Where did mary Shelley get the name Frankenstein?
Mya, Mary Shelley stood fast with her claims that she came up with the name through a dream she had. Many of her critics claimed that it was total speculation on her part. The name is supposed to mean something like ‘stones of the Franks.’ There was also a Castle Frankenstein. Burg Frankenstein as it was also called was noticed by Mary while taking a boat ride. This was before writing her novel of course. Frankenstein is also a town in the region of Palatinate. There were other places such as Poland that had a name such as Frankenstein in Schlesien. That’s what I’ve learned over the years. I thought at one time it was some form of family name on her family tree.
