While gathering “star” names for yesterday’s post, I came across the curious combination Starfawn.
The name Starfawn was given to several females born in the U.S. in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Typically it was a middle name.
I wonder if the parents of these Starfawns were inspired by the 1976 science fiction book Starfawn, written by Byron Preiss and illustrated by Stephen Fabian.
According to the back cover, the book — an early example of a graphic novel — was a “full-color odyssey into time and space with the crew of the Starship Destiny and the fantastic woman known as Starfawn.” (The character’s name was actually Shalla, and that’s what she was called throughout the book, but the narrator mentioned that he sometimes referred to her as “a star-fawn.”)
Would you ever consider using the name Starfawn?
Sources: Starfawn – ISFDB, Superfawn! – Superhero Novels, FamilySearch.org
Image: Adapted from the cover of Fiction Illustrated #2: Starfawn (published by Pyramid Books)
