Artistic Girls' Names

Art is full of stories, emotions, images, and names. These come from either the artists or the characters/subject matter. We call these names artistic or literary.

Artistic and literary names come from famous works of art, including pictures and novels, as well as famous artists and writers. However, just being in a famous book or work of art does not automatically make a name artistic or literary. A name must have a memorable association with an artist or character to count. 

Here are some girls' names that easily bring to mind famous stories and artwork:

Afton

Alice 

Auden

Avalon

Avonlea

Beatrix

Billie

Briar

Brontë

Celie


Clementine

Coraline

Cosette

Creedence

Darcy

Delilah


Dulcinea

Ellery

Eloise

Emma

Esme

Estella

Evangeline


Flannery

Frida

Georgia

Guinevere


Heidi

Hermione

Holliday

Isadora

Isolde

Lennon

Lorna


Madeline

Mahalia

Marley

Marlowe

Matilda

Monet

Odette

Presley

Ramona

Rilla

Ronia

Rowena


Scout

Tenley

Twyla

Wendy


Zelda

Zora

Which names would you add?

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