Novel Names

41 Novel names that mean novel for boys, listing Novel baby names 1-10. Angel and Ashley are popular names. Absalom, Ace, Ahab, Amory, Athos, Atticus, Barnabas and Barnes are uncommon names. View Novel baby names for name meanings, search Novel names for girls, or search other baby names.

Absalom ... "Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" Also the title of a tragic novel by William Faulkner ... [7]

Ace ... The term "flying ace" goes back to World War I when planes were both novel and hazardous. [4]

Ahab ... the mad sea captain in Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick".

Amory ... the hero of his first best-selling novel ... [4]

Angel ... as Angel is usually a girl's name (although in Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", a major male character is named Angel Clare.) Both forms are popular in Spanish-speaking countries ... [18]

Ashley ... Ashley Wilkes is the man long loved by Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone With the Wind" ... [16]

Athos Literary: one of the Three Musketeers from Alexandre Dumas' famous novel.

Atticus ... the name of Scout's father in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" ...

Barnabas ... One of Charles Dickens' lesser-known novels is named "Barnaby Rudge" ... [17]

Barnes ... hero of Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises".

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