Top Ten Tuesday: Top ten character names for my imaginary babies and pets

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Ten Characters I’d Name A Child/Dog/Cat/Car/Etc. After — which strikes me as a really funny topic, but, hey, I’m game!

As I already have all the kids I intend to have and am not in the market for any fur (or fin) babies, I’ll just focus on character names which I think are cute or clever or cool or funny enough to become the NEXT BIG THING in baby and pet names.

For girls:

Demelza – inspired by the Poldark series of books by Winston Graham
Marsali – inspired by Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series
Cosette – inspired by Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Minerva – in honor of my favorite Hogwarts professor, thanks to Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling

For boys:

Rhett – inspired by Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Tyrion – inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Quentin – inspired by The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Roland – inspired by The Dark Tower series by Stephen King

For the non-human family members, I’d want:

A dog named Rollo – inspired, once again, by the Outlander series
Three bearded dragon lizards, named Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion – another inspiration from the world of GRRM
Two fish (preferably big ones) names Ishmael and Queequeg – inspired by Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Oops! I realize that’s more than 10…

What character names do you think would be awesome people/pet names? Share your link, please, and I’ll come check out your top 10!

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