Hunger Games Baby Names
The Hunger Games trilogy has inspired a post-Harry Potter generation of original baby names. Author Suzanne Collins used a mix of historical, mythological, and totally invented names to set the scene for her dystopian society, placed roughly 150 years in the future. In the country of Panem, Octavia and Androcles exist alongside Glimmer and Marvel.
Along with Octavia, other Hunger Games baby names in the US Top 1000 include Alma, Apollo, Bonnie, Cecelia, Darius, Felix, Otto, and Rory. Among Collins’ original creations are Haymitch, Finnick, and of course, Katniss.
Unlike Harry Potter, which influenced the rise of names such as Luna and Arabella, the Hunger Games has not inspired a baby name revolution. The biggest success has been Finnick, a name Collins created, which is now given to over 100 baby boys each year.
These Hunger Games characters' names, which include elements from ancient history and sci-fi, might be right for your literary baby. Take a look at our compilation below, ordered by their popularity on Nameberry.
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- Alma
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"nurturing, soul"
- Androcles
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"glorious man"
- Annie
Origin:
English, diminutive of AnnMeaning:
"grace"
- Apollo
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"destroyer"
- Arachne
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"spider"
- Atala
Origin:
French literary name
- Aurelius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"the golden one"
- Billy
Origin:
English, diminutive of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Bonnie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"beautiful, cheerful"
- Brandy
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"burnt wine"
- Brutus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavy, dull"
- Caesar
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"cut"
- Casca
Origin:
Ancient RomanMeaning:
"old"
- Cashmere
Origin:
Word name
- Castor
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pious one"
- Cato
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"all-knowing"
- Cecelia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blind"
- Clove
Origin:
Nature name
- Coral
Origin:
Nature name
- Coriolanus
Origin:
Ancient Roman, meaning unknown
- Crane
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"crane"
- Crassus
Origin:
Ancient RomanMeaning:
"dense, fat, gross"
- Cressida
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gold"
- Dalton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the settlement in the valley"
- Darius
Origin:
Latin, Greek, PersianMeaning:
"possessing goodness"
- Delly
- Dennis
Origin:
French from Greek, vernacular form of DionysiusMeaning:
"god of Nysa"
- Diana
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"divine"
- Dill
Origin:
Diminutive of Dillon, IrishMeaning:
"little"
- Domitia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"tamed"
- Eddy
Origin:
Diminutive of EdwardMeaning:
"wealthy guardian"
- Effie
Origin:
English diminutive of Euphemia, GreekMeaning:
"pleasant speech"
- Felix
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"happy, fortunate"
- Festus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"joyous, festive"
- Finnick
Origin:
English place name and surname
- Flavius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"yellow, blond"
- Fulvia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blond one"
- Gaius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"to rejoice"
- Gale
Origin:
Nature name
- Glimmer
Origin:
Word name
- Gray
Origin:
Color name
- Hawthorne
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lives where hawthorn hedges grow"
- Haymitch
Origin:
Invented literary name
- Hazelle
- Hilarius
Origin:
Latin from GreekMeaning:
"cheerful, happy"
- Iphigenia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"of royal birth"
- Jackson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jack"
- Johanna
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Juno
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"queen of the heavens"
- Katniss
Origin:
Literary and botanical name
- Lamina
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"water nymph"
- Livia
Origin:
Diminutive of Olivia or LatinMeaning:
"blue, envious"
- Lucy
Origin:
English variation of Lucia, LatinMeaning:
"light"
- Lysistrata
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"she who disbands armies"
- Mags
- Marcus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"warlike"
- Marvel
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"to be filled with wonder or astonishment"
- Mayfair
Origin:
English surname
- Mitchell
Origin:
English variation of MichaelMeaning:
"who is like God"
- Moss
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"descendant of Moses"
- Octavia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"eighth"
- Otto
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Palmyra
Origin:
Greek, place name
- Peeta
Origin:
Invented literary name
- Persephone
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bringer of destruction"
- Pollux
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"crown"
- Portia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"pig"
- Posy
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"a bunch of flowers"
- Primrose
Origin:
English flower nameMeaning:
"first rose"
- Romulus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"citizen of Rome"
- Rory
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"red king"
- Rue
Origin:
Botanical names or word nameMeaning:
"herb; regret"
- Seneca
Origin:
Latin surname and Native AmericanMeaning:
"people of the standing rock"
- Snow
Origin:
English word name
- Sol
Origin:
Spanish, Portuguese, NorseMeaning:
"sun"
- Tanner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"leather tanner"
- Tigris
- Urban
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the city"
- Vick
- Volumnia
Origin:
Feminization of Volumnius, LatinMeaning:
"scroll"