Where did the writer Ian Fleming find the name James Bond for his hero spy?

dendog

It was the author of a book he had. I believe the book was about birds. Mar 24 02, 8:08 PM

Fosse4

James Bond was the foremost expert on the Birds of the West Indies Mar 24 02, 8:54 PM

tented

There is no definitive answer. The famous bird book author is a popular explanation but Fleming whilst working for British Intelligence 'created' a false identity in one of his schemes for a certain 'James Bond' who was indeed a naval commander, so that has to rate as possible too. Mar 25 02, 12:59 PM

Newbie4000

Ian Fleming was a bird freak, James Bond wrote a book about birds and that's where Ian took the name from, also 007 is the library code for reference books about birds Mar 30 02, 4:05 AM

Poppy_Pom_Pom

He got it from the ornithologist James Bond who wrote a book called "Birds of the West Indies" in 1936 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_(ornithologist) Dec 25 08, 2:35 PM

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