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English literary name
"kite"
Poetic and easy to pronounce (it's keets), this is one of many poets' names to consider, such as Auden, Eliot, Frost, Byron, Lorca, Marlowe, Blake, Emerson and Tennyson. Likely meaning "kite", in…
Keats is both poetic and easier to pronounce (it's keets) than Yeats (which is yates).
English or Irish surname
Keating is familiar as a surname but unexpected as a first. It boasts the always energetic -ing ending.
English and Irish surname
Similar to Keats, Keaton, and Kitty, Keating makes a playful but preppy surname-style choice.
Word name, English
"bird of prey; toy flown in the wind; flying a kite"
An (understandably) rare word name, Kite nevertheless has the sounds of two favorites — Kai and Kit. The word kite possibly derives from Proto-Indo-European roots and means "screech", however, it is…