50 Authors And Their Children
Today’s post is about authors and their children’s names. This time I decided to not mention all the meanings due to the sheer length of the post. I hope you enjoy it.
Agatha Christie-Rosalind
Alfred Tennyson-Hallam and Lionel
Anne Rice-Christopher and Michele
Aristotle-Nicomachus and Pythias
Arthur Conan Doyle-Adrian, Arthur Alleyne, Mary Louise, Jean and Denis Percy
Bram Stoker-Irving Noel Thornley
Charles Dickens-Charles Jr, Mary “Marnie”, Kate, Walter Landor, Francis, Alfred D’Orsay Tennyson, Sydney, Henry Fielding, Dora Annie and Edward
Cicero-Tullia and Cicero
Dante Alighieri-Jacopo
Douglas Adams-Polly Jane Rocket
Edgar Allan Poe-William, Edgar and Rosalie
Edgar Rice Burroughs-John Coleman, Hulbert and Joan
E E Cummings-Nancy Thayer
Elizabeth Gaskell-William, Marianne, Margaret Emily “Meta”, Florence Elizabeth and Julia Bradford
Enid Blyton-Gillian and Imogen Mary
Ernest Hemingway-Jack Hadley Nicanor, Patrick and Gregory “Gloria” Hancock
Gabriel Garcia Marquez-Rodrigo and Gonzalo
Geoffrey Chaucer-Thomas
George Orwell-Richard Horatio
Herman Melville-Stanwix, Malcolm, Frances and Elizabeth
Ian Fleming-Caspar
Isaac Asimov-Robyn and David
James Joyce-Lucia and George
J.K Rowling-Mackenzie, Jessica and David
John Updike-Miranda Margaret, David Hoyer, Michael John and Elizabeth Pennington
J. R. R. Tolkien-Christopher, John, Michael and Priscilla
Khaled Housseini-Haris and Farah
Laini Taylor-Clementine Pie
Leo Tolstoy-Alexandra, Ilya, Michael, Alexei, Sergei, Peter, Lev, Tatyana, Maria, Andrei, Varvara and Nikolai
Margaret Atwood-Eleanor
Mark Twain-Clara, Jean, Susy and Langdon
Mary Shelley-Percy Florence, William and Clara Everina
Nathaniel Hawthorne-Julian, Una and Rose
Neil Gaiman-Michael, Holly and Madeleine
Oscar Wilde-Vyvyan and Cyril
Phillipa Gregory-Victoria
Roald Dahl-Tessa, Ophelia, Olivia Twenty, Theo Matthew, Lucy
Robert Frost-Carol, Lesley, Elliot, Irma, Marjorie and Elinor Bettina
Robert Louis Stevenson-Lloyd and Isobel
Rudyard Kipling-Elsie, John and Josephine
Scott Fitzgerald-Frances
Stephanie Meyer-Seth, Eli and Gabe
Stephen King-Joe, Naomi and Owen
Sylvia Plath-Frieda and Nicholas
Sir Thomas More-Margaret, Cicely and Elizabeth
Victor Hugo-Leopoldine, Charles, Francois-Victor, Adele and Leopold
Voltaire-Mars
Sir Walter Scott-Sophia
William Shakespeare-Hamnet, Susanna and Judith
Notes:
Pythias-In Greek mythology, the legend of Damon and Pythias symbolizes trust and loyalty in a true friendship.
Stanwix-Old Scandinavian surname meaning “stone wall,” or “stone building.”
Varvara-Russian variant of Barbara meaning “foreign.”
Everina-Ancient Germanic possibly meaning “wild boar.”
Bettina-Either a variant of Elizabeth “my god is an oath,” or Benedict “blessed.”
Hamnet-Diminutive of Hamo meaning “home.”
Naming the Fishes 
Wow, what a great mix of very different authors! I tried just looking at the sibsets, to see if I could guess the authors from their children; except for ones I already knew, I didn’t have much luck.
I loved Hawthornes’s set of Julian, Una and Rose; I think that might be my favourite.
I liked Poe as well (obviously American Gothic is my style!); when I saw a Rosalie I wondered if Stephenie Meyer had a vampire named Rosalie in her honour?
Polly Jane Rocket – soooo British! :) It’s very cute.
I did not know any of the sibsets before researching, except maybe Shakespeare’s children.
My favorite is Roald Dahl’s set, Tessa, Ophelia, Olivia Twenty, Theo Matthew and Lucy. Though I think I’m biased because he is one of my favorite authors, plus he named one of his children Olivia. :)
As for Stephanie Meyer naming her vampire after Poe’s daughter, its possible.
I like the Dahl set too, except that Olivia and Ophelia in the same sibset kind of bugs me a bit. I’m a bit OCD that way.
Understandable ^^
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