“But my first name is Thomas. Painfully prosaic.”
(Agatha Christie, The Body in the Library, 1941)
Tiffany
November 25, 2009 at 5:50 pm (Female Names, T)
Tags: Terry Pratchett, Tiffany
There was a small part of Tiffany’s brain that wasn’t too certain about the name Tiffany. She was nine years old and felt that Tiffany was going to be a hard name to live up to. Besides, she’d decided only last week that she wanted to be a witch when she grew up, and she was certain Tiffany just wouldn’t work. People would laugh.
(Terry Pratchett, The wee free men, Doubleday, 2003)
Tulip
November 4, 2009 at 6:36 pm (Female Names, Name Quotes A-Z, T)
Tags: Sylvia Waugh, Tulip
Tulip struck me as a curious name for a woman, but real pretty when you come to think of it.
(Sylvia Waugh, The Mennyms, 1993)
Theodora
November 2, 2009 at 5:56 pm (Female Names, Name Quotes A-Z, T)
Tags: Dora, Elinor M Brent-Dyer, Ted, Theo, Theodora
“Has it ever struck you what a ghastly name Theodora is? Enough to make any girl hit the ceiling.”
“Isn’t there a possible ‘short’ we could use? Let’s see – Theo – Dora – Oh, no, I think not! ‘Theo’ isn’t so bad. Or what about ‘Ted’? That’s pounds better! I wouldn’t call a dog I liked ‘Theodora’, but ‘Ted’ has a tang to it.”
(Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, Theodora & the Chalet School, 1959)
Tallulah
November 1, 2009 at 5:35 pm (Female Names, Name Quotes A-Z, T)
Tags: Rose Wilkins, Tallulah
Could a Tallulah settle for anything less than a lifetime of glamour and exciitement?
(Rose Wilkins, So super starry, Macmillan, 2003)
By Any Other Name 