Thursday's Name Game: Cecily from Better Than Chocolate by Sheila Roberts

When I first started blogging I did this feature called Thursday's Name Game and as I was going through my posts I realized that I had a lot of fun putting the posts together so I thought I'd try it out again.

Essentially I just take whatever book I'm reading, pick a character and research a little about their name. So here it goes...

Name: Cecily

Gender: Female

Character From: Better Than Chocolate

Origin of Cecily:

Latin and thought to represent Saint Cecilia.  (I've also read it means dim-sighted or blind, but I'm not a fan of those so much) 

Places named Cecily:

Cecily, a fictional Alaskan town from T.V. show "Northern Exposure"
 
Characters named Cecily?

• Cecily Giraffe, a character in Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys by H.A. Rey.  This was the first book to feature the infamous Curious George.  
• Cecily Temple, a character from "The Gemma Doyle Trilogy" by Libba Bray
• Cecily Cardew, a character from Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernest"
• Cecily, an alias for Halfrek a vengeance demon from the show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

Have you heard of these gals?

• Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the "Gossip Girl" series
• Cecily Neville, Duchess of York

Do you know of anyone named Cecily or any famous Cecily's I am missing?

*adapted from http://www.babynamewizard.com

Thursday's Name Game: Virginia from Willow Pond

When I first started blogging I did this feature called Thursday's Name Game and as I was going through my posts I realized that I had a lot of fun putting the posts together so I thought I'd try it out again.

Essentially I just take whatever book I'm reading, pick a character and research a little about their name. So here it goes...

Name: Virginia

Gender: Female

Character From: Willow Pond

Origin of Virginia:

It is Latin for the word "maiden"

Places named Virginia:

Virgina, State in US
West Virginia, State in US
Calle Virginia, Puerto Rica
Virginia, Ecuador
Rue Virginia, France
 
Characters named Virginia?

• Virginia Woolf, a character in the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Have you heard of these gals?

• Virginia Patterson "Patsy" Cline, a singer
• Virginia Dare, the "first" baby born in America of English Settlers
• Virginia "Ginger" Rogers, a singer and dancer, best known for her role in Kitty Foyle which she won an Academy Award for.
• Virginia Woolf, an author

Do you know of anyone named Virginia or any famous Virginia's I am missing?

*adapted from http://www.babynamewizard.com

Thursday's Name Game: Hazel from The Fault in Our Stars

When I first started blogging I did this feature called Thursday's Name Game and as I was going through my posts I realized that I had a lot of fun putting the posts together so I thought I'd try it out again.

Essentially I just take whatever book I'm reading, pick a character and research a little about their name. So here it goes...

Name: Hazel

Gender: Female

Character From: The Fault in Our Stars

Origin of Hazel:

It comes from the name of the tree or the color.

Places named Hazel:

Hazel Green, Wisconsin
Hazel Grove, England
 
Characters named Hazel?

• Hazel, (male) rabbit in Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Hazel, a 1960s TV show
• Hazel, a witch on Bugs Bunny cartoons

Have you heard of these gals?

• Hazel Patricia, Julia Robert's daughter
• Hazel Clark-Riley, a US Olympic Runner

Do you know of anyone named Hazel or any famous Hazel's I am missing?

*adapted from http://www.babynamewizard.com

When I first started blogging I did this feature called Thursday's Name Game and as I was going through my posts I realized that I had a lot of fun putting the posts together so I thought I'd try it out again.

 

Essentially I just take whatever book I'm reading, pick a character and research a little about their name. So here it goes...

 

 

Name:  Luke

Gender: Male

Character From: The Emerald Talisman

 

Origin of Luke:

 

Means 'light' in Greek and in Latin, Lucas, means 'man from Lucania'

 

Places named Luke:

• Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, United States.
• St. Luke's Hospital, various locations, United States. 

Characters named Luke?

• Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars movies
• Luke Danes from the TV show Gilmore Girls
• Luke Castellen from Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan

 

Have you heard of these guys?

 

Luke Perry, an actor best known for 90210 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie)

Luke Wilson, an actor best known for Old School, Legally Blonde, and Anchorman

Luke Bryan, a country singer best known for "Rain is a Good Thing"

 

Do you know of anyone named Luke or any famous Lukes I am missing?

 

*adapted from http://www.babynamewizard.com

Thursday's Name Game: Tobias from Insurgent

When I first started blogging I did this feature called Thursday's Name Game and as I was going through my posts I realized that I had a lot of fun putting the posts together so I thought I'd try it out again.

Essentially I just take whatever book I'm reading, pick a character and research a little about their name. So here it goes...

Name:  Tobias
Gender: Male
Character From:  Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Origin of Tobias:

Hebrew biblical name that means Yahweh (God) is good

Places named Tobias:

• Tobias, Nebraska a city in the United States
• Tobías Bolaños International Airport in Costa Rica  

Characters named Tobias?

Tobias Gregson, character in the Sherlock Holmes novels

Tobias Snape, Severus Snape's father in the "Harry Potter" series

Have you heard of these guys?
 
Tobias Sippel a German soccer goalie who plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Tobey Maguire, an actor

Do you know of anyone named Tobias or any famous Tobias I am missing?

*adapted from http://www.babynamewizard.com

Thursday's Name Game

When I first started by blog I did this feature called Thursday's Name Game and as I was going through my posts I realized that I had a lot of fun putting the posts together so I thought I'd try it out again.

Essentially I just take whatever book I'm reading, pick a character and research a little about their name.  So here it goes...


Name:  Seth
Gender: Male
Character From:  Unlovable by Sherry Gammon

Origin of Seth:
Seth is of Hebrew origin and means appointed. 


Places name Seth:

The Seth Peterson Cottage in Mirror Lake Wisconsin, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

 

Characters named Seth?

• Seth Cohan from the TV show "The OC".
• Seth Clearwater from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.
• Seth Morgan from Melissa Marr Wicked Lovely Series.

Have you heard of these guys?  

• Seth Rogan, a popular actor featured in films such as Knocked Up, Funny People and The Green Hornet.
• Seth Green, an actor featured in films  and TV shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Italian Job, and Without a Paddle.
• Seth MacFarlane, best known for creating/developing Family Guy and American Dad!
• Seth Meyers, comedian from Saturday Night Live.
• Seth Godin, an author and entrepreneur.

Do you know of anyone named Seth or any famous Seths I am missing?

 

*adapted from http://www.babynamewizard.com