Scout

I agree. I feel the same way about Clementine and Olive. These are not names meant for an adult who isn't a celebrity or a conceptual artist.

I know two little girls named Scout! One's first name is Scout, and the other's name is Lillian Scout, but she goes by Scout. I love it!

I honestly really like this name! I just have a bit of a hard time seeing it as like, an adult over 30. I can imagine a Scout as a baby, toddler, elementry school kid, teenager, young adult, and even a senior, which is strange, just not on a middle aged adult.

I knew a girl named Scout. Shes about 15 and wears it well. She's super nice, a great artist and very pretty. Her parents named her scout s\cause her brothers name was Hunter.

I never liked To Kill A Mockingbird, (and I don't even like Harper as a name, I like her first name Nelle) but I still like Scout. I think it's cute. What with Maverick being a popular name for boys it's a happy medium...

This is a massive GP of mine!

I'd never dare use it except perhaps in the middle, plus it would stick out like a sore thumb among all the other names I like, but it'd make such a cute nickname for an adventurous little girl.

I love this name as a nickname for something more formal. Jean Louise might be a bit too much for a little girl, so Scout was good when she was younger

Not a fan of Scout

i love the name Scout first heard it from the actor Scout Taylor Compton

children's and young adult books are usually the ones that shape you and change some aspect of your life growing up. I grew up in a mostly white, middle class town - required reading in school is where I first was introduced to classism and racism. Nothing I've read as an adult has come close to the closeness I feel to some books I read as a child and teen.

So? They are still literary names. You're not better than someone because you've read more books than them.

Most of the people who use these names have never read it either, so I wouldn't worry.

I love how whenever anybody talks about how they love "literary names" they're invariably all from either children's books or required high school reading.

Because nothing says " I haven't read To Kill a Mockingbird since middle school" Like naming your daughter Scout.

you don't like to kill a mockingbird? BOOOOOOOOO (radley) you!

Cute nickname, but I could never use it as a given name. The same with others like Buddy and Sailor.

Not on a human.

I would love this as a nickname. Can't say I'm a fan of Jean Louise though lol. I read To Kill a Mockingbird this year for English.

Just name her Jean Louise...

I never liked the book but this name has been on my mind lately for a character I'm writing. Scout will be her nickname. I find this name adorable.

That's cute.

I honestly can't see this aging well I can imagine a toddller or elementary school kid named Scout but not a teen or adult. Probably best as a nickname.

this has been growing on me but I don't think I'd use it as a real name, perhaps a nickname.

True.

Yes, but Scout from Scarlett is a bit of a stretch, don't you think?

I love this, but I'm not sure if i'd use it as a full name. I like it as a nn for Scarlett:)

Scout would an awesome nickname for Scarlett! :)

The first time I heard this, I loved it. And I still do. Super cute. It would be pretty awesome as a nickname for Scarlett, yeah?

Is it odd that I like this, Atticus and Jem without ever reading To Kill A Mockingbird? :)