Artist Baby Names
Creative baby names can be found by looking at the names of artists (and architects and designers). These baby names capture the artists' creative spirit, give your child an international role model, and are cool all at the same time. The following list encompasses both first (JASPER Johns) and last (Alexander CALDER) names, which have been drawn from all over the aesthetic map.
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Aalto
The last name of Finnish moderne designer/architect makes an original, creative choice. Read More
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Alaia
Fashion designer surname could make exotic first. Read More
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Amedeo
This euphonious Italian name, often associated with the painter Modigliani, makes a recommended creative choice. Read More
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Angelico
The great pre-Renaissance painter known as Fra Angelico was actually born Guido di Pietro, but his nom d'art might work for your little angel. Read More
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Ansel
Ansel, primarily associated with the great western photographer Ansel Adams, famed for his magnificent photographs of the Yosemite Valley, could make a creative artist-hero choice. For Adams it was... Read More
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Anselm
More solemn than Ansel, but also possible. A modern bearer is German painter Anselm Kiefer. Read More
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Armani
Although this is catching on along with other brand names, we think it's better to use a personal family name than to appropriate Giorgio's. Read More
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Azzedine
Tunisian fashion designer Azzedine Alaia's singular first name seems to belong to him alone. Read More
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Blake
The unisex Blake, which indeed has two conflicting meanings, has a briskly efficient image when used for a girl. Though in the eighties it was seen very much as a male name, epitomized by the cha... Read More
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Bohan
The surname of influential French fashion designer Marc Bohan could make a modern-sounding two-syllable boy's name, though it might be confused with BOWEN. Read More
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