What could make you feel safer and more cozy than having someone read to you? I can still picture my pink and purple bedroom, my white eyelet comforter, and my mom sitting in the desk chair next to me reading a bedtime book to me. Now I have three daughters and I am so happy that they all (even my 10 year old) love to be read to. That is something I will continue to cherish.
Especially since many of the books influenced the way I named my own daughter.
Honestly, if you’re looking for a literary girl’s name, a great place to start is with the books your mom read to you. With such a sweet mix of literature, picture books, mysteries like Jane Austen and Frances Hodgson Burnett, and 70s classics like Beverley Cleary, it’s easy to find inspiration. And what about the girls and women in these books? It’s full of courage and grit and quirkiness, and I think we all want our daughters to be like that too.
So if you want to give your baby girl a book-inspired name, take a look at your own childhood bookshelf. One of the books your mom read to you will surely make you feel, “Ah, there’s my girlfriend.”
