I wanted Menolly back when I started on 360 beta, since I wanted to play Bard and she was a harper in Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels, but since it was taken, I went with one of my other favorite characters.
Aramina was the "Girl Who Heard Dragons" and first appeared in The Renegades of Pern. I always liked her character, and while she was raven-haired, I went with the red hair that Menolly had in the books.
I would occasionally run into other characters from Pern novels, such as Jaxom, Oldive, Robinton, etc. I never ran into Lessa, which shocked me since she was easily one of the central female characters throughout the novels, and they are most likely widely read by people who play RPG.
Anyone who likes Fantasy/Sci-Fi and hasn't read McCaffrey, you need to... The Freedom series was excellent also.