Tale Names

17 Tale names that mean tale for boys, listing Tale baby names 11-17. Tristan is a popular name. Salem, Shiva, Sumner, Tamerlane, Theseus and Usher are uncommon names. View Tale baby names for name meanings, or search other baby names.

Salem ... site of the Salem witch trials and setting of Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale ...

Shiva ... and he is given prominence in many legends and folk tales.

Sumner ... In Geoffrey Chaucer's well-known "Canterbury Tales" ...

Tamerlane ... and his tale was retold by 16th-century English poet Christopher Marlowe as a romantic tragedy ... [9]

Theseus ... Theseus is featured in several classical Greek tragedies as well as in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream".

Tristan ... Tristan (sometimes called Tristram) was a Knight of the Round Table and the tragic hero of the medieval tale "Tristan and Isolde" ... The tale has been retold in many poems and operas ... [9]

Usher ... a famous Edgar Allan Poe tale is titled "The Fall of the House of Usher" ... [1]

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