birdienl | 100 things challenge - 30: Baby names, literature and movies

After reading the novel Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (review coming soon) I was surprised to read that this novel made the name Shirley a female name for the first time. Before that, Shirley was a common boy's name, while today it's a very rare name for a man. This made me interested for the influence of literature and movies on trends in baby's names. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a really comprehensive article on this, so I'll leave you with just a short fact today.

Disney princess names saw big increases after the release of the animated movies: The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast made the names Ariel, Aurora and Belle popular in respectively 1989,1959 and 1991.

The hype surrounding the Harry Potter books and the first movie coming out in 2001, made the name Harry jump from 6th to 1th place in the list of most popular British names and has remained in the top-3 until this year.

If you know of any more baby names from classic or modern literature or movies, please let me know and add to the 'interestingness' of this post!