived from German...
Rumpelstilzchen is the original German form of Rumpelstiltskin, the imp-like character from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name. The name is derived from German elements: rumpeln meaning 'make noise' and Stelz...
Samwise is a masculine given name originating from J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955). The name means 'simple, half wise' from Old English sam 'half' and wis 'wise'. Within Tolkien'...
Saruman is a name invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings (1954). It derives from Old English searu meaning "skill, craft, contrivance," combined with mann "man," thus signifying "skillfu...
Sauron is a name of immense evil in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, deriving from the fictional Elvish language Quenya, where sauron is interpreted as "abhorred" or "the abhorred one." The name is associated with the Dar...
Sherlock is an English surname turned first name, famously used by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle for his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist of his mystery stories beginning in 1887. The name derive...
Shylock is a name famously used by William Shakespeare for the central Jewish antagonist in his play The Merchant of Venice (c. 1596). The character is a Venetian Jewish moneylender who demands a pound of Antonio's flesh...
Sinbad is a legendary mariner and the hero of a story-cycle within The 1001 Nights (also known as Arabian Nights). The name derives from Arabic Sindibād, of uncertain origin, possibly from Persian. Sinbad is a later addi...
Sindbad is the Persian form of Sinbad, a name famously borne by the fictional mariner in the Middle Eastern story-cycle known as The Thousand and One Nights (or Arabian Nights). The name itself is derived from Arabic Sin...
Sindibad is an Arabic form of the name Sinbad, from the Arabic Sindibād (سنْدباد), of uncertain origin possibly derived from Persian. This name is famously borne by the legendary sailor from the collection of Middle East...
Etymology and OriginSmaug is a name devised by the philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien for the main antagonist, a dragon, in his novel The Hobbit (1937). The name is derived from the Germanic root *smūganą, meaning "...
Sméagol is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, introduced as the original name of the creature Gollum in The Lord of the Rings (1954). The name is derived from Old English smeah, meani...
Stephano is a variant of Stefano used by William Shakespeare for a drunken butler in his play The Tempest (1611). The name is ultimately derived from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos), meaning "crown" or "wreath," more...
Tariel is a masculine name created by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for his 12th-century epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin. The name has since become established in Georgian culture and literature. Rustaveli like...
Tarzan is a fictional name created by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs for the main character in his novel Tarzan of the Apes, first published in magazine form in 1912. In the novel, Tarzan is the ape name given to t...
Tigger is a fictional character invented by the English author A. A. Milne for his classic Winnie-the-Pooh stories. The name is an playful alteration of the English word tiger, itself a derivative of Tiger, and was coine...
Troilus is a legendary character from Greek mythology, whose name appears in ancient literature and has been adapted across Western European culture. The name Troilus is a Latinized form of the Greek Τρωΐλος (Troïlos), d...
Tuor is the name of a heroic mortal man in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, featured prominently in The Silmarillion (1977) and the earlier tale The Fall of Gondolin. The name is constructed in the fictional Elvish langua...
Turin is a name from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, originating in his constructed Elvish language Sindarin. The name is a compound of tur- ("master, power, victory") and ind ("mood, heart"), thus meaning "victory mood"...
Tybalt is a fictional character and the principal antagonist in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1596). He is the son of Lady Capulet's brother and thus the first cousin of Juliet, whose hot-headedness and...
Umbriel is a literary name created by the English poet Alexander Pope for a gloomy gnome in his satirical poem The Rape of the Lock (1712). The name derives from the Latin umbra, meaning "shadow". Pope drew on the classi...
Voldemort is a fictional name invented by author J.K. Rowling for the primary antagonist of her Harry Potter series, first appearing in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997). The name is derived from French vol...
Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero created by the German author Karl May, first appearing in his 1875 novel Old Firehand. The name itself was invented by May and does not derive from any Native American languag...
Wolfdietrich is a masculine compound name from Germanic elements: Wolf meaning "wolf" and Dietrich meaning "ruler of the people". It is most famously the name of the titular hero of a 13th-century Middle High German epic...
Wukong is the name of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, the central character in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. The name is derived from the Chinese words 悟 (wu, meaning "enlightenment" or "awakening") a...
Yorick is a name of uncertain origin, possibly an altered form of Jörg, the German short form of Georg, itself a form of George. The ultimate root, George, derives from the Greek georgos, meaning "farmer" or "earthworker...
Zorro is a fictional character created by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley in 1919, later adapted into movies, television, and comics. The name derives from "fox" in Spanish, reflecting the character's cunning and...